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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
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> Friends,
>
> Who among us is not at a loss for words? Tears pour out. Tears of joy.
> Tears
> of relief. A stunning, whopping landslide of hope in a time of deep despair.
>
> In a nation that was founded on genocide and then built on the backs
> of slaves, it was an unexpected moment, shocking in its simplicity:
> Barack Obama, a good man, a black man, said he would bring change to
> Washington, and the majority of the country liked that idea. The
> racists were present throughout the campaign and in the voting booth.
> But they are no longer the majority, and we will see their flame of
> hate fizzle out in our lifetime.
>
> There was another important "first" last night. Never before in our
> history has an avowed anti-war candidate been elected president
> during a time of war. I hope President-elect Obama remembers that as
> he considers expanding the war in Afghanistan. The faith we now have
> will be lost if he forgets the main issue on which he beat his
> fellow Dems in the primaries and then a great war hero in the
> general election:
> The people of America are tired of war. Sick and tired. And their
> voice was loud and clear yesterday.
>
> It's been an inexcusable 44 years since a Democrat running for
> president has received even just 51% of the vote. That's because
> most Americans haven't really liked the Democrats. They see them as
> rarely having the guts to get the job done or stand up for the
> working people they say they support.
> Well,
> here's their chance. It has been handed to them, via the voting
> public, in the form of a man who is not a party hack, not a
> set-for-life Beltway bureaucrat. Will he now become one of them, or
> will he force them to be more like him? We pray for the latter.
>
> But today we celebrate this triumph of decency over personal attack,
> of peace over war, of intelligence over a belief that Adam and Eve
> rode around on dinosaurs just 6,000 years ago. What will it be like
> to have a smart president? Science, banished for eight years, will
> return. Imagine supporting our country's greatest minds as they seek
> to cure illness, discover new forms of energy, and work to save the
> planet. I know, pinch me.
>
> We may, just possibly, also see a time of refreshing openness,
> enlightenment and creativity. The arts and the artists will not be
> seen as the enemy.
> Perhaps art will be explored in order to discover the greater
> truths. When FDR was ushered in with his landslide in 1932, what
> followed was Frank Capra and Preston Sturgis, Woody Guthrie and John
> Steinbeck, Dorothea Lange and Orson Welles. All week long I have
> been inundated with media asking me, "gee, Mike, what will you do
> now that Bush is gone?" Are they kidding?
> What
> will it be like to work and create in an environment that nurtures
> and supports film and the arts, science and invention, and the
> freedom to be whatever you want to be? Watch a thousand flowers
> bloom! We've entered a new era, and if I could sum up our collective
> first thought of this new era, it is this: Anything Is Possible.
>
> An African American has been elected President of the United States!
> Anything is possible! We can wrestle our economy out of the hands of
> the reckless rich and return it to the people. Anything is possible!
> Every citizen can be guaranteed health care. Anything is possible!
> We can stop melting the polar ice caps. Anything is possible! Those
> who have committed war crimes will be brought to justice. Anything
> is possible.
>
> We really don't have much time. There is big work to do. But this is
> the week for all of us to revel in this great moment. Be humble
> about it. Do not treat the Republicans in your life the way they
> have treated you the past eight years. Show them the grace and
> goodness that Barack Obama exuded throughout the campaign. Though
> called every name in the book, he refused to lower himself to the
> gutter and sling the mud back. Can we follow his example? I know, it
> will be hard.
>
> I want to thank everyone who gave of their time and resources to
> make this victory happen. It's been a long road, and huge damage has
> been done to this great country, not to mention to many of you who
> have lost your jobs, gone bankrupt from medical bills, or suffered
> through a loved one being shipped off to Iraq. We will now work to
> repair this damage, and it won't be easy.
>
> But what a way to start! Barack Hussein Obama, the 44th President of
> the United States. Wow. Seriously, wow.
>
> Yours,
> Michael Moore
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