You want to talk about a worthless ass that calls himself a democrat:

[acmavm]

July 10, 2006



Ms. XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
XXXC X Xth SSSSSS
Omaha, NE 681XX

Dear XXXXXX:

Thank you for contacting me regarding President Bush's use of
signing statements. I was glad to receive your letter.

A signing statement is a written proclamation by the President that
accompanies the signing of a law passed by Congress. Often,
when a president includes a signing statement, it is to clarify the
executive branch's interpretation of the new law. These
"constitutional" signing statements are controversial when they are
at odds with a law's intentions as passed by Congress. The Boston
Globe reported in April 2006 that President Bush had issued 130
signing statements during his term, including more than 750
constitutional challenges, more than all previous presidents in
United States history combined.

As you may know, Chairman of the Senate Committee on the
Judiciary Arlen Specter recently held a hearing on the use of
presidential signing statements. No further legislative action has
been taken since, though I will keep your thoughts in mind as this
issue develops.

Thank you again for contacting me. A responsive government will
only remain responsive with the input of concerned citizens, and I
encourage you to continue sharing your thoughts and ideas.

Sincerely,

Ben Nelson
U.S. Senator

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Well, that sure told us a lot.

I feel SO much better now...

I might add.. why isn't somebody trying to unseat this guy? He's no better than Lieberman.

[skipos]

12. Nebraska is no Connecticut.

Clinton was way to progressive for them. Dole won that state by %20 or something.

[Czolgosz]

23. amen

[applegrove]

2. "Who"...."who calls himself a democrat"..correction.

[acmavm]

3. Whatever. I was mad when I posted. My grammer may not have been

up to your specifications but you totally missed the point of the whole post.

Some people just can't help but sweat the small stuff.

[rwenos]

4. "A Foolish Consistency . . .

is the hobgoblin of little minds."

Don't let insecure little pissants bother you. The letter would have pissed me off too.

Mostly, politicians (like doctors) want you to get the f*ck out of their office. (More time for groping interns, I guess.)

[applegrove]

9. I wanted you to have IMPACT! I'm on your team. Form letters make

me want to cry too.

[Scribe]

15. Grammar, spelling, and word usage are important to a lot of people.

They should be to you too if your interest is in communicating. However, if you just want to rant and let off steam, you're obviously free to do that. Your point seems to be that you don't care if serious people take you seriously.

[acmavm]

19. I explained once that when I first posted my thread I was angry. And I

don't care what 'serious' people think. You give yourself waaaayyyyy to much credit.

[Scribe]

20. What do you know? You can't even spell grammar . LOL

[acmavm]

22. True, I did it again. But at least I don't have the arrogant bad manners

of an obnoxious pompous ass.

[Scribe]

29. I don't know about that. You apparently believe your rants are so

important as to be immune to criticism. And now you post insults? How boorish!

[monarch]

33. I'm with you on that!!

Nobody is perfect and I realize that grammar and punctuation are passe but give it a shot.

On the spelling issue, please, please, please use the check spelling feature before you post. Sometimes this board starts to look like freeperville and you know how we make fun of them.

[applegrove]

40. I disagree. And I am guilty. I was trying to help out the OP make his

Op exacting. I wasn't being picky. How could I be. I do all the grammar wrong.

Sorry OP.

Really - I was just trying to point out an error early in your post.. so it wouldn't come back and mite ya. My bad. It didn't work. Sorry.

[oasis]

5. C'mon.

:shrug:

[pnwmom]

18. Correction of a correction

Since we are talking "asses" here, I think the word "that" is fine.

"Who" is a word that's specific to people, not to donkeys.

(But please don't anybody correct me if an ass is not a donkey.)

[applegrove]

41. They didn't even have the word "that" in the OP. It was a spelling error.

It wasn't a word. Sorry. You came late to the show. I pointed out that his OP didn't make sense.. And yes.. "that" is probably a better suggestion than "who". He had a non word in there to begin with. Just to be clear.

[Bandit]

34. I didn't realize that asses were referred to as who

Isn't that term for a person?

[applegrove]

42. OP's correction of his OP.. with "that" is a good correction. Fine by me.

OP had a word in there..that wasn't that or who or anything in the english language. It was a typo. Obviously. I just asked him to mind it.. and he did. This is so over. It was a typo.

[Mad_Dem_X]

38. Oh, for Heaven's sake

Don't we have more important things to worry about than the use of "that" versus "who"? Come ON. :eyes:

[applegrove]

43. The OP had something other than "that" or "who". It was a typo. All

that I was pointing out was the typo.

Sorry you missed it. It was a very quick "fyi" to an OP with a typo. "That" is a very fine correction.

[applegrove]

44. You had "we" instead of "who" or "that" calls himself..

[LostInAnomie]

6. Translation:

"Thanks for bringing to my attention something that I don't give a shit about, and plan to do nothing to remedy."

