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  1. Subject: fw : gop action plan : what you can do !
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  3. from : alex fagen [ mailto : alex @ fagens . net ]
  4. sent : wednesday , november 15 , 2000 9 : 56 pm
  5. to : undisclosed - recipient : @ rad 3 . 1 stup . com ;
  6. subject : fw : gop action plan : what you can do !
  7. - - - - - original message - - - - -
  8. from : kenneth r . pybus
  9. to :
  10. sent : wednesday , november 15 , 2000 9 : 28 am
  11. subject : fwd : gop action plan : what you can do !
  12. > i got this from paul sperry at worldnetdaily
  13. >
  14. >
  15. > >
  16. > > i don ' t know who joe morris is , but this sounds like a plan ! ( note that
  17. > > this has been circulating since last thursday . )
  18. > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  19. > > united republican fund of illinois
  20. > > chicago
  21. > >
  22. > > november 9 , 2000
  23. > >
  24. > > from : joseph a . morris , president
  25. > > to : urf leaders and friends
  26. > >
  27. > > herewith is some practical advice on action that every citizen can take
  28. > > in the event that the florida recount confirms the election of george
  29. > > bush , but al gore fails to concede .
  30. > >
  31. > > we all know what is going on in florida , and that the election hinges on
  32. > > the outcome . i am writing you today to prepare us all for what we will
  33. > > have to do if what i think is going to happen actually does .
  34. > >
  35. > > the recount , which will be finished by 5 p . m . thursday , will likely show
  36. > > bush to be the winner once again , with only a few thousand overseas
  37. > > ballots to be counted . those ballots will be overwhelmingly for bush , a
  38. > > minimum of 60 % and probably closer to 75 % . if the count goes our way
  39. > > tomorrow , we have won this
  40. > > election .
  41. > >
  42. > > this is when something critical happens . either gore bows out gracefully
  43. > > or he doesn ' t , and i can almost guarantee he won ' t . these are people
  44. > > wedded to power who will only go down kicking and screaming . they will
  45. > > use every legal maneuver in the book to steal the election . ( in 1960 ,
  46. > > when richard nixon had every right and reason to challenge the election
  47. > > results he didn ' t for the sake of the country . expect no such noble
  48. > > behavior this time . )
  49. > >
  50. > > what will they try ? one bet is to find a friendly judge to throw out the
  51. > > florida results on a flimsy premise . they are already floating this as a
  52. > > trial balloon in the form of the allegedly " confusing " ballots in palm
  53. > > beach county . i have seen the ballots - they are not confusing in the
  54. > > least . indeed , they are identical in form to the punch - card ballots used
  55. > > in chicago
  56. > > and cook county , illinois , in this very election . what is more , it is
  57. > > just as likely that palm beach county voters who wanted to vote for bush
  58. > > inadvertently voted for nader . all parties approved the form of ballot
  59. > > before the election . the form - of - ballot issue is a mere pretext for an
  60. > > effort a judicial invalidation of the florida election .
  61. > >
  62. > > while i hope this scenario doesn ' t come to pass , i fear that it will ,
  63. > > and it will only have disastrous results for the country . the election
  64. > > fight could drag on for months and actually be decided by a court ! if
  65. > > this comes to pass the vision of our founders and the blood of patriots
  66. > > will have been betrayed .
  67. > >
  68. > > personally , i am not going to stand for this , and i hope you won ' t
  69. > > either . the good news is that we are not without voice .
  70. > >
  71. > > here is what must be done : if the vote count affirms bush ' s election , we
  72. > > allow a short grace period to see the reaction of the gore camp . if they
  73. > > have not graciously conceded after a few hours , we must bombard the news
  74. > > media and our public officials at every level with phone calls of
  75. > > outrage that demand gore ' s concession . i mean literally millions of
  76. > > phone calls . we must
  77. > > jam their phone banks with calls . there are millions of us so it
  78. > > shouldn ' t be too difficult . ( while you ' re at it , send e - mails to your
  79. > > local newspapers as well . )
  80. > >
  81. > > if it becomes widely reported - and it will - that there is a
  82. > > groundswell demanding that gore back down and not embarrass the country ,
  83. > > it will be very difficult for gore to withstand the pressure . he will
  84. > > have to relent .
