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In reply to the discussion: Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Breaking Etiquette [View all]calimary
(81,635 posts)I got one of her staffers in her DC Senate office. next week I'm gonna call her regional office.
I identified myself as a Californian. I said, straight off, that I'm not a constituent, BUT I GAVE MONEY TO HER CAMPAIGN LAST FALL. I did without several tanks of gas in order to send that money in so she could get to the Senate. I may not be a constituent per se, but I HELPED HER GET THERE. And I said I wanted to add my voice to all those who were utterly dismayed by her extremist comments on TV last Sunday, that President Obama's moves to tighten gun laws were absolute non-starters. I said - I HELPED SEND HER TO THE SENATE, AND I EXPECT SOMETHING IN RETURN FOR THAT. And I said I expect her to figure out a way to help make those reforms HAPPEN. NOT badmouth them from the get-go and try to poke holes in them and tell us all why they can't possible be allowed to go through.
FUCK THAT SHIT.
I told her staffer that I won't be contributing EVER AGAIN if she keeps up crap like that.
I gave to a whole bunch of candidates last November, and I bought myself several new and returning Senators and Congresspeople. As such, I figure Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown, Tammy Duckworth, Tammy Baldwin, Patrick Murphy, and others - work for ME, too - every bit as much as Dianne Feinstein and Henry Waxman do. And because I donated, even the paltry amounts I could come up with, their asses are MINE, too. I have skin in this game, even if only a teensy bit. And I don't care if they're not all Californians. They're damn well gonna hear from me if they defy my will. Or else I'm done helping them. They may love my money (such as it was of course - I'm certainly NO shel adelson!), but my money isn't loving some of them at the moment.
These assholes NEED TO KNOW. THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM US. They're certainly hearing an ear-ful from the lobbyists and the NRA and the banksters and the teabaggers. WHY should they NOT hear anything from US?????? We have to counter-balance all that dreck If the schmucks are all they hear from, that's the only thing they'll believe is worth heeding. If YOU don't speak up, then to them - you do not even exist. And your views certainly don't matter. Speaking up and yapping at their heels means you DO matter and they can't pretend you don't exist, and they can't just cavalierly brush off your concerns and your agenda and your pet issues.
I MEAN IT!!! It is the political truth of truths: If they think you don't care, THEY WON'T, EITHER!!!!