Comments on: Let’s Get Ready to Rumble – Supplemental Take Down! http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/07/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-supplemental-take-down/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:21:45 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Siun http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/07/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-supplemental-take-down/#comment-1913786 Siun Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:24:10 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/07/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-supplemental-take-down/#comment-1913786 <p>Jane has more upstairs …</p> <p>we’re making progress!</p> Jane has more upstairs …

we’re making progress!

]]> By: mack http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/07/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-supplemental-take-down/#comment-1913785 mack Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:22:18 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/07/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-supplemental-take-down/#comment-1913785 <p>6-1-9</p> 6-1-9

]]> By: Siun http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/07/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-supplemental-take-down/#comment-1913784 Siun Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:19:41 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/07/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-supplemental-take-down/#comment-1913784 <p>Mauimom - calling your own is always a good idea!</p> <p>The list Jane put together are the folks who voted NO on the supplemental initially and so they are more likely to hold firm for the second vote. </p> <p>But as the whole package has come together, others are coming on board because they are upset over either the IMF funding or over the FOIA issue - so we can add to our total as well as hold the line if we hit them all.</p> Mauimom – calling your own is always a good idea!

The list Jane put together are the folks who voted NO on the supplemental initially and so they are more likely to hold firm for the second vote.

But as the whole package has come together, others are coming on board because they are upset over either the IMF funding or over the FOIA issue – so we can add to our total as well as hold the line if we hit them all.

]]> By: Mauimom http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/07/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-supplemental-take-down/#comment-1913782 Mauimom Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:14:12 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/07/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-supplemental-take-down/#comment-1913782 <blockquote><p> A lot of them for example are Blue America candidates</p></blockquote> <p>Good point.</p> <p>I glanced at the list and didn’t see my Rep. or anyone from my state, <strong>BUT</strong> there was Carol Shea Porter, with whom I’m great enough “pals” [I contributed to her through BlueAmerica] to be on her mailing list. I’ll be giving her a call tomorrow.</p> <p>If my “actual” Rep. is not on the list, is he/she a lost cause, undeserving of a phone call/e-mail?</p>

A lot of them for example are Blue America candidates

Good point.

I glanced at the list and didn’t see my Rep. or anyone from my state, BUT there was Carol Shea Porter, with whom I’m great enough “pals” [I contributed to her through BlueAmerica] to be on her mailing list. I’ll be giving her a call tomorrow.

If my “actual” Rep. is not on the list, is he/she a lost cause, undeserving of a phone call/e-mail?

]]> By: Siun http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/07/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-supplemental-take-down/#comment-1913781 Siun Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:10:36 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/07/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-supplemental-take-down/#comment-1913781 <p>Zett, I call them all. The majority of the congressmembers on the whip list Jane put together are ones who depend on our support - constituent or not - when they are up for reelection. A lot of them for example are Blue America candidates - and we have a right to ask them to stand up for the positions they expressed to get our support.</p> <p>And you are very right that as these are national issues, they should answer to a national constituency.</p> <p>I noticed as I was making my calls that many did not ask where I was from - and one thing I always do is ask for their foreign policy staffer and begin the conversation by asking what they plan to do … this often leads to a chance for a really good conversation.</p> Zett, I call them all. The majority of the congressmembers on the whip list Jane put together are ones who depend on our support – constituent or not – when they are up for reelection. A lot of them for example are Blue America candidates – and we have a right to ask them to stand up for the positions they expressed to get our support.

And you are very right that as these are national issues, they should answer to a national constituency.

I noticed as I was making my calls that many did not ask where I was from – and one thing I always do is ask for their foreign policy staffer and begin the conversation by asking what they plan to do … this often leads to a chance for a really good conversation.

]]> By: Eureka Springs http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/07/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-supplemental-take-down/#comment-1913780 Eureka Springs Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:06:11 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/07/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-supplemental-take-down/#comment-1913780 <p>Absolutely, yes.</p> Absolutely, yes.

]]> By: zett http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/07/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-supplemental-take-down/#comment-1913778 zett Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:03:07 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/07/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-supplemental-take-down/#comment-1913778 <p>I have a question.</p> <p>What if you are not a constituent of anyone on that list?</p> <p>I think I should have the right to talk to any Rep about this since it is a nation wide issue, but you know how it is…they generally don’t want to hear from you if you are not a constituent.</p> <p>Should I still call? I want to.</p> I have a question.

What if you are not a constituent of anyone on that list?

I think I should have the right to talk to any Rep about this since it is a nation wide issue, but you know how it is…they generally don’t want to hear from you if you are not a constituent.

Should I still call? I want to.

]]> By: ratfood http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/07/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-supplemental-take-down/#comment-1913777 ratfood Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:52:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/07/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-supplemental-take-down/#comment-1913777 <p>No doubt they’ll soon be tweeting their votes.</p> No doubt they’ll soon be tweeting their votes.

]]> By: ratfood http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/07/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-supplemental-take-down/#comment-1913776 ratfood Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:49:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/07/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-supplemental-take-down/#comment-1913776 <p>OT: Andrew Sullivan <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/the-nyts-continuing-slide-on-torture.html" rel="nofollow">credits</a> Marcy and Glenn Greenwald for their superior reporting re: Bush Admin pressure on DOJ to legitimize torture.</p> OT: Andrew Sullivan credits Marcy and Glenn Greenwald for their superior reporting re: Bush Admin pressure on DOJ to legitimize torture.

]]> By: Eureka Springs http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/07/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-supplemental-take-down/#comment-1913775 Eureka Springs Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:48:34 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/07/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-supplemental-take-down/#comment-1913775 <p>The Lieber amendment and the senates cowardly voice vote approval.. is just maddening.</p> The Lieber amendment and the senates cowardly voice vote approval.. is just maddening.

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