Just One Senator... An Open Letter to the U.S. Senate from Michael Moore [Mega BARF Alert!]

MichaelMoore.com ^ | Tuesday, January 4, 2004 | Michael Moore

[West Coast Conservative]

Dear Members of the U.S. Senate,

Welcome back! The 109th session of Congress has just begun. I'm watching you on C-SPAN right now and you all look so snap-happy and clean-faced. It's like the first day of school all over again, isn't it?

I have a favor to ask of you. Something isn't right with the vote from Ohio. Seems a lot of people didn't get to vote. And those who did, thousands of theirs weren't counted.

Does that seem right to you? I'm just asking. Forget about partisan politics for a moment and ask yourself if there is a more basic right, in a democracy, than the right of the people to vote AND have ALL their votes counted.

Now, I know a lot of you wish this little problem of Ohio would just go away. And many of you who wish this are Democrats. You just want to move on (no pun intended!). I can't say I blame you. It's rough to lose two elections in a row when the first one you actually won and the second one you should have won. And it seems this time around, about 3 million more Americans preferred to continue the war in Iraq and give the rich more tax breaks than those who didn't. No sense living in denial about that.

But something isn't right in Ohio and more than a dozen members of the House of Representatives believe it is worth investigating.

So on Thursday at 1:00pm, Rep. John Conyers of Detroit will rise and object to the vote count in Ohio. According to the laws of this land, he will not be allowed to speak unless at least one of you -- one member of the United States Senate -- agrees to let him have the floor.

A very embarrassing moment during the last session of Congress occurred in the first week when none of you would allow the members of Congress who were black to have the floor to object to the Florida vote count. Remember that? You thought no one would ever notice, didn't you? You certainly lucked out that night when the networks decided not to show how you shut down every single member of the Congressional Black Caucus.

No such luck this year. Everyone now knows about that moment of shame. Thank you? You’re welcome.

But this Thursday, at 1:00pm, you will have a chance to redeem yourself.

Congressman Conyers and a dozen other members of Congress have some serious questions about how the Republican secretary of state in Ohio (who was also the state’s co-chair of Bush’s reelection campaign) conducted the election on November 2. The list of possible offenses of how voters were denied access to the polls and how over a hundred thousand of their votes have yet to be counted is more than worthy of your consideration. It may not change the outcome, but you have a supreme responsibility to make sure that EVERY vote is counted. Who amongst you would disagree with that?

If you would like to read more about the specific charges, I ask that you read these two links: “Senators Should Object to Ohio Vote” —by Jesse Jackson and “Ten Preliminary Reasons Why the Bush Vote Does Not Compute, and Why Congress Must Investigate Rather Than Certify the Electoral College”. I am asking everyone on my mailing list to send you a letter joining me in this call to you to do your job and investigate what happened before you certify the vote.

It only takes one member of the House and one member of the Senate to stop the acceptance of the Electoral College vote and force a legitimate debate and investigation. Do you know why this provision is set in stone in our nation’s laws? I mean, why would we allow just two officials in a body of 535 members to throw a wrench into the works? The law exists because nothing is more sacred than the integrity of the ballot box and if there is ANY possibility of fraud or incompetence, then it MUST be addressed. Because if we don't have the vote, what are we left with?

C'mon Senators! Especially you Democrats. Here is your one shining moment of courage. Will you allow the gavel to come down on our black members of Congress once again? Or will you stand up for their right to object?

We will all be watching.

Yours,

Michael Moore
www.michaelmoore.com
MMFlint@aol.com

P.S. My whereabouts this week: I will be on the Today Show Thursday morning, Jay Leno on Friday night. And... the People's Choice Awards are this Sunday night, live on CBS at 9pm! Can we defeat the superheroes Spiderman, Incredibles and Shrek for best picture? A documentary??? Whoa... tune in...

[JennysCool]

Dear Michael:

You're a completely irrelevant dips**t.

Sincerely,
The 109th

[Pikamax]

I would love them to challenge it, if I had confidence the GOP would be snarking and sneering right back at them to make the democrats look like fools. But I do not so far.

[gop_gene]

This is great! Now, if just one senator steps up to the plate, we can throw around this letter and say that the dems are taking their marching orders from Michael Moore!

