From our buddy Michael Moore

Nov 16, 2006 13:20

A Liberal's Pledge to Disheartened Conservatives

(Click here to sign the pledge)

Dear Conservatives and Republicans,

I, and my fellow signatories, hereby make these promises to you:

1. We will always respect you for your conservative beliefs. We
will never, ever, call you "unpatriotic" simply because you disagree
with us. In fact, we encourage you to dissent and disagree with us.

2. We will let you marry whomever you want, even when some of us
consider your behavior to be "different" or "immoral." Who you marry
is none of our business. Love and be in love -- it's a wonderful gift.

3. We will not spend your grandchildren's money on our personal
whims or to enrich our friends. It's your checkbook, too, and we will
balance it for you.

4. When we soon bring our sons and daughters home from Iraq, we will
bring your sons and daughters home, too. They deserve to live. We
promise never to send your kids off to war based on either a mistake
or a lie.

5. When we make America the last Western democracy to have universal
health coverage, and all Americans are able to get help when they fall
ill, we promise that you, too, will be able to see a doctor,
regardless of your ability to pay. And when stem cell research
delivers treatments and cures for diseases that affect you and your
loved ones, we'll make sure those advances are available to you and
your family, too.

6. Even though you have opposed environmental regulation, when we
clean up our air and water, we, the Democratic majority, will let you,
too, breathe the cleaner air and drink the purer water.

7. Should a mass murderer ever kill 3,000 people on our soil, we
will devote every single resource to tracking him down and bringing
him to justice. Immediately. We will protect you.

8. We will never stick our nose in your bedroom or your womb. What
you do there as consenting adults is your business. We will continue
to count your age from the moment you were born, not the moment you
were conceived.

9. We will not take away your hunting guns. If you need an automatic
weapon or a handgun to kill a bird or a deer, then you really aren't
much of a hunter and you should, perhaps, pick up another sport. We
will make our streets and schools as free as we can from these weapons
and we will protect your children just as we would protect ours.

10. When we raise the minimum wage, we will pay you -- and your
employees -- that new wage, too. When women are finally paid what men
make, we will pay conservative women that wage, too.

11. We will respect your religious beliefs, even when you don't put
those beliefs into practice. In fact, we will actively seek to promote
your most radical religious beliefs ("Blessed are the poor," "Blessed
are the peacemakers," "Love your enemies," "It is easier for a camel
to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the
kingdom of God," and "Whatever you did for one of the least of these
brothers of mine, you did for me."). We will let people in other
countries know that God doesn't just bless America, he blesses
everyone. We will discourage religious intolerance and fanaticism --
starting with the fanaticism here at home, thus setting a good example
for the rest of the world.

12. We will not tolerate politicians who are corrupt and who are
bought and paid for by the rich. We will go after any elected leader
who puts him or herself ahead of the people. And we promise you we
will go after the corrupt politicians on our side FIRST. If we fail to
do this, we need you to call us on it. Simply because we are in power
does not give us the right to turn our heads the other way when our
party goes astray. Please perform this important duty as the loyal
opposition.

I promise all of the above to you because this is your country, too.
You are every bit as American as we are. We are all in this together.
We sink or swim as one. Thank you for your years of service to this
country and for giving us the opportunity to see if we can make things
a bit better for our 300 million fellow Americans -- and for the rest
of the world.

Signed,

Michael Moore

P.S. Please feel free to pass this on.

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