I have already e-mailed Sens. Talent and Bond thanking them for their opposition to S.2611.
Good for them. They might get a buck or two for their re-election campaigns.
We are very proud of our junior senator...he is up for re-election, and you can bet the Rats have his seat targeted. It will be close, but he should survive. He is running against Claire McCaskill...
That's MY Senator. And one of the 4000 constituent correspondences was mine too - it is encouraging to see the system.... working(?) Or, at least resembling that it's working.
But in the last month, I have received over 4,000 calls, e-mails, and letters urgently in opposition to this measure before us, and I think a word should be spoken on behalf of the concerns of those constituents. They are not paranoid because, in a world of terrorism, they want the border under control. They are not ungenerous because they worry about jobs for themselves and their children. And they are not less progressive than Washington opinionmakers because they believe in the sovereign right of a democratic people who decide who and who shouldn’t become a resident of this country.
Amen!
Excellent job. He nailed every point. Too bad it fell on so many deaf ears.
I'll be contributing to Sen. Talent's campaign.
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It is breathtaking to listen to such simple, rational, intelligent, dispassionate logic compared to the spin and blather being issued by Bush, McPain, Frist et al.
It is no wonder he is in a minority in the Senate - he is surrounded by idiots and they know it.
I just read the full text of that speech. It was one of the most powerful I've read, ever.
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