AP: Over 1000 Anti-Specter Phonecalls Made To ONE Senator Friday!

Republican Conference chairman Rick Santorum, a fellow Pennsylvanian and one of the Senate's leading conservatives, put out a general statement of support for Specter last Thursday. "I look forward to working with Senator Specter to guarantee that every judicial nominee put forth by President Bush has an up or down vote," he said.

An aide said Monday that Santorum would defer to the decision of the Senate Judiciary Republicans, who will vote on who their chairman should be.

Conservatives are inundating those senators with calls and e-mails trying to sway those votes. One GOP senator on the Senate Judiciary Committee, who asked not be identified because of the sensitivity of the debate, said his office had received more than 1,000 phone calls Friday opposing Specter. The senator said that was the most phone calls on one subject since the gay marriage debate in July.

No one in the Senate has openly opposed Specter's future chairmanship, aides said, although several senators have said they want to talk to him before he gets the job.

GRASSROOTSPA CALL TO ACTION

STOP SPECTER FROM BLOCKING BUSH'S JUDGES

Contact Senator Frist
202-224-3135

Contact Senator Santorum
202-224-6324

Tell them in no uncertain terms that Specter cannot be made Senate Judiciary Chairman

Do NOT take "no" for an answer!

Bush has no Mandate?

Just say "NO" To Specter's Games!

Senate Judiciary Committee GOP Members

Contact Senator Orrin Hatch
202-224-5251

Contact Senator Charles Grassley
202-224-3744

Contact Senator Jon Kyl
202-224-4521

Contact Senator Mike DeWine
202-224-2315

Contact Senator Jeff Sessions
202-224-4124

Contact Senator Lindsey Graham
202-224-5972

Contact Senator Larry Craig
202-224-2752

Contact Senator Saxby Chambliss
202-224-3521

Contact Senator John Cornyn
202-224-2934

National Review Online had an article from the Editors yesterday suggesting that we all contact Senator DeWine of Ohio regarding Specter. He is a pro-lifer who wields authority.
Today, NRO recommends that Orrin Hatch be retained as judiciary chairman, but my feeling was that he wasn't willing to get confrontational with the Dims. I believe we'll need someone who doesn't care about 'getting along' with the obstructionists on the other side of the aisle.
On the other hand, if Harry Reid, a pro-life Democrat, replaces Tom Daschle as minority leader, this may turn out to have been a good thing.
If your Senator is a Republican, let him know we do NOT want Specter as Chairman of the Judiciary committee.

Thanks. Am calling again today.

This is the reply I sent to Frist's reply to me:

DEAR SENATOR FRIST,

Thanks for your reply.

I was EXCEEDINGLY UNCOMFORTED.

Do you, or do you not have the cajones to prevent Specter from assuming the Chairmanship?

Virtually his entire Senate record has abundantly demonstrated that he is an enemy of the unborn and 97% born. He is an enemy of a list of conservative values. He is an enemy of Godly priorities and values.

He is and has always been a stooge of the globalist government puppet masters. When you passively support him, you come across as a stooge of the globalist government puppet masters, too. Should we list you in that category firmly or just when the puppet masters apply too much behind the scenes pressure? Will you stand on the side of Righteousness, or not?

This election has been hard fought. We should have won by a much larger margin. But we are not going to just roll over and play dead. God and our Republic require us to stand up and be counted. Stand with the puppet masters and the values of their global government, if you wish, Senator Frist. We will notice and behave accordingly.

Thankfully, ALL Senators come up for reelection periodically. We are making our list and checking it twice. We'll note very firmly who's been naughty and nice.

PLEASE, Senator Frist, prayerfully and boldly stand on the side of honorable, conservative, Life oriented values.

Infanticide is not the only horrid value Specter supports. He's worked in behalf of the puppet master's whole list of preferences.

STOP SUPPORTING EVEN PASSIVELY HIS CHAIRMANSHIP. PREVENT IT EVERY WAY POSSIBLE!

Sincerely,

GOP Leadership Needs to Hear from You on Sen. Specter

Are you concerned about the possibility of pro-abortion
U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter assuming the chairmanship of the
all-important Senate Judiciary Committee? There's still
more you can do to help get a more qualified candidate
installed -- even if you've already contacted your own
senators about the matter.

The Senate's Republican leadership and the Republicans on
the Judiciary Committee -- who have the authority to
prevent Specter's promotion -- must be made aware of how
strongly pro-family Americans oppose his ascendancy.
That's why we're urging you to take a few minutes today
and/or Wednesday -- no matter what state you live in -- to
call and e-mail each of the key lawmakers below.

