Some of you may have missed this over the weekend...Add Your Name to the Do Not Concede Letter:
http://afterdowningstreet.org/donotconcedeDavid Swanson wrote:
Gore Vidal et al to Obama: Do Not Concede!http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/37295An Open Letter to Senator Obama and the Democratic Leadership:
On Election Night, DO NOT CONCEDE!
"Eight years is too much" is how Barack Obama explained why we must
win the coming election and begin to restore America. But, even if
we receive the most votes, will we win the election?
DO NOT CONCEDE!
Both of the last two elections were conceded by the Democratic
presidential candidate. The 2004 election was handed to George Bush
while votes were still being counted in closely-fought Ohio. While
the 2000 election was contested to the Supreme Court, it too
was ultimately conceded to Bush "for the good of the country."
Some good.
Numerous politicians, investigators and authors, including Robert
Kennedy, Jr., agree the 2004 election was stolen, not only in Ohio
but in several other battleground states. Tactics included purging
of legitimate voters and the use of nefarious voting software--but
when even these actions did not yield the required numbers,
Republican election officials simply changed the vote tallies in
several states, all without a peep from the Democratic Party.
DO NOT CONCEDE!
In the time since the last general election the public has learned
much about these scandals, which have led some states to reject
electronic touchscreen voting (and which caused the infamous Diebold
voting machines corporation to hide behind a new corporate
name,) yet the Democratic Party seems to have learned nothing.
THREE STRIKES AND WE'RE OUT!
If we cannot afford another Republican administration, we cannot
afford a third concession in the face of election fraud. Already
there is evidence of massive fraud such as voter purging and caging
of Democratic voters, and "flipping" of votes in early voting on
electronic touchscreen machines. It is reasonable to once again
expect further manipulation on election night by some Republican
operatives and election officials, as was seen in 2004; should we
also expect our Democratic Party leaders and candidates to repeat
history, by once again conceding in the face of such blatant fraud?
Senator Obama, we need you, our Party and all candidates to stand
firm, come what may on election night. You ask us to work for you,
contribute to you--and to have your back; we ask that you promise to
have our back: We ask that you PLEDGE TO STAND FIRM, AND NOT CONCEDE
THE COMING ELECTION in the face of election irregularities, no
matter how long it takes to contest such fraud, while there remains
any doubt as to any part of the process. Be assured, Democratic
voters will be more--not less--energized if we see you promise to
stand firm.
Senator Obama, if there is any reason to contest the election,
DO NOT CONCEDE!
Signed: (Titles for identification purposes only)
Gore Vidal, Author
Bob Fitrakis, Professor of Political Science, Columbus State
Community College, Attorney; Editor of The Free Press (freepress.org)
Harvey Wasserman, Senior Editor, FreePress.org, Author of
SOLARTOPIA! Our Green-Powered Earth
Mark Crispin Miller, Professor of Media, Culture and Communication
at New York University, Author of Fooled Again, How the Right Stole
the 2004 Election
Tim Carpenter, Director, Progressive Democrats of America
Mimi Kennedy, Chair, National Advisory Board, Progressive Democrats of America
David Swanson, Co-Founder, After Downing Street
Eric Bauman, Chair, Los Angeles County Democratic Party
Garry S. Shay, Member, Democratic National Committee (CA)
Lead Chair, Rules Committee, California Democratic Party
Jo Olson, MD, Co-Chair, Progressive Caucus, California Democratic Party
Mal Burnstein, Co-Chair, Progressive Caucus, California Democratic Party
Marcy Winograd, Executive Board representative, California
Democratic Party, 41st AD, Former Chair, Progressive Democrats of
Los Angeles
David Earnhardt, Filmmaker, "Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections"
Don Goldmacher, Chair, Election Integrity, Progressive Caucus,
California Democratic Party
Michael Jay, Progressive Democrats of America, Special Projects,
Former Delegate, California Democratic Party, 42nd AD
Sheri Myers, Director, "Wake Up and Save Your Country"
Robert A. Feuer, Former Chairman, Stockbridge, MA Town Democratic Committee
Thomas Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Region 3 Vice Chair, Los Angeles
County Democratic Party Chair, Irish American Caucus, California
Democratic Party
Howard Jennings, PDA-Virginia, State Co-Coordinator
Sarah Stott, Chapter Chair, PDA-Virginia
Lisa Pease, Co-editor, "The Assassinations: Probe Magazine on JFK,
MLK, RFK and Malcolm X"
Cindy Asner, Former Delegate, California Democratic Party, Member,
National Advisory Board, Progressive Democrats of America
Julie Lopez Dad, President, Santa Monica Democratic Club, Chair,
41st AD Committee, Los Angeles County Democratic Party
Dr. Bill Honigman, PDA California State Coordinator and Orange
County Chapter Leader, Delegate, California Democratic Party, 73rd AD
Linda Milazzo, Senior Editor, OpEdNews.com, Blogger, Huffington Post
Rady Ananda, Senior Editor, OpEdNews.com
Jan Baumgartner, Managing Editor, OpEdNews.com
Cheryl Biren-Wright, Managing Editor, OpEdNews.com
Sherry Healy, Co-Founder California Election Protection Network,
Coordinator, Election Defense Alliance
Laura Bonham, Summit County, UT Democratic Party Chairperson
Albert E. Fairchild, Retired Foreign Service Officer
Dorathea Peters, Precinct Captain, Alexandria, VA Democratic Committee
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