My apologies. I thought I was sending a personal appeal and did not know it was going to a "bulletin board." While I disagree with your politics, I concur that the forum - if it is indeed a "bulletin board" - is not appropriate. Thanks, Mike Jackson, cell phone 415-609-9100, fax 419-818-8213, mailto:mljackso@bechtel.com > -----Original Message----- > From: John K. Brown [SMTP:jkbrown@mindspring.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 9:30 AM > To: ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: The Time to Fight is NOW > > You accuss the Democrats of abusing the election process, while you abuse > the purpose of this mail list for your own politcal agenda. Seems rather > hypocritical to me. If you wish to throw away your money then do so, but > spare me your politics. This is a genealogy and history site. There are > plenty of political sites out there for you to argue on to your little > Republican heart's content. > > John > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jackson, Mike" <mljackso@bechtel.com> > To: <ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 10:12 AM > Subject: The Time to Fight is NOW > > > > The Time to Fight is NOW > > > > The votes have been counted. We won. Thank you for your support. The > 2000 > > > > election should be over. But because the Democrats are trying to > rewrite > > the > > rules, the fight continues. Governor Bush and Secretary Cheney urgently > > need > > your help. To contribute immediately, see form below. > > > > The situation in Florida is unprecedented and the dispute may still > spread > > to > > other closely contested states. We are confident of victory, but we > need > > your help. > > > > George W. Bush and Dick Cheney clearly won the majority of legitimately > cast > > > > ballots in Florida and, with Florida's 25 electors, a majority of the > > Electoral College. > > > > All the Democrat maneuvering -- in the courts, in the streets, on > television > > > > -- is designed to confuse the public about that simple fact while > throwing > > the election into a rigged process in which partisan Democrat officials > can > > count thousands of improper ballots. > > > > We MUST NOT let the Democrats steal this election. The RNC has sent > staff > > to > > Florida and other battleground states such as Iowa, New Mexico, Oregon > and > > Wisconsin as well. We are fighting a multi-front war, and it is > expensive. > > > > These costs are unexpected and unbudgeted -- and they come at a time > when > > the > > RNC's resources have been depleted by the election. That's why I'm > asking > > for your help again today. > > > > I've included two articles - Charles Krauthammer's November 17 column, > and > > excerpts from a Los Angeles Times report -- that describe how the > Democrats > > are waging this battle. I hope you'll take time to read them -- they > are > > revealing, and they emphasize how high the stakes are in this contest. > > > > Again, I would ask you to read the articles below - and then do four > > important things for our country: > > > > 1) send this e-mail on to your own e-mail list - to all of your friends > and > > neighbors who care about this country and want the truth to come out in > > Florida > > > > 2) Call, e-mail and write your local elected officials, Democrats and > > Republicans. You can get the addresses, phone numbers and e-mail > addresses > > of > > your elected Congress people and Senators at > > http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ > > > > 3) call your local talk radio show or TV news show and let them know > your > > strong views on this issue > > > > 4) write a letter to the editor of your local, regional or national > > newspapers on this important subject > > > > > > Al Gore lost on November 7. He is now seeking to reverse the results of > the > > > > election in court. This is an outrage -- and it is a sad day for our > > country. We will fight this battle with all the available means at our > > disposal. Please help as generously as you can. See below how to > contribute > > > > online, or send your contribution to: > > > > Republican National Committee > > 310 First Street S.E. > > Washington, D.C. 20003 > > > > Thank you. