A Liberal's Pledge to Disheartened Conservatives

E-mail List ^ | November 14, 2006 | Michael Moore

[NorthernRight]

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Subject: A Liberal's Pledge to Disheartened Conservatives

A Liberal's Pledge to Disheartened Conservatives

November 14th, 2006

To My Conservative Brothers and Sisters,

I know you are dismayed and disheartened at the results of last week's election. You're worried that the country is heading toward a very bad place you don't want it to go. Your 12-year Republican Revolution has ended with so much yet to do, so many promises left unfulfilled. You are in a funk, and I understand.

Well, cheer up, my friends! Do not despair. I have good news for you. I, and the millions of others who are now in charge with our Democratic Congress, have a pledge we would like to make to you, a list of promises that we offer you because we value you as our fellow Americans. You deserve to know what we plan to do with our newfound power -- and, to be specific, what we will do to you and for you.

Thus, here is our Liberal's Pledge to Disheartened Conservatives:

Dear Conservatives and Republicans,

I, and my fellow signatories, hereby make these promises to you:

1. We will always respect you for your conservative beliefs. We will never, ever, call you "unpatriotic" simply because you disagree with us. In fact, we encourage you to dissent and disagree with us.

2. We will let you marry whomever you want, even when some of us consider your behavior to be "different" or "immoral." Who you marry is none of our business. Love and be in love -- it's a wonderful gift.

3. We will not spend your grandchildren's money on our personal whims or to enrich our friends. It's your checkbook, too, and we will balance it for you.

4. When we soon bring our sons and daughters home from Iraq, we will bring your sons and daughters home, too. They deserve to live. We promise never to send your kids off to war based on either a mistake or a lie.

5. When we make America the last Western democracy to have universal health coverage, and all Americans are able to get help when they fall ill, we promise that you, too, will be able to see a doctor, regardless of your ability to pay. And when stem cell research delivers treatments and cures for diseases that affect you and your loved ones, we'll make sure those advances are available to you and your family, too.

6. Even though you have opposed environmental regulation, when we clean up our air and water, we, the Democratic majority, will let you, too, breathe the cleaner air and drink the purer water.

7. Should a mass murderer ever kill 3,000 people on our soil, we will devote every single resource to tracking him down and bringing him to justice. Immediately. We will protect you.

8. We will never stick our nose in your bedroom or your womb. What you do there as consenting adults is your business. We will continue to count your age from the moment you were born, not the moment you were conceived.

9. We will not take away your hunting guns. If you need an automatic weapon or a handgun to kill a bird or a deer, then you really aren't much of a hunter and you should, perhaps, pick up another sport. We will make our streets and schools as free as we can from these weapons and we will protect your children just as we would protect ours.

10. When we raise the minimum wage, we will pay you -- and your employees -- that new wage, too. When women are finally paid what men make, we will pay conservative women that wage, too.

11. We will respect your religious beliefs, even when you don't put those beliefs into practice. In fact, we will actively seek to promote your most radical religious beliefs ("Blessed are the poor," "Blessed are the peacemakers," "Love your enemies," "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God," and "Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me."). We will let people in other countries know that God doesn't just bless America, he blesses everyone. We will discourage religious intolerance and fanaticism -- starting with the fanaticism here at home, thus setting a good example for the rest of the world.

12. We will not tolerate politicians who are corrupt and who are bought and paid for by the rich. We will go after any elected leader who puts him or herself ahead of the people. And we promise you we will go after the corrupt politicians on our side FIRST. If we fail to do this, we need you to call us on it. Simply because we are in power does not give us the right to turn our heads the other way when our party goes astray. Please perform this important duty as the loyal opposition.

I promise all of the above to you because this is your country, too. You are every bit as American as we are. We are all in this together. We sink or swim as one. Thank you for your years of service to this country and for giving us the opportunity to see if we can make things a bit better for our 300 million fellow Americans -- and for the rest of the world.

Signed,

Michael Moore
mmflint@aol.com
(Click here to sign the pledge)
www.michaelmoore.com

P.S. Please feel free to pass this on.

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[The Toll]

Dear Mr. Moore, your going to want my hunting rifle as well. Just thought you should know.

