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How many Kossacks can we get to send letters of support?
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by fatbyjhnsn on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 09:11:44 AM PDT
Email Dodd's "colleagues" and tell them you support Dodd's fight against telecom immunity.
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by meowmissy on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 09:13:14 AM PDT
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by inclusiveheart on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 09:14:52 AM PDT
Though I've got the word that Dodd's staff really could use an extra boost from people like us, just to let them know we're behind em.
by fatbyjhnsn on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 09:20:54 AM PDT
we need to write the Obama and Clinton campaigns and tell them to support Senator Dodd and show some of that leadership they're always talking about.
"There are no happy endings in the Bush Administration". - Randall L. Tobias
by MadRuth on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 09:24:02 AM PDT
by meowmissy on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 09:25:54 AM PDT
but he is not currently serving in the Senate. Clinton and Obama can do more than just speak out, they can support a Dodd filibuster if need be.
by MadRuth on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 09:30:03 AM PDT
Guys- if this matters to you- visit his site and retire the campaign debt.
http://www.chrisdodd.com/...
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by Eddie in ME on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 11:03:05 AM PDT
Subject: Retiring.
Dear
No, I'm not retiring from the Senate - I'm working hard as ever, to restore the Constitution, stop that terrible FISA bill and put a Democrat in the White House.
But after our incredible journey campaigning for the Presidency, there is something that does need retiring: our debt.
My internet team tells me the campaign inbox was flooded with messages of thanks and inquiries about how you can continue to help now that the presidential campaign is over.
Today, you can help by contributing financially to our effort to retire the campaign debt.
I've spent the past days with my wife and family, unwinding after a grueling process that changed the debate at home and abroad -- that is our legacy from the campaign.
FEC rules preclude me from using the email list to talk much about the war, the upcoming FISA fight and other issues we championed throughout the campaign, but let me assure you: our work will continue with the same commitment you have come to expect from me.
But today, can you help retire our campaign debt?
Unfortunately, this email list and our campaign website can only exist to help retire the debt, but the good news is that I'll soon have a new site, my internet team has promised to see through what we started last October, and you'll be hearing from us soon about the next steps on FISA.
Thank you, so much, for everything.
Chris Dodd
It's the constitution, stupid
by CTMET on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 03:50:13 PM PDT
This would be a great way for people to show support for Dodd at this moment. Thanks for posting.
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by scardanelli on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 04:00:36 PM PDT
I got the email today, too, and at the time, I decided against it. But after reading this diary, I realized that was the wrong decision. So I just kicked in a few bucks.
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by kainah on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 06:17:09 PM PDT
He doesn't wait to get kicked - but for his trouble he does get kicked. Then ignored.
Good Luck Chris, I love ya.
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by koNko on Thu Jan 17, 2008 at 05:29:00 AM PDT
Wouldn't it be great if they both rushed back to Washington to support him? Now that would be some amazing political theater. I would love to see Reid's face.
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by belly on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 10:07:39 AM PDT
... to support a filibuster.
You DO have to be present to terminate a filibuster (by voting for cloture).
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by RonK Seattle on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 10:18:00 AM PDT
Dodd needs real, physical support. It would be nice to see the two Senators with the biggest mouthpieces actually standing next to him.
by fatbyjhnsn on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 10:24:06 AM PDT
God, I so hunger for this moment!
by belly on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 10:34:25 AM PDT
it will, frankly, be more filling. I, too, would like to see this, but I don't think its likely. At most we might expect to hear an unremarkable sound bite or two... if we hear anything at all.
The ray of hope looks better when it is accompanied by music. --Valtin
by Hang em High on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 11:04:07 AM PDT
well, that depends on whether or not we get behind it in the blogosphere, and more importantly, spread the word OUTSIDE it.
You guys with the "it ain't gonna happen" spin just amaze the hell out of me. Please, do, share your specific crystal-ball insights with us all, as to what is actually behind the severe hinting (or veiled threatening, if you prefer) that this United States Senator essentially sit down and shut up, rather than uphold the Constitution.
On second thought , let's not go to Camelot. 'Tis a silly place
by o the umanity on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 11:22:13 AM PDT
are you talking about? My post was in regard to the fact that I don't believe Clinton or Obama will put forth much real effort in supporting Dodd, who is the real deal -- in my opinion -- when it comes to protecting our Consitutional rights. Problem is, he's in small company.
by Hang em High on Fri Jan 18, 2008 at 08:53:58 AM PDT
the subject of this actual diary.
Nice try, spunky. Where were you two days ago?
by o the umanity on Fri Jan 18, 2008 at 02:54:24 PM PDT
what's it called again? Oh that's it.
