While calling the remaining pro-lynching Senators I got into a two or three minute conversation with an aide to Senator Robert Bennett (R-UT). She claimed that the Senator delivered a floor statement in support of the legislation (which I've yet to confirm), and that he was on the floor of the Senate when the voice vote was recorded, voting in the affirmative. Then she said not all Senators did that; her statement was, "I don't know why some Senators voted no." I asked her to clarify the statement and she promptly asked for my zip code (use the one for BYU) and said she had to take other calls.
In the course of the conversation the little Republican turd had to stop herself from saying that the Senator didn't believe in making simply symbolic gestures. My only regret is I didn't take her name down.
Equally as noteworthy, was my interaction with Sen. Lott's office.
(Names and numbers of 13 remaining hold-outs are below.)
Just as peculiar, when I called Sen. Lott's office the person who answered the phone simply said the Senator had made no statements on the topic as if it were still up for debate. This caught me completely by surprise so I asked whether the Senator was for or against lynching and she just repeated the same comment: "The Senator hasn't made any statements."
Lamar Alexander (R-TN) - (202) 224-4944
Robert Bennett (R-UT) - (202) 224-5444
Thad Cochran (R-MS) - (202) 224-5054
John Cornyn (R-TX) - (202) 224-2934
Michael Enzi (R-WY) - (202) 224-3424
Judd Gregg (R-NH) - (202) 224-3324
Kay Hutchison (R-TX) - (202) 224-5922
Jon Kyl (R-AZ) - (202) 224-4521
Trent Lott (R-MS) - (202) 224-6253
Richard Shelby (R-AL) - (202) 224-5744
Gordon Smith (R-OR) - (202) 224-3753
John Sununu (R-NH) - (202) 224-2841
Craig Thomas (R-WY) - (202) 224-6441
I'll update the diary if there are any more interesting interactions.
For kicks and giggles I'm going to start asking how many staffers of African-American descent the Senator has in their D.C. office.