This is a lean & mean Bailout call-to-action diary.
I know, I know, look at what happened with our contact efforts around FISA immunity.
Bailout is NOT like FISA however!
This time, the Blue Dog Dems will NOT be vulnerable on their right flank to the Bushie patriotism frame if the Congressional Dems try to put some brakes on this process.
After all, how patriotic can one get about AIG??
It looks like the repub RW in Congress is in serious disarray on this one; that helps all the more to give Congress a window of opportunity to take some time to properly sort this all out first.
So, let's not let FISA discourage us now from contacting Congress about Bailout!
The message we need to communicate to Congress (both the Dems AND the repubs!) about Bailout is, quite simply,
Why the rush?
What, we need to rush on this now because "WMD" BushCo says so??
Plus, how do we know that the BushCo/Paulson Bailout plan is even the right plan?
Congress needs to take some time to properly evaluate this situation, not just the current financial markets meltdown, but the CAUSE of the meltdown, which was likely many years of poor/nonexistent regulation & poor/nonexistent oversight.
Only after doing that can a proper solution be arrived at!
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