This is good analysis. I think Trump supporters are far more active than
passive supporters of any other candidate, and that is why he will probably win.
Frank
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Subject: 5 Ways to Make Sure Trump Loses
5 Ways to Make Sure Trump Loses
Friends,
Over the past few days, a number of polls have come out showing Hillary Clinton
leading Donald Trump nationally by double digits, including in blue collar
states like Michigan (10%) and Pennsylvania (11%). If you are a Clinton
supporter and have felt a sense of relief when you saw these numbers, your
shoulders suddenly relaxing and an audible "phew" coming from your mouth, if
you got excited that your belief system was now reassured that there was no
chance your fellow Americans will vote for a narcissistic misogynist, then you
just became part of the problem - and why Donald J. Trump could actually win on
November 8th.
Please do not think for a second this election is over or in the bag. There are
three long months to go. If you think that all we have to do is just let Trump
keep shooting himself in the head - that "Trump will beat Trump" and the rest
of us just have to sit back and watch with glee - well, you are playing with
fire. And you're looking for a way to get out of doing any work. Clearly you've
forgotten this election is not about whether there are more people "for"
Hillary or Trump. Of course there are more people for Hillary! She will lead in
the opinion polls from now until Election Day.
AND IT DOESN'T MATTER.
Because this is not a popularity contest decided by polls (or in this year's
edition, a contest over who you dislike the least). As I've said, if people
could vote from their sofa via their Xbox or remote control, Hillary would win
in a landslide. But this election is only about who SHOWS UP to the VOTING
BOOTH on November 8th (or to early voting or by absentee ballot). The election
this year is not being held as usual on the first Tuesday of November; it's
happening in the second week of the month, so if you live in the top half of
the country, that means a greater chance for snow or icy rain - and that means
a lower turnout. A lower turnout helps Trump.
This election is ONLY about who gets who out to vote, who's got the most rabid
supporters, the kind of candidate who inspires people to get out of bed at 5am
on Election Day because a Wall needs to built! Muslims are killing us! Women
are taking over! USA! USA! Make My Penis Great Again! Hillary is the Devil!
America First! Fetus First! First in Line at the Polls!
So instead of feeling better this week because of the new polls (BTW, only one
of these polls is of "likely voters" - the Reuters Poll - and in that one,
Hillary leads by only 4 points), or regaling over Trump's insanity (so insane,
he raised $82 million last month in mostly $10-$20 contributions, stunning the
Clinton campaign, because Bernie never had a grassroots month anywhere near
that), I would like to suggest a different response. I'd like to ask those who
love Hillary to hold off on the victory party 'til the wee hours of November
9th. Please, can we all agree that now is NOT the time to do this:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/08/25/434585015/not-over-til-its-over-runners-early-celebration-costs-her-the-bronze
Let's stop the early celebrating and the gloating over Trump's Bad Week. No
premature end zone dances. If you are serious about this election, and if you
are smart enough to still take Donald Trump seriously, then here's 5 things to
do - four for you, and one for Hillary:
1. You Are Responsible for Getting 50 People to the Polls November 8th.
Start making your list now. Create this list on your smart phone of the people
you will personally make sure show up to the polls on November 8th. Enter their
email addresses and cell phone numbers. Call it your "November 8th Project."
Add a name to it every single day between now and November 8th until you have
50 people - 50 names in 90 days. Focus on nonvoters. Then, on November 7th and
8th, call, text and/or email every one of them and remind them to vote. Offer
them a ride. Offer them lunch. Offer to watch the kids. Offer to mow their
lawn. Plan a get-together or a party for everyone after going to vote. You must
remind even those people who you think don't need reminding. This election
isn't about you voting - it's about you getting 50 others to vote.
2. From Today Until November 8th, You Are in the French Resistance.
Imagine what it was like to be in the French underground while the Germans
invaded France. The only possible way to win was an unrelenting,
round-the-clock commitment to defeat the Nazis. There was no time for one of
those 3-hour French dinners. They did not take vacations. They did not sleep
in. They did not have time for "playdates." The Germans were coming! The
Germans were there! Well, friends, our fascist (Drumpf!) is coming! That's the
mind-set you need to be in. For the next three months, the kids have to get
themselves to soccer! Work on your marriage in December! There's no time for
hot yoga! No one in the French Resistance ever said "I can't blow up that Nazi
train today 'cause I feel like I might be coming down with a cold!"
