A Liberal's pledge to disheartened Conservatives

[Route66Kid]

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Tuesday, November 14th, 2006
A Liberal's Pledge to Disheartened Conservatives ...by Michael Moore


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
mmflint@aol.com
(Click here to sign the pledge)
www.michaelmoore.com

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[RecycleMichael]

Great first post.

Welcome to the forum...keep 'em coming.

[sgrizzle]

Michael Moore being in charge of anything other than a gas station scares me.

Other than that, generally good post.

[rwarn17588]

In case anyone's wondering, Route66Kid ain't me.

Nice handle, though.

[papaspot]

Route66Kid, are you tryin' to cause Cubs to blow out an aneurism? [}:)]

[Cubs]

Well, he is doing a good job of that.
That list of things is not going to relieve conservatives .... it just affirms our worries.

[Hometown]

quote:Originally posted by Cubs

Well, he is doing a good job of that.
That list of things is not going to relieve conservatives .... it just affirms our worries.

You aren't a conservative, you are a social activist (with an unAmerican agenda).  Your crowd has nothing to do with being conservative.  And as a Christian you are clueless.

[papaspot]

quote:Originally posted by Hometown

You aren't a conservative, you are a social activist (with an unAmerican agenda).

I find that distasteful. Even though neocons took advantage of every chance to shout "un-American!" at any of us that dared to criticize Bush or speak out against the war or ANYTHING that they believed in, that's one thing I don't think any of the rest of should sink to. His trolling aside, I think Cubs is sincere in his belief that forcing his views on everyone else is actually good for America.

quote:
Your crowd has nothing to do with being conservative.  

That I will agree with. There's nothing conservative about Cubs or the other neocons. They're just liberals with a different color paint job.

[si_uk_lon_ok]

quote:Originally posted by papaspot

quote:
Your crowd has nothing to do with being conservative.  

That I will agree with. There's nothing conservative about Cubs or the other neocons. They're just liberals with a different color paint job.

Can I concur as well. I always think its better to think of things instead of left/right or liberal/conservative in terms of the compass.

[papaspot]

quote:Originally posted by Cubs

Well, he is doing a good job of that.
That list of things is not going to relieve conservatives .... it just affirms our worries.

Don't worry, Cubs. No one's gonna try to deprive YOU of your rights.