The American Spectator

, Guido Sigler Amaya, is in pretty bad shape: br> /p>

Due to the inhumane prison conditions he is forced to endure Guido is suffering from more than ten serious illnesses: oral infection with bleeding sores on his gums and tongue, hypertension, renal and duodenal cysts, chronic gastritis and migraines, dilatation of the aorta, partial loss of vision, inflamed prostate, premature aging, excessive weight loss, difficulty in ambulation, dehydration, thrombosed hemorrhoids with one surgical intervention and more planned.

br> Alas, that would have undermined that Bash-America-First theme of Sicko .

Some conservatives are worried that Sicko will move us in the direction of socialized medicine. I doubt it. While Sicko may inform the health care debate in this country for the next month or so, it will probably have about as much impact on our health care system as Fahrenheit 9/11 had on the 2004 election — which is to say, not much. Through contacts in the film industry, conservative author Byron York discovered that Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 had outperformed expectations in “Blue America” areas like San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York City, but underperformed in “Red America” areas like the Midwest. Chances are, Moore’s new love affair with big government will suffer a similar fate. Furthermore, its timing leaves something to be desired, being released over a year before the next presidential election, when it might have had a much bigger effect.

Besides, with the exception of some folks on the left, most Americans probably realize by now that Moore is not really a documentary maker. He’s just a propagandist.

David Hogberg is a Washington writer and host of the website Health Hog.