[shibumi]

"But this Thursday, at 1:00pm, you will have a chance to redeem yourself"

The Great Prevaricator in his magnificent largesse (pun intended) offers you redemption, you unworthy political slime.....on your knees! (and pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!) The Great and Powerful Prevaricator has spoken!

[Welsh Rabbit]

Keep dreaming, fatboy. If Lurch isn't going to fight it, why would anyone else?

[Arkinsaw]

So they get Conyers and one Senator. The two bodies separate and go debate for a few hours. That one Senator will get up and justify his/her action. Will other Democratic Senators? The others will have the opportunity to either sit on their hands, or get up in front of the Senate and say something bad about Bush. Oh boy. I bet they can't wait for that decision. They will either look like fools for one half of the country, or like wimps to the other half no matter which they do.

Then, it will come time to vote. They have the same choice.

And the whole time, they know that they don't have the votes in EITHER body to actually do anything.

Oh my. It ought to be interesting no matter what happens.

[gop_gene]

Keep dreaming, fatboy. If Lurch isn't going to fight it, why would anyone else?

Yes, very convenient how Kerry is abroad at this time, and frankly, it's rather savvy of him--can you imagine how awkward it'd be, on the one hand, having his moonbat supporters exhorting him to come out swinging about this (fictitious) vote fraud, but on the other hand, he can't risk doing that personally and publicly since he obviously doesn't want to risk being Sore Loserman II. If he was present on Thursday, talk about being between a rock and a hard place.

[Petronski]

Absolute ass.

[msnimje]

Maybe it is time to revisit that page from the Democratic Party Handbook for pole watchers that said, Claim disenfranchisement even when none exists - or something like that. This protest in Ohio seems to have been planned well before November 2.

[Bush gal in LA]

Please someone make it stop!!!

[ohCompGk]

Dear Michael,

I vote for Shrek 2. See you in the funnies.

[Cobra64]

"Welcome back! The 109th session of Congress has just begun. I'm watching you on C-SPAN right now and you all look so snap-happy and clean-faced. It's like the first day of school all over again, isn't it?"

That fat pig ought to lose a few hundred pounds, wash his ugly face, take a shower, and shave.

Then his ugly puss wouldn't look like the rear-end of a female wart-hog.

[libertyman]

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!

[SFConservative]

Can you believe how this lump of excrement talks down to U.S. Senators, who, whether you like them individually or not, have at least put themselves up to the approval of the voters and have a certain stature and gravitas(*)?

(*) - excepting maybe the Swimmer (D-MA), the Gigolo (D-MA), the Plagiarist ((D-DE), the Carpetbagger (D-NY), MarinBabs (D-CA), the PorkKing (D-WV), the Corpse (D-NJ), the FlintyGuy (I-VT), the LDSLiar (D-NV) and, and ...

[Nasher]

...when none of you would allow the members of Congress who were black to have the floor to object to the Florida vote count...Will you allow the gavel to come down on our black members of Congress once again?

Way to go Fat Mikie...nothing better than joining Jesse by playing the Rats' tired Race Card.

I'm kinda hoping to see a senator take up Conyer's wacky witch hunt. Nothing better than starting right out of the gate as a marginalized politician.

btw...Mikie's letter shows what an intellectual lightweight he really is. It reads like it was written by a 12 year old.

[MarineBrat]

Dear Michael:

I wiped my *ss with your letter and am returning it to you postage due. I have also included a bunch of my toenail clippings, and suggest you roll them up with your letter (after you pay the postage of course) and smoke it.

May the pork be with you!

Senator Ballsey (R)

[Qwinn]

"Maybe it is time to revisit that page from the Democratic Party Handbook for pole watchers that said, Claim disenfranchisement even when none exists "

Yes, I remember that. Good point, that definetly needs to be made public now. Anyone got a link for that?

Qwinn

[Once-Ler]

I have a favor to ask of you.

Why should any rat Senator do you a favor Moore? You cost them 4 seats in the Senate while making yourself a fortune. Do yourself a favor. Shut your fat mouth and start thinking.

[Jaysun]

Moore, the only reason you're still here is because we've been arguing amongst ourselves. We can't agree on who should have the honor of smashing the bottle of champaign against your side before you're pushed into the sea.