HELP!!! HELP!!! HELP!!! HELP!!! HELP!!! (Frist/Bolton outrage)

[G_j]

(I think the Pope can wait for a moment, this is happening TODAY!)

***can anyone suggest some action we can take? would it be best to start with calling Lugar's office... please help!!

situation explained in this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3504881&mesg_id=3504881

US Senate Phone Number: 202/224-3121
. . .

Because Senator Frist's office feared that a Democratic Senator would object to the Hearings on the Floor of the Senate at 2 p.m., the Republicans -- in order to RAM THE BOLTON NOMINATION THROUGH -- have gone into recess.
. . .
By stopping all Senate business -- ALL business -- and planning to reconvene at 4:30 p.m., the Republican leadership has preempted an option that the minority would have had to make the administration comply with Senator Dodd's request for the National Security Agency intercepts that Bolton may have used to wage war against rival officials in the State Department.

<snip>


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Senator Lugar
WASHINGTON, D.C.
306 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-1401
[phone]

[Jo March]

1. Kick - let's shut the phones down!! nt

[G_j]

2. also, clear talking points needed, I'm confused

thank you in advance :-)

[Jo March]

7. We need to ask for 1 of 2 things

Ask for a delay in the vote. Ask them to stand and demand a delay until all of the NSAs that were requested from Bolton are delivered. If they won't do that, ask for a "no" vote on Bolton.

[EFerrari]

15. Let's see if I know enough

In not allowing the intercept evidence to be seen and discussed on the Floor, the Republicans are breaching their Constitutional duty of oversight.

For another, it this is such a good appointment, why are they trying to bury this evidence.

Common sense dictates that a serial abuser of personnel not be appointed to this important diplomatic post.

I don't know if that helps at all!

/edited for factual inaccuracy

[Jo March]

23. You said it way better than I could

:)

[EFerrari]

25. Arnie! I know I've been awol but check this out --

We have Robert Pastor on TAPE deriding concerns about electronic voting! CSPAN this morning! This could be a good tool to debunk this fake reform commission!

[Jo March]

26. Wow. That is pretty huge!

We need to get that out somehow.

Have you started a thread in 2004 ER&D? If so, I'll get over there and keep it kicked and going.

[EFerrari]

28. I did but it's not focused. When I posted it, I didn't get

the USEFULNESS of his performance as an illustration!

I've called Nancy and Barbara's offices. I told them, this is coming home to them in CA now that Shelley is gone.

This is a fight they need to pick, and I think that we should start a new thread and point that out? They WILL go for it. Their seats are now officially in danger.

/spelling. Sheesh

[Jo March]

39. Probably could use a new thread if it's too late to edit the old one

Then we'll probably have to kick the hell out of it and send it off here, there and everywhere.

[EFerrari]

41. Good call. I'll post it tonight. Hands full right now.

That video is going to be really useful here. Hubris just doesn't pay.

:)

[Greylyn58]

6. Double Kick

That man needs to be kicked out...we DO NOT need this jackass anywhere near the UN!!

:grr:

[DesEtoiles]

3. Fax this to Frist, Lugar, others: Bolton denied Ptnrship at law firm due

to abusive conduct of subordinates.

Here's the story:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/4/19/92031/4749

[Renew Deal]

4. You might want to call Hagel and Chafee too.

[G_j]

13. it was reported that Chafee had decided to vote yes

but i will call his office again anyway

Chafee

United States Senate
141A Russell
Washington, DC 20510
[phone]

170 Westminster Street
Suite 1100
Providence, RI 02903
[phone]

320 Thames Street
Room 272
Newport, RI 02840
[phone]

[cry baby]

5. kick to the top

[stevedeshazer]

8. kick

nominated

[realFedUp]

9. If you live in Indiana....

his other offices
Indianapolis: 317 226-5555
Jeffersonville: 812 288-3377
Fort Wayne: 219 422-1505
Merrillville: 219 736-9084
Evansville: 812 465-6313

[FreedomAngel82]

10. Kick

[bloom]

11. From: http://www. thewashingtonnote.com/

Because Senator Frist's office feared that a Democratic Senator would object to the Hearings on the Floor of the Senate at 2 p.m., the Republicans -- in order to RAM THE BOLTON NOMINATION THROUGH -- have gone into recess.


Why you might ask?


The Senate would need to have been in session for two hours for a U.S. Senator to be able to object to the Foreign Relations Committee proceeding with its business.


