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Date: 2000-11-16 12:06:00+00:00
Subject: FW: GOP Action Plan: WHAT YOU CAN DO!

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> I got this from Paul Sperry at WorldNetDaily
>
>
> >
> >I don't know who Joe Morris is, but this sounds like a plan! (Note that
> >this has been circulating since last Thursday.)
> >  ----------------------------------------
> >United Republican Fund of Illinois
> >Chicago
> >
> >November 9, 2000
> >
> >From: Joseph A. Morris, President
> >To: URF Leaders and Friends
> >
> >Herewith is some practical advice on action that every citizen can take
> >in the event that the Florida recount confirms the election of George
> >Bush, but Al Gore fails to concede.
> >
> >We all know what is going on in Florida, and that the election hinges on
> >the outcome. I am writing you today to prepare us all for what we will
> >have to do if what I think is going to happen actually does.
> >
> >The recount, which will be finished by 5 p.m. Thursday, will likely show
> >Bush to be the winner once again, with only a few thousand overseas
> >ballots to be counted. Those ballots will be overwhelmingly for Bush, a
> >minimum of 60% and probably closer to 75%. If the count goes our way
> >tomorrow, we have won this
> >election.
> >
> >This is when something critical happens. Either Gore bows out gracefully
> >or he doesn't, and I can almost guarantee he won't. These are people
> >wedded to power who will only go down kicking and screaming. They will
> >use every legal maneuver in the book to steal the election. (In 1960,
> >when Richard Nixon had every right and reason to challenge the election
> >results he didn't for the sake of the country. Expect no such noble
> >behavior this time.)
> >
> >What will they try? One bet is to find a friendly judge to throw out the
> >Florida results on a flimsy premise. They are already floating this as a
> >trial balloon in the form of the allegedly "confusing" ballots in Palm
> >Beach County. I have seen the ballots - they are not confusing in the
> >least. Indeed, they are identical in form to the punch-card ballots used
> >in Chicago
> >and Cook County, Illinois, in this very election. What is more, it is
> >just as likely that Palm Beach County voters who wanted to vote for Bush
> >inadvertently voted for Nader. All parties approved the form of ballot
> >before the election. The form-of-ballot issue is a mere pretext for an
> >effort a judicial invalidation of the Florida election.
> >
> >While I hope this scenario doesn't come to pass, I fear that it will,
> >and it will only have disastrous results for the country. The election
> >fight could drag on for months and actually be decided by a court! If
> >this comes to pass the vision of our Founders and the blood of patriots
> >will have been betrayed.
> >
> >Personally, I am not going to stand for this, and I hope you won't
> >either. The good news is that we are not without voice.
> >
> >HERE IS WHAT MUST BE DONE: if the vote count affirms Bush's election, we
> >allow a short grace period to see the reaction of the Gore camp. If they
> >have not graciously conceded after a few hours, we must bombard the news
> >media and our public officials AT EVERY LEVEL with phone calls of
> >outrage that demand Gore's concession. I mean literally millions of
> >phone calls. We must
> >jam their phone banks with calls.There are millions of us so it
> >shouldn't be too difficult. (While you're at it, send e-mails to your
> >local newspapers as well.)
> >
> >If it becomes widely reported - and it will - that there is a
> >groundswell demanding that Gore back down and not embarrass the country,
> >it will be very difficult for Gore to withstand the pressure. He will
> >have to relent.
> >
> >Here are some places to start:
> >
> >The White House: telephone (202) 456-4114 FAX:(202)456-2461 e-mail
> >president@whitehouse.gov
> >
> >The Vice President's Office: telephone:(202) 274-5000
> >FAX:(202) 456-2883 e-mail vice.president@whitehouse.gov
> >
> >Vice President's Senate Office: telephone: (202) 224-2424
> >
> >Senator Tom Daschle (Senate Democratic Leader): (202) 224-2321
> >Also: (202) 224-5556
> >
> >Representative Dick Gephardt (House Democratic Leader):
> >(202) 225-2671 Also: (202) 225--0100
> >
> >Also, be sure to call your congressmen and both your senators. All these
> >numbers are easily located on voter.com. You can also contact them
> >through the U.S. Capitol Switchboard:
> >
> >U.S. Capitol Switchboard (all Senators and Representatives): (202)
> >224-3121
> >
> >Another office to call is that of Chicago's Mayor Richard M. Daley (the
> >brother of Gore's campaign manager, Bill Daley):
> >Telephone: (312) 744-3300  FAX: (312) 744-2324
> >
> >If you've never made a call like this, there's no reason to be shy. They
> >get opinion calls all the time and are set up to take them. In fact they
> >like calls. It helps them tell which way the wind is blowing.
> >
> >Some media contacts:
> >
> >Boston Globe (617) 929-2000
> >Matthew V. Storin, Editor (617) 929-3049
> >e-mail: storin@globe.com
> >
> >Boston Herald  Andrew Costello, Editor  (617) 619-6400
> >e-mail: acostello@bostonherald.com
> >
> >Chicago Sun-Times: (312) 321-3000
> >Michael Cooke, Editor in Chief  e-mail: mcooke@suntimes.com
> >
> >Chicago Tribune (800) 874-2863
> >Howard A. Tyner, Editor e-mail: ChiEd@aol.com
> >Bruce Dold, Editorial Page Editor e-mail: bdold@tribune.com
> >
> >Los Angeles Times (213) 237-7935 (opinion department)
> >(213) 237-4511 and Fax: (213) 237-7679 (letters to the editor)
> >(202) 293-4650 (Washington bureau)
> >e-mail: www.latimes.com (follow prompts to e-mail windows)
> >
> >New York Post (212) 930-8000
> >John Mancini, News  e-mail: jmancini@nypost.com
> >
> >New York Times (212) 556-1234
> >Joseph Lelyveld, Executive Editor
> >Letters to the Editor fax: (212) 556-3622
> >e-mail: letters@nytimes.com.
> >
> >Philadelphia Inquirer (215) 854-4500
> >Letters to the editor: Inquirer.Letters@phillynews.com
> >
> >USA Today (703) 276-3400  Karen Jurgenson, Editor
> >e-mail: www.usatoday.com and follow feedback prompts
> >
> >Washington Post (202) 334-6000
> >Fred Hiatt, Editorial Page Editor  e-mail: hiattf@washpost.com
> >
> >Time e-mail: letters@time.com
> >
> >ABC e-mail: http://abc.go.com/abc/help/contact.html
> >
> >CNN (404) 827-1500
> >
> >CBS (212) 975-4321
> >
> >MSNBC e-mail: World@MSNBC.com
> >
> >NBC NBC-Nightly News: e-mail: Nightly@NBC.com
> >NBC Today Show: e-mail: Today@NBC.com
> >
> >I'm hoping none of this will be necessary, but I fear otherwise. As
> >Edmund Burke said, the price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
> >
> >This e-mail is just to prepare you for the battle that we must engage.
> >
> >PLEASE FORWARD THIS E-MAIL MESSAGE TO EVERYONE YOU CAN THINK OF. IF WE
> >HARNESS THE POWER OF THE INTERNET, BY TOMORROW MILLIONS OF US WILL BE
> >READY!
> >
> >/s/ MORRIS
>
> --
> Kenneth R. Pybus
> managing editor, Houston Business Journal
> 1001 West Loop South, Suite 650
> Houston, Texas  77027
> 713-688-8811
> FAX: 713-968-8025
> krpybus@bizjournals.com
>




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