Voinovich considering coming back in support of Bolton

Move America Forward ^ | 4-25-05

[Bob J]

Received via Email

Dear Friends,

We've heard some very good news from multiple sources in Washington, D.C. and Capitol Hill.

In response to the flood of emails, phone calls and FAXes that Senator Voinovich and his staff have received, the Senator is considering coming out once again back in support of John Bolton's confirmation as U.S. Ambassador to the UN. The Senator had no idea that there were so many Americans who supported Mr. Bolton's nomination, let alone even knew who he was.

We need just ONE MORE day of a heavy volume of emails, phone calls, and FAXes. If you can, ask a friend or family member to send just one email or make just one call. I NEED EVERYONE READING THIS TO TAKE PART IN THIS IMPORTANT DRILL...

Email Senator Voinovich's office and tell them you support John Bolton for the post of U.S. Ambassador to the UN and request that Senator Voinovich support Mr. Bolton's confirmation:

Aric_Newhouse@voinovich.senate.gov Marcie_Ridgway@voinovich.senate.gov Dana_smullen@voinovich.senate.gov Scott Milburn@voinovich.senate.gov Phil_Park@voinovich.senate.gov

Also... please call the Senator's office in addition to the emails and - again - indicate your support for Mr. Bolton's nomination:

PHONE: (202) 224-3353

If the above number is busy call: (513) 684-3265

And if that number is busy try: (216) 522.7095

And finally, if you have access to a FAX machine, or can send a FAX from your computer please send a FAX in support of Bolton to:

FAX: (202) 228-1382 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

The aspect of Voinovich's actions that offended us the most is that what Senator Voinovich did was to empower Barbara Boxer and John Kerry to accomplish a partisan political drill to embarrass the President.

Senator Boxer and Senator Kerry don't like John Bolton because they think he will be too tough on the United Nations - an institution they strongly support. Boxer and Kerry have been leading defenders of Kofi Annan, in spite of the mounting evidence of his corruption and hostility towards American interests.

Boxer and Kerry wanted to defeat Bolton for another reason - as part of their efforts to recast the recent presidential election results. The liberal Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee want to block Bush's judicial nominees, they want to see Republican House Leader Tom DeLay incarcerated, and they want to embarrass President Bush by defeating his tough, pro-American UN nominee.

But, shouldn't Senator Voinovich have been serving the interests of his constituents - the American people who want to see a strong, honest and forceful UN ambassador who will fight the corruption and Anti-Americanism that has infested the UN!?!?!

That's what this email/phone/FAX and radio ad campaign (to generate more emails and phone calls) has been all about - to get the Senator to see that he lost his way by serving the interests of people who simply are still bitter that they lost so badly in the 2004 elections.

Please read the article in the Sacramento Bee below. It explains how effective your efforts have been to date. Some of you have already called or emailed Senator Voinovich's office at least once. Others have contributed to our radio ad campaign -- you can hear the ad and also help us pay for more airtime by going to our website here:

http://www.MoveAmericaForward.org

These radio ads are getting the message out to more and more Ohioans and that will remind Senator Voinovich just who it is he is supposed to be representing and serving.

Since the Sacramento Bee link takes you to a site that requires registration I also have included excerpts of the article below...

http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/12773871p-13624987c.html

Kaloogian targets fellow Republican

Ex-state legislator attacks Ohio Sen. Voinovoich over the delay on Bolton. ...

Within a couple of hours of Voinovich's action Tuesday, Move America Forward announced on its Web site and in faxes to news organizations that it would target Voinovich for his "obstructionist conduct." On Thursday, the day the ads began running, Voinovich's office phones were jammed with callers and computer e-mail in-baskets were clogged with messages related to the Bolton confirmation. It was no better Friday.

"The telephone lines are consistently busy," said Voinovich spokeswoman Marcie Ridgway. "And we're getting lots of e-mails because they posted our e-mail addresses on their Web site."

Kaloogian, who used the talk-radio circuit to talk up the recall against Davis, thinks the Voinovich campaign is a big boost to an organization that, for the most part, has gained only a smattering of attention from its Sacramento-area events and its rebuttals last summer to filmmaker Michael Moore.

"This seems to be the time when people in Washington, D.C., have taken notice of what we're doing," Kaloogian said.

Kaloogian's co-chair is KSFO-San Francisco radio talk show host Melanie Morgan, who said the initial radio buy in Ohio was small but more stations will be added over the next couple of weeks as contributions arrive.

"This is pretty big," she said.

[votelife]

good post, number 23.

[dennisw]

bttttt for Voinovich's crying jag.