's Open Letter to bush

[Guest guest]

Dear Governor Bush,

It's been awhile since we've talked. I believe your last words to me

were,

" Go find real work! " You kidder, you! That very night, it was you who

found

real work for yourself by executing your 117th human being in Texas. How

DO

you do it?!

Actually, the " real work " I do now, my job, is due in large part to your

family. Few people know what you and I know... that it was your cousin

who shot much of " & Me. " At the time, I didn't know that your

mother,

Barbara Bush, and his mother were sisters. must have missed the

train

the rest of you were on! He came to Flint to return a favor to me for

helping him on a film he was making about hate groups. He is the person

who

taught me how to make a movie. Without his generosity, " & Me "

might

never had been made.

I remember the day your dad was inaugurated as President. I was editing

the

film in a ratty old editing room in D.C. and decided to go down to watch

your dad be sworn in on the Capitol steps. How weird it was to see my

mentor/cinematographer sitting next to you up on the dais!

Months later, when the film was released, your dad, the President,

ordered a

print of " & Me " to be sent to Camp for the family to watch

one

weekend. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall as all of you

watched

the havoc and despair your father and Mr. Reagan had helped wreak upon

my

hometown. I've always wanted to know -- at the end of the film, as the

deputy sheriff was tossing the kids' presents and Christmas tree out on

the

curb because they were $150 behind in their rent -- were there any tears

in

the room? Did anyone feel responsible? Or did you just think, " nice

camerawork! "

And now you want to be President of the United States.

I'm sorry to tell you, but that can't happen.

The American people need to know a few things about you -- and they had

better consider them right now, before a tragic mistake is made.

You know what I am talking about.

Your possible victory on Tuesday is a threat to our national security.

That may seem a bit strong, but I don't make this charge lightly. It has

nothing to do with your positions on the issues (all of which I disagree

with) or your patriotism (I'm sure you love your country).

It has to do with you. I believe, with all due respect, that if you sit

in

the Oval Office, this nation of ours, its security, and in turn, the

security of the world, has the potential to be in great jeopardy.

Why?

There are three reasons.

1. It appears you cannot read and write on an adult level. I'm sad to

say

it, but you may be a functional illiterate. How can we entrust our

nuclear

secrets to you if you can't read them?

As I have pointed out before, all the signs of either dyslexia or

illiteracy

are there -- and no one is asking you about it. First, you lied about

your

" favorite book " as a child ( " A Very Hungry Caterpillar " you said). That

book

wasn't even published until a year after you graduated from college!

Then there is the question of your college transcripts and if, in fact,

they

have been doctored. How DID you get into Yale when the prospective

students

we uncovered had higher SATs and grades? During this campaign you have

made

up answers when asked to name the books you are currently reading (when

quizzed about the books' contents, you didn't know what to say). Is it

any

wonder you have not had a press conference in over a month and a half?

Your

handlers are scared to death of what might be asked or what you may say.

One thing is clear to all -- you can't speak the English language in

sentences we can comprehend. At first, the way you mangled words and

sentences was cute and funny. But after a while, it became worrisome.

Now,

I'm just scared. If you are Commander-in-Chief, you have to be able to

communicate your orders. What if your subordinates don't understand you?

What kind of chaos could that cause with our national security? No

wonder

you want to increase the Pentagon budget. We'll need all the firepower

we

can get after you accidentally order the Russians to be " wiped out "

(when

you meant to say that the Russians are just " whipped " these days).

Your aides have said that you don't (can't?) read the briefing papers

they

give you and that you ask them to read them for you or to you. Your

mother

was passionately committed to reading programs as First Lady. I assume

she

knew first hand the difficulty of raising a child with a learning

disability.

I say none of this to knock you personally. Forty million adult

Americans

cannot read above a 4th grade level and millions are dyslexic. There is

no

shame in this. In fact, there is help. But for you to have your finger

on

The Button when you may be disabled in this way is too great a risk for

the

country to take. You need help -- not the Oval Office.

Hey, I'm not one to talk -- just look at this letter and all its wacky

syntax! But I ain't runnin' for President. At the very least, the voters

deserve an answer to this question of your illiteracy by Tuesday.

2. Are you an alcoholic? Again, there is no finger being pointed here

and no

shame or disrespect intended. Alcoholism is a huge problem and it

affects

millions of American citizens, people we all know and love. Many are

able to

recover and live normal lives. I greatly admire anyone who can deal with

this addiction. You have told us that you are not able to drink, and

haven't

touched a drop since you were 40. Congratulations.

But it has just been revealed tonight on CNN that, in the past, you were

arrested for drunk driving (and that you tried to cover it up). You have

told us that you used to " drink too much " and that you were " more in

love

with the liquor " than you were with your own family. That is the

definition

of an alcoholic. This does not disqualify you from being president, but

it

does require that you answer some questions.

Why won't you use the word " alcoholic? " That is, after all, the first

step

to recovery. What support system have you set up to make sure you don't

fall

off the wagon? Being president is perhaps the most stressful job in the

world. What have you done to insure you can handle the pressure and the

anxiety associated with being the Leader of the Free World? How do we

know

you will not resort to the bottle when faced with a serious panic? You

have

never had a job like this. For 20 years, from what I can tell, you had

no

job at all. When you stopped " drifting, " your dad set you up in the oil

business with some ventures that failed and then he helped you get a

ball

team which required you to sit in a box seat and watch a lot of baseball

games. Now you have served as governor of Texas, a relatively ceremonial

job

in that state. How will you deal with a massive world crisis? Do you

have a

sponsor you can call? Is there a meeting you can attend? I know this is

very

personal, but the voters have a right to know.

3. Please, tell us the " felony " you committed and anything else of a

similar

nature that you have been hiding. When you were asked last year about

your

alleged cocaine use, you replied that you have committed " no felonies in

the

last 25 years. " That implies that you DID commit a felony before that.

What

was the felony?

The reason I am asking this is not to seek retribution for what you did.

I

am concerned that if there is some deep, dark secret you are afraid of,

it

means you are, in effect, providing ammunition for whoever discovers

this

secret, be it a foreign enemy (that Bin-Laden guy) or a domestic enemy

(ExxonMobil). If they discover your secret felony, they will have

something

over you -- and will be in a position to blackmail you. That makes you a

national security threat.

Trust me, someone will find out what you are hiding, and when they do,

all

of us will be at risk. You have made yourself a national security threat

and

you have a duty to disclose whatever this felony was that you committed.

To

reveal it will nullify its potential use as a weapon against you or this

country should you be elected.

There are enough scary reasons why you should never be President. You

will

oversee further destruction of our environment. You will push to have

more

people executed. You will make sure your rich buddies make a killing off

the

hard work and suffering of those less fortunate than you. Any of these

reasons is enough to stop you on Tuesday.

But, no matter where any of us stand on the political spectrum, liberal

or

conservative, Democrat, Republican or Green, all of us have a right to

know

the answers to these three critical questions.

Yours,

http://www.theawfultruth.com/

http://www.michaelmoore.com/

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