[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [SRRTAC-L:9000] {SPAM} Re: "YOU ARE EITHER WITH US, OR YOU ARE FIRED!"

[Alfred Kagan]

>Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 14:07:35 -0400
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>October 1, 2002
>"YOU ARE EITHER WITH US, OR YOU ARE FIRED!"
>
>Dear Friends,
>
>I was going to write you a letter about what a pathetic liar George W, Bush
>is -- but then I figured, hey, why waste your time telling you something
>you already know!
>
>You already know that his planned invasion of Iraq is a ruse meant to
>distract the public from the real issues, those issues being the following:
>1. The number of people unemployed since he "took" office has risen by 35%.
>2. We had a federal SURPLUS of $281 billion when he was inaugurated; today
>we have a DEFICIT of $157 billion.
>3. TWO MILLION jobs have been eliminated since Bush began his occupation of
>the Oval Office.
>4. The stock market is down 34% since January of 2001.
>5. Another 1.4 million people now have NO health insurance, making it a
>total of over 41 million Americans who can't afford to get sick.
>6. Only 13 corporate crooks out of HUNDREDS have been indicted, and none of
>them have been the close personal friends of Mr. Bush.
>
>THOSE are the real issues facing us, not some phony excuse for a war.
>
>But, like I said, you already know that. You know that Bush is lying
>through his smirk when he says Iraq has "weapons of mass destruction." He
>has not offered one shred of evidence to prove this. Not one! You know he
>is lying when he says that there is a "connection" between Saddam and bin
>Laden. Even members of his own administration have admitted that is not
>true. It's just one lie after another, and I applaud those three
>congressmen who went to Iraq this week and told it like it is -- and
>demanded that the sanctions which have already killed a half-million Iraqi
>children be ended. Sen. Trent Lott said "they should come home and keep
>their mouths shut." I say, we need more damn Democrats with that kind of
>courage and with mouths like that!
>
>Which brings me to the real point of this letter. The Democrats.
>
>I have never seen a more lame bunch of cowards and appeasers in my life.
>They are ready to bow down before Bush and give him what he wants to wage
>war against Iraq. This pathetic excuse of a party is an embarrassment to us
>all. The fact that they let Robert Torricelli run for re-election in New
>Jersey, knowing how dirty he was, shows just how capable they are of
>handing the Senate over to Bush and the Republicans come November. They
>have blown it over and over again, and lots of good people I know who keep
>putting their faith in the Democrats are just giving up -- and that is the
>worst thing to happen in a free society.
>
>What are we going to do? Left to their own devices, the Democrats will not
>only hand both the House and the Senate to the Republicans in November,
>they will guarantee that Bush gets his second undeserved term in 2004. We
>must not let that happen. This year's election was theirs for the taking.
>Just look at the state of the union Bush gave us: Bush cronies caught
>stealing from the corporate till, Bush and Cheney caught breaking the law
>in the '90s, the economy in the toilet, and Bush failing to do the only
>real job he had to do since 9/11: Get bin Laden! What a disgrace! Yet the
>Democrats could not even find enough candidates to offer a REAL challenge
>to the Republicans in nearly 200 House districts for the November 5th
>elections. What an appalling excuse of a party.
>
>OK, I know, there is not much we can do about this now. But we all need to
>get busy and ensure that this whole rotten system is rocked by the
>disgruntled millions come election day 2004. Otherwise, we have no right to
>complain.
>
>In the meantime, we must stop the Bush attack on Iraq. We must find out
>now, as W says, "who is wid us and who is agin us." I am asking each of you
>to please sign the petition I have posted here
>(http://www.michaelmoore.com/petitions/peacepledge/index.php) and on my
>website (www.michaelmoore.com) informing the Democrats that whoever amongst
>them votes for this war, we pledge NEVER to vote for them again. I will
>personally see that your on-line signatures are delivered to every member
>of Congress.  I guarantee your voice will be heard loud and clear.
>
>Go to http://www.michaelmoore.com/petitions/peacepledge/index.php and sign
>the petition to the Democrats: "You're Either With Us Or You're Fired."
>Then let's figure out together what we can do to turn things around by
>2004.
>
>Thanks for taking the time to do this. We have no other choice.
>
>Yours,
>Michael Moore
>
>P.S. The wonderful, heartfelt letters sent to me regarding my mom's passing
>continue to fill my mailbox from so many of you. Thank you very much -- you
>don't know what it has meant to me. I am sorry I have not been able to be
>very active or public in the past couple of months, so please accept my
>apologies and my thanks for your understanding. Next week, I have to get
>back to work -- it is time for my film to bust its way into theaters across
>America. I will tell you all about it next Monday...
>
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