LEADERSHIP
Oh well not like they are running for a position where leadership is needed or anything.
...that cannot be a wise contrivance which in its operation may commit the government of a nation to the wisdom of an idiot. Thomas Paine Rights of Man
by Rebecca on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 05:33:12 PM PDT
When you look at all three candidates and think
"well anything is better than Bush"
I'd agree but we should not settle down one bit when they are elected.
ALL three have taken money from big corporations, Hedge funds etc.
THE CORPORATIONS run America now including the FUCK YOU DENNIS General Electric, war contracting NBC! The only man who would do what all the top three frauds say they'd do is Dennis Kucinich.
If you would like to HEAR what HE would have said if HE wasn't SHUT out of the debates you can go to www.democracynow.com and hear today's show. WHY didn't the top three candidates BOYCOTT NBC for excluding him? I am blown away by the lack of outrage over this. As for Dodd, what else did you expect? Pelosi is another fraud. Looks like the corruption reaches farther than Bush in Washington, you don't have to get caught in a scandal to be corrupt. Bush killed America and the Democrats AIDED him PERIOD. If you think Obama, Hilary or John will STOP the corporate grip on America than you really have to do some serious soul searching
If America were to die and an autopsy was to be performed the media would be the cause of death.
by dynamicstand on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 10:37:16 AM PDT
but either my head or my heart tells me you're right on several counts.
However, I'm not going to abandon all hope until after the election, and the new administration has time to settle in.
Barring any major bullshit by the bush regime or its enablers between now and then, I figure my total nervous breakdown is about a year and a half away.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall piss you off.
by Executive Odor on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 02:05:57 PM PDT
I totally agree with you. After all hope is ALL we have. However, I hope we all get a little smarter and stop falling for this and STOP ALLOWING the media to CONTROL who does what.
Our future is seriously at stake.
by dynamicstand on Fri Jan 18, 2008 at 12:39:36 PM PDT
ability to put his money where his anti-corporate-control mouth is.
"Well, yeah, the Constitution is worth it if you can succeed." -Nancy Pelosi, 6/29/07.
by nailbender on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 10:08:18 PM PDT
by CTMET on Thu Jan 17, 2008 at 04:48:32 AM PDT
by nailbender on Thu Jan 17, 2008 at 07:37:32 PM PDT
First, start ringing Chuck Schumer's phone and fax. He is the chair of the DSCC and will be using the purse strings of the DSCC to lean on Senators to cave. Next, contact the members of Senate Intelligence Committee.
Chuck Schumer Phone: 202-224-6542 Fax: 202-228-3027
Jay Rockefeller (202) 224-6472 (202) 224-7665 Fax
Dianne Feinstein Phone: (202) 224-3841 Fax: (202) 228-3954
Ron Wyden Phone: (202) 224-5244
Evan Bayh (202) 224-5623 (202) 228-1377 fax
Barbara Mikulski (202) 224-4654 202-224-8858 fax
Russ Feingold (202) 224-5323 Fax (202) 224-2725
Bill Nelson Phone: 202-224-5274 Fax: 202-228-2183
Sheldon Whitehouse 202-224-2921 phone 202-228-6362 fax
Harry Reid Phone: 202-224-3542 Fax: 202-224-7327
Carl Levin Phone (202) 224-6221 Fax (202) 224-1388
I didn't include email addresses (most use web contact forms on their websites) since I think it's more effective to light up their phone and fax lines.
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by standingup on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 10:59:10 AM PDT
a little tired of begging for justice from my own government, but I intend to do it until my fingers bleed and/or my PC starts smokin'.
I'm also spreading the word outside the blogs, so than you very much for this useful info :)
by o the umanity on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 11:24:09 AM PDT
include telecom immunity? It's been a while, but iirc the bill was then passed to Judiciary, who produced a version that did NOT include immunity.
Not that that should deter anyone from haranguing Intel Committee members - it shouldn't. But it might help to give the Judiciary Dems a firm nudge too:
Patrick Leahy, chairman
Ted Kennedy p (202) 224-4543 f (202) 224-2417
Joe Biden
Herb Kohl
Dianne Feinstein (also on Intel Committee)
Russ Feingold (also on Intel Committee)
Chuck Schumer (see above)
Dick Durbin
Ben Cardin
Sheldon Whitehouse (also on Intel Committee)
Both DC and state office contact info are at the links.
"Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out." ~ Robert Graves, "I, Claudius"
by lurks a lot on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 04:54:17 PM PDT
"Keep fighting against the FISA-gutting! NO Immunity for Telecomms OR Bush for spying! The Constitution is more important than Sen Reid's wobbly knees ;o) JVolvo"
"Keep fighting against the FISA-gutting! NO Immunity for Telecomms OR Bush for spying! The Constitution is more important than Sen Reid's wobbly knees ;o)
JVolvo"
Bottled hot water for dehydrated babies? WTF?!
by JVolvo on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 11:15:47 AM PDT
Thank you, Senator Chris Dodd, for doing right by the United States of America. He is doing his duty under the law to protect Americans against Stalinist tactics of the crooked Republican politicians. Thank God for Chris Dodd.
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by sunbro on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 12:43:05 PM PDT
and told him I would write to my reps AGAIN to support him. At least in the senate I have dem reps!!
If we want peace, why do we give weapons and call it "aid"?
by gdwtch52 on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 05:32:32 PM PDT
Whatever state you live in.
by Dale Murphy on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 04:39:10 PM PDT
Chris Dodd stood against telecom immunity and stood up for habeas corpus. I watched him speak eloquently and passionately in blistering noon sun in DC this summer. He needs our support and his colleagues need an earful.
What is it with Congress? The members who choose to stand up for us and what is right are ignored or worse by their colleagues. Dodd needs our support in the House and Wexler needs it in the House and Kucinich needs it with the media (used to be fourth estate).
by conchita on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 11:26:53 AM PDT
but something tells me you know what i meant
by conchita on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 12:20:11 PM PDT
Harry Reid, telling him in no uncertain terms who it REALLY is that needs to STFU! (And recommending that he grow a pair!)
"We the People of the United States..." -U.S.Constitution
by elwior on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 01:08:00 PM PDT
and much appreciated the link, even though I have Dodd's webpage bookmarked.
My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total. Barbara Jordan 1974
by gchaucer2 on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 09:23:47 AM PDT
I emailed Dodd to send him some encouragement.
I also emailed my Democratic Senator here in FL, Bill Nelson to ask him to support Dodd as well. He's more of a conservative Dem, but it doesn't hurt to ask. I also asked Nelson to keep up the fight on the KBR Rape case.
by meowmissy on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 09:28:28 AM PDT
to Dodd and both my homestate senators Obama and Durbin.
-7.75 -4.67
"Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose."
by Odysseus on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 11:32:13 AM PDT
The irony is Michelle's story only happens in America, according to its most fervent patriots. Cindy McCain's happens in any country with concentrated wealth.
by Nulwee on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 09:43:27 AM PDT
to do their JOB show up for work and vote with Dodd.
by valsagem on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 11:10:26 AM PDT
Thanks for the insta-link.
by kate mckinnon on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 04:03:04 PM PDT
we need to show them we expect REAL leadership (and on that note, it's sad that Dodd never stood a chance in the election....)
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by betson08 on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 05:14:41 PM PDT
Don't hold your breath for the rest.
by koNko on Thu Jan 17, 2008 at 05:24:17 AM PDT
here
But we need as many people as possible to support Senator Dodd on this.
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
by Aethern on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 09:14:12 AM PDT
Let him get that behind him so he can concentrate on the FISA fight -- and campaigning for Majority Leader in 2009!
"Without bitterness, all chocolate is a Hershey bar." -- Harry Shearer
by tbetz on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 09:19:07 AM PDT
Thanks for any recs you guys give me- this issue is important!
by Eddie in ME on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 09:38:00 AM PDT
That's really all I can afford right now - hopefully, it helped with some of his debt!
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by AnotherMassachusettsLiberal on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 09:56:34 AM PDT
Contribute. He'll take $20 or even $10.
by GW Chimpzilla on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 11:40:31 AM PDT
Republicans can put holds on things, or threaten to fillibuster but not actually do anything, and the Democrats cower. A Democrat makes a stand, and they go to the mat. Some majority party, huh?
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by ultrageek on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 09:27:50 AM PDT
No wonder we can't pass a bill.
by fatbyjhnsn on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 09:32:16 AM PDT
... were a football team, all of their opponents' points would come from safeties.
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by lotlizard on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 10:17:47 AM PDT
Pelosi snapping the ball over Conyer's head off the table into the endzone, they fall on it for touchdown.
Reid's wobbly wounded ducks get picked off and run back for touchdown.
Off the top of my head.
Anyone else?
by JVolvo on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 11:22:43 AM PDT
Hikes the ball to the opposing defensive line, then tackles his own fullback.
This guy has been more effective getting Bush's work done than Bill Frist EVER was.
Barack Obama and the Democratic Party sold out the Constitution for the telcoms. They've lost my vote in 2008. I'm voting Green.
by simca on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 07:49:25 PM PDT
My cousins are HUGE fans of KvK!! Ik ben echte hollandse...
sorry to hijack the thread...
