To Obama: Do Not Concede!

To Obama: Do Not Concede!
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Gore Vidal et al to Obama: Do Not Concede!

http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/37295
An 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 machine 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

Karen Boerboom, former Councilwoman, Pismo Beach,CA, Officer, USAF, 1965-1970

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