Dear Friends,
Ok, it sucks. Really sucks. But before you go and cash it all in, let's, in the words of Monty Python, 'always look on the bright side of life!' There IS some good news from Tuesday's election.
Here are 17 reasons not to slit your wrists:
1. It is against the law for George W. Bush to run for president again.
2. Bush's victory was the NARROWEST win for a sitting president since Woodrow Wilson in 1916.
3. The only age group in which the majority voted for Kerry was young adults (Kerry: 54%, Bush: 44%), proving once again that your parents are always wrong and you should never listen to them.
4. In spite of Bush's win, the majority of Americans still think the country is headed in the wrong direction (56%), think the war wasn't worth fighting (51%), and don't approve of the job George W. Bush is doing (52%). (Note to foreigners: Don't try to figure this one out. It's an American thing, like Pop Tarts.)
5. The Republicans will not have a filibuster-proof 60-seat majority in the Senate. If the Democrats do their job, Bush won't be able to pack the Supreme Court with right-wing ideologues. Did I say "if the Democrats do their job?" Um, maybe better to scratch this one.
6. Michigan voted for Kerry! So did the entire Northeast, the birthplace of our democracy. So did 6 of the 8 Great Lakes States. And the whole West Coast! Plus Hawaii. Ok, that's a start. We've got most of the fresh water, all of Broadway, and Mt. St. Helens. We can dehydrate them or bury them in lava. And no more show tunes!
7. Once again we are reminded that the buckeye is a nut, and not just any old nut -- a poisonous nut. A great nation was felled by a poisonous nut. May Ohio State pay dearly this Saturday when it faces Michigan.
8. 88% of Bush's support came from white voters. In 50 years, America will no longer have a white majority. Hey, 50 years isn't such a long time! If you're ten years old and reading this, your golden years will be truly golden and you will be well cared for in your old age.
9. Gays, thanks to the ballot measures passed on Tuesday, cannot get married in 11 new states. Thank God. Just think of all those wedding gifts we won't have to buy now.
10. Five more African Americans were elected as members of Congress, including the return of Cynthia McKinney of Georgia. It's always good to have more blacks in there fighting for us and doing the job our candidates can't.
11. The CEO of Coors was defeated for Senate in Colorado. Drink up!
12. Admit it: We like the Bush twins and we don't want them to go away.
13. At the state legislative level, Democrats picked up a net of at least 3 chambers in Tuesday's elections. Of the 98 partisan-controlled state legislative chambers (house/assembly and senate), Democrats went into the 2004 elections in control of 44 chambers, Republicans controlled 53 chambers, and 1 chamber was tied. After Tuesday, Democrats now control 47 chambers, Republicans control 49 chambers, 1 chamber is tied and 1 chamber (Montana House) is still undecided.
14. Bush is now a lame duck president. He will have no greater moment than the one he's having this week. It's all downhill for him from here on out -- and, more significantly, he's just not going to want to do all the hard work that will be expected of him. It'll be like everyone's last month in 12th grade -- you've already made it, so it's party time! Perhaps he'll treat the next four years like a permanent Friday, spending even more time at the ranch or in Kennebunkport. And why shouldn't he? He's already proved his point, avenged his father and kicked our ass.
15. Should Bush decide to show up to work and take this country down a very dark road, it is also just as likely that either of the following two scenarios will happen: a) Now that he doesn't ever need to pander to the Christian conservatives again to get elected, someone may whisper in his ear that he should spend these last four years building "a legacy" so that history will render a kinder verdict on him and thus he will not push for too aggressive a right-wing agenda; or b) He will become so cocky and arrogant -- and thus, reckless -- that he will commit a blunder of such major proportions that even his own party will have to remove him from office.
16. There are nearly 300 million Americans -- 200 million of them of voting age. We only lost by three and a half million! That's not a landslide -- it means we're almost there. Imagine losing by 20 million. If you had 58 yards to go before you reached the goal line and then you barreled down 55 of those yards, would you stop on the three yard line, pick up the ball and go home crying -- especially when you get to start the next down on the three yard line? Of course not! Buck up! Have hope! More sports analogies are coming!!!
17. Finally and most importantly, over 55 million Americans voted for the candidate dubbed "The #1 Liberal in the Senate." That's more than the total number of voters who voted for either Reagan, Bush I, Clinton or Gore. Again, more people voted for Kerry than Reagan. If the media are looking for a trend it should be this -- that so many Americans were, for the first time since Kennedy, willing to vote for an out-and-out liberal. The country has always been filled with evangelicals -- that is not news. What IS news is that so many people have shifted toward a Massachusetts liberal. In fact, that's BIG news. Which means, don't expect the mainstream media, the ones who brought you the Iraq War, to ever report the real truth about November 2, 2004. In fact, it's better that they don't. We'll need the element of surprise in 2008.
