EXTREMELY IMPORTANT POINT to make in your calls and emails.

[Justice Is Comin]

The Republicans blocked 61 Clinton nominees. They never even allowed them to get out of committee.


And they staged the very first Supreme Court filibuster in history, 5 days, Abe Fortas. Nomination failed.

[in_cog_ni_to]

1. The font's too small. I can't read that!

:7 Great point and so TRUE!

[MelissaB]

2. Looks like a great fax to me.

:evilgrin:

[Angry Girl]

3. FAX THIS! knr

[MelissaB]

5. Easy fax here:

http://www.savethecourt.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=mwK0JbNTJrF&b=1387741&action=5400&template=x.ascx

[Angry Girl]

6. yes, this is a good site! - If you don't have your own fax, use this! nt

[uppityperson]

4. kick for big fonts and good point.

[dmr]

7. Bold, direct & to the point; and it does make a great fax!

Thanks, will use it now. I've already used the PFAW fax system mentioned upthread, but will use your idea to send to both their DC and local offices.

[kiteinthewind]

8. Local Offices!! CALL and FAX

I apologize for the length of this, but this is an emergency!
I know you are probably overwhelmed, as I am, with what is happening, but one more time, PLEASE call the Democratic senators Monday toll-free at 1-877-851-6437. Tell them you SUPPORT the filibuster!! Word has it that due to overwhelming response to the Alito situation, many Senators have full voicemails or have turned them off due to all the calls!!! So below, I have listed alternate local offices for the Senators we need to focus on this WEEKEND!! Remember, a lot of people's cell phones have free weekends and most have free long distance, so this weekend would be a great time to call and leave a message, but still call on MONDAY, too!!! Kerry is leading the filibuster, but there are several DEMS who need a kick in the hiney to SUPPORT THE FILIBUSTER!! We need to call them, especially--They are:

Evan Bayh (IN)
Indianapolis
[phone]
Evansville
[phone]
Fort Wayne
[phone]
Hammond
[phone]
Jeffersonville
[phone]
South Bend
[phone]

Tim Johnson (SD)
Aberdeen
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Rapid City
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Sioux Falls
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Barbara Mikulski (MD)
Salisbury
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Greenbelt
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone] (fax)
Annapolis
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Hagerstown
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Baltimore
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Joseph Lieberman (CT)
Hartford
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Mary Landrieu (LA)
New Orleans
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Baton Rouge
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Shreveport
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Lake Charles
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Robert Byrd (WV) This is REALLY DISAPPOINTING!!
Charleston
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Ken Salazar (CO)
Denver
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Colorado Springs
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Fort Collins
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Fort Morgan
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Pueblo
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Durango
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Grand Junction
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Alamosa
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Ben Nelson (NE)
Omaha
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Lincoln
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Chadron
Phone [phone]
Scottsbluff
Phone [phone]

Daniel Akaka (HI)
Honolulu
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Hilo
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Joseph Biden (DE)
Wilmington
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Milford
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Byron Dorgan (ND)
Bismarck
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Grand Forks
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Fargo
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Minot
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Kent Conrad (ND)
Bismarck
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Fargo
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Grand Forks
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Minot
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Mark Pryor (AR)
Little Rock
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Maria Cantwell (WA)
Seattle
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Spokane
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Vancouver
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Richland
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Tacoma
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Everett
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Barack Obama (IL)
Chicago
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Springfield
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Marion
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

In addition, there are two Pro-Choice Republicans who might possibly vote against Alito, tho it is a longshot. STILL TRY!

Lincoln Chafee (RI) Talk about Alito's narrow view of a woman’s right to choose and view of the Commerce Clause and his dissent ruling that Congress did not have the authority to restrict the sale of machine guns.
Providence
Phone [phone]
Newport
Phone [phone]

Olympia Snowe (ME) Talk about preserving a woman's privacy and right to choose, without 'permission' from her husband, whether or not to continue a pregnancy.
Auburn
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Augusta
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Bangor
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Biddeford
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Portland
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Presque Isle
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

And for good measure, Contact Arlen Specter (PA), Chair of the Judiciary, Pro-Choice, and the Republican who immediately called for the congressional hearing into the legality of the President's wiretapping without FISA warrant. If Alito is confirmed, given his view of Unitary Executive Power, these hearings will be moot, because Alito will back President Bush. Refer to this and to a woman's right to choose to carry a pregnancy to term when you call or fax!!
Allentown
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Erie
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Harrisburg
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Philadelphia
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Pittsburgh
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Scranton
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Wilkes-Barre
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Remember that if there was EVER a time to filibuster, ALITO is it!! This man is a danger to our country, our constitution, our rights and his placement on the SCOTUS will ensure that Bush will continue to trample over our liberties!! Remind the Democrats that their BASE, the grassroots Dems, demand that they listen to us!!!


Filibuster Supporters-No need to call for support, but maybe call and THANK them for having a spine!

Barbara Boxer (D- CA) , 202-224-3553
Dianne Feinstein (D- CA) , 202-224-3841 (1,)
Christopher J. Dodd (D- CT), 202-224-2823 (1,)
Richard J. Durbin (D- IL) , 202-224-2152
John F. Kerry (D- MA) , 202-224-2742
Edward M. Kennedy (D- MA) , 202-224-4543
Paul S. Sarbanes (D- MD), 202-224-4524
Debbie A. Stabenow (D- MI) , 202-224-4822
Harry Reid (D- NV) , 202-224-3542
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D- NY) , 202-224-4451
Charles Schumer (D- NY) , 202-224-6542
Ron Wyden (D- OR) , 202-224-5244
Russell D. Feingold (D- WI) , 202-224-5323

Evil can only prevail when good people do nothing.

"Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the State becomes lawless and
corrupt." Mahatma Gandhi
:dem:

[electropop]

9. K&R!

I called all the DC offices last night. Tomorrow, I'll start on the local offices.

Thanks for the list of numbers!

[MelissaB]

12. Fax numbers only here:

http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2006/1/28/1420/46748/2#2

AR: Lincoln(D) [phone]
AR: Pryor(D) [phone]
CA: Boxer(D) [phone]
CA: Feinstein(D) [phone]
CO: Salazar(D) [phone]
CT: Dodd(D) [phone]
CT: Lieberman(D) [phone]
DE: Biden(D) [phone]
DE: Carper(D) [phone]
FL: Nelson(D) [phone]
HI: Akaka(D) [phone]
HI: Inouye(D) [phone]
IA: Harkin(D) [phone]
IL: Durbin(D) [phone]
IL: Obama(D) [phone]
IN: Bayh(D) No FAX listed
LA: Landrieu(D) [phone]
MA: Kennedy(D) [phone]
MA: Kerry(D) [phone]
MD: Mikulski(D) [phone]
MD: Sarbanes(D) [phone]
MI: Levin(D) [phone]
MI: Stabenow(D) [phone]
MN: Dayton(D) [phone]
MT: Baucus(D) [phone]
ND: Conrad(D) [phone]
ND: Dorgan(D) [phone]
NE: Nelson(D) [phone]
NJ: Corzine(D) [phone]
NJ: Lautenberg(D) [phone]
NM: Bingaman(D) [phone]
NV: Reid(D) [phone]
NY: Clinton(D) [phone]
NY: Schumer(D) [phone]
OR: Wyden(D) [phone]
RI: Reed(D) [phone]
SD: Johnson(D) [phone]
VT: Leahy(D) [phone]
VT: Jeffords(I) No FAX listed
WA: Cantwell(D) [phone]
WA: Murray(D) [phone]
WI: Feingold(D) [phone]
WI: Kohl(D) [phone]
WV: Rockefeller(D) [phone]
WV: Byrd(D) [phone]

[Justice Is Comin]

10. Heard a saying once and never forgot it.

Feel free to use it if you like.


Fear knocked at the door.

Fate opened it.

And there was nobody there.



Senators, fate is trying to open that door.

[Proud2BaLiberalMom]

11. GREAT POINT!

E-mailed again!!!

Thank you!
:dem:

[AtomicKitten]

13. thank you - a most relevant point. (nt)

[mzmolly]

14. Excellent thanks!

:toast:

[Wordie]

15. Excellent. And here's what Mr. "UpOrDown" Hatch had to say re: filibusters

...from PFAW's page on the nuclear option:

...staunch nuclear option proponents like Senators Hatch and Frist have their own histories to explain.

In 1994, when some Republicans were opposing a cloture vote on a judicial nomination, Hatch defended the minority’s right to filibuster, declaring that the filibuster is “one of the few tools the minority has to protect itself and those the minority represents.”

More recently Senator Frist voted to support a Republican filibuster of a Clinton appellate nominee, Richard Paez, and even voted for a motion to postpone consideration of the nomination after cloture had been invoked – an exceedingly rare tactic used to avoid a final vote.

Senator Howard Baker Jr. (R-TN), stated during the successful filibuster waged against Abe Fortas (which he supported): "On any issue the majority at any given moment is not always right."

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=18350

[Mutley]

16. Does anyone have a link to a credible source saying

that these Clinton nominees were blocked? I need to show it to a friend who claims the Republicans were "respectful of Clinton's judicial nominees". Thanks.

[Justice Is Comin]

17. Here you go.

Don't get much better than this. Diane Feinsteins website.

Toward the bottom.


http://feinstein.senate.gov/05releases/r-nuclear-option0518.htm

[Mutley]

18. Thanks!

:*

[Coexist]

19. K & R

[debbierlus]

20. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant

K&R

I am going to fax this to every democratic senator.

Thanks

:yourock:

[Justice Is Comin]

22. You the rocker, girl.

:thumbsup: :redbox: :redbox: :redbox: :redbox: :redbox: :redbox: :redbox: :redbox: :redbox: ;) :bluebox: :bluebox: :bluebox: :bluebox: :bluebox: :bluebox: :bluebox: :bluebox:

[fearnobush]

21. Exactly - FU media - go to hell. You bend over and spread wide to GOP lies

Its time to recognize why we want to filibuster, our reason and concern, not your bull shit excuses of being obstructionists. The Media cannot reason because there GOP dogs will bite them, its time we bite the media back with sustained boycott and protest. At first the public will side with the dogs, but over time, they will realize what a joke democracy and freedom have become due to our right wing government media propaganda machine. They will eventually see threw the Neo Conn lies the M$M GOVT sponsored media has duped them with.

[Syrinx]

23. Clinton also sought the advice of the Senate, as per the Constitution n/t

[Nutmegger]

24. Harriet Miers should have gotten an up or down vote

but the Repukes are hypocrites so that would have never happened. Dirty bastards.:puke:

[Helga Scow Stern]

25. Yes indeed. n/t

[Hissyspit]

26. Didn't all 61 deserve an "up or down" vote?

/sarcasm