Letter from Michael Moore to Bush

[Nomiprins at aol.com]

Monday, March 17th, 2003
>
> George W. Bush
> 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
> Washington, DC
>
> Dear Governor Bush:
>
> So today is what you call "the moment of truth," the day that "France and
> the rest of world have to show their cards on the table." I'm glad to hear
> that this day has finally arrived. Because, I gotta tell ya, having
> survived 440 days of your lying and conniving, I wasn't sure if I could
> take much more. So I'm glad to hear that today is Truth Day, 'cause I got a
> few
> truths I would like to share with you:
>
> 1. There is virtually NO ONE in America (talk radio nutters and Fox
> News aside) who is gung-ho to go to war. Trust me on this one. Walk
> out of the White House and on to any street in America and try to find
> five people who are PASSIONATE about wanting to kill Iraqis. YOU
> WON'T FIND THEM! Why? 'Cause NO Iraqis have ever come here and
> killed any of us! No Iraqi has even threatened to do that. You see, this is
> how we average Americans think: If a certain so-and-so is not
> perceived as a threat to our lives, then, believe it or not, we don't want
> to kill him! Funny how that works!
>
> 2. The majority of Americans -- the ones who never elected you -- are
> not fooled by your weapons of mass distraction. We know what the real
> issues are that affect our daily lives -- and none of them begin with I or
> end in Q. Here's what threatens us: two and a half million jobs lost
> since you took office, the stock market having become a cruel joke, no
> one knowing if their retirement funds are going to be there, gas now
> costs two dollars a gallon -- the list goes on and on. Bombing Iraq will
> not make any of this go away. Only you need to go away for things to
> improve.
>
> 3. As Bill Maher said last week, how bad do you have to suck to lose a
> popularity contest with Saddam Hussein? The whole world is against
> you, Mr. Bush. Count your fellow Americans among them.
>
> 4. The Pope has said this war is wrong, that it is a SIN. The Pope! But
> even worse, the Dixie Chicks have now come out against you! How bad
> does it have to get before you realize that you are an army of one on this
> war? Of course, this is a war you personally won't have to fight. Just like
> when you went AWOL while the poor were shipped to Vietnam in your
> place.
>
> 5. Of the 535 members of Congress, only ONE (Sen. Johnson of South
> Dakota) has an enlisted son or daughter in the armed forces! If you
> really want to stand up for America, please send your twin daughters
> over to Kuwait right now and let them don their chemical warfare suits.
> And let's see every member of Congress with a child of military age
> also sacrifice their kids for this war effort. What's that you say? You
> don't THINK so? Well, hey, guess what -- we don't think so either!
>
> 6. Finally, we love France. Yes, they have pulled some royal screw-ups.
> Yes, some of them can be pretty damn annoying. But have you
> forgotten we wouldn't even have this country known as America if it
> weren't for the French? That it was their help in the Revolutionary War
> that won it for us? That it was France who gave us our Statue of Liberty,
> a Frenchman who built the Chevrolet, and a pair of French brothers
> who invented the movies? And now they are doing what only a good
> friend can do -- tell you the truth about yourself, straight, no b.s. Quit
> pissing on the French and thank them for getting it right for once. You
> know, you really should have traveled more (like once) before you took
> over. Your ignorance of the world has not only made you look stupid, it
> has painted you into a corner you can't get out of.
>
> Well, cheer up -- there IS good news. If you do go through with this war,
> more than likely it will be over soon because I'm guessing there aren't
> a lot of Iraqis willing to lay down their lives to protect Saddam Hussein.
> After you "win" the war, you will enjoy a huge bump in the popularity
> polls as everyone loves a winner -- and who doesn't like to see a good
> ass-whoopin' every now and then (especially when it 's some third
> world ass!). And just like with Afghanistan, we'll forget about what
> happens to a country after we bomb it 'cause that is just too complex!
> So try your best to ride this victory all the way to next year's election.
> Of course, that's still a long ways away, so we'll all get to have a good
> hardy-har-har while we watch the economy sink even further down the
> toilet!
>
> But, hey, who knows -- maybe you'll find Osama a few days before the
> election! See, start thinking like THAT! Keep hope alive! Kill Iraqis --
> they got our oil!!
>
> Yours,
>
> Michael Moore
> www.michaelmoore.com

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