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>>-------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: [Mike's Message] Judgment Day O'Connor -- from Michael Moore
>>    Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 03:17:15 -0500
>>    From: "Michael Moore" <[log in to unmask]>
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>>      To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>
>>Judgment Day O'Connor
>>
>>December 11, 2000
>>
>>Dear friends,
>>
>>I'm sorry I haven't been able to write to you in the past couple of
>>weeks. My mom became ill and had to have surgery. Everything went well
>>and she is now recovering. My sisters and I are blessed to have our
>>parents, nearing 80, still with us.
>>
>>Meanwhile, I guess some sort of overthrow is taking place right here in
>>the good ol' U.S. of A. I knew the U.S. Supreme Court was dominated by
>>reactionaries and conservatives. But, honestly -- I never, ever,
>>believed it
>>was... crooked.
>>
>>Until now.
>>
>>This Court appears ready to install a President who did not win the
>>election. Can this really be happening?
>>
>>Everyone knows that if the votes are ever counted in Florida, Gore is
>>the winner. George W. Bush knows that more than anyone -- that's why
>>he's fighting so desperately hard to stop that count from ever taking
>>place. If he felt he was truly the winner, his attitude would be, "Sure,
>>go ahead and count the ballots, I'm not worried 'cause I know I'm the
>>winner."
>>
>>But that's NOT what he thinks or knows. He knows he lost. EVERYONE knows
>>he lost. Let's cut the B.S. If those 12,000 ballots ever get counted,
>>George W.
>>Bush is the loser and everyone with an I.Q. of over 70 knows it.
>>
>>Why would the loser insist on being given the top prize? Have you ever
>>heard of such a thing? Not only that, he has convinced all the
>>loser-lovers in the Florida legislature and the U. S. House of
>>Representatives to grant him the victory in case he loses -- again -- in
>>court.
>>
>>In every other nation on this planet, they have a word for this behavior
>>-- and that word is "coup."  George W. Bush and his allies in Congress,
>>the Florida legislature, and the U.S. Supreme Court are trying to stage
>>a coup, an overthrow of the will of the people.
>>
>>According to last Sunday's stunning front page story in the Miami
>>Herald, had there been no shenanigans in the Florida election, the
>>Herald calculates that Gore would have won Florida by 23,000 votes! You
>>can check out this story by clicking here:
>>http://www.herald.com/content/archive/news/elect2000/decision/104268.htm
>>
>>The theft of this election didn't just start with Jeb Bush's
>>girlfriend/Bush for President Co-Chairwoman/Bush delegate to the
>>Republican Convention/Secretary of State Katherine Harris's refusal to
>>count the ballots. Months ago, Jeb and Katherine sought to eliminate as
>>many black voters as possible from the voting rolls. This is a
>>mind-blowing story and I encourage you to read it by clicking here:
>>http://www.bushneverwonflorida.com/
>>
>>The U.S. Supreme Court stopped the counting of the ballots this weekend
>>and violated the law in doing so. They are allowed to grant a stay only
>>if "irrevocable, irreparable harm" would happen if the votes were
>>counted. Since when does the counting of our citizens' votes cause
>>"irreparable harm"? Justice Antonin Scalia said (I'll paraphrase here),
>>well, we believe Bush won
>>and if we allow those votes from Florida to be counted and Gore ends up
>>ahead, well, that would cause irreparable harm to a Bush administration.
>>
>>Yes, that is what he said!
>>
>>Look, let's be honest about something. Part of the reason we are in the
>>mess we are in today is because AL GORE voted YES to put Justice Scalia
>>on the
>>Supreme Court.
>>
>>Let me say this one more time so it sinks in to every Gore-loving head
>>out there:
>>
>>AL GORE VOTED TO PUT SCALIA ON THE SUPREME COURT!
>>
>>The chickens sure have come home to roost for that blunder (and for the
>>11 Democrats who voted YES to give Clarence Thomas his narrow victory).
