Thanks!
WOW! Thanks
Great ammunition.
Excellent. Good work to both of you.
Here’s a draft letter if anyone wants to use it:
Hello,
Please encourage Senator XXXXX to vote no on the current Healthcare Bill being reviewed in the Senate. I am aware of some of the language in the bill, and I am convinced that America will suffer greatly if this bill is passed.
We do not need this bill - it will eventually contain taxpayer-supported abortion legislation, it cuts benefits to our Senior population, create rationing and huge government bureaucracies and will cost us trillions of dollars THAT WE DO NOT HAVE.
If Senator Wyden does vote yes for this bill, I will support his opposition in the next election cycle.
Respectfully,
You name, city & state
Kill the Bill!
FYI, regarding the Harkin staffers... I received this auto-response from Thomas Heckroth:
"Thank you for contacting me. I am no longer working in Senator Harkin's office, as I have taken on a new opportunity at the Department of Labor. If you are in need of assistance by the office or need to contact me personally, please call Sen. Harkin's office at 202.224.3254."
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I SENT AN E-MAIL TO EVERYONE ON THAT LIST - HERE’S THE ONLY ONE RESPONSE I GOT BACK:
“remove me from your spam list”
FROM: Fisher, Julianne (Johnson)12:02 PM
NICE, HUH?
I loathe these arrogant cretins.
great work everyone! thanks for posting.
these folks will be working all day Saturday and will probably only be viewing email via their blackberries.
so keep it short and simple and if you can stomach it, polite. :)
However, while I believe your efforts to be inspiring, I also believe you don't see the end game because you think you can affect change just outside the Capitol. Once upon a time that may have been the case.
Now, however, it will ultimately come down to...
I mean no disrespect, but after all that effort, the House still passed the health care atrocity and tomorrow the Senate will get their version on the floor and pass it, also. That's how the system works.
I wish you DC Freepers would start looking at different strategies. You guys are on the ground and we depend on you to represent us. But the days of street protests, demonstrations, and marches as in the clinton days are no longer viable. Think...
If just some 5-7 Governors and were to tell the FEDGOV to shove their unConstitutional mandates, and deal with the lack of FEDGOV funds, we would have a REAL start to reign in the FEDGOV leviathan. What could/would they do? Nothing.
Again, thank you for all you do. You have done much more than I ever dreamed of doing. Please just think about my proposition above.