Michael Moore in USA Today: Why Democrats shouldn't be scared

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnist/2004-09-02-moore_x.htm

NEW YORK — If I've heard it once, I've heard it a hundred times from discouraged Democrats and liberals as the Republican convention here wrapped up this week. Their shoulders hunched, their eyes at a droop, they lower their voice to a whisper hoping that if they don't say it too loud it may not come true: "I...I...I think Bush is going to win."
Clearly, they're watching too much TV. Too much of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Zell Miller, Dick Cheney and Rudy Giuliani. Too much of swift boat veterans and Fox News commentators.

Action heroes always look good on TV. On Wednesday night, the GOP even made an action-hero video and showed it at the convention. There was White House political czar Karl Rove and other administration officials dressed up for "war" and going through boot camp on the National Mall in Washington.

I could only sit there in the convention hall and wish this were the real thing: Rove, national security adviser Condi Rice and Co. being sent to Iraq, and our boys and girls being brought home. But then the lights came up, and everyone sitting in the Bush family box was having a grand ol' hoot and a holler at the video they just saw.

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1. Kick!

[Gman]

2. Moore's right

but it will still take an awful lot of work over the next 2 months.

[KurtNYC]

3. The more we create the aura of inevitability, the harder

it will be for them to mess with this election.

My personal mem: "Barring any monkey business, Kerry is the next President of the United States."

[Catfight]

4. I agree, I think the RNC was a flop, I think it was a hate-fest, I think

Americans who are undecided will wake up and see that there wasn't a plan to get America on track again.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Thanks for that dose of sanity, mike!

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6. No democrat should be scared..

because right now its the rethugs that are running scared. Scared of a united front of those opposed this madman called Bush.. We know bush has done more to unite the Democratic party than anybody else..

So go to the polls on November 2 and take the day off to help others to vote..

[Tim_in_HK]

7. Exactly right. n/t

[skygazer]

8. Was just talking about this last night

Think about it - it was SO close in 2000. Now think about how many people we've heard about who voted for Bush in 2000 but who will not vote for him in 2004. Has anybody here heard of anybody who voted against Bush in 2000 but plans on voting FOR him this year? I sure haven't. I honestly don't think it will even be close. I realize they're very dangerous and I will continue to work hard for Kerry right up until the election but I feel very confident. The Repugs have alienated so many people in the last four years and they have nothing of substance to stand on.

[Zinfandel]

9. Great fucking column by Michael Moore! I hope this inspires all wimpy Dems

I already knew Bush is going down!! (No doubt they WILL try and steal it. But Kerry will win it).

The RNC was such bullshit, so was easy to see right through it...We've just got to be on our toes 24/7 watching these Republican lying, sneaky, dishonest assholes as they create new ways to steal the election, AGAIN!!!!!!

[giant_robot]

10. LOL!

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"Georgia Sen. Miller, a Democratic turncoat, looking like Freddy Krueger at an all-girls camp?"

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Great line! I guess I'm not the only one creeped out by Zell's speech.

[QuidditchFan]

11. We Democrats will not lie down this time. I agree with Moore: REJOICE!!!

Hang in there for two more months, get out and register people and we will be victorious!!!

[cthrumatrix]

12. nobody is laying down - we are getting people registered to vote

and making sure the vote counts