Feeling better? I hope so. As my friend Mort wrote me yesterday, "My Romanian grandfather used to say to me, 'Remember, Morton, this is such a wonderful country -- it doesn't even need a president!'"
But it needs us. Rest up, I'll write you again tomorrow.
Yours,
Michael Moore MMFlint@aol.com www.michaelmoore.com
Must we have this horse**** on this site? He makes me want to vomit.
??? I don't think thats true at all... what do they mean by this?
I am deeply saddened that the Taco Bell value menu wasn't listed!
1. It is against the law for George W. Bush to run for president again.
For the last 4 years the Dem's have been saying that W wasn't elected, he was selected. Since the 22nd Amendment states a president can only be elected twice, does this count as a loop-hole?
Based upon the SAME flawed/biased exit polls perhaps?
Face it you fat f***, you are in NO position to tell anyone what ANY of it means. Zogbyism is my term for the leftist media snow job. We know what "McCarthyism" and "Borking" are; now we have a use for Zogby's name just as he has been thoroughly discredited and it is about to be tossed into the dustbin of history.
That's funny, I thought for sure cherry cheesecake would be one of them...
proving that people get a clue as they grow up...except you, lardass.
If you are 10 years old and reading this then you have PLENTY of time to be preparing for financing your OWN "golden years" retirement. I suggest starting by studying hard in school. Save a little out of each paycheck.
The government's own retirement plan (Social Security) was never intended to be the full coverage for retirement and offers a lousy rate of return considering what you put into it. Best to save for your own future.
This is as far as I got before my MM distrust kicked in.
What's the theme from M*A*S*H?
And you've won an Oscar. Guess you have nothing else to prove either, right Mikey? It is not all about "you". WE voted YOU and YOURS down; the President ran so that he could FINISH the job that John Kerry did not want to do (he wanted to hand the reigns over to Europe and the UN to fight both the war in Iraq and the war on terror). President Bush did not ask for the job of fighting international terrorism. But 8 years of failed policy towards terrorism (treating it as a crime when we were facing nations that sponsored terrorism) and a massive attack on our homeland demanded a response.
Saddam Hussein was a sponsor of Hamas' suicide bombers (offering payments to the families of those who blew themselves up in public). Saddam was trying to obtain weapons of mass destruction. Whether he was successful or the scientists and arms dealers were just taking his money and yanking his chain doesn't really matter. We prosecute those who hire hitmen (except Larry Flynt, who contracted a hit on Bob Guccione) no matter how lacking their skills may be to actually commit murder. We also prosecute those felons who attempt to buy firearms; Saddam Hussein was already on "probation" as a result of the Gulf War.
We still have not identified the source of the anthrax that was released on the American public in late 2001. Maybe someone in America weaponized it in his basement. Is it easy to create just a small batch or more likely that a larger quantity was produced (at least a coffee cup full)?
Since such weapons of mass destruction (biological, chemical, and nuclear) are difficult to obtain, difficult to refine, etc. it is important to take rogue nations out of the equation.
The media's poo pooing of every action in Iraq is pointless now as there is no "upside" to trashing Bush's reputation over the war. He is safe in office and it only puts the troops/civilians at risk. Time for the media's Zogbyism to stop as it only provides aid and comfort to the terrorists (and YES they are terrorists, they are not "insurgents" or "minutemen"). The Iraqis want to live in peace. The terrorists that flooded into their country from other nations are not of the homeland. Pulling out would allow them to destabilize the region just as the transitionary government comes to power.
In addition to the war on terror and the war in Iraq, there is judicial activism to fight. Laws come from state and federal senators and representatives (the Legislative branch) NOT the courts (Judicial branch). George W. Bush will get to nominate several Supreme Court Justices. This is an important decision and will be met with massive resistance by YOUR kind. This will require strategy and salesmanship.
Hardly a time to rest on laurels.
He can run for Governor of Texas again.
Gee, it's great to be a Texan.
