[PAA-Discuss] 5 Good Reasons to Vote Today ... a letter from Michael Moore

[Juli3 at aol.com]

November, 7th, 2006  
5 Good Reasons to Vote Today  
1. IT'S A NATIONAL REFERENDUM. Although candidates' names will be on the  
ballot today, this election is NOT about this candidate or that candidate. Make  
no mistake about it: This election is nothing less than a National Referendum 
on  George W. Bush and his War. Don't waste your time trying to learn about 
who the  schlump is that's running for office. You know they're all pretty much 
the same,  a few are better than others, but... please. They is who they is. 
THIS election  is not about them. It's a simple up or down vote on staying the 
course.  
To vote in favor of the war, vote for the Republican. To vote against the  
war, vote for the Democrat. As crazy as it sounds, even if the Republican is  
against the war, or the Democrat is for it, it doesn't matter. All that will  
matter by midnight tonight is the math on the big tote board. Did America say  
YES to Bush or NO to Bush? The ONLY way they're going to add it up is by  
counting the number of votes under the big D and the big R. The only way to take  a 
stand against Bush today is to vote for the Dems on the ballot.  
2. IN ORDER TO CATCH THE REPUBLICANS STEALING YOUR VOTE, YOU FIRST HAVE TO  
VOTE. There are huge and valid concerns about the new electronic voting 
machines  that must be addressed. It is far too easy to use new technology to rig the 
 vote. But if your fear of that leads you to decide that you shouldn't bother 
 voting, well, then, I guess they've succeeded in snuffing out your voice 
without  having to rig the machine. Make them break the law if they want to win. 
Vote.  We'll catch them if they do. I promise.  
3. WITH THE DEMOCRATS IN POWER IN THE HOUSE AND/OR SENATE, WE CAN GO AFTER  
THEM! These spineless Democrats who enabled Bush to start this war and funded 
it  ever since are due for a shellacking from all of us. For nearly 6 years, 
they've  hidden behind the cop-out of, "Hey, we're the minority, we have no 
power." As of  tomorrow, hopefully, they will have no mask to hide behind. And it 
will be up to  us to go after them.  
4. I'LL PUT YOU ON MY WEBSITE. That's right. You can appear on my home page  
and be seen by millions later today. All you need to do is bring a broom when  
you go to vote. The broom is our mascot today because we're going to sweep 
the  crooks and the warmongers outta office. Take a picture of yourself holding 
a  broom outside your polling place, _e-mail it to me_ 
(mailto:photos at michaelmoore.com) , and I'll put as many  of you as I can up on the home page of my 
website. People all around the world  will see you! Government files with your 
name on them will be initiated! What  better way to celebrate this historic 
day?!  
And the final reason to vote today...  
5. 2,836 + 655,000. Each one of them, American and Iraqi, are no longer with  
us because of the decision by one man to start a war. Each one of them  
represented a precious, God-given life that no man had the right to take away.  
Each one of them had a mother and father, sisters, brothers, husbands, wives,  
friends and loved ones, little boys and little girls. It's mad, my friends,  
utterly mad, this senseless loss of human life.  
So, do it for them. Call up whoever you know and tell them to meet you at the 
 polls. And tell them to bring a broom, real or imaginary, with a big D on 
it.  It's the only true American thing to do.  
See ya at the victory party tonight!  
Michael Moore
_mmflint at aol.com_ (mailto:mmflint at aol.com) 
_www.michaelmoore.com_ (http://www.michaelmoore.com/)   
P.S. Forward this to all your friends. Today is the  day.
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