A Personal Message from Michael Moore
9/20/04
Dear Friends,
Enough of the handwringing! Enough of the doomsaying! Do I have to
come there and personally calm you down? Stop with all the defeatism,
OK? Bush IS a goner -- IF we all just quit our whining and
bellyaching and stop shaking like a bunch of nervous ninnies. Geez,
this is embarrassing! The Republicans are laughing at us. Do you ever
see them cry, "Oh, it's all over! We are finished! Bush can't win!
Waaaaaa!"
Hell no. It's never over for them until the last ballot is
shredded. They are never finished -- they just keeping moving forward
like sharks that never sleep, always pushing, pulling, kicking,
blocking, lying.
They are relentless and that is why we secretly admire them -- they
just simply never, ever give up. Only 30% of the country calls
itself "Republican," yet the Republicans own it all -- the White
House, both houses of Congress, the Supreme Court and the majority of
the governorships. How do you think they've been able to pull that
off considering they are a minority? It's because they eat you and me
and every other liberal for breakfast and then spend the rest of the
day wreaking havoc on the planet.
Look at us -- what a bunch of crybabies. Bush gets a bounce after
his convention and you would have thought the Germans had run through
Poland again. The Bushies are coming, the Bushies are coming! Yes,
they caught Kerry asleep on the Swift Boat thing. Yes, they found the
frequency in Dan Rather and ran with it. Suddenly it's like, "THE END
IS NEAR! THE SKY IS FALLING!"
No, it is not. If I hear one more person tell me how lousy a
candidate Kerry is and how he can't win... Dammit, of COURSE he's a
lousy candidate -- he's a Democrat, for heavens sake! That party is
so pathetic, they even lose the elections they win! What were you
expecting, Bruce Springsteen heading up the ticket? Bruce would make
a helluva president, but guys like him don't run -- and neither do
you or I. People like Kerry run.
Yes, OF COURSE any of us would have run a better, smarter, kick-ass
campaign. Of course we would have smacked each and every one of those
phony swifty boaty bastards down. But WE are not running for
president -- Kerry is. So quit complaining and work with what we
have. Oprah just gave 300 women a... Pontiac! Did you see any of them
frowning and moaning and screaming, "Oh God, NOT a friggin' Pontiac!"
Of course not, they were happy. The Pontiacs all had four wheels, an
engine and a gas pedal. You want more than that, well, I can't help
you. I had a Pontiac once and it lasted a good year. And it was a
VERY good year. (Too much weight for the car?)
My friends, it is time for a reality check.
1. The polls are wrong. They are all over the map like diarrhea. On
Friday, one poll had Bush 13 points ahead -- and another poll had
them both tied. There are three reasons why the polls are b.s.: One,
they are polling "likely voters." "Likely" means those who have
consistently voted in the past few elections. So that cuts out young
people who are voting for the first time and a ton of non-voters who
are definitely going to vote in THIS election. Second, they are not
polling people who use their cell phone as their primary phone.
Again, that means they are not talking to young people. Finally, most
of the polls are weighted with too many Republicans, as pollster John
Zogby revealed last week. You are being snookered if you believe any
of these polls.
2. Kerry has brought in the Clinton A-team. Instead of shunning
Clinton (as Gore did), Kerry has decided to not make that mistake.
3. Traveling around the country, as I've been doing, I gotta tell
ya, there is a hell of a lot of unrest out there. Much of it is not
being captured by the mainstream press. But it is simmering and it is
real. Do not let those well-produced Bush rallies of angry white
people scare you. Turn off the TV! (Except Jon Stewart and Bill
Moyers -- everything else is just a sugar-coated lie).
4. Conventional wisdom says if the election is decided on "9/11"
(the fear of terrorism), Bush wins. But if it is decided on the job
we are doing in Iraq, then Bush loses. And folks, that "job," you
might have noticed, has descended into the third level of a hell we
used to call Vietnam. There is no way out. It is a full-blown mess of
a quagmire and the body bags will sadly only mount higher. Regardless
of what Kerry meant by his original war vote, he ain't the one who
sent those kids to their deaths -- and Mr. and Mrs. Middle America
knows it. Had Bush bothered to show up when he was in the "service"
he might have somewhat of a clue as to how to recognize an immoral
war that cannot be "won." All he has delivered to Iraq was that
plasticized turkey last Thanksgiving. It is this failure of
monumental proportions that is going to cook his goose come this
November.
