Make Tuesday the Day We Take Back Our Country!

As I'm sure most of you are already aware, Dr. Death Bill Frist is planning to move forward with a vote to repeal the Estate Tax next week, likely on Tuesday.

This is a perfect opportunity for Democratic Senators to stand up as a collective group and clearly define the Values Gap between Republicans and Democrats (that is, if they can find their spines).

How?  All Democratic Senators should travel as a group down to New Orleans on Tuesday to assist in aid operations.  No business as usual on Capitol Hill. Expose the Repugs for the uncaring, duplicitous, calculating, cynical scumbags they really are.

If this is an idea you support, please recommend and contact your Senators.  Let's get this moving. I'm serious. It's about time.  Christ, it's way past time.

•  I'm all for it. Recommended

  maybe a little hopeful, but God, it would be great.

  by potato on Sun Sep 04, 2005 at 12:03:26 PM PDT

  •  How can we make it happen?

    If this is something enough of us are serious about seeing happen, I'll gladly do my part by contacting anyone and everyone I can think of.

    But does anyone with some experience or connections have a suggestion for getting the word quickly to Democratic leadership?  I'm serious about this. I think it could be a powerful statement, if they were willing to take the plunge, so to speak?

    by princemyshkin on Sun Sep 04, 2005 at 12:05:54 PM PDT

    •  E-mail Conyers

      and Dean

      Here is what a True U.S. Patriot stands for. 

      by SaraBeth on Sun Sep 04, 2005 at 12:37:24 PM PDT

•  Make Tuesday the Day We Take Back Our Country

  There is on the internet a list of all senators and their phone numbers in their offices. Go to http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

  by skilfor on Sun Sep 04, 2005 at 12:34:56 PM PDT

  •  Thanks!

    I hit Boxer and Feinstein already.  I hope others do the same.

    by princemyshkin on Sun Sep 04, 2005 at 12:39:43 PM PDT

    •  Impeach

      I wrote to Dick Durbin (about refusing to approve John Roberts) and I wrote to Barak Obama about all the reasons for impeachment.

      Bush's poll numbers, if they were in the toilet before Katrina, should be flushed down it by now...and I'm assuming the Repugs in congress would like to be re-elected in 2006.
      They must be made to realize that continuing to support a negligent incompetent war criminal is not in their best interests. Even the people who support Bush know he's a moron.
      They just thought it didn't matter.
      Now they know. There are untold hundreds of unnecessary deaths on his hands due to his inaction and incompetent political appointees. Nominating another pro-torture guy isn't going to erase that.

      (The only problem is that he's pulled so much shit, it's hard to concentrate on any one thing. He has NO "political capital".
      Democrats: SPEAK UP!)
      

      by sarik on Mon Sep 05, 2005 at 08:54:16 AM PDT

•  I have e-mailed

  Congressman Conyers with your idea...

  Here is what a True U.S. Patriot stands for. 

  by SaraBeth on Sun Sep 04, 2005 at 12:36:49 PM PDT

  •  Thank you!!

    n/t

    by princemyshkin on Sun Sep 04, 2005 at 12:39:12 PM PDT

•  What I wrote to Boxer.

  Dear Senator Boxer,

  I apologize for contacting you twice in two days. Yesterday I expressed my frustration with Democratic Party leadership in not holding the Bush Administration accountable for their criminal negligence.

  Now I am writing you as my Senator to ask you to please ACT: ACT ON TUESDAY BY REFUSING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE REPUBLICANS' CYNICAL GIVEAWAYS TO RICH PEOPLE AND INSTEAD COME TO THE RESCUE OF OUR NEEDIEST AMERICANS.

  Apparently, Senator Frist has plans to bring to vote the repeal on the Estate Tax next week.  At a time of national disaster, when all Americans should be called to make sacrifices and come to the aid of their fellow citizens, this is disgusting.  I am asking you, along with your Democratic colleagues in the Senate, to please STAND UP and say "no more".  Show the American people what are our TRUE values as Americans.

  Please, I am calling on you and your colleagues to leave Washington, D.C. as a group on the day (I believe it is Tuesday) that they plan to hold this vote and head instead to New Orleans to help in relief operations.  

  The American people are deeply ashamed. It is past time that our leaders give us hope and pride again. Please consider ACTING.

  by princemyshkin on Sun Sep 04, 2005 at 12:50:21 PM PDT