Just got an extraordinary challenge from a staffer in Bingaman's office

[kpete]

Bingaman's Staffer Just Made a Deal with Me
by Maryscott OConnor
Mon Jan 30, 2006 at 02:16:53 PM PDT


Crossposted from My Left Wing



I just got an extraordinary challenge from a staffer in Jeff Bingaman's office:

2000 calls against cloture to his office in the next 20 minutes and Bingaman will be goddamned impressed enough to reconsider his Yes vote on Cloture.

It didn't occur to me to leave him my name, but I did tell him I'd be making an appeal on the Internet.

Here's the toll-free number (though they'll probably tell you the line is busy): 888 355 3588

Here's the direct number to Jeff Bingaman's office: 202 224 5521

Don't bother arguing, just tell them:

"I'm one of the 2000 people from the Internet one of your recent callers promised you'd hear from in the next 20 minutes, and I'm demanding/requesting/asking that Senator Bingaman vote NO on cloture."

Let's see if this means ANYTHING. Make the call.

202 224 5521

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/1/30/161653/776

[kpete]

1. Additional Bingaman numbers: (none / 0)

Additional Bingaman numbers:

Senator Jeff Bingaman DEMOCRAT SWING VOTE
Washington, 202-224-5521 (phone), 202-224-2852 (fax)
Santa Fe, 505-988-6647 (phone)
Las Vegas, 505-454-8824 (phone)
Albuquerque, 505-346-6601 (phone)
Las Cruces, 505-523-6561 (phone)
Roswell, 505-622-7113 (phone)

[VP505]

42. Just got

through to his Albuquerque office and staff said he would pass along my request for No on cloture.

[saracat]

2. We should make the calls but the staffer is just jacking you around.

[debbierlus]

3. KICK KICK KICK

[converted_democrat]

4. I'm trying, but I can't get through.. Will keep it up..n/t

[nanbrown]

5. busy

hitting redial over & over

[mac56]

6. done

--

[IndyOp]

7. All Circuits Are Busy Now!! We've shut down the switchboard...

2000 calls in 20-minutes is, however, a sucker bet - it isn't possible for his staff to handle that many that quickly. In fact, I think it is rude.

[fooj]

8. Get this info to the young turks filabuster!

Peace.

[cry baby]

9. got through - staffer was nice and he said he would relay the msg.

[sinkingfeeling]

10. Capitol operator just said there was no answer on Bingaman's line.

[jsamuel]

11. just called and said, "I am one of those 2000 calls"

He said "Gotcha"

[MADem]

12. Kick, keep it up, put that number on friken SPEED DIAL

Hit that redial button until ya get through!

[EFerrari]

13. BY n/t

[nanbrown]

20. fool

got a live person who asked if it was about alito then passed onto a recorded message that says he will vote against alito and not support filibuster.

gad damn him and his answering machine

[patdem]

14. mailbox is full..and only asks for NM residents

[Wheezy]

15. grr. Switchboard says lines are all busy. Direct # is busy too.

Keep trying.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

19. Keep trying!

One of the girls here got through and me and the other one are still trying.

[whalerider55]

16. done

got through
whalerider

[Kire]

17. This is an impossible challenge.

Jump, monkey, jump! Yeehaw!

[dubyaD40web]

18. Kick. Done.

[debbierlus]

21. It is impossible - there is no way to generate that much volume

In that short of amount of time....

Stop playing with us.

I can't take this....

[The Backlash Cometh]

22. They referred me to Martinez's office.

[MADem]

23. Wow, the circuits are flooded--I am dialing and dialing

Went from "line is busy" to ALL CIRCUITS ARE BUSY....

Wonder if BushCo pulled a New Hampshire....

I will keep dialing...

[Nordmadr]

24. I was redirected to Clinton's office. Spoke to her staffer instead.

Thanked her for Clinton's support.

Olafr

[Peace Patriot]

25. Both lines busy!

I was going to say: I'm a 40 year member of the Democratic Party, and I'm sitting here just weeping over Democrats who won't support other Democratis in an effort to DO SOMETHING about this Bush junta. And Senator Bingaman is from a DEMOCRATIC state! Not supporting this filibuster makes Senator Bingaman a scab--crossing a picket line! Tell him we don't want scabs in the Democratic Party! We want courageous men and women who support EACH OTHER and the great progressive American MAJORITY which is 60/40 anti-Bush on all issues and in all approval polls.

