Mike's Election Guide (25 page)
My special thanks to my personal publisher and editor there, Jamie Raab, who is a dream come true—every writer should be so lucky. Thanks also to the great staff at Grand Central: managing editor Bob Castillo, Anne Twomey, Anna Maria Piluso, Toni Marotta, Jimmy Franco, Martha Otis, Chris Barba, Bruce Paonessa, and the rest of the Hachette Book Group sales force—
merci beaucoup!
They all let me write right up until the presses ran so that this guide could be as current as possible. Special thanks to the chair of Hachette USA, David Young.
Thanks to my agent and the Deep Throat of my world, Mort Janklow. He knows where the bodies are buried. And to the wonderful Anne Sibbald at Janklow, Nesbit. Someday I hope to meet Nesbit.
Thanks to Basel Hamdan, Cory Fisher, Eric Weinrib, and Jennifer Moore for all their help in researching and working on this book. Thanks to Christine Fall, Curt Webb, and John Raths for photographing the people on the street. Thanks to Jenn Craven for assisting me during this process.
The cover of this book was designed by Tom Kluepful at Doyle Partners.
Thanks to Al Hirvela for suggesting the idea for Chapter Two and to Rod Birleson for numerous discussions about everything else. Thanks also to them and Joanne Doroshow, Ann Cohen, Jeff Gibbs, Fred and Jackie Trimble, Shirley Williams, and Deborah Lake for reading the draft and for their helpful comments. Their unhelpful ones were useful, too.
Special thanks to my sisters Anne and Veronica for their feedback and encouragement. Thanks also to my bros-in-law John and Rocky for reading the final draft and for their support.
This book was written in downtown Traverse City, Michigan. Come visit the historic State Theatre art house if you’re ever in the area. It shows only the best movies, the picture and sound are perfect, and the pop and popcorn can be had for $2. We put on a film festival here every end of July in the hopes of saving it and supporting the art of cinema. Thanks to all the people here who have made this a nice place to think and create.
And thanks to all of you who continue to read my books and go to my movies. Though I sadly don’t have the time to answer most of my mail, I do read it and am eternally grateful for your kind words and your own commitment to making a better world. Don’t give up, we’re all in this together.
Finally, thanks to Kathleen and Natalie. And Lily, northern Michigan’s Dog of the Year. She got over her disappointment in Hillary’s narrow loss and is now working hard for Obama.
Michael Moore’s books include
Stupid White Men
and
Dude, Where’s My Country?
His films include
Sicko, Fahrenheit 9/11, Bowling for Columbine, The Big One, Canadian Bacon,
and
Roger & Me.
His TV series include
TV Nation
and
The Awful Truth.
He’s won an Oscar, an Emmy, and hopes to win a Grammy with the audio recording of this book. Broadway, you’re next! He became the first American to win the British Book of the Year award and is revered throughout Slovenia for reasons that are still unclear to him. His blood pressure is a steady 120 over 60 and his cholesterol count is 152. He resides in northern Michigan.
PHOTO CREDITS
(page 34) women kissing: Jacques Zorgman/Getty Images; (page 35) men kissing: AP Photo/CP, Paul Chiasson; (page 166) Jeanne Shaheen: Meryl Levin photo; (page 168) Al Franken: Bill Weaver photo; (page 174) Ronnie Musgrove: Associated Press; (page 186) Ethan Berkowitz: Clark James Mishler photo; (page 187) Ann Kirkpatrick: Jocelyn Augustino photo; (page 191) Betsy Markey: William Moree photo; (page 195) Suzanne Kosmas: William Moree photo; (page 197) Debbi Halvorson: Jocelyn Augustino photo; (page 198) Paul Carmouche: Daymon Gardner photo; (page 203) Ashwin Madia: Tim Davis photo; (page 204) Kay Barnes: Jocelyn Augustino photo; (page 209) Linda Stender: William Moree; (page 217) Eric Massa: Personius-Warne Studio; (page 220) Larry Kissell: Brian Strickland photo; (page 221) Steve Driehaus: Nanette Bedway photo; (page 226) Bob Roggio: Shea Roggio photo.