Michael Moore: What Will It Be Like to Have a Smart President?

By Michael Moore, MichaelMoore.com
Posted on November 6, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/story/106154/

Who among us is not at a loss for words? Tears pour out. Tears of joy.Tears of relief. A stunning, whopping landslide of hope in a time of deep despair. In a nation that was founded on genocide and then built on the backs of slaves, it was an unexpected moment, shocking in its simplicity: Barack Obama, a good man, a black man, said he would bring change to Washington, and the majority of the country liked that idea. The racists were present throughout the campaign and in the voting booth. But they are no longer the majority, and we will see their flame of hate fizzle out in our lifetime.

There was another important "first" last night. Never before in our history has an avowed anti-war candidate been elected president during a time of war. I hope President-elect Obama remembers that as he considers expanding the war in Afghanistan. The faith we now have will be lost if he forgets the main issue on which he beat his fellow Dems in the primaries and then a great war hero in the general election: The people of America are tired of war. Sick and tired. And their voice was loud and clear yesterday.

It's been an inexcusable 44 years since a Democrat running for president
has received even just 51 percent of the vote. That's because most
Americans haven't really liked the Democrats. They see them as rarely
having the guts to get the job done or stand up for the working people
they say they support. Well, here's their chance. It has been handed to
them, via the voting public, in the form of a man who is not a party
hack, not a set-for-life Beltway bureaucrat. Will he now become one of
them, or will he force them to be more like him? We pray for the latter.

But today we celebrate this triumph of decency over personal attack, of
peace over war, of intelligence over a belief that Adam and Eve rode
around on dinosaurs just 6,000 years ago. What will it be like to have a
smart president? Science, banished for eight years, will return. Imagine
supporting our country's greatest minds as they seek to cure illness,
discover new forms of energy, and work to save the planet. I know, pinch
me.

We may, just possibly, also see a time of refreshing openness,
enlightenment and creativity. The arts and the artists will not be seen
as the enemy. Perhaps art will be explored in order to discover the
greater truths. When FDR was ushered in with his landslide in 1932, what
followed was Frank Capra and Preston Sturgis, Woody Guthrie and John
Steinbeck, Dorothea Lange and Orson Welles. All week long I have been
inundated with media asking me, "gee, Mike, what will you do now that
Bush is gone?" Are they kidding? What will it be like to work and create
in an environment that nurtures and supports film and the arts, science
and invention, and the freedom to be whatever you want to be? Watch a
thousand flowers bloom! We've entered a new era, and if I could sum up
our collective first thought of this new era, it is this: Anything Is
Possible.

An African American has been elected President of the United States!
Anything is possible! We can wrestle our economy out of the hands of the
reckless rich and return it to the people. Anything is possible! Every
citizen can be guaranteed health care. Anything is possible! We can stop
melting the polar ice caps. Anything is possible! Those who have
committed war crimes will be brought to justice. Anything is possible.

We really don't have much time. There is big work to do. But this is the
week for all of us to revel in this great moment. Be humble about it. Do
not treat the Republicans in your life the way they have treated you the
past eight years. Show them the grace and goodness that Barack Obama
exuded throughout the campaign. Though called every name in the book, he
refused to lower himself to the gutter and sling the mud back. Can we
follow his example? I know, it will be hard.

I want to thank everyone who gave of their time and resources to make
this victory happen. It's been a long road, and huge damage has been
done to this great country, not to mention to many of you who have lost
your jobs, gone bankrupt from medical bills, or suffered through a loved
one being shipped off to Iraq. We will now work to repair this damage,
and it won't be easy.

But what a way to start! Barack Hussein Obama, the 44th President of the
United States. Wow. Seriously, wow.

Michael Moore is an Academy award-winning filmmaker and author of "Dude,
Where's My Country?"

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