Thursday, November 09, 2006
Rush Limbaugh was really on our side the whole time...yeah right.
Rush Limbaugh Feels Liberated
Man, and I thought Rush was a true-believer. I guess being a disgusting right-wing neocon was all an act. Silly me.
Hey, Rush, you are who you are. Don't go changin' to try to please me.
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
The Happy Gen X Liberal
What is this feeling? Is it, dare I say, happiness?
Being that I'm a strong Democrat, I've felt like such a loser for the last 6 years. Winning feels a little strange, but a very, very good kind of strange.
We've taken the House, the majority of the governors races, Rumsfeld is done, and the AP has reported that we've won the Senate...does it get any better?
I think it will.
Bye, bye, Rove?
Mostly sweet, just a little bit of sour
The sweetest defeats:
Senate:
Rick Santorum (PA)
Conrad Burns (MT)
George Allen (VA) (hopefully)
Mike Dewine (OH)
Mark Kennedy (MN)
Katherine Harris (FL)
Michael Steele (MD)
Jim Talent (MO)
Tom Kean Jr. (NJ)
Ron Saxton (OR)
Governors:
John Kenneth Blackwell (delivered Bush the Ohio vote in '04, giving him the presidency)
The saddest defeats:
Senate:
Ned Lamont (CT)
Harold Ford, Jr. (TN)
House:
Tammy Duckworth (IL)
Jack Davis (NY)
Patty Wetterling (MN)
Coleen Rowley (MN)
Wendy Wilde (MN)
Governors:
Phil Angelides (CA)
Jim Davis (FL)
Mike Hatch (MN) (Very sad for my home state.)
Coolest win:
Keith Ellison (MN) My district!
From CNN:
In a political first, a Muslim has been elected to serve in the U.S. Congress.
Keith Ellison, a Minnesota state legislator and lawyer, reached the political milestone by defeating two other candidates in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, which covers the Minneapolis area.
In my opinion, the more points of view, the better. Ellison will definitely bring that.
Senate:
Rick Santorum (PA)
Conrad Burns (MT)
George Allen (VA) (hopefully)
Mike Dewine (OH)
Mark Kennedy (MN)
Katherine Harris (FL)
Michael Steele (MD)
Jim Talent (MO)
Tom Kean Jr. (NJ)
Ron Saxton (OR)
Governors:
John Kenneth Blackwell (delivered Bush the Ohio vote in '04, giving him the presidency)
The saddest defeats:
Senate:
Ned Lamont (CT)
Harold Ford, Jr. (TN)
House:
Tammy Duckworth (IL)
Jack Davis (NY)
Patty Wetterling (MN)
Coleen Rowley (MN)
Wendy Wilde (MN)
Governors:
Phil Angelides (CA)
Jim Davis (FL)
Mike Hatch (MN) (Very sad for my home state.)
Coolest win:
Keith Ellison (MN) My district!
From CNN:
In a political first, a Muslim has been elected to serve in the U.S. Congress.
Keith Ellison, a Minnesota state legislator and lawyer, reached the political milestone by defeating two other candidates in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, which covers the Minneapolis area.
In my opinion, the more points of view, the better. Ellison will definitely bring that.
LANDSLIDE! ...a big thanks from Michael Moore
U2 - Beautiful Day
November 8th, 2006
Friends,
You did it! We did it! The impossible has happened: A majority of Americans have soundly and forcefully removed Bush's party from control of the House of Representatives. And, sometime today perhaps, we may learn that the same miracle has happened in the Senate. Whatever the outcome, the American people have made two things crystal clear: End this war, and stop Mr. Bush from doing any more damage to this country we love. That is what this election was about. Nothing else. Just that. And it's a message that has sent shock waves throughout Washington -- and a note of hope around this troubled world.
Now the real work begins. Unless we stay on top of these Democrats to do the right thing, they will do what they've always done: Screw it up. Big Time. They helped Bush start this war, and now they should make amends.
But let's take a day to rejoice and revel in a rare victory for our side -- the side that doesn't believe in unprovoked invasions of other countries. This is your day, my friends. You have worked hard for it. I can't tell you how proud I am to count all of you as part of the greater American mainstream we now occupy. Thank you for all the time you gave this week to get out the vote. Some of you have been at this since the large demonstrations of February 2003 when we tried to stop the war before it started. Only 10-20% of the country agreed with us at that time. Remember how lonely that was? Some people were even booed! Now, 60% of the country agrees with our position. They are us and we are them. What a nice, strange, hopeful feeling.
