Michael Moore's Pledge to Disheartened Conservatives

[dajoki]

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
[e-mail]
(Click here to sign the pledge)
www.michaelmoore.com

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

[SallyMander]

1. "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."

LOL!!! :spray:

[Sapphocrat]

2. With all due respect to Mike...

...it sounds like he was "inspired" by a post on DU:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2633923

[dajoki]

3. Wow, couldn't be more similar n/t

[JaneQPublic]

7. I was thinking the same thing when I read it....

...because I liked the Witch's version so much that I printed it out.

Moore should give credit, if the DU post was indeed his inspiration.

[patrice]

4. Done.

Thanks.

[jpwhite]

5. I will sign the petition too, but what about the people of flint?

I loved this post. I have but one question....What about the people of Flint? Look at what GM did to that town by shutting down the factory there. Why has no one ever done anything to help the people of Flint? They are the second worst city in America when it comes to crime. Something should be done to help the people of Flint.

James
[e-mail]

[Lydia Leftcoast]

10. Michael has actually been generous to the people of Flint, but even with

his earnings, he's just one person.

What we need are government policies that will encourage American companies to keep their mfg. plants in the U.S. and make it not worth their while to make products for the U.S. market in some foreign sweatshop.

We also need to close the Mariana Islands loophole, where companies bring foreign workers to a U.S. territory that is not subject to U.S. labor laws but are allowed to put "Made in USA" on their labels.

[underpants]

6. Dear 33%

Dear 33%

I feel for you. I really do. I feel for anyone suffering from severe mental illness.

Now, now. Don't get testy. I don't mean it as snark. I mean it as fact. You truly are suffering from a mental illness -- post-traumatic stress disorder. Yes, the same disorder our soldiers get in the field. Somehow you got it on 9/11.

I never realized how terrified that day made you, 33%. Yes, it was a horrible, scary day. I remember. But obviously much more frightening for you than for me. It scared you so much, your mind simply gave up rationality. We 67%ers know -- we've listened to you. We've listened to you in one breath say that Saddam was a butcher and that this is a war to save innocent lives, and then just a few seconds later say Islam is inherently violent and all Muslims need to be targeted, surveilled, and destroyed. We've listened with pity as you described in ever more complete detail the architecture of your delusion, the monsters you fear will kill you. You tell us we have to fight them over there, so we don't have to fight them over here, but then you tell us we must surrender all our rights because we are surrounded by your demons.

These are not the workings of a rational mind. Can you see that?

33%, you are sick. You need help.

You need treatment. A good liberal psychologist could help you work through your PTSD. Failing that, a good liberal friend. If you can't find treatment on your own, let us know. Just ask 3 people for help -- we'll be two of them.

Love and hope for your recovery,
67%

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=669028&mesg_id=669281

[Breeze54]

8. This is perfect! I love it!

:) Thanks! :rofl:

[LiberalUprising]

9. What a load of crap

"I, and the millions of others who are now in charge with our Democratic Congress"

Just a tad delusional Mike is.

Control is still no where near the peoples hands, the ruling class has the power as they always have.

And the play continues........

[dajoki]

11. True...

Control is still no where near the peoples hands, the ruling class has the power as they always have.
But I like the humor of it.

[Mr. Blonde]

12. Kind of Bill Hicksian of you

"I'll show you politics in America. Here it is, right here. "I think the puppet on the right shares my beliefs." "I think the puppet on the left is more to my liking." "Hey, wait a minute, there's one guy holding out both puppets!"

[-..__...]

13. Moore just needs to learn more...

about the 2nd amendment and "the right to keep and bear arms" and shut his pie-hole up about things which he has no understanding of...


"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".