Please tell them that Sen. Specter's pro-abortion views
make him a poor choice to oversee the process of getting
President Bush's judicial nominees approved. And urge them
to oppose his ascendancy to the chairman's chair.

Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn.
D.C. Office: (202) 224-3344
Main District Office: (615) 352-9411
Fax: (202) 228-1264
E-mail form:
http://capwiz.com/fof/mail/?id=540&type=CO&state=TN

Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
D.C. Office: (202) 224-2541
Main District Office: (502) 582-6304
Fax: (202) 224-2499
E-mail form:
http://capwiz.com/fof/mail/?id=262&type=CO&state=KY

Senate Republican Conference Chair Rick Santorum, R-Pa.
D.C. Office: (202) 224-6324
Main District Office: (412) 562-0533
Fax: (202) 228-0604
E-mail form:
http://capwiz.com/fof/mail/?id=498&type=CO&state=PA

Judiciary Committee Members

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah
D.C. Office: (202) 224-5251
Main District Office: (801) 524-4380
Fax: (202) 224-6331
E-mail form:
http://capwiz.com/fof/mail/?id=586&type=CO&state=UT

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa
D.C. Office: (202) 224-3744
Main District Office: (515) 284-4890
Fax: (202) 224-6020
E-mail form:
http://capwiz.com/fof/mail/?id=248&type=CO&state=IA

Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.
D.C. Office: (202) 224-4521
Main District Office: (602) 840-1891
Fax: (202) 224-2207
E-mail form:
http://capwiz.com/fof/mail/?id=203&type=CO&state=AZ

Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio
D.C. Office: (202) 224-2315
Main District Office: (614) 469-5186
Fax: (202) 224-6519
E-mail form:
http://capwiz.com/fof/mail/?id=456&type=CO&state=OH

Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.
D.C. Office: (202) 224-4124
Main District Office: (334) 244-7017
Fax: (202) 224-3149
E-mail form:
http://capwiz.com/fof/mail/?id=269&type=CO&state=AL

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
D.C. Office: (202) 224-5972
Main District Office: (864) 250-1417
Fax: (202) 224-3808
E-mail form:
http://capwiz.com/fof/mail/?id=531&type=CO&state=SC

Sen. Larry Craig, R-Ind.
D.C. Office: (202) 224-2752
Main District Office: (208) 342-7985
Fax: (202) 228-1067

Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.
D.C. Office: (202) 224-3521
Main District Office: (770) 763-9090
Fax: (202) 224-0103
E-mail form:
http://capwiz.com/fof/mail/?id=197&type=CO&state=GA

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas
D.C. Office: (202) 224-2934
Main District Office: (512) 469-6034
Fax: (202) 228-2856
E-mail form:
http://capwiz.com/fof/mail/?id=31770&type=CO&state=TX

VISIT TO SENATOR SANTORUM'S SENATE OFFICE BUILDING AFTERNOON REPORT (TUESDAY)

A little bird told me, who just visited Capitol Hill a few hours ago, that the entrance office (lobby) to Senator Santorum's Dirksen Bldg. office in D.C. had three staffers (one male, two female, just as nice and professional as could be) fielding calls one after the other.

--The three each had telephone ear pieces in and could barely talk to visitors to the office due to the avalanche of calls.

--My source said that as soon as there was a "thank you and goodbye", there was short ring, and another "Senator Santorum's office, may I help you?" from that person. Every issue seemed to be on SPECTER and it sounded to the source as if 90% or more were OPPOSED.

--Source said one of the staffers kept saying to callers "Senator Santorum is not on the Judiciary Committee, but have you given your opinion to the members of the Judiciary Committee?"

--They were clearly under the gun. It appeared, this source told me, that in about 10 minutes time, the three of them fielded about 25-30 calls. They were indeed typing the names and contact information of each and every caller, too.

(Received report: 3:15 p.m. Eastern Time Tuesday)

In 1986, Ronald Reagan selected Jeff Sessions of Alabama for the federal bench, but Specter joined his Democratic colleagues in defeating the nomination — it was only the second time the Judiciary Committee had turned down a nominee since the FDR era. Attorney general Ed Meese called it "an appalling surrender to the politics of ideology." Sessions didn't vanish from public life; in 1996, he was elected to the Senate. Now he sits with Specter on the Judiciary Committee. The two men don't talk about what passed between them 17 years ago, but Specter admits he made a mistake: "I've gotten to know him. I regret my vote."

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_16_55/ai_106672807

How many more mistakes like this could he make as judiciary chairman?

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