  85. > >
  86. > > here are some places to start :
  87. > >
  88. > > the white house : telephone ( 202 ) 456 - 4114 fax : ( 202 ) 456 - 2461 e - mail
  89. > > president @ whitehouse . gov
  90. > >
  91. > > the vice president ' s office : telephone : ( 202 ) 274 - 5000
  92. > > fax : ( 202 ) 456 - 2883 e - mail vice . president @ whitehouse . gov
  93. > >
  94. > > vice president ' s senate office : telephone : ( 202 ) 224 - 2424
  95. > >
  96. > > senator tom daschle ( senate democratic leader ) : ( 202 ) 224 - 2321
  97. > > also : ( 202 ) 224 - 5556
  98. > >
  99. > > representative dick gephardt ( house democratic leader ) :
  100. > > ( 202 ) 225 - 2671 also : ( 202 ) 225 - - 0100
  101. > >
  102. > > also , be sure to call your congressmen and both your senators . all these
  103. > > numbers are easily located on voter . com . you can also contact them
  104. > > through the u . s . capitol switchboard :
  105. > >
  106. > > u . s . capitol switchboard ( all senators and representatives ) : ( 202 )
  107. > > 224 - 3121
  108. > >
  109. > > another office to call is that of chicago ' s mayor richard m . daley ( the
  110. > > brother of gore ' s campaign manager , bill daley ) :
  111. > > telephone : ( 312 ) 744 - 3300 fax : ( 312 ) 744 - 2324
  112. > >
  113. > > if you ' ve never made a call like this , there ' s no reason to be shy . they
  114. > > get opinion calls all the time and are set up to take them . in fact they
  115. > > like calls . it helps them tell which way the wind is blowing .
  116. > >
  117. > > some media contacts :
  118. > >
  119. > > boston globe ( 617 ) 929 - 2000
  120. > > matthew v . storin , editor ( 617 ) 929 - 3049
  121. > > e - mail : storin @ globe . com
  122. > >
  123. > > boston herald andrew costello , editor ( 617 ) 619 - 6400
  124. > > e - mail : acostello @ bostonherald . com
  125. > >
  126. > > chicago sun - times : ( 312 ) 321 - 3000
  127. > > michael cooke , editor in chief e - mail : mcooke @ suntimes . com
  128. > >
  129. > > chicago tribune ( 800 ) 874 - 2863
  130. > > howard a . tyner , editor e - mail : chied @ aol . com
  131. > > bruce dold , editorial page editor e - mail : bdold @ tribune . com
  132. > >
  133. > > los angeles times ( 213 ) 237 - 7935 ( opinion department )
  134. > > ( 213 ) 237 - 4511 and fax : ( 213 ) 237 - 7679 ( letters to the editor )
  135. > > ( 202 ) 293 - 4650 ( washington bureau )
  136. > > e - mail : www . latimes . com ( follow prompts to e - mail windows )
  137. > >
  138. > > new york post ( 212 ) 930 - 8000
  139. > > john mancini , news e - mail : jmancini @ nypost . com
  140. > >
  141. > > new york times ( 212 ) 556 - 1234
  142. > > joseph lelyveld , executive editor
  143. > > letters to the editor fax : ( 212 ) 556 - 3622
  144. > > e - mail : letters @ nytimes . com .
  145. > >
  146. > > philadelphia inquirer ( 215 ) 854 - 4500
  147. > > letters to the editor : inquirer . letters @ phillynews . com
  148. > >
  149. > > usa today ( 703 ) 276 - 3400 karen jurgenson , editor
  150. > > e - mail : www . usatoday . com and follow feedback prompts
  151. > >
  152. > > washington post ( 202 ) 334 - 6000
  153. > > fred hiatt , editorial page editor e - mail : hiattf @ washpost . com
  154. > >
  155. > > time e - mail : letters @ time . com
  156. > >
  157. > > abc e - mail : http : / / abc . go . com / abc / help / contact . html
  158. > >
  159. > > cnn ( 404 ) 827 - 1500
  160. > >
  161. > > cbs ( 212 ) 975 - 4321
  162. > >
  163. > > msnbc e - mail : world @ msnbc . com
  164. > >
  165. > > nbc nbc - nightly news : e - mail : nightly @ nbc . com
  166. > > nbc today show : e - mail : today @ nbc . com
  167. > >
  168. > > i ' m hoping none of this will be necessary , but i fear otherwise . as
  169. > > edmund burke said , the price of freedom is eternal vigilance .
  170. > >
  171. > > this e - mail is just to prepare you for the battle that we must engage .
  172. > >
  173. > > please forward this e - mail message to everyone you can think of . if we
  174. > > harness the power of the internet , by tomorrow millions of us will be
  175. > > ready !
  176. > >
  177. > > / s / morris
  178. >
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  180. > kenneth r . pybus
  181. > managing editor , houston business journal
  182. > 1001 west loop south , suite 650
  183. > houston , texas 77027
  184. > 713 - 688 - 8811
  185. > fax : 713 - 968 - 8025
  186. > krpybus @ bizjournals . com
  187. >
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