Sent this note to Sen. Mitch McConnell (my Senator and Republican Whip)

[stevietheman]

Here's my note:

Dear Sen. McConnell,

Please, for an exercise, reconcile your opposition to flag burning laws or Amendments, a clear defense of the First Amendment of the Constitution, and your support for Samuel Alito, who is clearly a proponent of a unitary executive, which is roundly considered by legal scholars to be an extraconstitutional concept. The three branches of government were originally meant to be co-equal, checking and balancing each other continuously--you are smart enough to know this.

You know in your heart that President Bush's warrantless wiretaps, not to mention his declaration on this subject and others that the President is above the law, is extraconstitutional, and this behavior conclusively makes Bush a traitor to the republic.

Let me be clear: President Bush is not my king and I am not his subject. Bush is beholden to the Constitution the same way you and I are.

We, the citizens of the *republic*, deserve a law-abiding President.

Please VOTE NO on Alito, and support the Democrats' filibuster.

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Note: I'm not wasting time on my other Senator, Jim Bunning, as he is a "lock-step" Republican with no critical thinking skills--basically one of the dimmest bulbs in the Senate.

[benddem]

1. do you think

McConnell gives a rats ass what you think?

[stevietheman]

2. Probably not, but...

I'm stuck with two Republican Senators here in Kentucky. I have to let McConnell know my views even if he ends up making the wrong choice. It's my doody. :)