3. You Must Be Supportive of the Depressed Voter. So many people have
given up on our system and that's because the system has given up on them. They
know it's all bullshit: politics, politicians, elections. The middle class in
tatters, the American Dream a nightmare for the 47 million living in poverty.
Get this straight: HALF of America is planning NOT to vote November 8th.
Hillary's approval rating is at 36%. CNN said it last night: No one running for
office with an approval rating of 36% has ever been elected president (Trump's
is at 30%). Even in these newer polls, 60% still say that Hillary is
"untrustworthy to be president." Disillusioned young people stop me every day
to tell me they're not voting (or they're voting 3rd Party). This is a problem,
folks. Stop ignoring it. You need to listen to them. Chastising them, shaming
them, will not work. Acknowledging to them that they have a point, that Hillary
Clinton is maybe not the best candidate, and then promising them that you will
join them on November 9th in a political revolution that will demand Clinton
enact her platform, that might go a long way to getting them to vote. They
don't have to change their opinion about Hillary. They just have to reluctantly
vote for her and be allowed to feel very bad about doing it - and very good
that we will fight on their side after the election.
4. Hillary Must Slyly Stick Trump with a Comedy Shiv During the Debates.
Bill Maher and I will help Hillary with this (Hill, call us!). I'm sure Amy
Schumer and Chris Rock would chip in, too. Clinton actually has a good sense of
humor, but keeps it mostly hidden (here she is back in the '90s, sparring with
a Republican leader of Congress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XsSydPOgCc).
Trump has very thin skin. If she can slide the perfect line of satirical
ridicule just under that thin skin of his, he will implode. On live TV. And
that, my friends, will be the moment it's over for him. A complete mental
meltdown on a stage without his cheering man-fans in the room. BOOM!
5. I Hereby Appoint You Precinct Captain in Your Neighborhood, in Your
School, and at Your Place of Work. Yes, you. Tell them Michael Moore personally
named you. Not because I have any authority to do so. Just because I said so.
And you said so. Please, friends, do not depend entirely on the "Democratic
Party" to pull this off in November. It is often, depending on where you live,
an apparatus of numskulls, hacks and former high school student council
rejects. Quick, name the local chair of the Dems in your county. They are not
of the people. If we depend just on them, we lose. We usually do. Obama had a
brilliant campaign team, was a beloved candidate, and that's why he won.
Hillary's campaign lost 22 states to a 74-year old socialist who had neither a
comb nor 50 bucks in his pocket - and was unknown to everyone except me and
some hippies in Vermont! Hahahaha! Here's a tweet this week from one of
Hillary's "top advisers", the chair of the "Campaign for American Progress",
just to give you a clue as to the brain trust surrounding her:
https://twitter.com/neeratanden/status/761075519450341376
So we can't just depend on them alone to stop Trump. That's why I've decided to
appoint myself, as of this moment, chair of the "Shadow Campaign to Defeat
Donald J. Trump" (or, in short, "The Resistance") - and I'm appointing each and
every one of you as my Precinct Captains in the areas where you live, work and
go to college. From this moment forward you will organize the block you live
on, or the town or neighborhood you live in, or your dorm, your office, or your
place of worship. If asked, just identify yourself as the "Local Head of the
Defeat Trump Coalition." If others want to be the "Head" or say they are the
"Head," just share the title with them. Then appoint more Precinct Captains.
Don't hold meetings. Do actions. Use humor. Conduct flash mobs. Be a disruptor.
Think creatively and subversively. Have fun. Defeat Trump.
Because, you see, we have no choice. We're in the Trump Resistance.
Yours in revolution and future playdates,
Michael Moore
P.S. Still feeling giddy about all the bad news surrounding Trump this week?
Here's another bucket of cold water: Trump can actually lose Florida, Virginia,
Colorado and New Mexico - and STILL WIN! All he has to do is carry the rust
belt "Brexit States" of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. Hillary
lost three of these four in the primaries. Nothing can be taken for granted.
Once more: This is all about who shows up November 8th - not who's ahead in the
popularity polls right now. On the morning of the Michigan Primary, Hillary was
ahead of Bernie in a WJBK/TV2-Detroit poll by 22 points. Twelve hours later,
she lost. Leave your bubble now! You are a Precinct Captain! You have work to
do! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM-E2H1ChJM
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