[Peace-discuss] They don't want you to vote. (fwd)

[patton paul]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: 4 Nov 2002 15:06:08 -0000
From: The MoveOn PAC Team <moveon-help at list.moveon.org>
To: Dr. Paul Patton <ppatton at uiuc.edu>
Subject: They don't want you to vote.

Dear MoveOn Member,

We have been required by the Powers That Be to pass on this important
message (below) about the upcoming elections.  You too are required to
pass it on.  (When you pass it along, remember to delete the
"unsubscribe" link below.)

--Eli, Wes, Joan, Carrie, and Peter
  for MoveOn.org PAC
  November 4th, 2002

-----Original Message-----
From: The Executive Committee Against Uppity Citizens
Sent: Monday November 03 7:37 AM
To: MoveOn.org
Subject: Please don't vote.

Dear friend,

On behalf of Shell, Mobil, and Exxon; Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, and GE;
all the Enrons, Halliburtons, and Harkens; President Bush, Vice
President Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and the other CEOs of the Cabinet;
and thousands of us who are working for a better life for the wealthiest
Americans, we have one simple request: Could you please just stay home
tomorrow?

See, we have things to do.  Nations to invade.  Wetlands to destroy.
Oil to drill.  Courts to pack.  Corporate taxes to cut.

What's frustrating for us is that we're coming up against some pretty
stiff resistance.  We've spent hundreds of millions of dollars to secure
the Senate, but it looks like we just may lose it.  Heck, we may even
lose the House.  We don't quite get what it is about our agenda that you
people don't like, but it's clear that this time, you may be upset
enough to actually do something about it.

That's why we're writing this message to you today.  Please don't vote.
Ask your friends not to vote.  What could the harm be in sitting this
round out?  If you could just stay home on Election Day, we can get back
to the important business of running the nation for you, and we won't
have to bother you again.

Thank you,
The Executive Committee Against Uppity Citizens