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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 almost two dollars -- 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 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 our greatest thinkers and
founding fathers -- Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, etc. -- spent many
years in Paris where they refined the concepts that lead to our
Declaration of Independence and our Constitution? 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!). 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
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