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MoveOn sent me an email claiming The Day After Tomorrow is “the movie the White House doesn’t want you to see.”

That’s just dumb. It’s clear to me that the folks in the White House are naive, or deceitful about the dangers of global warming, but do I think they really care whether I see the latest Hollywood blockbuster? Um, no. I think — well, I hope — Bush & Co. are thinking about Iraq and the economy and national security, and not about whether I go see some celluloid fantasy about tidal waves and icicles.

I think MoveOn has done an amazing job of engaging citizens in the political process, and I hope they never stop. But this, in my opinion, is a misstep; they’ve apparently overlooked this important lesson from history. I’d rather they go a day, just one day, without emailing me about some damn perceived emergency or other, than bother me about a movie. Sheesh.