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>From: "Mike Mail" <mikemail@cloud9.net>
>Reply-To: mikemail@cloud9.net
>To: <michaelmoore-l@cloud9.net>
>Subject: [Mike's Message] Stop Bush's Theft of the People's Will
>Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 03:53:41 -0800
>
>November, 8 2000
>
>Stop Bush's Theft of the People's Will
>
>Dear friends,
>
>It's after 5am on the East coast and things couldn't
>be more insane.
>
>At 2:20am, they declared Bush the winner. Gore
>called Bush and conceded.
>
>One hour later, all hell broke lose. Suddenly, Bush's
>50,000 vote lead in Florida had dropped to 500!
>Gore, getting ready to take the stage in Nashville to
>tell his supporters he had lost, looked at the new
>numbers and called Bush to take his concession back!
>
>At 3:45am, they took Florida out of the Bush column.
>Bush's lead had dropped to just 224 votes -- with
>thousands of ballots still uncounted! The Florida
>Attorney General acknowledged on NBC that ballots
>in the Palm Beach area were suspiciously structured in
>such a way that people who thought they were voting
>for Gore ended up having their votes being counted for
>Pat Buchanan!
>
>Now, an hour later, Gore has pulled out significantly
>ahead of Bush in the nationwide popular vote -- at
>last count, Gore leads Bush by over 260,000 votes
>-- and it continues to climb. Ten percent of California
>-- a state which Gore is winning big -- has yet to be
>counted. This will only add to his popular vote as the
>morning goes on.
>
>One thing is certain now: According to all the networks,
>Gore is going to win the popular vote.
>
>But they are also saying that, no matter if he has won the
>most votes, he may be denied the Presidency -- because
>of the Electoral College!
>
>My fellow Americans -- we have to set aside our
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