PFAW: Senators Oppose Alito after deluge - Keep Pressure On! FREE FAX!!

[IndyOp]

We must keep the pressure on senators to do everything possible to defeat Alito's confirmation.

Call toll-free! 1 877-851-6437

or send FAX - FREE, easy, online http://www.SaveTheCourt.org/AlitoFax

Following yesterday's meeting of Senate Democrats, a consensus to fight Alito's nomination is emerging, but a final strategy has not yet been decided.

We can't tell you what will happen today or tomorrow, but we can tell you that your activism has had a real impact in this critical time and will continue to. Thanks in part to the thousands of calls you poured into Senate offices yesterday, senators are becoming more vocal in their opposition to Alito. Just today, senators off the Judiciary Committee -- including Max Baucus, Tom Harkin, Barbara Mikulski, and Ken Salazar -- have announced their opposition to Alito.

Today three members of the Committee -- the Committee's Democratic leader, Senator Leahy, and Senators Kennedy and Durbin -- are announcing their positions in speeches around the country. Normally such statements would be made on the Senate floor, but in a move that has wrankled many Democrats, the Senate's Republican leader, Bill Frist, has already moved to limit debate by denying them time to speak in the Senate chamber.

If you haven't called your senators yet to let them know you're counting on them to stop Alito, please do so right now. If neither of your senators is a Democrat, call Democratic leader Harry Reid or the Judiciary Committee's top Democrat, Patrick Leahy.

Call toll-free! 1-877-851-6437

If you've already called your Democratic senators and their leaders, Senators Reid and Leahy, send them a fax! http://www.SaveTheCourt.org/AlitoFax

The overwhelming number of calls made yesterday shut down the Capitol switchboard! (We'd love it if you do that again!) If you can't get through on 1-877-851-6437 today, visit capwiz.com/pfaw/home to find direct numbers for Senate offices. Let us know how your calls go by visiting SaveTheCourt.org/CallReport.

Then forward this email to anyone you know who is worried that Alito would likely condone the abuse of power by the president, vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, and help curtail Congress' ability to protect the civil rights, health, safety, and welfare of the American people.

--Your Allies at People For the American Way


Let us know how your calls go by visiting: SaveTheCourt.org/CallReport


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[joeybee12]

1. Cheers to everyone who hasn't given up!

When the people lead, the leaders will follow.

[FightingIrish]

2. I sent this to my two Oregon senators

These are definitely special circumstances. The Bush Administration is openly trashing the constitution while stacking the court with true beleivers in their radical agenda. The vote on Oregon's Death With Dignity Act is a clear indication of how the Bush Bloc will vote on issues that affect us all. Vote no on Alito and stand prepared to fillibuster his confirmation.

[Sick_of_Rethuggery]

3. Done and K and R

[IndyOp]

4. Kick!

:kick:

[hang a left]

5. First think in the morning KNR

Bookmarked

[mom cat]

6. Thanks for all that you are doing! I am feeling the tide turning! We

must keep up the pressure over the weekend.

[IndyOp]

7. Thanks MomCat! I think you are right about the weekend -

Tomorrow I am driving north to deliver MoveOn.org petition to both Senators' offices. Gotta finish my personal letter that I will put on top --

[mom cat]

21. You are really rolling on this. Please post when you get back to let

us know how it went.
Keep it rolling!

[pat_k]

11. The tide is turning. . .

Durbin's attempt to rationalize half-measures (post #10 below) are frustrating, but it can also be viewed as a positive sign.

When they start with the rationalizations and excuses, it usually means we are getting through. They wouldn't need to grasp at straws to justify dereliction of duty if they weren't beginning see what they are obligated to do.

[mom cat]

22. You are so right...We have to keep flooding them with calls and e-mails.

[Wordie]

8. K&R and done!

[bettyellen]

9. done, kicked and recomended

[pat_k]

10. ALL THE WAY or NOTHING. Voting NO isn't enough! Filibuster is a. . .

moral imperative!

When you make contact, let them know it is ALL THE WAY or NOTHING. The choice that faces the Democratic Caucus is simple: Filbuster and fight to the end with pride or turn away from their moral obligation in shame.

Durbin made some comments (link below) -- he's already rationalizing half-measures.

Whatever they might think, voting "no" and speechifying IS NOT ENOUGH. Believing that anything short of an all out effort "matters a lot" may quiet the voice conscience and ease the shame, but it does not change the reality of their failure to do the right thing.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=184666&mesg_id=184666

[bbgrunt]

12. done. Thanks for the link. I hope everybody does it!!

[jsamuel]

13. done

[shance]

14. Done and sent to friends.

n/t

[Lugnut]

15. Done, kicked and recommended

Even though it's a futile effort for me I sent the faxes anyway.

[hang a left]

16. ......

[hang a left]

17. Called Boxer and Feinstein.....again

I will also call....again later this afternoon

[hang a left]

18. Should I call "apologetic" Reid??? n/t

[IndyOp]

19. Yes, call Mr. Apology, too -

And, maybe, remember that in past he called Bush a loser and a liar - when confronted by Rolling Stone about that, he apologized for calling Bush a loser, but said that he would *not* apologize for calling him a liar.

Also - he got his statement out there - getting the connection between Republicans and the mob out there is good work and it will have far bigger effect than the apology, IMO. The incorrect story appears on the front page of the Times and the correction appears 3 weeks later on an interior page next to the sports section.

[watercolors]

20. SENT and to 5 friends

nt

[bettyellen]

23. k+R

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

24. I'm Shocked!

Shocked I say! My Senator, Salazar will vote NO! I'm so pleased!

[Gelliebeans]

25. Done. Thanks for the link

I had already called but hopefully the fax will be a little visible ;)