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Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 11:44 AM
Subject: Fw: What to Do if Gore Won't Concede After a Bush Victory


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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
>
>
> > 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.
> >
> >
>