For several years now, Jim Kenefick has been railing against the Oscar-winning director on Moorewatch.com. But recently Kenefick's wife has fallen ill and he wasn't able to make his high insurance payments.
"Someone e-mailed me and asked if an 'anonymous' benefactor could offer to pay my first year's premiums - $12,000," Kenefick wrote on his site. He opened a new bank account and let the money sit for 60 days before drawing on it. Kenefick admitted the $12,000 "was like manna from heaven at that time. ... My business was almost dead, my wife was very, very ill. That money made it possible for us to begin to turn our lives around."
Still, he doesn't sound especially grateful.
Having suspected Moore might be his secret patron, he contends that his bete noir made the gift just to publicize "Sicko," which takes aim at America's health-care system and, we've heard, touches upon Moore's covert generosity.
"I knew he was using me," said Kenefick. "Moore is going to try to make me into one of his little puppets."
Kenefick wants it known that "I'm not an idiot. I know when to say yes to something, even if the string attached is obvious. What kind of moron turns down a free 12 grand?"
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