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Dear
Friends,
Well, folks, Tuesday is the
day! The day that George W. gets taught a long overdue lesson. The day
that we, the MAJORITY -- the 52% who never elected him -- get our
chance to reclaim a bit of our former democracy (back when ALL the
votes used to be counted).
What if, on Tuesday, all of
us, regardless of our political stripe, and just for the fun of it,
decided to serve one big-ass eviction notice that said, you have two
years to remove yourself from the premises-and you had better not
damage anything on your way out?
I think we can give Bush the
Mother of all Shellackings on Tuesday. It can happen if you, and the
millions of others, who are now reading this letter, will do one
simple thing:
TAKE THE DAY OFF THIS
TUESDAY.
That's right. Call in sick,
skip work, skip school, skip Springer, and then devote the next 12
hours to dragging as many people as you can out of their homes and
getting them to the polls.
I know a lot of you cannot
afford to do this. But, honestly, can we afford NOT to? Bush has been
effectively stymied in his first two years from doing much of the
serious damage he was hired to do (we owe a big thanks to Jim Jeffords
for that). Yet, if he has both the House and Senate under his thumb
for his final two years, we will all pay a huge price for many years
to come.
On Tuesday, go down to the
local candidate's office and volunteer to do whatever is needed: give
a ride to the polls for senior citizens who can't get there, make last
minute phone calls to probable voters who may have forgotten to vote,
pass out handbills on street corners, do cartwheels in the middle of
the mall -- you name it, I am sure it will work.
Or you could just start
going door to door in your own neighborhood. Knock on every door and
tell people in plain, non-political language why you would like them
to go down to the polls right now and vote for so-and-so. Tell them
you have never done this before, that you were just compelled to do it
as an act conscience, to do something for our country. Or tell them
you just needed to get some exercise. Tell them what they already
know: that the corporate guys have made off like bandits while the
rest of the country lives in utter fear over whether they will have
jobs, health care benefits, or our pensions when they retire. EVERYONE
can relate to this -- and trust me, it is on everyone's mind right
now. Even many conservatives who have seen their job or their 401(K)
go up in smoke are now livid and want their pound of flesh.
I know that for many of you
this will be a new thing. Give it shot. I promise you, at the end of
the day on Tuesday, if we succeed, you will never again doubt the
power of just one individual who decides that she or he can make a
difference.
Send this email to your
friends and family so that they, too, can be informed of the good
women and men who are running for the House and Senate (and for many
local and state races as well). Visit my web site at: http://www.Michaelmoore.com
for my recommendations.
We will deny Bush control of
the Congress next week, and then we all work to get him out of the
White House in 2004. 2004 will NOT and MUST NOT be a repeat of 2000.
As for local and state
races, whenever possible support Greens and other progressive
candidates like those highlighted on my web site. ( http://www.bowlingforcolumbine.com/involved/greens.php
) There you will find the list of progressive candidates who have a
chance to win.
Will you join with me in
doing this?
It's our only chance, right
now, to receive a small measure of justice for what happened in
Florida in 2000. And that is worth something.
Expect a wake-up call from
me at your bedside 6am Tuesday!
Yours,
P.S. to Kofi Anan, Secretary General, United Nations:
This time, for God's sake, man, please -- send international observers
and ballot inspectors to Florida! Peacekeepers may be needed in
Tallahassee. Click
here for directions to Florida:
and to Jeb's
Governor's mansion:
Defeat the GOP:
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