Just talked to Kerry's office in Boston....

[jackster]

I was told that Reid is on board for the filibuster - but calls need to be made to Landrieau, Salazar, Johnson, and Byrd BY EVERYONE no matter your location.

FEELS GOOD TO HAVE A SPINE AGAIN!

[rodeodance]

1. thanks---KEEP thhis KICKED

[rodeodance]

2. k

[rodeodance]

5. k

[worldgonekrazy]

28. Phone Numbers

Byrd (WV):
[phone]

Johnson (SD):
[phone]

Landrieu (LA):
[phone]

Salazar (CO):
[phone]

Anybody got the 800 number for the switchboard?

Let's get this done!

[Briarius]

36. Full mailboxes, or busy, left a message for Salazar

Byrd's mailbox is full, Johnson and Landrieu are busy... keep calling!

oops: LynzM accidentally posting as Briarius! Still, doesn't matter, keep calling! Got through to Johnson this time :)

[rodeodance]

38. cnn--Kennedy backs Alito filibuster

[Kurovski]

55. here:

Capitol switchboard numbers:

1-888 355 3588
1-888 818 6641
1-877 851 6437

[BigBearJohn]

73. hahaha "The mailbox to Sen Byrd is FULL" hahahahaha

hope he gets the message

[eve_was_framed]

80. but what it's full with messages from those religious wackos telling

him to confirm "the nice man"?

[Angry Girl]

3. C'mon, Chordata!

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. Let's rumble

n/t

[rodeodance]

41. and roll

[rodeodance]

6. I heard Byrd said he would vote yes.

[Sammy Pepys]

7. What's the point at this juncture?

Why now? This should've been done earlier....

[WildEyedLiberal]

12. You can't filibuster before the vote comes up...

.....

[Sammy Pepys]

15. I mean this should've been organized earlier.

Not with Kerry going off to Davos.

[rodeodance]

20. oh well, i knda like surprizes. lets just hope Frist does not call for vo

te tomoorrow.

[rodeodance]

KICKYPOO

[Sammy Pepys]

27. That's why this should've been organized earlier....

I feel like we're being played like fiddles.

[worldgonekrazy]

34. What's done is done

Do what you have to do for now. You might be right that we are being played, but what if we aren't?

[alcibiades_mystery]

43. Sure ya do

:eyes:

Recent concern, this, huh?

[Sammy Pepys]

51. If Kerry can pull this off and get some steam behind it...

I'm all for it.

But I wish we had gone into these floor actions with this move already on the plate and ready to go.

Unfortunately, I don't have any Senators to call because I live in DC.

[Straight Shooter]

58. Doesn't matter where you live. You're a U.S. citizen, right?

Make the calls. Participate. Spend your energy constructively.

:patriot:

[eyepaddle]

60. Excellent point!

:thumbsup:

[Sammy Pepys]

66. I have called three offices thus far.

I just wish I had constituent weight to throw around.

[Straight Shooter]

72. You're right in the middle of what's happening. You pay taxes.

AFAIC, that means you carry as much weight as anybody. These people answering the phones are by now ticking off checkmarks in the yes or no column at this point, they are so overwhelmed.

Let's get everybody on board the filbuster train. :woohoo:

[democrank]

8. Thanks for the info.

I`ll help.

[savemefromdumbya]

9. just feel like a good filibuster

when was the last one?

[Coexist]

10. the lady in Salazar's office said "are you for or against the filibuster"

Keep calling!! They are hearing us.

[rodeodance]

13. can someone report all those numbers please.--I promise to call

[Coexist]

21. Here you go:

http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?page_id=1754

Senate Phone List
AKAKA -D- [phone]
BAUCUS -D- (202 224-2651
BAYH -D- [phone]
BIDEN -D- [phone]
BINGAMAN -D- [phone]
BOND -D- [phone]
BOXER -D- (202 224-3553
BYRD -D- [phone]
CANTWELL -D- [phone]
CARPER -D- [phone]
CLINTON -D- [phone]
CONRAD -D- [phone]
DAYTON -D- [phone]
DODD -D- [phone]
DORGAN -D- [phone]
DURBIN -D- [phone]
FEINGOLD -D- [phone]
FEINSTEIN -D- [phone]
HARKIN -D- [phone]
JEFFORDS -I- [phone]
JOHNSON -D- [phone]
KENNEDY -D- [phone]
KERRY -D- [phone]
KOHL -D- [phone]
LANDRIEU -D- [phone]
LAUTENBERG -D- [phone]
LEAHY -D- [phone]
LEVIN -D- [phone]
LIEBERMAN -D- [phone]
LINCOLN -D- [phone]
MENENDEZ -D- [phone]
MIKULSKI -D- [phone]
MURRAY -D- [phone]
NELSON (FL) -D- [phone]
NELSON (NE) -D- [phone]
OBAMA -D- [phone]
PRYOR -D- [phone]
REED -D- [phone]
REID -D- [phone]
ROCKEFELLER -D- [phone]
SALAZAR -D- [phone]
SARBANES -D- [phone]
SCHUMER -D- [phone]
STABENOW -D- [phone]
WYDEN -D- [phone]

CHAFEE -R- [phone]
COLLINS -R- [phone]
SNOWE -R- [phone]
SPECTER -R- [phone]

[rodeodance]

26. hey thanks for the names and numbers. i am on it.

