By Prensa Latina,
Washington : Democrats may lose the most winnable election in American history, warned filmmaker Michael Moore today in the website carrying his name.
For years, nearly every poll has shown that American people are synchronized with the platform of the Democratic Party. Issues like the pro-environment, pro-women´s rights and pro-choice, have popular backing.
They don´t like war, they want the minimum wage raised and a single-payer, universal health-care system, adds Moore about Democrat-voters affinity.
But Democrats appear to be professional losers, says Moore who believes they even lose when they win. The director of Oscar-winning “Bowling for Columbine” and “Fahrenheit 9/11” warns that Democrats and liberals and supporters of Barack Obama are now saying they are worried that John McCain has a good chance of winning.
Who would know better than the very people who have handed the Republicans one election after another on a silver platter? recalls Moore.
In the article, Moore presents six steps through which Democrats may lose elections once more. First, to keep saying nice things about McCain, like he is on the right track about global warming and campaign finance. That he is a war hero.
2. Have Obama pick a vice-presidential candidate who is a conservative white guy, or a general, or a Republican.
There is nothing wrong with picking as ticket-partner someone who can help him win a swing state or someone who has more experience than he does in certain areas, admits Moore, but alerts that Obama electrified the nation on the notion of change and hope and a fresh direction in Washington, so he must pick someone who reinforces that trend.
There are 100 million adults in the United States who do not vote. That is a large base from which to draw millions of new votes. Obama should not desert a strategy that has worked well for him, recommends Moore.
3. Keep writing speeches for Obama like the one in front of the American Israeli lobbying group the day after the final primaries, where he bashed Iran and said he would eliminate that threat. “Sometimes there is no alternative to confrontation”, he said in a typical Republican style tough-guy speech.
4. Obama should be making a speech about gender like the brilliant one he gave on race back in March. Millions of people, especially women, had high hopes for the candidacy of Hillary Clinton. Attention must be paid to that sector and their demands.
5. When McCain and his people roll out their nuclear arsenal on you, Democrats just go all sweet and sensitive and logical. Believe that the truth shall prevail, that good people will see what the Republicans are up to and all will be lost, says the author of “Sicko”.
Do all of that and then listen for that sound — the sound of your supporters shuffling away in silence. They’ll stop showing up at campaign headquarters.
6. If the endorsement of Michael Moore is brought up, Obama had better back away not only from me but from anyone and everyone who veers a bit too far to the left of where his advisers have told him is the sweet spot for all those red-state voters.
So Barack, says Moore, by denouncing me, you can help McCain get elected. Because when you denounce me, it’s not really me you’re distancing yourself from — it’s the millions upon millions of people who feel the same way about things as I do. And many of them are the kind of crazy voters who have no problem voting for a Nader just to prove a point.
Elections have been lost by just 537 votes, recalls Michael Moore.