Message from Michael Moore
Put Away Your Hankies...a message from Michael Moore, 9/20/04
Dear Friends,
Enough of the handwringing! Enough of the doomsaying! Do I have to comethere and personally calm you down? Stop with all the defeatism, OK?
Bush IS a goner -- IF we all just quit our whining and bellyaching andstop shaking like a bunch of nervous ninnies. Geez, this isembarrassing!The Republicans are laughing at us. Do you ever see them cry, "Oh, it'sall 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 area minority? It's because they eat you and me and every other liberal for breakfast and then spend the rest of the day wreaking havocon the planet.
Look at us -- what a bunch of crybabies. Bush gets a bounce after hisconvention and you would have thought the Germans had run through Polandagain. The Bushies are coming, the Bushies are coming! Yes, they caughtKerry 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! THESKY IS FALLING!"No, it is not.
If I hear one more person tell me how lousy a candidateKerry is and how he can't win... Dammit, of COURSE he's a lousycandidate --he's a Democrat, for heavens sake! That party is so pathetic, they evenlose the elections they win! What were you expecting, Bruce Springsteenheading up the ticket? Bruce would make a helluva president, but guyslike 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-asscampaign. Of course we would have smacked each andevery one of those phony swifty boaty bastards down. But WE are notrunning for president --Kerry is. So quit complaining and work with what we have.
Oprah justgave300 women a... Pontiac! Did you see any of them frowning and moaning andscreaming, "Oh God, NOT a friggin' Pontiac!" Of course not, they were happy. The Pontiacs all had four wheels, anengine and a gas pedal.You want more than that, well, I can't help you. I had a Pontiac onceand it lasted a good year. And it was a VERY good year.
My friends, it is time for a reality check.
1. The polls are wrong. They are all over the map like diarrhea. OnFriday, 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 outyoung 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 astheir primary phone. Again, that means they are not talking to youngpeople. 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 beingcaptured by the mainstream press. But it is simmering and it is real.Do not let those well-produced Bush rallies of angry whitepeople 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" (thefear of terrorism), Bush wins. But if it is decided on the jobwe are doing in Iraq, then Bush loses. And folks, that "job," you mighthave noticed, has descended into the third level of a hellwe used to call Vietnam.There is no way out. It is a full-blown mess of a quagmire and the bodybags will sadly only mount higher. Regardless of what Kerry meant by his original war vote, he ain't the one who sent thosekids to their deaths -- and Mr.and Mrs. Middle America knows it. Had Bush bothered to show up when hewas 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 isgoing to cook his goose come this November.
So, do not despair. All is not over. Far from it. The Bush people needyou to believe that it is over. They need you to slump backinto your easy chair and feel that sick pain in your gut as youcontemplate 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 smartas 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...Kerrrrrryyyvooootted 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 arepro-choice, want stronger environmental laws, are appalled that assault weapons are back on the street -- and 54% nowbelieve the war is wrong. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TOCONVINCE THEM OF ANY OF THIS -- YOU JUST HAVE TO GIVE THEM A RAY OFHOPE 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 youwant 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 wailingand gnashing of your teeth, why not hold out a hand to him and help theinner 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@aol.commailinglist@michaelmoore.com> 9/21/04 9:25:33 AM
Dear Friends,
Enough of the handwringing! Enough of the doomsaying! Do I have to comethere and personally calm you down? Stop with all the defeatism, OK?
Bush IS a goner -- IF we all just quit our whining and bellyaching andstop shaking like a bunch of nervous ninnies. Geez, this isembarrassing!The Republicans are laughing at us. Do you ever see them cry, "Oh, it'sall 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 area minority? It's because they eat you and me and every other liberal for breakfast and then spend the rest of the day wreaking havocon the planet.
Look at us -- what a bunch of crybabies. Bush gets a bounce after hisconvention and you would have thought the Germans had run through Polandagain. The Bushies are coming, the Bushies are coming! Yes, they caughtKerry 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! THESKY IS FALLING!"No, it is not.
If I hear one more person tell me how lousy a candidateKerry is and how he can't win... Dammit, of COURSE he's a lousycandidate --he's a Democrat, for heavens sake! That party is so pathetic, they evenlose the elections they win! What were you expecting, Bruce Springsteenheading up the ticket? Bruce would make a helluva president, but guyslike 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-asscampaign. Of course we would have smacked each andevery one of those phony swifty boaty bastards down. But WE are notrunning for president --Kerry is. So quit complaining and work with what we have.
Oprah justgave300 women a... Pontiac! Did you see any of them frowning and moaning andscreaming, "Oh God, NOT a friggin' Pontiac!" Of course not, they were happy. The Pontiacs all had four wheels, anengine and a gas pedal.You want more than that, well, I can't help you. I had a Pontiac onceand it lasted a good year. And it was a VERY good year.
My friends, it is time for a reality check.
1. The polls are wrong. They are all over the map like diarrhea. OnFriday, 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 outyoung 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 astheir primary phone. Again, that means they are not talking to youngpeople. 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 beingcaptured by the mainstream press. But it is simmering and it is real.Do not let those well-produced Bush rallies of angry whitepeople 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" (thefear of terrorism), Bush wins. But if it is decided on the jobwe are doing in Iraq, then Bush loses. And folks, that "job," you mighthave noticed, has descended into the third level of a hellwe used to call Vietnam.There is no way out. It is a full-blown mess of a quagmire and the bodybags will sadly only mount higher. Regardless of what Kerry meant by his original war vote, he ain't the one who sent thosekids to their deaths -- and Mr.and Mrs. Middle America knows it. Had Bush bothered to show up when hewas 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 isgoing to cook his goose come this November.
So, do not despair. All is not over. Far from it. The Bush people needyou to believe that it is over. They need you to slump backinto your easy chair and feel that sick pain in your gut as youcontemplate 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 smartas 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...Kerrrrrryyyvooootted 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 arepro-choice, want stronger environmental laws, are appalled that assault weapons are back on the street -- and 54% nowbelieve the war is wrong. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TOCONVINCE THEM OF ANY OF THIS -- YOU JUST HAVE TO GIVE THEM A RAY OFHOPE 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 youwant 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 wailingand gnashing of your teeth, why not hold out a hand to him and help theinner 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@aol.commailinglist@michaelmoore.com> 9/21/04 9:25:33 AM
