Mon 3 Nov 2008
Michael Moore emailed this message to the million names on his mailing list:
Friends,
Tomorrow.
All of us.
You, me, and everyone we know.
Eight years is enough. Eight weeks was enough.
We have a chance to redeem this country, to prove we’re better than this, that which Bush has made of us.
McCain is right about one thing: Barack Obama is the most liberal senator in the United States Senate. More liberal than Ted Kennedy. When was the last time you had a chance to send the MOST liberal senator to the White House? Trust me, it won’t happen again in our lifetime.
Every vote is critical — even in hard red states like Texas and Alabama; and true blue ones like New York, California and Michigan. Tomorrow, we need to create a massive popular vote that will give Obama a stunning mandate to return this country to we, the people. Let’s write one for the history books and rocket Obama into the White House.
Expect trouble tomorrow. Stand your ground. Don’t let some clerk turn you away. Make noise. Call the media if they won’t let you vote. Let the Obama camp know. Check out his Voter Protection Center. Know where your polling place is. Be careful inside the voting booth. The ballot still reads like a Sudoku puzzle. Be prepared for long lines. That’s ok, you know how to bring the party with you! Make new friends. Plot your local revolution. The 28-year rule of Republicans (and Democrats who act like Republicans) is over. The Reagan Era dies tomorrow night. My God, I truly thought it would never end.
I’m in Israel now, following the US election with some anxiety. The USA image is in the gutter internationally after eight years of Bush. And frankly, I’m shocked that McCain has over 40% percent of the popular vote according to poles. How could that be? How can Americans not see that the McCain-Palin ticket is furthering America’s image as the world’s buffoon? A clueless country who votes out of fear and resents progress. I want to realize two things by Wednesday: 1) that the number of voters was higher than ever, meaning that American are not so complacent, blase and passive anymore and want to take an active part in the forging of their future. 2) that Obama has won. Otherwise I will conclude that the USA is in fact a dictatorship, where boredom and and indifference patrol the streets instead of armed militia. I hope to wake up Wednesday and find that American embraceds rationale and common sense and gave originality, and not stagnation, their vote. Otherwise America, I may have to quit you.