15. Should Bush decide to show up to work and take this country down a very dark road, it is also just as likely that either of the following two scenarios will happen: a) Now that he doesn't ever need to pander to the Christian conservatives again to get elected, someone may whisper in his ear that he should spend these last four years building "a legacy" so that history will render a kinder verdict on him and thus he will not push for too aggressive a right-wing agenda; or b) He will become so cocky and arrogant -- and thus, reckless -- that he will commit a blunder of such major proportions that even his own party will have to remove him from office.
He has a "legacy". He guided America through the dark days of the 9-11 attacks. The economy took a serious hit (compounding the recession inherited from the final year of the Clinton administration).
He stood tall in defiance of corrupt officials in the UN, France, Germany, and Russia. He built a coalition of support from 90 nations and went to war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Both were pitched by the left as being unwinnable wars.
The protesters said that we would lose tens of thousands of soldiers in Iraq and end up killing over a million civilians/soldiers in Iraq.
The exaggerated figure of 1,000 dead in Iraq includes over one third who did not die in combat (traffic accidents, heart attacks, pneumonia, electrocution, drownings, etc.) and a sizable number who weren't even in Iraq at the time (Germany, Kuwait, and even KANSAS crossing the highway).
The left has now claimed that there are 100,000 dead civilians in Iraq as a result of the war (claiming that until recently the number was heavily under reported, at something like 30,000).
Their projections were as bad as election night's distortions.
George W. Bush stands poised to be a conservative President standing in good company with Ronald Reagan (then again Moore hated Reagan). We do not find him to be as conservative as Mr. Reagan. Is he more socially conservative than his father? Possibly. We would like to see more fiscal conservatism from Bush43; he is pushing for limited taxation, we would still like to see a scaling back of socialism. We may not get the reduction in socialism that we seek. There is some talk of privatization but it seems that we will also be witness to some long demanded "goodies" from special interests. Once established, these "entitlements" may prove to be difficult to ween the public off of.
Illegal immigration is another issue that must be addressed. As national security becomes more important, so must border security. If it means permitting easier access to immigration (as a way of keeping tabs on those crossing the border), put it under consideration. Crime must be prosecuted. We cannot be a nation of scofflaws.
Whatever reforms we get from President Bush, we can at least breath a sigh of relief that we have averted the trainwreck that would have been a John Kerry presidency advancing the Age of Aquarius' social agenda. They don't get to load the courts. They don't get to bow to the UN.
16. There are nearly 300 million Americans -- 200 million of them of voting age. We only lost by three and a half million! That's not a landslide -- it means we're almost there. Imagine losing by 20 million. If you had 58 yards to go before you reached the goal line and then you barreled down 55 of those yards, would you stop on the three yard line, pick up the ball and go home crying -- especially when you get to start the next down on the three yard line? Of course not! Buck up! Have hope! More sports analogies are coming!!!How many lies did you have to tell to get there? How much did you have to spend?
Bush-Hating Groups Paid $100,000,000 an Electoral Vote
How many votes did you have to steal to get that count?
BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY? Eh, Mikey?
17. Finally and most importantly, over 55 million Americans voted for the candidate dubbed "The #1 Liberal in the Senate." That's more than the total number of voters who voted for either Reagan, Bush I, Clinton or Gore. Again, more people voted for Kerry than Reagan. If the media are looking for a trend it should be this -- that so many Americans were, for the first time since Kennedy, willing to vote for an out-and-out liberal. The country has always been filled with evangelicals -- that is not news. What IS news is that so many people have shifted toward a Massachusetts liberal. In fact, that's BIG news. Which means, don't expect the mainstream media, the ones who brought you the Iraq War, to ever report the real truth about November 2, 2004. In fact, it's better that they don't. We'll need the element of surprise in 2008.
Aw STFU, Mike. EVEN MORE PEOPLE STOOD IN LINE TO SAY "HELL, NO!" TO JOHN KERRY & JOHN EDWARDS & THE PRESS (US AND EUROPEAN). It was very satisfying and we are enjoying your pained responses struggling to make sense of "how" you could lose. You guys really don't get it. You are that out of touch. Bush Country is genuine. You are myopic. "How could he win? I don't know ANYONE who voted for him!"
Despite the Zogbyism and negativity, good triumphed over evil.
2. Bush's victory was the NARROWEST win for a sitting president since Woodrow Wilson in 1916.
14. ...He's already proved his point, avenged his father and kicked our ass.
So which is it Mike??? Was it a narrow victory or did Dubya kick your ass???? I believe it is the latter.
Michael is noMoore!!!!!!
Thanks for the post. I hurt my leg trying to kick my own arse for reading it...
LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No further comment necessary. Your Honor, the defense rests.