Are you as disgusted as I am with the caving into George W. Bush's demands by DINO's as I am? Perhaps the problem isn't a lack of spines, but the lack of other body parts. So let me introduce you to a new guerilla campaign to let your congress critters know what you think of the capitulation to the thug sitting in the White House.
Perhaps the body parts our congress lacks isn't a spine, but instead is a pair of balls! Let's send them a message.
A group of us at our last Drinking Liberally meeting started hashing out what would be a cheap way of expressing our selves to our elected representatives in congress. The consensus was a mail campaign using pairs of ping pong balls.
Just imagine the idea of thousands of constituents sending their Senators and Congresspersons pairs of ping pong balls to express their desire for them to have a set to stand up to President 28%!
As DHinMI pointed out yesterday
Bush has already destroyed his presidency. The damage he can do to the Democrats at this point is minimal. What damage is done to them will largely be of their own doing, mostly by not being bold, by not offering a combative alternative to a nihilistic and hated President. They can't allow themselves to get dragged down by Bush's political death wish, and they will do that by assuming they can bargain with him as if he's a rational actor seeking a shared goal. They will gain nothing by trying to bargain in good faith with Bush. But if the Democrats are bold, if they are unafraid of a massive retaliation by Bush—a series of vetos leading possibly leading to a government shutdown—they can inflict massive damage on their Republican counterparts, and possibly lead to a landslide win next November, not because voters will be enamored with the Democrats, but because they will be so repulsed by the Republicans that they vote against them in even greater numbers than they did in 2006.
As Markos pointed out earlier, the Congressional Democrats made some good noises today about being tough and resolute with Bush on spending. Now we need to see if they’ll follow it up with action.
So I went down to my neighborhood Target and bought a package of six ping pong balls and a package of six 3M 6" x 9" bubble wrap mailers and sent my congress critters a statement.
Majority Leader, Senator Harry Reid (D), Senator John Ensign (R), and Representative Jon Porter (R CD-3)all received a set of balls.
Cost of this endeavor, $1.45 per mailing.
$.52 per set of balls
$.52 per bubble wrap envelope
$.41 per first class stamp (ping pong balls are mostly air)
$1.45 per mailing
Personal satisfaction
Priceless!
Let the Games Begin.