I was under the impression that this was for genealogy lookup keep this for letters to the editors of the papers Bill L. -----Original Message----- From: Robin Poppy <poppyflr@yahoo.com> To: NYRENSSE-L@rootsweb.com <NYRENSSE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, November 10, 2000 4:45 PM Subject: [NYRENSSE] Freedom of Speech, let our voices be heard.... >I'm just passing this on as asked to do. > > > >----- Original Message ----- >Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 2:00 PM >FW: please pass around! > >Please read this and participate. We cannot allow Gore >to undermine the >democratic electoral process of the U.S.! > >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 [CAN] 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 > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. >http://shopping.yahoo.com/ > > >==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== >Some Rensselaer Births, Marriages & Deaths: http://www.angelfire.com/fl/Sumter/Troy.html >Rensselaer County Genweb page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/ >GenConnect Board: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Rensselaer >GenExchange-Rensselaer Co http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=ny&county=rensselaer > >