[mom cat]

33. TOLL FREE:1-888-818-6641, 1888-355-3588, 1-888-426-8073

[Ammonium]

47. Salazar

Just called too! She said she'd add my name to the list :-P

[back2basics909]

11. Very important...

Recommended. Do not let them hang up on you if you are out of state.

We can help them if they vote the right way, we can harm their chances of getting reelected if they do not... even if we are out of state. Remind them of this.

[choicevoice]

14. Making my call to Landrieu.... again

Her number is busy. Hopefully this means lots of people are calling.

[rodeodance]

16. Light up the phones

[low_phreaq]

24. Get your friends and family to help - let's rock!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x247241

[eyepaddle]

18. Can you throw up her number please? nt

[eyepaddle]

37. Landrieu's phone is still busy!

[rodeodance]

39. keep trying

[eyepaddle]

42. Oh, I'm on it alright!

:thumbsup:

[eyepaddle]

53. As long as I was killing time I called my Senator (Dayton)

and urged him to join Kerry.

I'm doing everything I can think of at this moment!

It feels good.

[Justitia]

Her lines in LA are wide open - nice staffers too! -eom

[JWS]

17. Yeay!

btw what does the yellow x mean?

[eyepaddle]

22. It means DU is extreme;y busy

and has turned off some features to save bandwidth.

[JWS]

25. THanks!

[sirjohn]

19. It's results that count.

Will watch and see what happens. Too little too late IMO.

[brainshrub]

23. So Kerry is going to filibuster?

I must have slipped into an alternate reality!

In my dimension, Dems speaks big but then surrenders when it's time comes to fight.

I like this new dimension.

:D

I wonder if the Brainshrub from this reality is now in mine?

[WildEyedLiberal]

32. If so, he's probably pissed.

:D

IMO, this was exactly the right timing. We need to STAND AND FIGHT with Kerry and whoever supports him, because he is going to have THE ENTIRE MSM and half the "liberal" pundits eviscerating him. I can hear Carville now talking about what a misfire this is and how we should support someone less "ideological" like Hillary. :puke: :puke: :puke:

[rodeodance]

49. i head he said he would 'support' a filly --different from the 'he called

for a fily'--I do not know which is right.

[graywarrior]

29. Called Byrd, Johns & Salazar offices and asked them to stand

with the dems on this issue. Landrieau's office is busy, can't get through.

[One_of_8]

62. Left messages for Landrieau

and for Salazar - couldn't for the other two, voicemail full for Byrd and the other line busy, busy, busy.

[Justitia]

79. Her Shreveport line is wide open - has a nice staffer there too! -eom

[Catchawave]

30. Very important this keep kicked......

Hopefully, this isn't a Raw Story "was told"......can't get to a teevee for awhile yet....kick it guys, kick it ...tanks'alot :)

[rodeodance]

31. Landrieau, Salazar, Johnson, and Byrd-these are the one to bug per IP

I was told that Reid is on board for the filibuster - but calls need to be made to
Landrieau, Salazar, Johnson, and Byrd BY EVERYONE no matter your location.

FEELS GOOD TO HAVE A SPINE AGAIN!

[rodeodance]

35. and now mom cat posted free numbers to call

TOLL FREE:1-888-818-6641, 1888-355-3588, 1-888-426-8073
Posted by mom cat

[melissinha]

40. Called Salazar and Johnson

Asked that they represent me as I do not have representation as a resident of Texas....

GO Filibuster GO!!!!

[worldgonekrazy]

44. MSM spinning it as calculated political move by Kerry for '08

And I ask...does it even matter? If it works I don't give a damn what his motivation was.

[Justitia]

46. Saving the Constitution is all that matters now. -eom

[rodeodance]

45. cnn is being a funsucker--as it is the 2nd time I them say that it can not

be sustained. poopheads.

[Justitia]

48. Fuck them - they would love it if we just gave up and quit.

It ain't over 'til it's over!

[choicevoice]

50. For those who can not get through to Landrieu here are her LA numbers

Baton Rouge 225-389-0395
New Orleans 504-589-2427
Shreveport 318-676-3085
Lake Charles 337-436-6650

edited for bad grammar

[rodeodance]

54. and leave a note that Kerry said to bug her!

[choicevoice]

57. Landrieu Fax number 202-224-9735 eom

[eyepaddle]

59. I called the Lake Charles office

(I used to live in Lafayette) very nice staffer on the phone, by the way.

It'd been a while since I had heard that accent! :)

[choicevoice]

63. Talked to a staffer in Baton Rouge

Very cold person. Refused to say anything about her plans. I left a polite message about no cloture and supporting a filibuster. Ended the call saying I plan to support STRONG Democrats in the future.

