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Text of Letter Delivered to Senators Specter, Collins and Snowe by Freepers Today(Porkulus)
Monday, February 9, 2009 | Kristinn

Posted on 02/09/2009 9:05:57 AM PST by kristinn

Jim Robinson delivered the following letter to the offices of Senators Arlen Specter, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe this morning.

The Honorable Arlen Specter
711 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510

Sen. Specter,

On behalf of the several hundred thousand members of FreeRepublic.com, I urge you to vote against cloture and passage of the so-called stimulus bill, or as we call it, the Porkulus Bill.

We appreciate your good faith efforts on improving the bill. However, statements by your Democratic colleagues show that they have no intention of abiding by the compromises negotiated with you. In short, the Democrats are playing you and the American people for suckers.

This bill needs to be stopped. If passed, it will pile so much debt on our citizens, with more indebtedness to come with TARP and the omnibus bill, that they will become slaves to that debt and slaves to government.

As you reflect on your votes today and tomorrow, I ask you to consider what our Founding Fathers would do in this situation. Would they sacrifice and endure short term pain for the good of the Nation, or would they vote to enslave future generations with unsustainable debt for short term gain?

May God save America from its government,

James C. Robinson
Founder and President
FreeRepublic.com
Veteran, United States Navy

FreeRepublic.com
P.O. Box 9771
Fresno, CA 93794


TOPICS: Breaking News; Free Republic; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arlensphincter; porkulus; rats; righton; rinos; specter; stimuluswatch
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1 posted on 02/09/2009 9:05:57 AM PST by kristinn
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To: kristinn

Awesome, Jim and Kristinn. Short and succinct!


2 posted on 02/09/2009 9:07:22 AM PST by Smogger (It's the WOT Stupid)
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To: kristinn

Excellent letter.

How did the FReep go this morning?


3 posted on 02/09/2009 9:07:29 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Destroy Porkulus before it destroys us.)
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To: kristinn

WTG Jim!


4 posted on 02/09/2009 9:07:49 AM PST by NickFlooding (Canceling out liberal votes since 1972.)
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To: kristinn

WOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Right on Jim Rob! Thanks for posting this Kristinn!

Do you know if he was able to hand deliver it to them? Get a meeting or anything? I would hope that Jim Robinson of Free Republic would at least get a little bit of time from those sanctimonious bas.... Uh.. I mean Honorable Members.


5 posted on 02/09/2009 9:08:56 AM PST by Danae (Amerikan Unity My Ass)
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To: kristinn

They despise Free Republic, folks. It won’t make any difference in the end with these three.

I’m not saying it wasn’t the correct thing to do, to be crystal clear, it is.

Just noting what we are dealing with.


6 posted on 02/09/2009 9:09:15 AM PST by Badeye (There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)
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To: kristinn

Excellent letter!

God Bless Jim for giving us all a ‘voice’ and delivering it by hand!

Thank you all very much!


7 posted on 02/09/2009 9:09:45 AM PST by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: kristinn

Good job Sir.


8 posted on 02/09/2009 9:10:15 AM PST by roofer13
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To: kristinn

Excellent! I especially like the final sentence...


9 posted on 02/09/2009 9:10:16 AM PST by bcsco (Illinois politicians should be read their Miranda rights when sworn in to office...)
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To: kristinn

I had a problem with the “Honorable” part. Otherwise, pretty good.


10 posted on 02/09/2009 9:10:22 AM PST by Sig Sauer P220 (There ought to be one day -- just one -- when there is open season on Senators --- Will Rogers)
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To: kristinn

Good letter, makes the point clearly.

Specter will most certainly ignore it, since he is so self convinced of his perfection but it might affect the other two. Here’s hoping.


11 posted on 02/09/2009 9:10:24 AM PST by TCats
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To: TCats

Even if those “cuts” stay out of the Porkulus bill, one dem senator said they would just put it back into the omnibus bill that would come later this year!


12 posted on 02/09/2009 9:11:28 AM PST by princess leah
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To: kristinn

It’s a good thing, cause all the senators email boxes are full & rejecting any new emails!

Thanks Jim Rob!!!


13 posted on 02/09/2009 9:11:32 AM PST by blondee123 (Barack O'Lenin says "Not a time for profit for companies"!!! HUH???)
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To: kristinn
May God save America from its government,

Amen, and Amen.

14 posted on 02/09/2009 9:11:41 AM PST by OB1kNOb (Obama? No hope. No Change. Just more of the same old same old. Only worse. Much worse.)
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To: kristinn

Excellent.


15 posted on 02/09/2009 9:12:12 AM PST by Girlene (Hey, Repub's: This is an entrepreneurial insurgency)
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To: Sig Sauer P220
I had a problem with the “Honorable” part. Otherwise, pretty good.

I know you're being sarcastic, but to not follow proper protocol would be to negate any chance of getting their attention...

16 posted on 02/09/2009 9:12:13 AM PST by bcsco (Illinois politicians should be read their Miranda rights when sworn in to office...)
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To: Badeye

At the risk of revealing how ignorant I am on such things, I must ask why these three are allowed to remain in the Republican Party. Is anyone ever tossed?


17 posted on 02/09/2009 9:13:38 AM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: kristinn

Great job guys way to go!!!


18 posted on 02/09/2009 9:13:45 AM PST by rodguy911 (HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE--GO SARAHCUDA !!)
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To: kristinn

Thank you, Jim....Well Done!


19 posted on 02/09/2009 9:14:08 AM PST by joe fonebone (The libtard votes in every election, regardless of the candidate.)
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To: kristinn
On behalf of the several hundred thousand members of FreeRepublic.com, I urge you to vote against cloture and passage of the so-called stimulus bill, or as we call it, the Porkulus Bill.

Agreed.

Signed....

Responsibility2nd

20 posted on 02/09/2009 9:14:14 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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