Kerry is filibustering Alito! Call Senators Immediately!
Call the Senators listed below, as well as your own, and tell them:
* a "No" vote is meaningless without a filibuster
* it is cowardly to only fight a fight when assured victory
* the American people need to see the Senate standing up for separation of powers and against the "Unitary Executive"
Use these toll free numbers to call the Capitol: 888-355-3588 or 888-818-6641.
If you can't get through, look up the Senator's District Office number in your phone book or here: http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/dbq/officials/?lvl=C
First: Call the three Democrats (Mary Landrieu, Ken Salazar, and Dianne Feinstein) who oppose Alito but also said they oppose a filibuster. We must persuade them that a vote against Alito is meaningless if they don't support a filibuster.
Senator Salazar (D-CO) 202-224-5852
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) 202-224-5824
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) 202-224-3841
Second: Call your own Democratic Senator:
888-355-3588 or 888-818-6641.
* If you can't get through, look up the Senator's District Office number in your phone book or here: http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/dbq/officials/?lvl=C
Third: Unbelievably, three Democrats (Ben Nelson, Tim Johnson and Robert Byrd) support Alito! Tell them to either support filibuster or at least "don't get in the way."
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) 202-224-6551
Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) 202-224-3954
Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD) 202-224-5842 888-355-3588 or 888-818-6641.
If you can't get through, look up the Senator's District Office number in your phone book or here: http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/dbq/officials/?lvl=C
Fourth: Call the "Red State" Democrats: (Message same as above -- "No" is meaningless) Tom Carper (DE) Kent Conrad (ND) Byron Dorgan (ND) Blanche Lincoln (AR) Mark Pryor (AR) Fifth: Call these "Blue State" and pro-choice Republicans: (Message: A "Unitary Executive" is dangerous to balance of powers--please do not get in the way of a filibuster.)
Lincoln Chafee (RI)
Susan Collins (ME)
Lisa Murkowsky (AK)
Bob Smith (OR)
Olympia Snowe (ME)
Ted Stevens (AK)
For extra credit, call all of the 2008 Presidential candidates who are sitting Senators--Evan Bayh, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Russ Feingold, and John Kerry--and tell them to either LEAD THE FILIBUSTER or KISS YOUR SUPPORT GOODBYE.
888-355-3588 or 888-818-6641.
If you can't get through, look up the Senator's District Office number in your phone book or here: http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/dbq/officials/?lvl=C
You can also send that message to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (202-224-2447) and the Democratic National Committee (202-863-8000).
That's from Progessive Democrats of America and Brandon passed it onto C.I. who posted about it yesterday. (Shout out to Brandon who's a good bud of mine.) That's right, it's time to get active again.
Question of the Jot nature? Why don't you look a gift horse in the mouth? Might they bite? I don't know. I do know something lit a fire under John Kerry's butt and I'm glad for that. Today's gift horse is Kerry, ride it to a filibuster.
And I'll toss out something here for fans of Kat (who isn't a fan of Kat?), I know what her next review is going to be on. I called her yesterday because I'd gone to get some music and looked around for about an hour and half with friends. I couldn't find anything. So after we left, I called her and asked her if anything was worth buying?
"Worth buying?" she asked with wonder. "Listen to this!"
She held her phone up to her speakers and I was all, "Guys, turn around, I know what I want to get." There's no way she'll have it up this weekend. She'll probably have it done before the end of next week. So look for that.
While you wait for that, joint entry heads up, Cedric and Betty did one -- check it at "Alito and Inclusion" or "Found in the paper" or both. And Betty subs for Rebecca tonight at Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude so check that out too.
Get active, make those calls. And have a great weekend.