[Justitia]

78. Nice staffer in Shreveport! Give him a ring! -eom

[Autumn Colors]

52. DOES ANYONE HAVE FAX NUMBERS?????

Either their DC offices or their local offices.... I'm going to send them a fax with great big letters:

PLEASE FILIBUSTER!!

And in smaller letters, reminding them of what someone else posted - that even though I'm from out-of-state, I can help or hurt their chances of getting re-elected next time.

[Helga Scow Stern]

69. Please go to Project Vote Smart:

http://www.vote-smart.org

You can look up any office holder's complete info.

[Autumn Colors]

71. Great! Thanks! n/t

[coffeenap]

Another thread says Clinton is not supporting it !! nt

[aquart]

56. Do we have numbers for them I can pass to my list?

[BlueManDude]

61. JK reporting for duty

now we a platoon of courageous men and women to follow him.

[GrumpyGreg]

83. I think Kerry is in Switzerland---not reporting for duty at home.

[EFerrari]

64. On board. Thank you, John Kerry!

:kick:

[Autumn Colors]

65. HERE ARE DC & LOCAL FAX #'S FOR THEM

Here are all the DC and local office FAX numbers:

Salazar:
202-228-5036
719-587-0098
970-241-8313
970-259-9789
719-542-7555
970-542-3088
970-224-2205
719-328-1129
303-455-8851

Landrieu:
202-224-9735
504-589-4023
318-676-3100
337-439-3762
225-389-0660

Johnson:
202-228-5765
605-226-2439
605-341-2207
605-332-2824

Byrd:
202-228-0002
304-343-7144

[Jackpine Radical]

67. Does a fax count?

Dear Senator Byrd:
You have my undying respect and gratitude for the many brave things you have done and stood for during your years in the Senate.

I now ask you to support the impending filibuster of the Alito nomination, and I would urge you to also finally vote against his noimination to the Supreme Court. I believe that Judge Alito presents a great threat to the rights of common Americans in the face of an increasingly authoritarian Federal government. His support of concepts such as the "Unitary Executive" is highly perturbing to me.
Thank you.
(Jackpine Radical)

[Straight Shooter]

74. Good letter.

Byrd will regret voting for Alito more than he ever regretted voting for Ashcroft.

[confludemocrat]

68. 6 Dems now against filibuster, NOW JK's openly for one! BFD

Typical of the man.

[Jo March]

81. Yes, it IS a BFD

Oh, that's right. You're one of those who will hate Kerry no matter what he does. :eyes:

Just keep stewing in your own juices while the rest of us fight. That'll show Kerry! :eyes:

[confludemocrat]

82. Excuses, excuses. And yeah, like I'm not wanting a fight

which as usual might be coming too little too late from that quarter. The only way the fight will be won will be by other than such belated, while-out-of-the-country pronouncments from on-high, and that change in methodology needs to begin ASAP.

[Jo March]

85. In the time that it took you to type that, you could have been calling

or faxing or emailing.

I am not offering excuses for Kerry and most certainly not for you.

I prefer to fight and whoever wants to stand beside me and fight is welcome. Now is not the time to whine about coulda, woulda, shoulda. Just because you don't like Kerry doesn't mean that we shouldn't support him or fight.

But whatever. I'm wasting time replying to you. There is too much to do besides engage in this defeatism and sour grapes.

[confludemocrat]

86. On woulda coulda shoulda, yes it is time to do just that

As said at Salon re the belated Kerry effort

"If they had geared up from the start to stop Alito, the Dems might have at least won a political battle. Now they'll lose both ways"

better look at the way the way this was handled by Dems since the half-assed cautious way Kerry acted exemplifies what a track record of failure by the Kerry's and the Bidens and Obamas have made you an apologist for

[Straight Shooter]

70. Landrieau, leave a message. Byrd, mailbox full. Johnson, lines busy.

Salazar, I got through and told them, "The F word is a good word. Filibuster." Very nice staff member answered the phone.

I also called Wyden (Oregon) and gave his staff the same message that I gave him yesterday, to support a filibuster.

============================

Thanks for the phone numbers and the kick to keep this going. Don't forget to call a friend and ask them to call, too, and keep passing this on. It's now or never to save our Constitution.

[Autumn Colors]

75. THE FAX LINES ARE ALL OPEN, THOUGH!

These are all fax numbers (DC & Local offices)

Salazar:
202-228-5036
719-587-0098
970-241-8313
970-259-9789
719-542-7555
970-542-3088
970-224-2205
719-328-1129
303-455-8851

Landrieu:
202-224-9735
504-589-4023
318-676-3100
337-439-3762
225-389-0660

Johnson:
202-228-5765
605-226-2439
605-341-2207
605-332-2824

Byrd:
202-228-0002
304-343-7144

[neuvocat]

76. 7 Senators is all that's needed?

That's pretty close.

[ronnykmarshall]

77. Faxed Boxer and Feinstein ...

I'll worked on the list Kerry's office suggested.

[emulatorloo]

84. kick n/t