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NO!! I WANT THE OLD JOKES!!! NOW!!!!

Just who's in charge here, anyway?
Dateline: November 20, 2000
EARTH TO MICHAEL MOORE: GIMME A BREAK!
(The People's Republic Of Greenland/AP)

It’s been a weekend full of frantic GOP spin, ranging from their charge of a Democratic plot to disenfranchise our brave men and women in uniform (thank you, GOP draft-dodging ticket, for standing up for the cannon-fodder-Americans you turned your backs on in the 1960s!) to allegations that Democratic vote counters are eating chads! (Note to John Ellis Bush: You’re carrying this "compassionate conservative" state budgeting too far. Buy these poor people lunch, for crying out loud!)

Sometimes, it’s hard to live up to Al’s call to elevate the tone of our national dialogue with the GOP.

So instead of ripping on the Republicans for their preemptive strike against the NAACP report on minority voter intimidation and suppression due out sometime this week, I’m posting my open letter to the People’s Quisling, Michael Moore.

"Hi. I'm not a friend of working Americans. But I play one on TV."
Dear Mr. Moore:

I used to be a big fan of both TV Nation and the Awful Truth, but I will never watch anything else you are connected with in the future. Yes, you guessed it. I’m another Gore supporter.

Your support of Ralph Nader is not the reason I’m boycotting you. I don’t blame you or anybody else for voting for the Greens. (My personal opinion is that if Nader hadn’t been stupid and/or egotistical and/or just flat out slimy enough to play into Bush’s hands, Bush just would have cheated more.) The actual reason I’m boycotting you is your current practice of sending out pro-Gore emails on odd numbered days and anti-Gore emails on even numbered days.

I find it hypocritical in the extreme that you sent out anti-Gore emails 24/7 during the campaign, and now that Gore may loose what everybody knew ahead of time was going to be the closest Presidential election in history, you have developed an allergic reaction to a George W. Bush administration. Add this to the fact that you refuse to consider that your anti-Gore rants might have affected even one vote and you have a pretty good picture of why I am boycotting you for the rest of my life. (Now, come on. If you really felt you were not capable of increasing the number of people who would vote for the Green party, why were you spamming me and so many others?)

As long as I theoretically have your attention, I’d like to point out several factual errors in your Friday rant, "Blame Monica!". If you’re truly interested in mending fences with the 98% of the voting public who did not vote for the Greens, please think about some of your factual errors and correct them:

Blame Monica!

November 17, 2000

Dear friends,

For the past week I have suffered this unbearable guilt that I may have put George W. Bush in the White House. I thought back to the time I first met with Ralph Nader and, secretly, we hatched The Plot.

Our goal? To make this country suffer, suffer, SUFFER under George W. Bush! All we needed to do was convince just 300 people, preferably in a "swing state," to vote for Nader instead of Gore.

Sorry. Bush is now leading in Florida by over 900 votes. You need to find another vanity candidate to pin this on now. Since the vote count will remain fluid until the Florida State Supreme Court - - or maybe the Supreme Court - - is heard on various issues, I suggest you hold off on picking another stooge until next January 20th. At least.

But let's get back to your email:
Simple! Genius! That would put Bush in the White House and THAT would lead to mass revolution and THAT would lead to ... well, something. This stuff ALWAYS leads to something!

I suppose I could make a crack about Mr. Nader’s oil soaked stock portfolio, or his accepting Republican soft money ads, or his sudden anti-Israel stance or how much his tax cut will be under Bush’s administration. But I won’t. Instead, I’ll jog your memory with Mr. Nader’s stated position on a Bush victory. Mr. Nader has said, in print, that he wanted Bush to win because an America suffering under a Bush administration would swing back to the left. To prove his crackpot theory, he cited the rise in Sierra Club memberships during the Reagan Administration.

What this ridiculous example overlooks is that the Reagan Administration gave us another right wing Republican administration, not a Green administration. It really sounds to me as if Mr. Nader has never heard how Mussolini or Hitler came into power. But then again, maybe driving America to a fascist dictatorship is a risk worth running to you and Mr. Nader. I personally could live without it.