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > Jim Nicholson > > Chairman > > Republican National Committee > > > > > > Washington Post > > Friday , November 17, 2000 ; Page A45 > > > > Not by Hand > > By Charles Krauthammer > > > > There is a reason that machines have been chosen by Florida and so > many > > > > other states to count ballots. The reason is not only speed and > efficiency > > but fairness. Of course machines make mistakes, but the mistakes are > > distributed randomly. There is no premeditation, no search for > advantage. > > Undoubtedly there were many presidential ballots that were > > double-punched, under-punched or otherwise spoiled in Florida. But > machines > > read such errors with scrupulous impartiality. The same cannot be said > of > > hand counting. Hand counting is arbitrary, open to manipulation and > abuse. > > Mechanical ballots are designed to be read by machines, not humans. When > > humans try, the results, as we have seen in Palm Beach, range from the > > arbitrary to the bizarre. Hence the comic contortions of the ballot > > examiners > > holding up cards to the light, trying to divine the intent of voters. > Hence > > the spectacle of Gore supporters going to court to get a judge to > declare > > that "dimpled chads"--a slight indentation in the piece of paper one is > > supposed to punch through, even slighter than the now legendary > "pregnant > > chad"--must be counted as a vote. > > Second, a manual recount subjects computer cards, literally, to > > manipulation. Under this method, the presidency of the United States > hangs > > by > > a thread, the thread holding the dangling chad. Any waving, shuffling, > > rubbing or other movement can easily cut the thread, dislodge the chad, > and > > produce a "vote." > > This would be true even if those judging the ballots were perfectly > > neutral. They are not. The counting by hand is in fact counting by > > Democrats: > > The counties now seeking to conduct these recounts--Palm Beach and > > Broward--are controlled by Democrats. The decision regarding the > legality > of > > > > every newfound Gore vote is made by a committee that is either entirely > or > > majority Democratic. > > These counties, moreover, are two of the most heavily Democratic in > the > > > > state. They went for Gore with majorities larger than that by which > Lyndon > > Johnson won over Barry Goldwater in 1964--and that was the biggest > landslide > > > > of our time. Broward Democrats chose three sample precincts to decide > > whether > > to recount the entire county: Two of the test districts voted 20 to 1 > for > > Gore, the third 50 to 1. Brezhnev never did that well. > > In such heavily Democratic districts, there is no way a recount > will > > not > > produce more net votes for Gore. You simply expand or narrow your > criteria > > for voter "intent"--and produce whatever number you need to win. > > What is the fairest way to determine the winner in a state such as > Florida? > > The fairest is a statewide machine count--and recount. Why? Because the > > errors balance out. > > What about a statewide manual recount, an option offered by Gore in > his > > > > televised Nov. 15 gambit? It has two disabling liabilities. First, it > vastly > > > > multiplies the opportunity for fraud and bias. Thousands of people in > > thousands of precincts handling millions of cards--cards that can be > > manipulated and altered with ridiculous ease. There just aren't enough > > watchdogs to watch all the partisans. > > > > See the full article at http://www.washingtonpost.com/ > > > > > > SEASONED DEMOCRATIC ARMY HITS THE SHORES OF FLORIDA > > > > Excerpts from The Los Angeles Times: > > > > "To scrounge for every last vote, Gore has flooded Fort Lauderdale with > > tough, seasoned Democrats, the sort who are used to keeping wafflers in > line > > > > and to count and recount votes until they know exactly what it will take > to > > outdo their opponents. Many of the hired hands speak with a Boston > brogue... > > > > "Not far away, in an abandoned Payless shoe store, vanloads of AFL-CIO > > staffers and Gore loyalists from New York, Chicago, Nashville, > Philadelphia, > > > > San Francisco and elsewhere had disembarked to learn how to observe the > > ballot count. "'Our goal,' said one lawyer as he patiently lectured his > new > > > > charges, 'is to preserve the Al Gore vote.' The volunteers nodded. > 'It's > > very, very important that if you see any kind of mark--a scratch, a > dent, > a > > pinprick in Al Gore's column--that you challenge.' When someone then > asked > > > > what they should do if they found a Bush ballot with an indent, the > lawyer > > said: 'Keep your lips sealed.' It was hardball that the Bostonians and > > other > > imported pros understood well." > > > > Full Article: > > > > http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/decision2000/lat_dems001117.htm > > > > > > > > Dear Jim, > > > > Yes, I'll help! I know Governor Bush and Secretary Cheney won on > Election > > Day. It's time for Al Gore to accept the results of the election and > stop > > trying to reverse the outcome by rewriting the rules after the fact. 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