Moore to Bush: It takes real courage...

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> Sat, 28 Aug 2004

> Moore to Bush: " It takes real courage... "

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> Thursday, August 26th, 2004

> It Takes Real Courage to Desert Your Post and Then

> Attack a Wounded Vet

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> August 26, 2004

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> It Takes Real Courage to Desert Your Post and Then

> Attack a Wounded Vet

>

> Dear Mr. Bush,

>

> I know you and I have had our differences in the

> past, and I realize I

> am the one who started this whole mess about " who

> did what " during

> Vietnam when I brought up that " deserter " nonsense

> back in January. But

> I have to hand it to you on what you have uncovered

> about John Kerry and

> his record in Vietnam. Kerry has tried to pass

> himself off as a war

> hero, but thanks to you and your friends, we now

> know the truth.

>

> First of all, thank you for pointing out to all of

> us that Mr. Kerry was

> never struck by a BULLET. It was only SHRAPNEL that

> entered his body! I

> did not know that! Hell, what's the big deal about a

> bunch of large,

> sharp, metal shards ripping open your flesh? That

> happens to all of us!

> In my opinion, if you want a purple heart, you'd

> better be hit by a

> bullet -- with your name on it!

>

> Secondly, thank you for sending Bob Dole out there

> and letting us know

> that Mr. Kerry, though wounded three times, actually

> " never spilled

> blood. " When you are in the debates with Kerry, turn

> to him and say,

> " Dammit, Mr. Kerry, next time you want a purple

> heart, you better spill

> some American red blood! And I don't mean a few

> specks like those on

> O.J.'s socks -- we want to see a good pint or two of

> blood for each

> medal. In fact, I would have preferred that you had

> bled profusely, a

> big geyser of blood spewing out of your neck or

> something! " Then throw

> this one at him: " Senator Kerry, over 58,000 brave

> Americans gave their

> lives in Vietnam -- but YOU didn't. You only got

> WOUNDED! What do you

> have to say for yourself??? " Lay that one on him and

> he won't know what

> to do.

>

> And thanks, also, Mr. Bush, for exposing the fact

> that Mr. Kerry might

> have actually WOUNDED HIMSELF in order to get those

> shiny medals. Of

> course he did! How could the Viet Cong have hit him

> -- he was on a SWIFT

> boat! He was going too fast to be hit by enemy fire.

> He tried to blow

> himself up three different times just so he could go

> home and run for

> president someday. It's all so easy to see, now,

> what he was up to.

>

> What would we do without you, Mr. Bush? Criticize

> you as we might, when

> it comes to pointing out other men's military

> records, there is no one

> who can touch your prowess. In 2000, you let out the

> rumor that your

> opponent John McCain might be " nuts " from the 5

> years he spent in a POW

> camp. Then, in the 2002 elections, your team

> compared triple-amputee

> Sen. Max Cleland to Osama bin Laden, and that cost

> him the election. And

> now you are having the same impact on war hero John

> Kerry. Since you

> (oops, I mean " The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth! " )

> started running

> those ads, Kerry's poll numbers have dropped (with

> veterans, he has lost

> 18 points in the last few weeks).

>

> Some people have said " Who are you, Mr. Bush, to

> attack these brave men

> considering you yourself have never seen combat --

> in fact, you actively

> sought to avoid it. " What your critics fail to

> understand is that even

> though your dad got you into a unit that would never

> be sent to Vietnam

> -- and even though you didn't show up for Guard duty

> for at least a year

> -- at least you were still IN FAVOR of the Vietnam

> War! Cowards like

> Clinton felt it was more important to be consistent

> (he opposed the war,

> thus he refused to go) than to be patriotic and

> two-faced.

>

> The reason that I think you know so much about other

> men's war wounds is

> because, during your time in the Texas Air National

> Guard, you suffered

> so many of them yourself. Consider the paper cut you

> received on

> September 22, 1972, while stationed in Alabama,

> working on a Senate

> campaign for your dad's friend (when you were

> supposed to be on the

> Guard base). A campaign brochure appeared from

> nowhere, ambushing your

> right index finger, and blood trickled out onto your

> brand new argyle

> sweater.

>

> Then there was the incident with the Crazy Glue when

> your fraternity

> brothers visited you one weekend at the base and

> glued your lips

> together while you were " passed out. " Though

> initially considered

> " friendly fire, " it was later ruled that you

> suffered severe post

> traumatic stress disorder from the assault and

> required certain

> medicinal attention -- which, it seems, was provided

> by those same

> fraternity brethren.

>

> But nothing matched your heroism when, on July 2,

> 1969, you sustained a

> massive head injury when enemy combatants from

> another Guard unit

> dropped a keg of Coors on your head during a

> reconnaissance mission at a

> nearby all-girls college. Fortunately, the cool,

> smooth fluids that

> poured out of the keg were exactly what was needed

> to revive you.

>

> That you never got a purple heart for any of these

> incidents is a shame.

> I can fully appreciate your anger at Senator Kerry

> for the three he

> received. I mean, Kerry was a man of privilege, he

> could have gotten out

> just like you. Instead, he thinks he's going to gain

> points with the

> American people bragging about how he was getting

> shot at every day in

> the Mekong Delta. Ha! Is that the best he can do?

> Hell, I hear gunfire

> every night outside my apartment window! If he

> thinks he is going to

> impress anyone with the fact that he volunteered to

> go when he could

> have spent the Vietnam years on the family yacht, he

> should think again.

> That only shows how stupid he was! True-blue

> Americans want a president

> who knows how to pull strings and work the system

> and get away with

> doing as little work as possible!

>

> So, to make it up to you, I have written some new

> ads you can use on TV.

> People will soon tire of the swift boat veterans and

> you are going to

> need some fresh, punchier material. Feel free to use

> any of these:

>

> ANNOUNCER: " When the bullets were flying all around

> him in Vietnam, what

> did John Kerry do? He said he leaned over the boat

> and 'pulled a man out

> of the river.' But, as we all know, men don't live

> in the river -- fish

> do. John Kerry knows how to tell a big fish tale.

> What he won't tell you

> is that when the enemy was shooting at him, he

> ducked. Do you want a

> president who will duck? Vote Bush. "

>

> ANNOUNCER: " Mr. Kerry's biggest supporter, Sen. Max

> Cleland, claims to

> have lost two legs and an arm in Vietnam. But he

> still has one arm! How

> did that happen? One word: Cowardice. When duty

> called, he was unwilling

> to give his last limb. Is that the type of

> selfishness you want hanging

> out in the White House? We think not. Vote for the

> man who would be

> willing to give America his right frontal lobe. Vote

> Bush. "

>

> Hope these help, Mr. Bush. And remember, when the

> American death toll in

> Iraq hits 1,000 during the Republican convention, be

> sure to question

> whether those who died really did indeed " die " -- or

> were they just

> trying to get their faces on CNN's nightly tribute

> to fallen heroes? The

> sixteen who've died so far this week were probably

> working hand in hand

> with the Kerry campaign to ruin your good time in

> New York. Stay

> consistent, sir, and always, ALWAYS question the

> veracity of anyone who

> risks their life for this country. It's the least

> they deserve.

>

> Yours,

>

> Michael Moore

> mmflint

> www.michaelmoore.com

>

> P.S. George, I know you said you don't read the

> newspaper, but USA Today

> has given me credentials to the Republican

> convention to write a guest

> column each day next week (Tues.-Fri.). If you don't

> want to read it,

> you and I will be in the same building so maybe I

> could come by and read

> it to you? Lemme know..

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