Michigan judge shows some sense! Film at 11

A Michigan judge threw out a request by the Michigan Republican Party for the state to press charges against Michael Moore for attempting to "buy" votes. Moore recently appeared at local college campuses, "exchanging" clean underwear and ramen noodles for the promise that the recipients would register to vote and then vote in the upcoming election. (Moore did not ask participants to vote for a particular candidate.)

I find the judge's dismissal of the request heartening not because it is a triumph for Moore (an abrasive but usually funny character who does for the left what Rush Limbaugh does for the right), but because it is evidence that there are some people left in the legal system who know the difference between actions that are important those that are not. Kudos to Judge Burdick.