From gfwa@gfwa.org Mon Oct 12 05:59:22 1998 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id FAA32630 for ; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 05:59:17 -0700 Received: from siren.shore.net (siren.shore.net [207.244.124.5]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.9.1+UW98.09/8.9.1+UW98.09) with SMTP id FAA15579 for ; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 05:59:13 -0700 Received: from mnchma-01-70.port.shore.net (Pdavidb) [204.167.111.70] by siren.shore.net with smtp (Exim) id 0zShYV-0006jS-00; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 08:58:33 -0400 From: "David Bergeron" To: "Betty Bellany" , "Al Johnson" , "Al King" , "Andrew Applegate" , Subject: Fw: Michael Moore Newsletter #11 (fwd) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 00:03:03 -0400 Message-ID: <01bdf595$35ff54e0$466fa7cc@Pdavidb> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Date: Monday, October 12, 1998 2:58 AM Subject: Fw: Michael Moore Newsletter #11 (fwd) >>---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 21:44:47 EDT >>From: TVNatFans@aol.com >>Reply-To: Michael Moore's newsletter >>Michael Moore Newsletter #11 >> >>October, 8, 1998 >> >>Dear Friends... >> >>Ok, I've had it. The right wing is trying to >>overturn a national election because... they >>didn't like the results! This must be stopped. >>I would like to propose a legal act of civil >>disobedience that could send the Right into >>near oblivion. >> >>I am not a member of the Democratic Party. >>To me, they are a barely-tolerable version of >>the Republicans. >> >>I did not vote for Clinton in 1996. I had voted for >>him in '92, but could not in good conscience >>vote for him again (NAFTA, welfare, etc.). >> >>We had the lowest turnout ever in 1996, but >>the majority who could stomach that pathetic >>choice on the ballot went and voted for Bill >>Clinton. That was the will of the people. And >>that is the will the Republicans are trying to >>subvert. >> >>All the public opinion polls -- New York Times, >>Wall Street Journal, CNN -- have said the >>same thing over and over: The American >>public does NOT want impeachment. Yet, >>Congress has decided to tell the public to >>take a flying %$#& 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 ,HREF="www.democrats.org/action/">www.democrats.org/action/ >>, >>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, www.netvote98.mci.com, >>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 >> >> > > > .