Obama-Kennedy Ticket- Michael Moore's Letter To Caroline Kennedy

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Dear Caroline,

We've never met, so I hope you don't find this letter too presumptuous
or inappropriate. As its contents involve the public's business, I am
sending this to you via the public on the Internet. I knew your
brother John. He was a great guy, and I know he would've had a ball
during this thrilling and historic election year. We all miss him
dearly.

Barack Obama selected you to head up his search for a vice
presidential candidate. It appears we may be just days (hours?) away
from learning who that choice will be.

The media is reporting that Senator Obama has narrowed his
alternatives to three men: Joe Biden, Evan Bayh and Tim Kaine.
They're all decent fellows, but they are far from the core of what
the Obama campaign has been about: Change. Real change. Out with the
old. And don't invade countries that pose no threat to us.

Senators Biden and Bayh voted for that invasion and that war, the war
Barack ran against, the war Barack reminded us was the big difference
between him and Senator Clinton because she voted for the war and he
spoke out against it while running for Senate (a brave and bold thing
to do back in 2002).

For Obama to place either of these senators on the ticket would be a
huge blow to the millions that chose him in the primaries over
Hillary.
He will undercut one of the strongest advantages he has over the
Hundred-Year War senator, Mr. McCain. By anointing a VP who did what
McCain did in throwing us into this war, Mr. Obama will lose the moral
high ground in the debates.

As for Governor Kaine of Virginia, his big problem is, well, Obama's
big problem -- who is he? The toughest thing Barack has had to
overcome -- and it will continue to be his biggest obstacle -- is
that too many of the voters simply don't know him well enough to vote
for him. The fact that Obama is new to the scene is both one of his
most attractive qualities AND his biggest drawback. Too many
Americans, who on the surface seem to like Barack Obama, just don't
feel comfortable voting for someone who hasn't been on the national
scene very long. It's a comfort level thing, and it may be just what
keeps Obama from winning in November ("I'd rather vote for the devil
I know than the devil I don't know").

What Obama needs is a vice presidential candidate who is NOT a
professional politician, but someone who is well-known and beloved by
people across the political spectrum; someone who, like Obama, spoke
out against the war; someone who has a good and generous heart, who
will be cheered by the rest of the world; someone whom we've known and
loved and admired all our lives and who has dedicated her life to
public service and to the greater good for all.

That person, Caroline, is you.

I cannot think of a more winning ticket than one that reads:
"OBAMA-KENNEDY."

Caroline, I know that nominating yourself is the furthest idea from
your mind and not consistent with who you are, but there would be some
poetic justice to such an action. Just think, eight years after the
last head of a vice presidential search team looked far and wide for a
VP -- and then picked himself (a move topped only by his hubris to
then lead the country to near ruin while in office) -- along comes
Caroline Kennedy to return the favor with far different results, a
vice president who helps restore America to its goodness and
greatness.

Caroline, you are one of the most beloved and respected women in this
country, and you have been so admired throughout your life. You chose
a life outside of politics, to work for charities and schools, to
write and lecture, to raise a wonderful family. But you did not
choose to lead a private life. You have traveled the world and met
with its leaders, giving you much experience on the world stage, a
stage you have been on since you were a little girl.

The nation has, remarkably (considering our fascination with
celebrity), left you alone and let you live your life in peace. (It's
like, long ago, we all collectively agreed that, with her father
tragically gone, a man who died because he wanted to serve his
country, we would look out for her, we would wish for her to be happy
and well, and we would have her back. But we would let her be.)

Now, I am breaking this unwritten code and asking you to come forward
and help us in our hour of need. So many families are hurting, losing
their homes, going bankrupt with health care bills, seeing their
public schools in shambles and living with this war without end. This
is a historic year for women, from Hillary's candidacy to the
numerous women running for the House and Senate. This is the year
that a woman should be on the Democratic ticket. This is the year
that both names on that ticket should be people OUTSIDE the party
machine. This is the year millions of independents and, yes, millions
of Republicans are looking for something new and fresh and bold (and
you are the Kennedy Republicans would vote for!).

This is the moment, Caroline. Seize it! And Barack, if you're reading
this, you probably know that she is far too humble and decent to
nominate herself. So step up and surprise us again. Step up and be
different than every politician we have witnessed in our lifetime.
Keep the passion burning amongst the young people and others who have
been energized by your unexpected, unpredicted, against-all-odds
candidacy that has ignited and inspired a nation. Do it for all those
reasons. Make Caroline Kennedy your VP. "Obama-Kennedy." Wow, does
that sound so cool.

Caroline, thanks for letting me intrude on your life. How wonderful it
will be to have a vice president who will respect the Constitution,
who will support (instead of control) her president, who will never
let her staff out a CIA agent, and who will never tell her country
that she is "currently residing in an undisclosed location."

Say it one more time: "OBAMA-KENNEDY." A move like that might send a
message to the country that the Democrats would actually like to win
an election for once.

Yours, Michael Moore MMFlint@aol.com MichaelMoore.com