Thanks to
Jane Hamsher for pointing out that NARAL is asking its members to
thank Joe Lieberman and 16 other Senators who helped kill the filibuster of Samuel Alito before voting against his confirmation to the Supreme Court.
NARAL's letter, and a call to action below the fold:
Intro to
NARAL's letter:
With the confirmation of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, President Bush and his anti-choice allies now have enough votes on the Court to further dismantle a woman's right to choose. Despite this loss, we hope you take a moment to thank those senators who stood up for the values of privacy and freedom by voting against Bush's divisive nominee.
Brilliant. Except that they also want to thank Joe Lieberman and 16 other Senators who helped kill the filibuster of Samuel Alito.
Maybe I can be a ghost writer for them:
Dear Senator Lieberman,
Even though we believe the nomination of Samuel Alito will help our political enemies dismantle Roe, we'd like to thank you for helping to defeat the only tool that we had in our arsenal to block his confirmation. We've already sent Lincoln Chafee his check for $10,000, you can expect yours sometime in the next few weeks.
Yours sincerely,
Nancy Keenan
President, NARAL Pro-Choice America
Please contact NARAL and ask them to remove the names of all Senators who voted to kill the Democratic filibuster of Samuel Alito from their list of people to thank for their vote.
List of Senators who voted for Alito before they voted against him:
- Akaka
- Baucus
- Bill Nelson
- Bingaman
- Cantwell
- Carper
- Dorgan
- Inouye
| - Kohl
- Landrieu
- Lieberman
- Lincoln
- Pryor
- Rockefeller
- Salazar
- Chafee
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