Michael Moore has
posted
his endorsement letter of Wesley Clark on his web site. Moore
has been one of the strongest critics of the Iraq war and the
Bush administration. In his letter Moore said
"There are
times to vote to make a statement, there are times to vote for
the underdog and there are times to vote to save the country from
catastrophe. This time we can and must do all three."
Moore will join Clark in New Hampshire on Saturday to campaign
throughout the state.
I have met Clark and spoken to him on a number of occasions,
feeling him out on the issues but, more importantly, getting a
sense of him as a human being. And I have to tell you I have
found him to be the real deal, someone whom I'm convinced all of
you would like, both as a person and as the individual leading
this country. He is an honest, decent, honorable man who would be
a breath of fresh air in the White House. He is clearly not a
professional politician. He is clearly not from Park Avenue. And
he is clearly the absolute best hope we have of defeating George
W. Bush...This is not about voting for who is more anti-war or
who was anti-war first or who the media has already anointed. It
is about backing a candidate that shares our values AND can
communicate them to Middle America. I am convinced that the
surest slam dunk to remove Bush is with a
four-star-general-top-of-his-class-at-West-Point-Rhodes-Scholar-Medal-of-Freedom-winning-gun-owner-f
rom-the-South
-- who also, by chance, happens to be pro-choice, pro
environment, and anti-war. You don't get handed a gift like this
very often. I hope the liberal/left is wise enough to accept it.
It's hard, when you're so used to losing, to think that this time
you can actually win. It is Clark who stands the best chance --
maybe the only chance -- to win those Southern and Midwestern
states that we MUST win in order to accomplish Bush Removal. And
if what I have just said is true, then we have no choice but to
get behind the one who can make this happen...In fact, having
made that political journey and metamorphosis, is he not the best
candidate to bring millions of other former Reagan supporters to
our side -- blue collar people who have now learned the hard way
just how bad Reagan and the Republicans were (and are) for them?
We need to take that big DO NOT ENTER sign off our tent and reach
out to the vast majority who have been snookered by these
right-wingers. And we have a better chance of winning in November
with one of their own leading them to the promised land...I
strongly urge you to vote for Wes Clark. Let's join together to
ensure that we are putting forth our BEST chance to defeat Bush
on the November ballot. It is, at this point, for the sake of the
world, a moral imperative.
Rob is
the founder and editor of the progressive news site robwire.com and is a
frequent contributor to rob.dailykos.com