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by alpelican on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 11:46:35 AM PDT
I was staying with a friend who grew up with KvK 1 through 7 - she still knows the songs from those years very well.
On December 16 she and I had the pleasure of attending a Christmas benefit concert in Bussum by NonStop, a chorus made up exclusively of former KvK members and led by the former KvK choir director Majel Lustenhouwer.
by lotlizard on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 01:29:39 PM PDT
by Executive Odor on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 02:13:08 PM PDT
by Executive Odor on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 02:14:47 PM PDT
and that is not hyperbole. The MF MUST go!
Until we break the corporate virtual monopoly on what we hear and see, we keep losing, don't matter what we do.
by Jim P on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 10:21:01 AM PDT
This brings back the...
"Chris Dodd for Senate Marjority Leader"
fight.
by JoelNH on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 12:57:07 PM PDT
The Republicans go out of their way to play to their base. The Democratic leaders go out of their way to insult their base, a la condemning the ad by moveon.org
Our party leaders sickens me.
by mnguy66 on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 11:13:11 AM PDT
I sent Chris lots of praise, plus a message for his colleagues: I will not vote for anyone who doesn't honor their oath of office:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.
by marina on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 09:41:15 AM PDT
I e-mailed and called Dodd. I also e-mailed my Senator (Bayh) and told him if I found out he was involved in it, he'd lose my vote permanently.
by belly on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 10:36:37 AM PDT
for Senator Dodd, and have stood over several of my friends' shoulders to make sure they have as well.
Sometimes you have to hold a fledgling progressive's hand and show them how little things can create political momentum.
Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute. - "The Lowest Animal", Mark Twain
by HermesTrismegistus on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 09:55:00 AM PDT
On these social news sites:
http://digg.com/...
http://politics.reddit.com/...
Thanks!
by the choice is yours on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 10:07:04 AM PDT
I kept it short and sweet...."Keep up the fight and... you make this American proud!"
..."For beauty," I replied. "And I for truth,-the two are one; We brethren are"... E. Dickinson
by peagreen on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 10:10:59 AM PDT
and one to Reid, as well as one each to my Senators - Feinstein and Boxer. I am not letting this issue go. If the Democratic leadership in the Senate think they can get away with this shit, they need to think again.
"The Power to change this party, and the power to change this country is in your hands, not mine." - Gov. Howard Dean, MD
by deaniac83 on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 10:31:51 AM PDT
"All of us -- as citizens and as a government -- have a moral responsibility to each other, and what we do together matters." J.R.E., 1/30/08
by MaskedKat on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 10:48:35 AM PDT
As A Native American, this country means a lot to me. Losing our country the way we did was bad. But having the Constitution and The Bill of Rights helps make up for it. With that in mind I would like to thank you for standing up for what makes this country great. Your standing up for all Americans in your fight against Telecom immunity tells me that you are supporting our Constitution and the people of this country and not the giant corporations and a corrupt administration. I thank you and am proud of you.
~*-:¦:-jennybravo-:¦:-*~
by jennybravo on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 11:17:28 AM PDT
And I'm a constituent! Here's what I put in the little box:
PLEASE do not back down on FISA! I supported your bid for President, and I'm disappointed that didn't work out so well, but I'm encouraged by your fight for my Constitutional rights! Those tel-com companies - AND the President who asked them! - need to be held accountable for their intrusions on my rights!
I think he'll respond. We'll see.
I refuse to let my pragmatism get in the way of my idealism.
by JohnMac on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 12:53:38 PM PDT
Thanks for posting this.
Tipped & Rec'd.
"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."- Voltaire - [François Marie Arouet] (1694-1778)
by markthshark on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 01:10:19 PM PDT
by saildude on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 02:42:46 PM PDT
We need to work together to change America.
Nothing will ever change. Clinton and Obama are current members of this "don't rock the boat club", and one of them will be the next President. Nothing will ever change.
Republicans don't have 60 votes, and it doesn't seem to bother them one bit.
by dkmich on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 03:54:15 PM PDT
YOU are not the Democratic Senators' constituency.
Nor are the American people.
Rather, they represent the interests of the plutocrats that pay for their campaigns and own them . . . and who's class many of them are a part of themselves.
All they are doing by opposing Dodd is coming through for their REAL CONSTITUENCY.
And yet, Kos gets you to continue to elect Democrats.
Talk about fucking cognitive dissonance and/or denial!!!!
by LivinginReality on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 06:10:12 PM PDT
You're not supposed to say that
