URGENT! Chafee and Landrieu and Clinton - CALL NOW!

[IndyOp]

I. Lincoln Chafee is pro-choice, and there are signs that he will go for broke to halt Alito.

CALL HIS OFFICE NOW, AND GIVE HIM STRENGTH!!

Washington: 202-2224-2921

Providence RI - 401-453-5294
Newport, RI - 401-845-0700

II. Mary Landrieu is now speaking out AGAINST a filibuster!

LET'S HELP SET HER STRAIGHT!!

CALL SENATOR LANDRIEU - ONE OF THE CRUCIAL 8!
Here's one of the CRUCIAL EIGHT! I'm asking Texans, especially, but really anyone, to FOCUS ON MARY LANDRIEU to defeat Alito.
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) is speaking publicly against a filibuster of the Alito nomination for Supreme Court.
She says there is more important business the Senate needs to get on with. !!!!! Ted Kennedy said yesterday during Alito Senate debate: "The stakes could not be higher. This is the vote of a generation."

PLEASE CALL OR FAX HER OFFICES.
PLEASE -- EVERYONE CONTACT HER.
IF YOU KNOW LOUISIANA RESIDENTS, INCLUDING EVACUEES LIVING ELSEWHERE -- SPREAD THIS TO THEM TOO. HELP THE NATION!!!

Senator Mary Landrieu (D)
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
You can just say YOU MUST FILIBUSTER.

New Orleans zip code 70130
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Baton Rouge (a zip code 70803)
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Shreveport
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Lake Charles
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

III. New York's Senator Clinton has not released a statement on the filibuster yet.
Although she plans to vote against Alito, she does not yet support a filibuster.

Please help her make the right decision, and as soon as possible.

Email her, or call one of her offices, RIGHT NOW. (Contact info below.)

If Kerry can support the use of this bold tactic, why can't she?

Email Senator Clinton
Comment on an Issue <http://www.senate.gov/~clinton/contact/webform.cfm?subj=issue>


Contact Senator Clinton through her offices:

New York City
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
780 Third Ave
Suite 2601
New York, NY 10017
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Albany/Hudson Valley
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
Leo W. O'Brien Federal Office Building
1 Clinton Square
Room 821
Albany, NY 12207
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Rochester Region
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
Kenneth B. Keating Federal Office Building
100 State Street
Room 3280
Rochester, NY 14614
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Buffalo/Western New York
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
Guaranty Building
28 Church Street
Suite 208
Buffalo, NY 14202
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Rockland and Putnam Counties
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
P.O. Box 47
Nyack, NY 10960
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Long Island
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
155 Pinelawn Road
Suite 250 North
Melville, NY 11747
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Syracuse/Central New York
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
James M. Hanley Federal Building
100 South Clinton Street
P.O. Box 7378
Syracuse, NY 13261-7378
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

[Justitia]

1. Washington line is tied up, the other lines are open. -eom

[IndyOp]

3. Damn! I should've freaking thought of that!

I called DC all morning and could not get through. I should've called the LA offices!

:grr:

[Justitia]

5. I called the Shreveport office, got right thru. Nice staffer. I begged.

Not above shameless begging if it saves the Constitution.

:)

[EFerrari]

9. Begging works for me.

:)

[mom cat]

26. Later time zone too!

[Zan_of_Texas]

21. Fax Nos. for Chafee, other moderate Rs

If you want to fax these Republicans, who have not announced their positions, and ask them to support constitutional balances, and the rights of all, by blocking Alito, and filibustering, here are their fax nos.

Lincoln Chafee (RI) fax [phone]

Susan Collins (ME) fax [phone]

Olympia Snowe (ME) fax [phone]

Lisa Murkowski (AK) fax [phone]

Bob Smith (OR) fax [phone]

[EFerrari]

2. I called Landrieu as a member of the DU Hurricane Survivors Forum!

And I told them our project was to tend to the Gulf Coast, and that we all know Scalito will not help us.

(Her staffer made agreeing sounds while I was talking but maybe he was just raised to be nice to women, lol.)

I told them all of us would like her to reconsider her stand on the filibuster.

Keep calling, DU.

On edit: I called the NOLA office as the DC office didn't answer.

[Midlodemocrat]

4. I got through to Chafee's office.

and the staff member finished my sentence for me! I think they are being inundated. :bounce:

[EFerrari]

7. Oh please! I hope so!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Go, Du!

[IndyOp]

12. Woo-hoo! I called Chafee this morning! (nt)

:bounce:

[dusmcj]

6. Ms. Landrieu needs to get tuned

She's one of the little 'stars' of the Democratic Party, and while it's clearly important to cultivate a new generation of leadership, it seems to be going to her head. She mouthed off recently about something which she was clearly unqualified to babble about (can't rmeember what it was) and here she goes again. No, Katrina relief is not as important as the constitution of the Supreme Court for the next 30 years. (Maybe she was pandering to her Catholic electorate ?)

I'm one of the last people to support clubhouse rules, but in her case I suggest that she's talking out of turn, and needs to be told to shut up. Little princes and princesses are a conservative thing, she's in the wrong party for that kind of shit.

[bettyellen]

8. Pls do it and rate this up......

[fooj]

10. I called that vile woman yesterday...OK...I call again right now.

Peace.

[fooj]

11. I called that vile woman yesterday...OK...I call again right now.

Peace.

[Coexist]

13. I called Chafee - and was honest - told them I was not a constituent

but a mother with a teenage daughter - and to please protect her rights.

Very pleasant stafffer said she would pass that on.

[Wordie]

14. K&R

[mopaul]

15. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nashville_brook]

16. faxing now!

[Solly Mack]

17. It's now or never

...

