In the wake of the President's attempt to classify the Iranian Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization, I contacted my federal representatives to register my outrage. This looked like the prelude to another war, I said, and if the only way to stop it was to remove the President from office, that they needed to do so.
The first response I got was from Senator Kohl. It was generic pablum about how Senators couldn't start impeachment proceedings, but that he knew Kucinich was doing something in the house, and that if it ever got to the Senate he'd "keep my views in mind". No mention whatsoever of Iran, but you have to understand how the response process works - an intern gets your letter, matches it up against a preset list of things a constituent might say, and sends out the appropriate form response. Since my letter addressed two issues, said intern just picked one. Yeah, it's lame... welcome to Washington.
Senator Feingold's response, printed in full below the fold, was more disturbing.
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