>>Don't
>>write me and tell me about the kind of Court we "might" get under Bush
>>thanks to Nader. We already have it, thanks to Al and his Democrats.
>>It's a tough
>>pill to swallow.
>>
>>Listen, this fight today, Monday, December 11, 2000, is not about Al
>>Gore. It is about the only thing that ultimately matters in a democracy
>>-- the right to vote. The right to have a say in who will represent us.
>>Gore got 300,000
>>more votes than Bush. Gore won. Gore will have more votes in Florida if
>>those ballots are allowed to be counted. Gore won.
>>
>>I have no personal interest in seeing Al Gore in the White House. I did
>>not vote for him.
>>
>>But I don't like liars, I don't like thieves, and I really hate cowards.
>>
>>Mr. Bush (that's what the majority of Americans will always call you,
>>because we will not participate in your lie by ever calling you "Mr.
>>President") -- we know what you are so afraid of. You are a coward for
>>not wanting those
>>ballots counted because you know the outcome. You know you've lost. You
>>know the people have spoken. Be a man, for crying out loud! Go back to
>>your ranch
>>and let us get on with bugging the shit outta Al Gore for the next four
>>years!
>>
>>Friends, if you do anything today, it must be to take a stand against
>>this coup. If you live within a few hours of Washington, DC, I am asking
>>that you pack the grounds of the Supreme Court the way any nation of
>>citizens would do if their election was being stolen from them.
>>
>>The rest of you -- call Western Union right now! That's right, leave
>>this 21st century technology of the Internet behind and return to the
>>19th century way of the telegram. They will not be expecting an
>>avalanche of telegrams on their desks! Western Union still hand-delivers
>>telegrams. Let's flood the offices of Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and
>>William Kennedy (the only two conservatives on the Court who are not
>>certifiable loons) within the next few hours and let them know the true
>>will of the people. I am especially calling upon anyone who voted for
>>Bush or Nader or Buchanan to rise above political ideology and take a
>>stand for what you know is right.
>>
>>Here's how you send a hand-delivered telegram:
>>
>>1. Call Western Union at 800-325-6000. Then wait for the live operator.
>>2. Tell the operator that you want to send a hand-delivered telegram
>>that needs to get there within the next few hours.
>>3. It costs $17.95 for 15 words or less, and another $13.95 for the hand
>>delivery. That's a total of $31.90. Most credit cards accepted.
>>4. The address is: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (or William Kennedy),
>>U.S.
>>Supreme Court, One First Street N.E., Washington, DC 20543.
>>
>>I know thirty bucks is a lot of dough for many of you. Is our country
>>worth $31.90?  I think it is. If you truly can't afford it, then call
>>the Supreme Court today and make your feelings known (202-479-3211).
>>
>>But I'm telling ya, forcing the Justices to swim in a sea of yellow
>>telegrams -- that will have an enormous impact. It will make national
>>news and inspire millions more to do the same. No one sees the phone
>>calls coming in or the
>>e-mails being sent. But those Western Union guys having to lug
>>truckloads of telegrams up the steps of the Supreme Court... whoa!  Call
>>10 people right now and ask them to join us.
>>
>>There will be plenty of time later to discuss the other issues pertinent
>>to this election -- why 100 million citizens again did not vote, the way
>>the rich bought and paid for both candidates, why I am personally
>>responsible for
>>this whole mess, etc.
>>
>>But right now -- TODAY -- we have to act like we have never acted
>>before. Trust me, if they can get away with this, they can get away with
>>ANYTHING. Maybe many of you are already convinced that they can. I am
>>still clinging to some sort of strange hope that right and justice will
>>prevail, that a few million of us can shock this corrupt court into
>>coming to its senses, if not its own sense of self-preservation.
>>
>>The clock is ticking.
>>
>>Yours,
>>
>>Michael Moore
>>[log in to unmask]
>>www.michaelmoore.com
>>
>>P.S. Send this letter to anyone you wish, asap.
>>
>>
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