Tell me I'm popular

So, Michael Moore is campaigning for the People's Choice Award for Fahrenheit 9/11 (really, is there anything sadder?).

Do you ever get the sense that this man isn't over the fact that he wasn't popular in high school? He claims that the reason he's campaigning for this is because the Republicans really don't want him to win it. Didn't anyone ever tell him just to ignore people who tease him?