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My first political call
It may be hard to believe, considering how much I talk about politics, but I just made my first political call. I was surprisingly nervous, but I called the Obama campaign to urge him to take every possible action to oppose the FISA immunity bill - and I specifically mentioned filibustering.
The woman on the other end was pleasant. She told me that the bill was before the House, not the Senate; I told her I realized that (and I do), but that when it DID come before the Senate, I wanted the Senator to do more than just speak against the bill.
I told her that I'd planned to make my first political contribution to the Obama campaign, but that it will instead be going to ActBlue (which is true). She read me a statement from Obama that when he's President, he won't allow warrantless spying on Americans, and will respect the Constitution.
"Those are wonderful sentiments," I said, "but while he's still a Senator, I want to see him take every possible action to stop the FISA bill."
The number for his campaign is (866) 675-2008, if you feel like calling. Dial 6 when you hit the menu, and then 0 to speak with someone.
Update: A little later I called Speaker Pelosi's office and gave them the same message. I had to keep dialing to get through, because the line was busy for a while. The operator quickly dumped me into voicemail.
It turns out that that whore Pelosi was voting "Aye" at about the same time I was leaving my message. So she and Hoyer and every other faux-Democrat can go fuck themselves. I'll donate to ActBlue to throw their sleazy, DINO asses out of office.
The woman on the other end was pleasant. She told me that the bill was before the House, not the Senate; I told her I realized that (and I do), but that when it DID come before the Senate, I wanted the Senator to do more than just speak against the bill.
I told her that I'd planned to make my first political contribution to the Obama campaign, but that it will instead be going to ActBlue (which is true). She read me a statement from Obama that when he's President, he won't allow warrantless spying on Americans, and will respect the Constitution.
"Those are wonderful sentiments," I said, "but while he's still a Senator, I want to see him take every possible action to stop the FISA bill."
The number for his campaign is (866) 675-2008, if you feel like calling. Dial 6 when you hit the menu, and then 0 to speak with someone.
Update: A little later I called Speaker Pelosi's office and gave them the same message. I had to keep dialing to get through, because the line was busy for a while. The operator quickly dumped me into voicemail.
It turns out that that whore Pelosi was voting "Aye" at about the same time I was leaving my message. So she and Hoyer and every other faux-Democrat can go fuck themselves. I'll donate to ActBlue to throw their sleazy, DINO asses out of office.