A Liberal's Pledge to Disheartened Conservatives-Michael Moore

[babylonsister]

To: 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.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

http://www.petitiononline.com/mmflint/petition.html

[John Q. Citizen]

1. Michael forgot this 13th pledge:

13. When we impeach bush, it won't be for a blow job or something that will make your children blush and make you uncomfortable to even watch the news together. It will only be for war crimes, falsifying intelligence, graft, and cronyism, stuff our families and your families can all watch on TV together. None of this x rated inappropriate for children TV news stuff. If bush was messing with Condi, or Jeff Gannon, we don't care and we pledge not to go after him for that.

:)

[Dora]

2. Where you been lately?

There was a LOT of discussion several days ago about Moore's pledge and its startling similarity to DU's own Witch's letter to conservatives.

There were brazillions of responses on the matter. It really does appear that Moore took the opportunity to "flesh out" a piece he didn't write, and he didn't give credit, for shame. Of course there is no money or compensation at stake, but nonetheless, it's highly discourteous.

I'm sure somebody will eventually provide a link to the original discussions.

[babylonsister]

3. I was out of town for a few days and missed that. Sorry. nt

[Dora]

4. Nah - wasn't trying to scold - please don't apologize.

If you can dig up those threads, the conversation on the matter was interesting.

[babylonsister]

6. I had read The Witch's post that was so popular, and the moment

I saw this on Moore's site I did notice the similarity, so I understand the skepticism about his 'originality'. :hi:

[havocmom]

5. A lot of us missed those posts, so a lot of lurkers probably did too

Good efforts are worth a re-run now and then ;)

The more viewers we reach, the better the chances for fixing America for all Americans. :D