So, do not despair. All is not over. Far from it. The Bush people
need you to believe that it is over. They need you to slump back into
your easy chair and feel that sick pain in your gut as you
contemplate another four years of George W. Bush. They need you to
wish we had a candidate who didn't windsurf and who was just as smart
as we were when WE knew Bush was lying about WMD and Saddam planning
9/11. It's like Karl Rove is hypnotizing you -- "Kerry voted for the
war...Kerry voted for the war...Kerrrrr ryyy vooootted fooooor theeee
warrrrrrrrrr..."
Yes...Yes...Yesssss....He did! HE DID! No sense in fighting
now...what I need is sleep...sleeep...sleeeeeeppppp...
WAKE UP! The majority are with us! More than half of all Americans
are pro-choice, want stronger environmental laws, are appalled that
assault weapons are back on the street -- and 54% now believe the war
is wrong. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO CONVINCE THEM OF ANY OF THIS -- YOU
JUST HAVE TO GIVE THEM A RAY OF HOPE AND A RIDE TO THE POLLS. CAN YOU
DO THAT? WILL YOU DO THAT?
Just for me, please? Buck up. The country is almost back in our
hands. Not another negative word until Nov. 3rd! Then you can bitch
all you want about how you wish Kerry was still that long-haired kid
who once had the courage to stand up for something. Personally, I
think that kid is still inside him. Instead of the wailing and
gnashing of your teeth, why not hold out a hand to him and help the
inner soldier/protester come out and defeat the forces of evil we now
so desperately face. Do we have any other choice?
Yours,
Michael Moore
www.michaelmoore.com
mmflint@a...
225 W. 83rd St.
Unit 17L
New York, NY 10024
Dear Friends,
Enough of the handwringing! Enough of the doomsaying! Do I have to
come there and personally calm you down? Stop with all the defeatism,
OK? Bush IS a goner -- IF we all just quit our whining and
bellyaching and stop shaking like a bunch of nervous ninnies. Geez,
this is embarrassing! The Republicans are laughing at us. Do you ever
see them cry, "Oh, it's all over! We are finished! Bush can't win!
Waaaaaa!"
Hell no. It's never over for them until the last ballot is
shredded. They are never finished -- they just keeping moving forward
like sharks that never sleep, always pushing, pulling, kicking,
blocking, lying.
They are relentless and that is why we secretly admire them -- they
just simply never, ever give up. Only 30% of the country calls
itself "Republican," yet the Republicans own it all -- the White
House, both houses of Congress, the Supreme Court and the majority of
the governorships. How do you think they've been able to pull that
off considering they are a minority? It's because they eat you and me
and every other liberal for breakfast and then spend the rest of the
day wreaking havoc on the planet.
Look at us -- what a bunch of crybabies. Bush gets a bounce after
his convention and you would have thought the Germans had run through
Poland again. The Bushies are coming, the Bushies are coming! Yes,
they caught Kerry asleep on the Swift Boat thing. Yes, they found the
frequency in Dan Rather and ran with it. Suddenly it's like, "THE END
IS NEAR! THE SKY IS FALLING!"
No, it is not. If I hear one more person tell me how lousy a
candidate Kerry is and how he can't win... Dammit, of COURSE he's a
lousy candidate -- he's a Democrat, for heavens sake! That party is
so pathetic, they even lose the elections they win! What were you
expecting, Bruce Springsteen heading up the ticket? Bruce would make
a helluva president, but guys like him don't run -- and neither do
you or I. People like Kerry run.
