Sicko Michael Moore and Jay Leno

It was tough to watch The Tonight Show Tuesday night with guest Michael Moore, and not just because Michael Moore looks like he's put on a ton of weight.

It was Moore's incessant cheerleading for socialized medicine that was nauseating. It was his cheerleading for socialism in general.

While hawking Sicko, his latest Leftist propaganda piece masquerading as a documentary, Moore relayed stories about how superior Cuba's system is to ours. He told of Cuba being even better than Canada's incredible health care. You know, the system that sends desperate, seriously ill Canadians across the border to get medical care in the U.S.

One of the most ridiculous claims that Moore made was that government control of health care would mean less bureaucracy. That's so out of touch it's laughable.

Moore thinks that something as important as health care should not be left in the hands of the private sector. He believes the government would be more effective in managing care. Again, laughable.

Leno did challenge Moore slightly once. He brought up the fact that if Cuba is so great than it's odd that the people risk their lives to escape the island, coming to the U.S. on rafts and boats.

Moore basically ignored the question.

For the most part, Leno was lapping up Moore's pablum. Leno complimented Moore's aggressive style a number of times, telling him how much he likes what Moore does.

Leno nodded and just accepted what Moore was reciting as gospel truth -- If you're sick or injured, Cuba is the best place to be.

Yes, Moore definitely seems to be in love with all things Cuban.

The rotund Moore would fit right in with all those newly overweight Cubans, too.

HAVANA -- Cubans are no strangers to the battle of the bulge. Waistlines have expanded since the economic crisis of the early 1990s eased on the communist-run island - so much so that 30 percent of adults are now overweight, a newly released government study reveals.

Some people outside Cuba hold on to a stereotype of malnourished Cubans waiting in lines for a few potatoes, but there's ample evidence to the contrary in Havana, where bulging waistlines are stuffed into snug skirts or peek through too-tight guayabera shirts.

"People eat lots of things like pizza and bread that fill you up, but put on a lot of weight," said Lucia, a plump housewife who didn't want her last name used, saying she was embarrassed about her weight and uncomfortable talking publicly about something as political as food.

Can you imagine being uncomfortable talking publicly about something as POLITICAL as food?

Yeah, Cuba is a real paradise.

"If you want to go on a diet it's hard because vegetables and fruits cost a lot," she said.

...Cuba has a food ration system that supplements diets with a subsidized basket of rice, beans, potatoes, bread, eggs, a little meat, fish and chicken and other goods. The government estimates it provides a third of the 3,300 calories each Cuban consumes daily.

Cubans also get subsidized meals at work and school, and buy food at farmers markets and overpriced supermarkets or through black market purchases and trades.

Residents say getting food remains challenging, but it's easier now than in the early 1990s when the Soviet Union collapsed and generous subsidies ended.

Sounds wonderful, doesn't it?

I can't picture Moore handling the food ration system.

He strikes me as a "must feed on demand" kind of guy.

Funny that Moore never mentioned Cuba's food rationing when he was suggesting that Americans should get on rafts and head for the island Utopia, land of universal health care.