[Oe List ...] Hang in There-Michael Moore

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Forwarded by Jann McGuire

> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 1:12 PM
> Subject: Fw: Here are 17 reasons for Democrats to
> hang in there...
>
> a little more help..
> >From Michael Moore:
> 
>             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 the Americans still think the country is headed
> in the wrong direction (56%), thinks the war is a
> mistake (51%), and doesn'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 at aol.com
>             www.michaelmoore.com