I found this amusing... you know, the state of
the "existing democracy"
Eva
>>Here's one perspective on voting in this year's elections...
>
>>>Subj: Filmmaker Michael Moore (of "Roger and Me" fame) calls for national
>>action
>>>
>>>>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 ,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, <A HREF="www.netvote98.mci.com">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
>>
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