Posted on 11/04/2004 11:59:33 AM PST by TimHorton
WHEN YOU READ THIS, YOU UNDERSTAND WHY THE LEFT LOST> BASICALLY IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THEM, YOU ARE EVIL AND STUPID. THIS KEVIN CHARACTER HAS BEEN SENDING THIS SPEECH ALL OVER THE INTERNET.
-----Original Message----- From: Cronin, Kevin [mailto:kevin.cronin@bankofamerica.com] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 10:11 AM To: Cronin, Kevin Subject: FW: Another view on election results
What Kerry could have said, but has too much class.
[Former candidate Felber, flanked by his family and supporters, steps up to the podium in the bright autumn sunlight. Cheers and applause are heard.]
My fellow Americans, the people of this nation have spoken, and spoken with a clear voice. So I am here to offer my concession. [Boos, groans, rending of garments]
I concede that I overestimated the intelligence of the American people. Though the people disagree with the President on almost every issue, you saw fit to vote for him. I never saw that coming. That's really special. And I mean "special" in the sense that we use it to describe those kids who ride the short school bus and find ways to injure themselves while eating pudding with rubber spoons. That kind of special.
I concede that I misjudged the power of hate. That's pretty powerful stuff, and I didn't see it. So let me take a moment to congratulate the President's strategists: Putting the gay marriage amendments on the ballot in various swing states like Ohio... well, that was just genius. Genius. It got people, a certain kind of people, to the polls. The unprecedented number of folks who showed up and cited "moral values" as their biggest issue, those people changed history. The folks who consider same sex marriage a more important issue than war, or terrorism, or the economy... Who'd have thought the election would belong to them? Well, Karl Rove did. Gotta give it up to him for that. [Boos.] Now, now. Credit where it's due.
I concede that I put too much faith in America's youth. With 8 out of 10 of you opposing the President, with your friends and classmates dying daily in a war you disapprove of, with your future being mortgaged to pay for rich old peoples' tax breaks, you somehow managed to sit on your asses and watch the Cartoon Network while aging homophobic hillbillies carried the day. You voted with the exact same anemic percentage that you did in 2000. You suck. Seriously, y'do. [Cheers, applause] Thank you. Thank you very much.
There are some who would say that I sound bitter, that now is the time for healing, to bring the nation together. Let me tell you a little story. Last night, I watched the returns come in with some friends here in Los Angeles. As the night progressed, people began to talk half-seriously about secession, a red state / blue state split. The reasoning was this: We in blue states produce the vast majority of the wealth in this country and pay the most taxes, and you in the red states receive the majority of the money from those taxes while complaining about 'em. We in the blue states are the only ones who've been attacked by foreign terrorists, yet you in the red states are gung ho to fight a war in our name. We in the blue states produce the entertainment that you consume so greedily each day, while you in the red states show open disdain for us and our values. Blue state civilians are the actual victims and targets of the war on terror, while red state civilians are the ones standing behind us and yelling "Oh, yeah!? Bring it on!"
More than 40% of you Bush voters still believe that Saddam Hussein had something to do with 9/11. I'm impressed by that, truly I am. Your sons and daughters who might die in this war know it's not true, the people in the urban centers where al Qaeda wants to attack know it's not true, but those of you who are at practically no risk believe this easy lie because you can. As part of my concession speech, let me say that I really envy that luxury. I concede that.
Healing? We, the people at risk from terrorists, the people who subsidize you, the people who speak in glowing and respectful terms about the heartland of America while that heartland insults and excoriates us... we wanted some healing. We spoke loud and clear. And you refused to give it to us, largely because of your high moral values. You knew better: America doesn't need its allies, doesn't need to share the burden, doesn't need to unite the world, doesn't need to provide for its future. Hell no. Not when it's got a human shield of pointy-headed, atheistic, unconfrontational breadwinners who are willing to pay the bills and play nice in the vain hope of winning a vote that we can never have. Because we're "morally inferior," I suppose, we are supposed to respect your values while you insult ours. And the big joke here is that for 20 years, we've done just that.
It's not a "ha-ha" funny joke, I realize, but it's a joke all the same.
Being an independent candidate gives me one luxury - as well as conceding the election today, I am also announcing my candidacy for President in 2008. [Wild applause, screams, chants of "Fel-ber! Fel-ber!] Thank you.
And I make this pledge to you today: THIS time, next time, there will be no pandering. This time I will run with all the open and joking contempt for my opponents that our President demonstrated towards the cradle of liberty, the Ivy League intellectuals, the "media elite," and the "white-wine sippers." This time I will not pretend that the simple folk of America know just as much as the people who devote their lives to serving and studying the nation and the world. They don't.
So that's why I'm asking for your vote in 2008, America. I'm talking to you, you ignorant, slack-jawed yokels, inbred drones, you redneck, racist, grade-school grads. Vote for me, because I know better, and I truly believe that I can help your smug, sorry asses. Vote Felber in '08! Thank you, and may God bless each and every one of you.
[Tumultuous cheers, applause, and foot-stomping. PULL BACK to reveal the rest of the stage, the row of cameras, hundreds of unoccupied chairs, and the empty field beyond.] Posted by Adam Felber at November 3, 2004 02:43 PM |
If they didn't, they do now!
the wacked out leftist who wrote the posted concession speech was actually a failed so-called actor by the name of Adam Felber
This basically IS the liberal dilemma since the McGovern days. How DO you run for the leadership of a country whose heritage, values, and population you not-so-secretly despise?
Perhaps B of A's red county/state customers should get a copy of this e-mail to help B of A make up it's mind.
I think Felber is really addressing his message to the Left, telling them they're the ones who need to rethink their attitudes a bit.
It looks like this guy forwarded it. he's not the original author.
Of course, he didn't put it in the trash either.
I just called and spoke to Kevin Cronin at B of A. I happen to bank there and wanted to see why he would send something so vitriolic out using the B of A E-mail.
He said he didn't know what I was talking about, said he didn't send it, etc. and said any personal E-mail would be sent on his private E-mail account.
has anyone else spoken to him?
But our votes count just the same. Starve, sucker.
"We in the blue states are the only ones who've been attacked by foreign terrorists, yet you in the red states are gung ho to fight a war in our name...Blue state civilians are the actual victims and targets of the war on terror, while red state civilians are the ones standing behind us and yelling "Oh, yeah!? Bring it on."
WHAT'S MILITARY ENLISTMENT IN THE BLUE STATES?
Sorry, my bad. Senior moments are starting to catch up with me. But the point remains the same. Kevin Cronin did write it.
Kevin Cronin did not write it. I am going to take a nap now.
This is where I stopped reading. And I'm surprised I made it as far as I did.
Well if that's truly the email this came from, and not a spoof just to get some innocent guy in trouble, Bank of America should be falling over itself to apologize to american's and fire this hate monger.
"With 8 out of 10 of you opposing the President, with your friends and classmates dying daily in a war you disapprove of, with your future being mortgaged to pay for rich old peoples' tax breaks, you somehow managed to sit on your asses and watch the Cartoon Network while aging homophobic hillbillies carried the day."
Does anyone know what it means to be 'homophobic"? Is there
such a thing for gays called "heterophopic"?
That's what I was thinking.
Yeah, add to that the crap about them paying all the taxes and supporting us lol
The produce a lot of food there too, right? New York, Boston, and those other urban centers?
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