A woman, for the first time in our history, will be Speaker of the House. The attempt to ban all abortion in the conservative state of South Dakota was defeated. Laws to raise the minimum wage were passed. Democrats were elected to fill Tom DeLay's and Mark Foley's seats. Detroit's John Conyers, Jr. is going to be the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. The Democratic governor of Michigan beat the CEO from Amway. The little township next to where I live in Michigan voted Democratic for the first time since... ever. And on and on and on. The good news will continue throughout today. Let's enjoy it. Savor it. And use it to get Congress to finally listen to the majority.
If you want to do one thing today, send an email or a letter to both of your senators and your member of Congress and tell them, in no uncertain terms, what this election means: End the war -- and don't let George W. Bush get away with any more of his bright ideas.
Congratulations, again! Now let's go find a spine for the Dems to do the job we've sent them there to do.
Yours in victory (for once!),
Michael Moore
mmflint@aol.com
www.michaelmoore.com
P.S. Thanks for all those photos you sent me of you with your brooms at your polling places. They're still coming in and we're posting them here throughout the day. And for those of you who asked how "Sicko" is coming along, the answer is: better than we ever expected! We're hard at work in the edit room and it will be in theaters in June. Thanks again, everyone, for your support.
November 8th, 2006
Friends,
You did it! We did it! The impossible has happened: A majority of Americans have soundly and forcefully removed Bush's party from control of the House of Representatives. And, sometime today perhaps, we may learn that the same miracle has happened in the Senate. Whatever the outcome, the American people have made two things crystal clear: End this war, and stop Mr. Bush from doing any more damage to this country we love. That is what this election was about. Nothing else. Just that. And it's a message that has sent shock waves throughout Washington -- and a note of hope around this troubled world.
Now the real work begins. Unless we stay on top of these Democrats to do the right thing, they will do what they've always done: Screw it up. Big Time. They helped Bush start this war, and now they should make amends.
But let's take a day to rejoice and revel in a rare victory for our side -- the side that doesn't believe in unprovoked invasions of other countries. This is your day, my friends. You have worked hard for it. I can't tell you how proud I am to count all of you as part of the greater American mainstream we now occupy. Thank you for all the time you gave this week to get out the vote. Some of you have been at this since the large demonstrations of February 2003 when we tried to stop the war before it started. Only 10-20% of the country agreed with us at that time. Remember how lonely that was? Some people were even booed! Now, 60% of the country agrees with our position. They are us and we are them. What a nice, strange, hopeful feeling.
A woman, for the first time in our history, will be Speaker of the House. The attempt to ban all abortion in the conservative state of South Dakota was defeated. Laws to raise the minimum wage were passed. Democrats were elected to fill Tom DeLay's and Mark Foley's seats. Detroit's John Conyers, Jr. is going to be the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. The Democratic governor of Michigan beat the CEO from Amway. The little township next to where I live in Michigan voted Democratic for the first time since... ever. And on and on and on. The good news will continue throughout today. Let's enjoy it. Savor it. And use it to get Congress to finally listen to the majority.
If you want to do one thing today, send an email or a letter to both of your senators and your member of Congress and tell them, in no uncertain terms, what this election means: End the war -- and don't let George W. Bush get away with any more of his bright ideas.
Congratulations, again! Now let's go find a spine for the Dems to do the job we've sent them there to do.
Yours in victory (for once!),
Michael Moore
mmflint@aol.com
www.michaelmoore.com
P.S. Thanks for all those photos you sent me of you with your brooms at your polling places. They're still coming in and we're posting them here throughout the day. And for those of you who asked how "Sicko" is coming along, the answer is: better than we ever expected! We're hard at work in the edit room and it will be in theaters in June. Thanks again, everyone, for your support.
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
A very good night for Dems
We have taken the House! Hopefully we'll take the Senate, too. I'll stay up as late as I can to find out.
Blog with you tomorrow.
BLUE
States are turning very blue out there, especially my home state. I'm starting to breathe a little easier.
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