My Rep's voicemail is full

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Tuesday July 26, 2011 · 4:03 PM PDT

2011/07/26 · 16:03

I tried to call my Congressman, Timothy V. Johnson, IL-15 (R) to share my thoughts on the debt ceiling non-crisis. Mailbox full! I take that as an encouraging sign, though I suppose it could be full of people pleading with him to allow a default, or to insist that we play this game again in a few months.

Anyway, I had to send an e-mail through his web site, for now. I'll try again tomorrow.

For what it's worth, here is my message, written in my talking-to-Republicans-I-assume-are-not-crazy voice.

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I implore Congressman Johnson to support either a clean debt ceiling bill or one that has a balance between spending cuts and revenue increases. We got into this mess with both spending mistakes and tax policy mistakes, and correcting both is the way out.

Also, supporting a bill that forces us to engage in this time-consuming pissing match again in a few months would reflect poorly on you. You all have better things to do.

Big decisions about spending and taxes should be decided by elections. The last election gave us a divided government, so kicking the problem down the road is exactly what we should do if we can't find a mutually acceptable compromise. If you're right that the GOP approach of spending cuts only and a balanced budget amendment is what America wants, you'll own the presidency and both houses of Congress by the end of next year. Until then, let's avoid destroying the economy.

Bush lost the debate

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Thursday November 29, 2007 · 9:02 AM PST

2007/11/29 · 09:02

The GOP candidates did their best last night to keep George Bush out of last night's debate.

Searching the CNN transcript (and part 2), I see that the candidates uttered the name "Bush" exactly twice, and neither mention was positive.

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