But let's return to your email:
I told Ralph, though, that "running" and hanging out with "celebrities" would NOT be enough. So I was dispatched to secretly meet with Al Gore. Using my incredible powers of persuasion, I was the one who persuaded Gore to ignore not only his traditional Democratic base --"

You presuaded Gore to "ignore... his traditional Democratic base"? Which traditional Democratic base would that be that was ignored? Let's check the National exit polls from our friends at CNN:

Demographic breakdown of votersGOREBUSH
Women: 54% 43%
African Americans: 90% 9%
Hispanics: 62% 35%
Asian Americans: 55% 41%
Aged 65 & Older: 50% 47%
Gay/Lesbian: 70% 25%
Union members: 62% 34%
Union member in household: 59% 37%
Working class: 51% 46%
Protestants: 42% 56%
Catholics: 50% 47%
Jews: 79% 19%
Other religions: 62% 28%
No religion: 61% 30%
Those believing abortion should be always legal 70% 25%
Those beleiving abortion should be mostly legal 58% 38%


Hmmm... looks pretty traditionally Democratic to me. But let's continue with your email:
"...Using my incredible powers of persuasion, I was the one who persuaded Gore to ignore not only his traditional Democratic base, but also his home state of Tennessee in the campaign. He agreed! I then got him to prevent Clinton from campaigning in Arkansas. He went along with this also -- and together those two states cost him 16 critical electoral votes!

Oooooh! Nice math -- fuzzy political thinking!

I have to point out something that seems totally lost on you and the majority of the post-election armchair quarterbacks: the smartest thing Al Gore could have done in this campaign is distance himself from Bill Clinton. I would think, coming from Michigan as you do Michael, you would get this without me having to explain it. I’m a recovering Hoosier, so I’m talking to you as one former Midwesterner to another. Come on, sing a long with me: America hates Bill Clinton because he cheated on his wife, and then lied about it. That is as true in Tennessee, Arkansas and Florida as it is in North Dakota and Kansas.

Want some proof? Here are the exit poll figures:

In USIn TNIn ARIn FL
Those with an unfavorable view of Clinton as a person60%62%61%56%
Those who approve of Clinton’s performance as President and like him as a person 35%33%33%37%
Those who disapprove of Clinton’s performance as President and disapprove of him as a person 39%45%42%37%

Since the rest of your email is based on the false premises above, there doesn’t seem to be much point in addressing it. If you’re looking for the real villain in this campaign, I’d suggest the media, who have been shamelessly shilling for the GOP. You might think about doing a piece on certain members of the media actually calling up Bush’s dirty tricks squad and asking for more ammunition to use against Gore. Your piece might show that these false "Gore lies" are directly responsible for the following exit poll data:

GoreBush
Percentage who think candidate is honest and trustworthy52%55%
Percentage who think candidate is not honest and trustworthy 45%40%
Percentage who think candidate would say anything to get elected74% 58%

Then you might want to trace these lies back to their sources, including the lie a young member of the Green party told me was direct from Public Interest, that Al Gore personally owns massive amounts of Occidental Petroleum stock. You, I and Public Interest all know that Gore owns no stock personally, that his late father left some Occidental stock in a trust to his mother - - a trust which does not allow the stock to be sold. You, I and Public Interest know that Ralph Nader is the one with the huge collection of Occidental stock - - and BP Amoco stock - - and Chevron stock - - and Microsoft stock - - and just about every other kind of stock Nader’s ever criticized anybody else for owning.

But since that might involve some introspection on your part, I’m not holding my breath.

Hey, Michael Moore! Still think there's no difference between "Gush and Bore"?

I have to take a moment to address a larger issue: the Bill Clinton mystique.

I have read in many places on the Net, both during the campaign and after it, that Al Gore should have had Bill Clinton stumping for him all up and down the country. If Gore had only done that, Gore would have won by a landslide. The exit poll figures above should show that this is just not true. And I’ll tell you something you may like even less. Bill Clinton will be a political liability for quite some time, perhaps even his whole life, because he couldn’t say "no" to the sexual advances of one of his employees. If Clinton had controlled himself - - and gotten rid of her, ASAP - - the House Republicans would have had nothing to use as a basis for impeachment. NOTHING.