[wryter2000]

26. Busy

Still trying

[rhett o rick]

27. They took the phone off the hook. Has anyone gotten thru?. nm

[meganmonkey]

30. I can't get through

Sometimes the busy signal, sometimes the "all circuits are busy now...try again later..."

I'll keep trying!

[progressoid]

28. Can his office even handle a hundred calls a minute?

I can't get through. Maybe he knows this.

[lady lib]

29. Can't get through. I hope they're counting e-mails, too.

http://bingaman.senate.gov/Contact_Me/e-mail_form.htm

[cyberpj]

31. I don't believe a word of that.Sorry.& they probably turned off the phone.

[Marie26]

32. That's not even possible

It sounds like they were messing w/you. Not nice.

[azndndude]

33. BUSY,BUSY,BUSY

[LizW]

34. I'm sorry, but that's BS

Are they just jacking us around now? Where has Bingaman been? Has he not heard what we've been doing for all these days?

Sorry, the Senator's not impressed now, but if you can do THIS trick, maybe he will be?

I'm unimpressed with the Senator.

And if the staffer made the offer without backing from the Senator, then he/she should be fired.

This is not some game.

[lakeguy]

35. that's a 100 calls a minute! nt

[sundancekid]

36. called the Roswell office - staffer says Bingaman will NOT support

the filibuster because "it's going to fail anyway, so what's the use?" - I commented that "the use" is the principled position to protect the gold standard of the constitution on checks and balances - also, that I believe the Senator is familiar with his voting option to abstain -- therefore, the Senator should also count on the fact that those of us in NM will remember this cloture vote of his when he runs again for the Senate in November 2006.

[rateyes]

43. Couldn't get through...

good for you....hope you all follow through if he votes to invoke cloture.

[madmadmad]

37. anyone get through?

[WhiteTara]

38. Call his New Mexico offices

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Go to their websites and call their home offices too.

[sandnsea]

39. I called Las Crucas

and got through. Told them that DC needs to know we can't get through and that Alito doesn't support any American values that I've ever heard of.

[kpete]

40. Atriots, Kossers, Firedoglake, Left Coasters, turks, relatives & friends,

He is getting bombarded!

Amazing - Lines mostly busy, some getting through. I am skeptical but WE ARE MAKING NOISE FOLKS

[janx]

48. Yeah kpete, I had a hunch you might have posted this

elsewhere... :rofl:

I cannot get through to the D.C. office no matter how hard I try! I'll have to call one of the offices here in NM.

[kpete]

41. samples from KOS

I Got Through In Santa Fe (none / 0)

Changed the script a little. The staffer knew exactly what was going on - they must be jammed.


by huckleberry on Mon Jan 30, 2006 at 02:38:38 PM PDT



Got through to Albuquerque (none / 1)

Staffer sounded vary harried..."we've gotten a lot of calls!"

Need Help?

by etherapy on Mon Jan 30, 2006 at 02:34:06 PM PDT


Just keep hitting redial. (none / 0)

I should add, the guy I talked to in the DC office was very polite and almost amused, especially at the "this is one of the 2000 calls you're going to get" part of the message.

I think it's less about not wanting to vote against cloture, and more about wanting to be sure the support's out there. Keep it up...

[stillrockin]

44. I CANNOT BELIEVE THE NERVE!!!!

I finally got through and when I said I was one of the 2000, she said, "We looked into that website, and it is BOGUS!!!! WTF???"

[kpete]

45. WTF is right

Which site, all of us?

[stillrockin]

47. Yes, us!

She said that democraticunderground.com is a BOGUS SITE!

[man4allcats]

46. Done!

It was tough getting through even on the regular number, but I finally made it. Thanks for the post! :thumbsup:

[importDavid]

49. I called at 3:51pm CST

And got told that "she heard about this internet challenge - but nothing has been promised."

WTF?

We're trying anyway...

[cry baby]

50. He voted for cloture -

[ToolTex]

51. What a woose! They won't take calls and voicemail is full.

n/t

[nmliberal]

52. I got through and left a message

Too little too late, I imagine, but at least he heard from me. I'm one of his constituents, from La Luz. Dobson has targeted Bingaman as one of the top 6 Dems to 'get rid of' and I admire the Senator's quiet, get-things-done abilities. I don't expect to like everything he does or understand why, but he has earned my trust.