[MadIvan]

"We shall have no truce or parley with you, or the grisly gang who work your wicked will. You do your worst, and we will do our best....We do not expect to hit without being hit back, and we intend with every week that passes to hit harder. Prepare yourselves then, my friends and comrades, for this renewal of your exertions. We shall never turn from our purpose, however sombre the road, however grievous the cost, because we know that out of this time of trial and tribulation will be born a new freedom and glory for all mankind." - Winston Churchill, 1941

Regards, Ivan

[6SJ7]

Forget the 'barf alert', this post really needs a 'dry heaves' alert.

[SlowBoat407]

#9 - It was never about hunting, a$$clown. It's about protecting ourselves from the kind of intrusive, money-grabbing, arrogant government you want to institute. Clean the crumbs off of your copy of The Federalist Papers and look it up.

As for the rest of your "pledge", the very fact that you think you're going to "let" the rest of us do anything reveals the kind of people you are: arrogant, elitist, and controlling.

[jetson]

These screamers are forgetting that there are millions of very pissed off conservatives and military people that are not going to pay any attention to the cry baby, elite socialists. Tread softly socialists. The useful idiots who voted for you will see how you deceived them and tomorrow is another day.

[Bigh4u2]

"Perhaps you should print it and let the dog pass on it."

LoL!

Good idea!

[murdoog]

He isn't in charge. What a moron. He and his just put *others* in charge, people that are corrupt and fallible. And the main way he helped put the dems in charge is by keeping a low profile. Think of how little you saw or heard from MM in the months leading up to the election.

[Lando Lincoln]

Liberals believe this tripe. With their "superior intellect", they can throw their noses in the air and take the high ground. Nevermind that they have devoted all their energies demonizing the President and his administration; they have mocked the President's intelligence; they have undermined troop morale; they have encouraged the enemy at every opportunity; they have systematically rebelled against federal court nominees; they have celebrated misdeeds such as Abu Ghraib to advance their loathing of the military; they have rejoiced over the fabrication of documents to destabilize an Administration; they have pandered and fear mongered according to race, gender, the elderly; they have mocked the soldier (Kerry, anyone?); they challenge any election that does not go their way; etc, etc. Hypocrite? Thy name is Liberal.

Lando

[oblomov]

>>9. We will not take away your hunting guns.

The purpose of the second amendment is not to protect hunting. It is to protect individual liberty from the likes of Michael Moore.

[GregB]

He thinks he is in charge,Oh President Bush.....

[Betteboop]

And if I am earning more than the minimum wage, will he lower my salary to meet the new guidelines??

[goldstategop]

Socialism, eh? Of course it sounds sooo tempting. But I'm not prepared to give my freedom in exchange for being a ward of the government. Michael Moore's invitation to join the Happy Liberal Dystopia is one I'm afraid I must decline.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[Dominic Harr]

And the main way he helped put the dems in charge is by keeping a low profile.

This is true.

Tis always so cute to see wide-eyed innocent children with their heads full of fairy tales get their first dose of cold, cruel reality.

The real story over the next 2 years will be the Moonbats not getting anything they want, and spending their time defending the corruption and errors of the D party.

That will be fun. And in 2 years, at a Prez election when we'll get 55%+ turnout instead of 42% (30+ million more voters) the Ds are almost certain to lose both houses again.

This election resembles 1992 more than anything else.

[goldstategop]

Michael Moore and the Left treat us like children. They are so condescending. I don't think they really understand what conservatism is all about. If they did, they wouldn't talk down to us like we're ignorant three year olds.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[Cricket24]

Hey Michael!!
Sorry to disappoint all the liberals BUT I am NOT in a FUNK!!
I know what will happen and you can be sure that the liberals will screw up big time in the next two years. There's no doubt about it! The masks will come off and the American people will realize that they made a HUGE mistake!
The truth is that most people voted AGAINST THE WAR NOT in favor of the dems. I think they will live (hopefully) to realize that they have been had!

[D Rider]

Liberals really don't understand us. Nobody is in a funk. If anything this will finally energize us.

[CSM]

It's a sure bet.

[Ikemeister]

I see #12 has gone down the drain with Pelosi's backing of Murtha for Majority Leader.

[elhombrelibre]

Considering that he didn't want to fight the Taleban or go after bin Laden this is some progress. Of course, he doesn't accept that the Democrats voted for the war in Iraq. They were duped into that by the "stupid" Bush.