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Shit's going down today
Jan. 30th, 2006 08:44 amFollow all the latest developments on the Alito filibuster here
There is still time to make phone calls. Most of the mailboxes seem to be full, but I was able to talk to a live person at Senator Salazar's office (202) 228-3630 and at Senator Reed's office (202) 224-4642. Call them (or anyone else you can get a hold of), urge them to either support the filibuster or to abstain from the cloture vote.
Update: I was also able to talk to a live person at Senator Byrd's office, to whom I expressed that I was particularly disappointed in Senator Byrd because he is one of the few senators I generally expect to do right by America. [NB: rumor has it he especially is fond of handwritten missives, he thinks they are more spontaneous and less partisan, so if you have a couple of minutes and a fax machine, fax him a handwritten note].
All offices open in a few minutes...even if the voicemails are full, there will be live people at the switchboards now. Call, people, call!
Also, excuse me, Governor Kaine, but I just read that The Virginia Democrat said he will not adjust his speech to placate the party's base. "I'm not anybody's mouthpiece or shill or poster boy for that matter. I'm going to say what I think needs to be said and they seem very comfortable with that.". Uh, isn't placating the party's base sort of YOUR JOB? Isn't the whole point of representative democracy, like, REPRESENTING? If it's your party's BASE, doesn't it mean, by DEFINITION, that you ARE supposed to be the mouthpiece for them, unless you are a traitor like Zell Miller who hijacks his office and malicioiusly fails to do his job?
There is still time to make phone calls. Most of the mailboxes seem to be full, but I was able to talk to a live person at Senator Salazar's office (202) 228-3630 and at Senator Reed's office (202) 224-4642. Call them (or anyone else you can get a hold of), urge them to either support the filibuster or to abstain from the cloture vote.
Update: I was also able to talk to a live person at Senator Byrd's office, to whom I expressed that I was particularly disappointed in Senator Byrd because he is one of the few senators I generally expect to do right by America. [NB: rumor has it he especially is fond of handwritten missives, he thinks they are more spontaneous and less partisan, so if you have a couple of minutes and a fax machine, fax him a handwritten note].
All offices open in a few minutes...even if the voicemails are full, there will be live people at the switchboards now. Call, people, call!
Also, excuse me, Governor Kaine, but I just read that The Virginia Democrat said he will not adjust his speech to placate the party's base. "I'm not anybody's mouthpiece or shill or poster boy for that matter. I'm going to say what I think needs to be said and they seem very comfortable with that.". Uh, isn't placating the party's base sort of YOUR JOB? Isn't the whole point of representative democracy, like, REPRESENTING? If it's your party's BASE, doesn't it mean, by DEFINITION, that you ARE supposed to be the mouthpiece for them, unless you are a traitor like Zell Miller who hijacks his office and malicioiusly fails to do his job?
