I just got off the phone with Senator Gordon Smith's phone lacky, venting my anger with Smith's going along with the right-wing Democracy lynch-mod that's happening right now.
The little worm on the other end kept giving me the carefully parsed language that the Republicans think every nominee
that leaves Committee deserves an up or down vote, not all nominees that the President presents to the Senate. Such stuff is obviously utterly calculated bullshit to make them appear consistent when they know good and well 62 of Clinton's nominees never left the Republican committee to get an up or down vote.
It's time to call your Senators and yell people. It's time to show some passion. I spoke for over 5 emotionally-charged minutes, pointing out the obvious holes in their well-crafted and slimy argument as to why we should eliminate 200 years of Senate history.
For just one day, get MAD. Protest on the phone. Don't email, don't fax, ACTUALLY speak with the right-wing fascist bastard's phone representatives. And yes, it is right to yell at the people that pick up the phone - they didn't get there by chance. They deserve your venom, and they need to know the level of unmitigated anger there is at this unprecedented power grab. If you feel up to it, protest outside their local offices, too.
Do it! Right now! Democracy is not a spectator sport!
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