[Zan_of_Texas]

18. Some zip codes for Louisiana

I've noticed that when congress members want money, they are not hesitant to send me mail, outside their district. But, when it comes to legislation and, in this case, one of the important votes of this generation, some are loathe to accept feedback from someone outside their state.

If you are from Louisiana, maybe you, um, forgot your zip code.

They are asking if you are from Louisiana.

You might be from Baton Rouge, LA: 70805, 06, 07 08, 09, 70810

Alexandria 71302 71303

Shreveport (71103 through 71109)

Lafayette (70506, 07, 08).

Need a zip code: http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp


Landrieu and her state's people DO urgently need hurricane relief. I know that.

I would be happy to call my Senators and demand that for Louisiana. AFTER WE FILIBUSTER ALITO.

[Wheezy]

19. Dear Senator Landrieu,

Judge Alito has a record of ruling against the little guy.
Did you forget that you, your state, your constituents...you all became the little guy. Help us help you.

Filibuster.

<me>

[mom cat]

28. Please call and tell her that.

[Wheezy]

39. I did.

:-)

[fooj]

29. "Help us help you." I like it! Persuasive as hell, IMO.

Peace.

[Justitia]

31. Remember Jerry Maguire? "Help me, help you!" -eom

[fooj]

32. Excellent!

Peace.

[Wheezy]

40. Thank you.

I have one for Senator Byrd too...

Dear Senator Byrd,

I am sitting at my kitchen table, crying over your choice to confirm Judge Alito. Too bad there are no cameras on me.

Please reconsider.

<me>

[Justitia]

41. You are on a roll - go with it! LOL -eom

[Wheezy]

46. Yeah, baby. n/t

[Nothing Without Hope]

20. K & R. Are there any REPUB Senators who might yet support the

Constitution and oppose Alito?

[Zan_of_Texas]

22. see above post.

.

[Nothing Without Hope]

45. yes, I should have said any OTHER GOPs. The list of "key senators"

I just received from People for the American Way is posted in downthread here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=251226&mesg_id=254135

[mom cat]

24. Have we heard yet on Snowe or Collins?

[ticapnews]

51. At some point today Collins said she was voting for Alito

I never saw her on C-SPAN and it wasn't mentioned in the threads, but C-SPAN's tally now shows her as Yes vote.

Snowe was supposed to speak tonight, but when Kerry announced his filibuster she removed herself from the schedule. It may be a coincidence, it may not. I called Snowe's office and they gave me no indication either way...

[Angry Girl]

23. If you DON'T call, your daughter may need a wire coat hanger some day

KnR

[fooj]

27. Yikes! That's an effective way to get your point across.

:hi:

[meganmonkey]

25. Kick!

NGU!

[blue2helix]

30. (NYC Resident) I Emailed Clinton!

I told her to take risk for the sake of the constitution and democracy because I believe that Alito represents the last hurdle for unchecked power.

[Justitia]

33. Thank you so much! I think w/enough constituent support, she'll do it!

If you can persuade any other NYCers to call her office (can probably get thru to her NY office better than DC right now), I think she can definitely be won over. Especially now, since Kerry has gotten out in front of this thing!

[The Backlash Cometh]

34. Mary's phone is busy.

[radio4progressives]

35. K&R

:kick:

[ClayZ]

36. Find and email senators from here:

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

[understandinglife]

37. K&R.

Peace.

[autorank]

38. Indy, my friend, I will make some calls...trot out my NO and NY accents

"III. New York's Senator Clinton has not released a statement on the filibuster yet.
Although she plans to vote against Alito, she does not yet support a filibuster."

I'm making this part of my permanent record.

We have two filters for 2008:

1) continued support of Iraq and
2) failure to filibuster Alito.

Fail one or both and your out. It's our job to select the candidate, think about that process and implement it. Nothing personal, just the facts ma'am!

[JetCityLiberal]

42. Landrieu's staffer was very nice

and genuinely pleased so many people from 'all over the country have not forgotten us down here' when I quickly inquired about how it is going for them in general. So sounds like they are getting calls from a lot of places. I asked her to remind the Senator that b*sh certainly has forgotten about them.

On to Chafee and Clinton...

no matter what it feels good to be involved in this, it is now or never I feel.

[newswolf56]

43. Acted upon, and thanks, n/t.

[Nothing Without Hope]

44. ***People for the American Way have identified 12 SENATORS as KEY:

Here they are, from a PFAW email I just received. PFAW is urging that these senators be faxed and called to urge them to support the Alito filibuster:

Obama, Barack (Democrat) - United States Senate, IL

Dodd, Christopher (Democrat) - United States Senate, CT

Lieberman, Joseph (Democrat) - United States Senate, CT

Biden, Joseph (Democrat) - United States Senate, DE

Durbin, Richard (Democrat) - United States Senate, IL

Bayh, Evan (Democrat) - United States Senate, IN

Snowe, Olympia (Republican) - United States Senate, ME

Reid, Harry (Democrat) - United States Senate, NV

Schumer, Charles (Democrat) - United States Senate, NY

Clinton, Hillary (Democrat) - United States Senate, NY

Chafee, Lincoln (Republican) - United States Senate, RI

Feingold, Russell (Democrat) - United States Senate, WI

LINKS TO FAX NUMBERS:

Democratic Senators:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x122095
Republican Senators:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x122095#122144

[bridgit]

47. kick...

:kick:

[Anita Garcia]

48. NAACP possible demonstration Landrieu's office in NOLA

I received an email from Louisiana NAACP President Ernest Johnson -
The NAACP National Office is discussing the possibility of conducting a demonstration at Senator Landrieu's office in New Orleans on Friday January 27, 2006. I will know the time in the morning.
More information at <http://politicalswitchboard.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=7161&hl=>

[orleans]

49. kick

[Armstead]

50. kick