FW: GOP Action Plan: WHAT YOU CAN DO!

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< I got this from Paul Sperry at WorldNetDaily
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< <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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