By stopping all Senate business -- ALL business -- and planning to reconvene at 4:30 p.m., the Republican leadership has preempted an option that the minority would have had to make the administration comply with Senator Dodd's request for the National Security Agency intercepts that Bolton may have used to wage war against rival officials in the State Department.

[bloom]

12. Update from theWashingtonNote

America Alone Alliance

Leadership League


April 19, 2005


Barbara Boxer Objects. . .Things Stall Momentarily for Bolton, but Only Temporarily


Senator Barbara Boxer has now objected to the Senate going into recess while other Senate Commitees meet.


That means that Boxer's action is forcing other Senators to vote on whether to go into recess or not. The Republicans will win by majority vote. And then the Senate will go into recess.


The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will then still be able to proceed with its scheduled business meeting at 2:15 p.m.


This is highly, highly unusual -- and demonstrates the lengths the Republican leadership seems willing to go to ram this nomination of John Bolton down the gullet of America.

[mimitabby]

14. and i can't figure out why

CAN'T THEY SEE what a creep this guy is?

[Jo March]

22. Yeah, but he's THEIR creep

He's a neo so that helps them stand the stench.

[burn the bush]

29. Of course they can.

that's not viewed as a negative to them, but rather a reuirement that all their nominees must have.

[tavalon]

44. Sure they can

this is a hardy "Fuck You" to the rest of the world.

[G_j]

16. Barbara Boxer rocks! even if her move ends up being symbolic

:loveya:

[mimitabby]

17. yes, she is great

[bloom]

18. Yes, she does.

:)

[jojo54]

19. She's the only REAL dem that seems to want to fight for us,

the American people who don't seem to stand a chance with this administration in office. I'm on the opposite coast, but damn I love a certain California senator right now!!

[EFerrari]

20. Called Lugar's office.

Was told the Senator supports the nominee. So, I asked why, if this is such a good nomination, Senator Dodd's request should be foiled -- espacially if there's nothing there that won't take a little sunshine.

[G_j]

24. yea, as I was speaking to an aid

she just informed me that it's too late, they had adjourned.
:argh:

All I could was ask that my outrage be noted..

time to call Hagel and Chaffe again I guess, but this is not looking good! :-(

[wildflower]

33. Is it too late to do anything at all now?

Or is there still something more we can do?

-wildflower

[EFerrari]

34. We can call in support of Kerry, Dodd, Boxer

We can call Lugar's office and ask that he do his job.

NGU

[wildflower]

36. Thanks! n/t

[Cats Against Frist]

21. kick

:kick:

[EFerrari]

27. kick!

[Jo March]

30. kick nt

[EFerrari]

31. Kerry reading the riot act to the Rethugnicans.

Good man, John Kerry :)

[WildEyedLiberal]

32. He is PISSED

Give 'em hell John!

[EFerrari]

35. Chris Dodd rocking on! If I didn't live in CA, I'd move to CT! n/t

[swag]

37. The Dems are shiningly rational in these hearings

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspan2_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS2

The Republicans are coming off as bullies and obstructionist scumbags, Lugar especially.

[EFerrari]

38. Agree. And I wonder what they have on Lugar to make him

act in this shameless way. It's got to be big.

[Jo March]

43. They've promised him lots of BBVs and power forever

You sells yer soul, you takes yer chances as the old saying goes.

[EFerrari]

45. It's so gross to watch the actual sale, isn't it? n/t

[Jo March]

52. Yes. It's quite shameful and disgusting. nt

[bloom]

51. it seems like he would be getting ready to retire...

and I don't think he's had to worry about winning an election in quite awhile.


It's sad - I was thinking he looked rather soulless as well.

[EFerrari]

40. Now, Joe Biden, yelling while he sits right next to Lugar.

Too bad I don't believe a word he says, either. :(

[EFerrari]

42. Norm Coleman (R LIAR, Minn) is reframing the Bolton

charges as "not unusual" behavior -- And Kerry is calling his little mendacity out.

[EFerrari]

46. Voinivich is CAVING, Hagel is wobbly. This is UP FOR GRABS.

Call, call, call Luger, Hagel, Voinivich.

[EFerrari]

47. Obama is up now. He's being deferential to senior memebers

but interrogating the process as the same time.

He looks like a grown up, he acts like a grown up.

[AuntiBush]

48. CSPAN 2 Reshowing Bolton Nomination Showdown Right Now

If someone knows how to post this it just started in replay seconds ago on C-Span 2

[Moochy]

49. Here's the commentary on the reruns :)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3508634&mesg_id=3508862

[alfredo]

50. Using the NSA for domestic espionage is a big no no.

Using it as a weapon against his political rivals is plain evil.