Louisiana senator Mary Landrieu, if she really does vote for Alito or for cloture (i.e., against filibuster), will be no better than that derided and sorry CGI creature Jar Jar Binks from the Star Wars prequel trilogy.
As you remember, Jar Jar was thrust into the turmoil of the Galactic Senate, and the "rookie senator from Naboo" ignorantly made some absurd and tragic parliamentary motion which let Palpatine seize emergency powers and eventually dissolve the Republic. Sound familiar?
And Landrieu is supposed to be no dummy, either. Sigh.
Of course, let's not pick on Mar Mar, whoops, Mary Landrieu: if they indeed vote for Alito or for cloture, then Jar Jar Salazar (Ken Salazar of Colorado), or, even worse, the venerable Jar Jar Byrd (Robert Byrd of West Virginia), will be acting like goofy Gungans themselves.
Waaaaugh!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(more jarring commentary below fold)
What's really creepy is that Jar Jar was a Gungan, from a buried underwater world--and of course, New Orleans was put underwater by Katrina, and now Landrieu is using that as a reason or excuse to vote yes for Alito and/or cloture. Does she think her kissing up to Bush (or to his mom Bar Bar) will necessarily get New Orleans the $ $ $ she would like? And if so, she will be selling out America just for some relief aid for one city, sort of like Esau selling his birthright for a mess of pottage.....
Somebody has to talk to her about this. Gently. Or not.
So, without repeating all the phone numbers etc. that "Jedi" judybrowni has been generously giving us, I know you can find those numbers yourself and do what you can to make sure that Landrieu, Salazar, Byrd, et al. do not vote for Alito or for cloture. (They can abstain/vote "present" if they insist on not voting "NO" on Alito; or they can go visit veterans while the vote is happening! "Absence makes the heart grow fonder...")
And the more this meme is spread in the media, that Landrieu et al. are Jar Jars if they capitulate, the more the public will think about it. Star Wars is a popular film series...
So I can't stop you from creatively spreading the meme either. Or from calling your senators one more time...
Save the Republic!
May the Kos be with you.