Yes, OF COURSE any of us would have run a better, smarter, kick-ass
campaign. Of course we would have smacked each and every one of those
phony swifty boaty bastards down. But WE are not running for
president -- Kerry is. So quit complaining and work with what we
have. Oprah just gave 300 women a... Pontiac! Did you see any of them
frowning and moaning and screaming, "Oh God, NOT a friggin' Pontiac!"
Of course not, they were happy. The Pontiacs all had four wheels, an
engine and a gas pedal. You want more than that, well, I can't help
you. I had a Pontiac once and it lasted a good year. And it was a
VERY good year. (Too much weight for the car?)
My friends, it is time for a reality check.
1. The polls are wrong. They are all over the map like diarrhea. On
Friday, one poll had Bush 13 points ahead -- and another poll had
them both tied. There are three reasons why the polls are b.s.: One,
they are polling "likely voters." "Likely" means those who have
consistently voted in the past few elections. So that cuts out young
people who are voting for the first time and a ton of non-voters who
are definitely going to vote in THIS election. Second, they are not
polling people who use their cell phone as their primary phone.
Again, that means they are not talking to young people. Finally, most
of the polls are weighted with too many Republicans, as pollster John
Zogby revealed last week. You are being snookered if you believe any
of these polls.
2. Kerry has brought in the Clinton A-team. Instead of shunning
Clinton (as Gore did), Kerry has decided to not make that mistake.
3. Traveling around the country, as I've been doing, I gotta tell
ya, there is a hell of a lot of unrest out there. Much of it is not
being captured by the mainstream press. But it is simmering and it is
real. Do not let those well-produced Bush rallies of angry white
people scare you. Turn off the TV! (Except Jon Stewart and Bill
Moyers -- everything else is just a sugar-coated lie).
4. Conventional wisdom says if the election is decided on "9/11"
(the fear of terrorism), Bush wins. But if it is decided on the job
we are doing in Iraq, then Bush loses. And folks, that "job," you
might have noticed, has descended into the third level of a hell we
used to call Vietnam. There is no way out. It is a full-blown mess of
a quagmire and the body bags will sadly only mount higher. Regardless
of what Kerry meant by his original war vote, he ain't the one who
sent those kids to their deaths -- and Mr. and Mrs. Middle America
knows it. Had Bush bothered to show up when he was in the "service"
he might have somewhat of a clue as to how to recognize an immoral
war that cannot be "won." All he has delivered to Iraq was that
plasticized turkey last Thanksgiving. It is this failure of
monumental proportions that is going to cook his goose come this
November.
So, do not despair. All is not over. Far from it. The Bush people
need you to believe that it is over. They need you to slump back into
your easy chair and feel that sick pain in your gut as you
contemplate another four years of George W. Bush. They need you to
wish we had a candidate who didn't windsurf and who was just as smart
as we were when WE knew Bush was lying about WMD and Saddam planning
9/11. It's like Karl Rove is hypnotizing you -- "Kerry voted for the
war...Kerry voted for the war...Kerrrrr ryyy vooootted fooooor theeee
warrrrrrrrrr..."
Yes...Yes...Yesssss....He did! HE DID! No sense in fighting
now...what I need is sleep...sleeep...sleeeeeeppppp...
WAKE UP! The majority are with us! More than half of all Americans
are pro-choice, want stronger environmental laws, are appalled that
assault weapons are back on the street -- and 54% now believe the war
is wrong. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO CONVINCE THEM OF ANY OF THIS -- YOU
JUST HAVE TO GIVE THEM A RAY OF HOPE AND A RIDE TO THE POLLS. CAN YOU
DO THAT? WILL YOU DO THAT?
Just for me, please? Buck up. The country is almost back in our
hands. Not another negative word until Nov. 3rd! Then you can bitch
all you want about how you wish Kerry was still that long-haired kid
who once had the courage to stand up for something. Personally, I
think that kid is still inside him. Instead of the wailing and
gnashing of your teeth, why not hold out a hand to him and help the
inner soldier/protester come out and defeat the forces of evil we now
so desperately face. Do we have any other choice?
Yours,
Michael Moore
www.michaelmoore.com
mmflint@a...
225 W. 83rd St.
Unit 17L
New York, NY 10024
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