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>>>Michael Moore Newsletter #11
>>>
>>>October, 8, 1998
>>>
>>>Dear Friends...
>>>
>>>Ok, I've had it. The right wing is trying to
>>>overturn a national election because... they
>>>didn't like the results! This must be stopped.
>>>I would like to propose a legal act of civil
>>>disobedience that could send the Right into
>>>near oblivion.
>>>
>>>I am not a member of the Democratic Party.
>>>To me, they are a barely-tolerable version of
>>>the Republicans.
>>>
>>>I did not vote for Clinton in 1996. I had voted for
>>>him in '92, but could not in good conscience
>>>vote for him again (NAFTA, welfare, etc.).
>>>
>>>We had the lowest turnout ever in 1996, but
>>>the majority who could stomach that pathetic
>>>choice on the ballot went and voted for Bill
>>>Clinton. That was the will of the people. And
>>>that is the will the Republicans are trying to
>>>subvert.
>>>
>>>All the public opinion polls -- New York Times,
>>>Wall Street Journal, CNN -- have said the
>>>same thing over and over: The American
>>>public does NOT want impeachment. Yet,
>>>Congress has decided to tell the public to
>>>take a flying %$#& and has moved ahead
>>>with the impeachment process anyway.
>>>
>>>This is their fatal mistake and it will be their
>>>undoing.
>>>
>>>I have never seen the American public so fed
>>>up and disgusted that they are ready to do
>>>anything now to stop this madness.
>>>
>>>I wish our members of Congress had listened
>>>to the polls. But they haven't. So, now we have
>>>to make them listen to the other polls, the only
>>>ones they understand -- the polls that are filled
>>>with voting booths on November 3.
>>>
>>>The act of civil disobedience I am calling for is
>>>for each and every American to go to the polls
>>>on November 3 and vote for the Democratic
>>>candidate for Congress on your ballot. That's
>>>right, my fellow cynics and progressives--
>>>the only way to send a true message to the
>>>right wing is to throw every Republican out of
>>>office. I'm talking about a backlash the likes
>>>of which American politics has never seen.
>>>If you think this is something that can't happen,
>>>I need only point to the national election In
>>>Canada in 1993 when the voters threw all
>>>but two members of the Conservative Party
>>>out of Parliament. In 1995, in Great Britain,
>>>the people of Scotland and Wales removed
>>>every single member of the Torries from
>>>Parliament -- that's right, EVERY SINGLE
>>>ONE.
>>>
>>>Now it's our turn in America. Each of us must
>>>do all that we can to get our fellow citizens out
>>>to vote on November 3. The Republicans are
>>>hoping and praying that the turnout will be low,
>>>figuring that the public, especially those who
>>>had voted for and trusted Clinton, is so burned
>>>out on politicians and politics that they are just
>>>going to stay home. They know, though, that
>>>their own diehard conservative supporters
>>>WILL be at the polls, come hell or high water.
>>>
>>>I realize a lot of you have had it and probably
>>>want to turn your back on the whole damn thing.
>>>I don't blame you. But if we don't vote, we're
>>>essentially placing our democracy in the hands
>>>of some very bad people and we will surely
>>>suffer the consequences of this for years to
>>>come.
>>>
>>>Yes, most of the Democrats suck. I rarely vote
>>>for the sorry, wishy-washy losers. But this
>>>election is not about how I feel about them --
>>>it's about US using THEM to whack the right
>>>wing for good. Imagine if the Democrats are
>>>voted in by overwhelming numbers (when all
>>>the pundits are predicting a Republican
>>>landslide). The message would be loud and
>>>clear to all these new Democrats -- THE
>>>AMERICAN PUBLIC WANTS THE AGENDA
>>>OF THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT REMOVED
>>>FROM THE HALLS OF OUR UNITED
>>>STATES CONGRESS!
>>>
>>>Yes, we would then have to stay on these
>>>Democrats to make sure they behave and
>>>vote the way we want them to. But that's a
>>>whole lot better than allowing individuals to
>>>stay in office who want to subvert the will of the
>>>American people because they would actually
>>>prefer a theocracy over a democracy.
>>>
>>>I wish we had more than two political parties
>>>and I will continue to work toward that goal.
>>>Two parties cannot represent the broad
>>>spectrum of political thought in a country of
>>>270 million people.
>>>
>>>But that is not the mission before us. If you
>>>want to stop this witch hunt, if you want
>>>Congress to start focusing on the REAL
>>>problems facing the country and the world,
>>>then the ONLY way this nonsense is going to
>>>stop is to throw the bums out.
>>>
>>>Find out who the Democrat is who is running in
>>>your district ,<A HREF="www.democrats.org/action/">www.democrats.org/action/
>>></A>,
>>>and then call up his/her headquarters and
>>>volunteer to help turn out the vote. If you aren't
>>>registered, there is still time to do so in 22 of
>>>the 50 states, <A HREF="www.netvote98.mci.com">www.netvote98.mci.com</A>,
>>>though
>>>the deadline for many of them is tomorrow
>>>(Friday, October 9).
>>>
>>>Then get out and vote November 3. Hold your
>>>nose if you have to. This is a one-issue
>>>election and if you want the impeachment
>>>stopped -- and I assure you, you have the
>>>power to stop it at 8:01 PM that evening of
>>>November 3--you must remove the
>>>Republicans in your districts.
>>>
>>>I can think of a lot of reasons why Clinton
>>>should not be President. Staining a blue
>>>dress from The Gap is not one of them.
>>>Enough is enough.
>>>
>>>Yours,
>>>
>>>Michael Moore
>>>
>>
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