Even if Clinton hadn’t fallen off the monogamy wagon, he would be the last person I’d want campaigning for me. If you’ll think back to the Democratic convention [I know it seems like a billion years ago, but it was actually less than three months ago], Bill Clinton gave his farewell address to the nation, "the passing of the torch" speech. And how did Clinton begin this speech? By asking America what they thought of his wife’s convention address - - his wife, who was making history by being the first First Lady to seek elective office - - his wife, who was beginning a promising career in national politics. And how did he phrase his question? He said: "Don’t you think she gave a nice talk?"

Immediately the cameras cut to Hillary Clinton for a reaction shot. I will never forget the look of pain and humiliation that crossed it. Senators do not give "nice talks". And don’t think Bill Clinton doesn’t know that. The women I heard discussing the convention the next day all saw the same thing I did. Bill Clinton sunk even lower in their estimation.

Clinton showed the same inability to be a team player during the last two weeks of the campaign, when he was trotted out to stump African American communities for Gore. He said, in essence, "I’m not available, so I guess Al Gore will have to do". This was while all the models said that the African American turn out was the only thing that would keep the White House and Congress from going Republican.

Prior to the 2000 campaign, this is how America pictured Al Gore: going to church with his wife. Now 74% of the voting public think he's just another hack who'd say anything to get elected. Thank you, Bush dirty tricks squad and their corporate media attack Chihuahuas, for a job well done!
I have also read the ridiculous contention that Bill Clinton could handle the media, while Al Gore could not. All you have to do is remember when the Pillsbury report was released [which exonerated the Clintons of any wrongdoing in Whitewater]: at that time, President Clinton told the assembled Press Corps that they would ignore the report and his remarks about it - - which they promptly did, and continued to print insinuations that the Clintons had done something illegal in connection with Whitewater.

Bill Clinton is not some superhuman figure that strode over our political landscape, leaving us the poorer for his passing. He had his strengths and weaknesses as a President, and my thinking is that he will always be overshadowed by his scandals.

Why am I debunking Clinton at a time when we all need to pull together to fend off Smirk? Simple. Al Gore has two very important pieces of political capital: his reputation for personal integrity and his record in office. The Republicans know that Gore will either be the next President or the obvious choice to run against Smirk in 2004. Either way, they need to stop him cold - - and if they can’t do that, they need to slow him down.

Just like they threw the Green threat at us to cause panic and chaos, they are now throwing the Clinton mystique at us to cause disappointment and resentment. We are supposed to be hacked that Al Gore is no Bill Clinton.

I for one am not the least bit disappointed.




Katherine Harris, Smirk crony. Net worth: approx. $6 million.
Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris still hasn't recused herself! You know what to do:

Phone: 1-850-414-5500

E-Mail: secretary@mail.dos.state.fl.us

Web Site: http://www.dos.state.fl.us/oss/index.html

Don't forget to sign the petition asking Harris to recuse herself.




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SMIRK’S TRYING TO FIX THE FLORIDA ELECTION
SMIRK’S TRYING TO STEAL
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AL'S DAY IN D.C. UPDATE: The People's POTUS Elect and Tipper jog past the media and protesters camped outside their Washington residence. No word yet on the affect this new GOP infestation may have on the local Virginia opossum population.
My understanding is that there will be pro-Democracy, anti-Bush coup rallies every Saturday, to protest Smirk’s fuzzy vote count in Florida and his bogus claim that he won the Presidency already so we don’t need to see if anybody’s civil rights were violated in Florida. Click here to stay updated on participating cities and their protest locations.

Write, phone or email your Senators and Congressional Representatives -- tell them how you feel about the Florida election and what you think needs to be done to pick the next President! Especially if they are Republicans, let them know how you feel about Smirk’s claim to the Presidency! Let them know how you feel about the way Jeb runs Florida's elections!

Al’s back in DC, on the job! Email the People’s POTUS Elect and tell him how you feel about his fight against Florida’s vote fraud and civil rights abuses! Get specific! It’s Al!

Why has the fifth column in the fourth estate insisted that Al concede an election that isn’t over - - especially one so obviously rotten with voter fraud? Give those weasels a piece of your mind!





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