Fw: What to Do if Gore Won't Concede After a Bush Victory

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Subject: Fw: What to Do if Gore Won't Concede After a Bush Victory

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< From: Concerned (Jeffrey Anderson) <Anderson@monarchtexas.com<
< To: <AMiller@monarchtexas.com<
< Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 7:45 AM
< Subject: What to Do if Gore Won't Concede After a Bush Victory
<
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< < Are we having fun embarrassing our Nation, Mr. Gore? What do you hope to
< prove, cry baby? It's getting nasty.
< <
< < What to Do if Gore Won't Concede After a Bush Victory
< <
< <
< < Al Gore's campaign chairman William Daley has indicated that if the
< recount
< < shows a Bush victory, Gore will not concede. Daley, together with Warren
< < Christopher have suggested that they will take the situation to the
< courts.
< < In case the Democrats refuse to relinquish power, here is a suggested
< < course
< < of action:
< <
< < 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.
< <
< < 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
< <
< < , Human Events, 2000
< <
< < Respond to this story.
< <
< <
<