NP Fwd: [Mike's Message] Judgment Day O'Connor -- from Michael Moore

[Doug Millison]

>
>From: "Michael Moore" <mikemail at cloud9.net>
>To: <michaelmoore-l at cloud9.net>
>Subject: [Mike's Message] Judgment Day O'Connor -- from Michael Moore
>Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 03:17:15 -0500
>
>
>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>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/>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
><mailto:mmflint at aol.com>mmflint at aol.com
><http://www.michaelmoore.com>www.michaelmoore.com
>
>P.S. Send this letter to anyone you wish, asap.

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