Reason No. 2 on documentarian Michael Moore’s list of how the Dems can blow this election is: "Pick a running mate who is a conservative white guy or a general or a Republican."

No, it’s not a ringing endorsement for Hillary Clinton or New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson by any means. But it’s an entertaining train of thought by Moore, who apparently still is smarting from the 2004 election. An excerpt from his forthcoming book, "Mike’s Election Guide," was published on Moore’s Web site and in this month’s Rolling Stone.

He says the "Democrats appear to be professional losers," though they should be cleaning up in the last several elections.

They are so pathetic in their ability to win elections, they even lose when they win! So when you hear Democrats and liberals and supporters of Barack Obama say they are worried that John McCain has a good chance of winning, they ain’t a-kidding. Who would know better than the very people who have handed the Republicans one election after another on a silver platter? Yes, be afraid, be very afraid.

So this essay from his book is an effort to stop the Dems from shooting themselves in the collective foot once again. Funny, interesting. My personal favorite is No. 4: "Forget that this was a historic year for women."

 

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. And you don’t pay attention to it by having your advisers run your wife through the makeover machine, trying to soften her up and pipe her down. Michelle Obama has been one of the most refreshing things about this election year. But within weeks of the end of the primary season, the handlers stepped in to deal with the ‘Michelle problem.’



What problem? She speaks her mind? She wears what she wants? Her biggest sin, according to the punditocracy, was to say that, as a black woman, this may be the first time in her adult life she’s been really proud of her country. Shock! Surprise! Outrage! But not from any of the black women I know.



You have to be white and stupid to not know what she was really saying. If you don’t understand, let me ask you this: Have you been proud of what this country has been doing in the past few years? Are you proud your neighbors had their house taken from them? Are you proud to be sending a good chunk of your paycheck to the oil companies so they can post record profits? Are you proud to know your vice president outed one of our spies and put her life and the lives of others at risk?



That’s all she was saying — what we are all feeling.



Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton both lost the white-male vote but won the White House. They did so by winning the black, Hispanic and female vote. That HAS to be Obama’s strategy to win. Otherwise, Cindy McCain will be our new First Lady.