[Art_from_Ark]

45. You're the Grand Prize winner

for translating "Bloviate-ese" into English :toast:

[MsKandice01]

7. Ben Nelson is a disgrace... n/t

[acmejack]

8. They specialize in telling you nothing

They are quite good at it too. I have a stack of winners from Kay Bailey Hutchison & Lamar Smith (Cornyn is too important to be bothered with us pissants, he simply ignores us), but that was a high quality waste of paper.

What a novel idea of responsive.

[Canuckistanian]

10. "constitutional" signing statements?

WTF does that mean, especially when he's actually IN VIOLATION of the Constitution by issuing some of them?

:wtf:

[democrank]

11. This is laughable.

Nelson writes that he was glad to receive your letter. Is he a comedian? If he took your letter seriously, his response would have reflected that sentiment.

[The_Casual_Observer]

13. Bendover Nelson?

[Dinger]

32. LOL, Perfect! (nt)

[Totally Committed]

14. When Joe goes to the Republican Party,

he needs to take Ben with him. They are both DINO A**HOLES.

TC

[TheVirginian]

17. If Lieberman is your standard, then there are about 12 others...

That you should say goodbye to.

Ben Nelson (D-NE), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Tom Carper (D-DE), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Max Baucus (D-MT), Kent Conrad (D-ND), and Robert Byrd (D-WV) are all more conservative than Joe Lieberman. If Lieberman is too conservative for the Democratic Party, then so are these Senators. Get ready for a 35-65 majority in the Senate, which means that the Republicans have filibuster-proof control, and are only two votes short of a 2/3rds supermajority needed to pass Constitutional Amendments and other votes.

[Czolgosz]

24. But only Joe is from a reliably progressive state where voters expect more

A progressive Democrat might lose NE, LA, AR, DE, FL, MT, ND), or WV. Connecticut, on the other hand, ...

[TheVirginian]

25. My point was that if Nelson and Lieberman are too conservative

Then so are these Senators. If we're preparing to excise Lieberman and Nelson from the party, then they should be on the list as well.

[Czolgosz]

28. My point is a DINO is OK in Nebraska, but we can do better in Connecticut

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

16. At least your Senator bothers to answer mail

I have written to both of my worthless shits (Clinton, Schumer) more than 50 times each, not one response from either.

[acmavm]

21. He's answered others. But it's always the same letter. Always. The

particular subject of the letter is just changed around to fit the circumstances. It is always an acknowledgement that I wrote his worthless ass and then he goes on to justify why he thinks that letting the bush** administration get away the the particular criminal act that I'm writing about is just fine and dandy with him.

Maybe that's why I'm so angry. I have a stack of crap that's come from him in the mail. All form letters I'm sure, all weasly screwed up justifications of his quisling behavior. I should just quit, but I can't. He pisses me off too damn much. I have this lemming-like compulsion to keep writing just to let him know that at least I'm not as damn stupid as the schmucks who run the damn democratic party here in
E-I-E-I-O-ville.

[Czolgosz]

26. Funny test for Texans -- write or email Kay Bailey Hutchison and in the

last paragraph of your message write, in bold, italic, all caps "YOUR OFFICE ALWAYS SENDS ME FORM LETTERS SO I GET THE IMPRESSION YOU DON'T EVEN READ CONSTITUENTS' CORRESPONDENCE. TO PROVE YOUR STAFF ACTUALLY READ THIS LETTER PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS LETTER. IF YOU REPLY TO THIS LETTER I WILL KNOW YOU DID NOT READ IT." Kay will nevertheless send you a response every time!

[Maat]

27. HeeHee.

I think I'm going to try that with Issa out here (my alleged Congressional representative).

[paulk]

30. I'll trade you Wayne Allard for him

any day of the week.

and what is objectional about this letter?

he doesn't support Bush in this... He doesn't really say much of anything. In one of the few states where Bush still has a positive approval rating, it's smart for him to sit on the fence. You LIVE in Nebraska, surely you're aware of just how conservative it is.

[jackpan1260]

31. Nelson gets @70% approval from Democrats in Nebraska

What does that tell you?

[rucky]

35. He's the T-Rex of all DINOS

and has gotten a free pass here on the DU for WAAAAAY too long.

[SaveElmer]

36. This bile directed at Ben Nelson is stupid...it is very simple...

Ben Nelson = vote for Harry Reid as Majority Leader

Republican = Vote for as Majority Leader...

This is NEBRASKA...not frickin Vermont...In Nebraska Ben Nelson represents what the Democratic Party looks like. We should be thankful we are getting someone with a "D" behind their name out of there!

[JNelson6563]

37. oh...haha

After reading your thread title I at first was going to warn you that yoiu cannot call out other DUers. After reading your post I see you were referring to a non-DUer "worthless ass that calls himself a democrat".

:toast:

[LaPera]

39. Both of The Nelson Twins are piece's of shit who say they are Democrats

but mostly always vote with the republicans on critical issues!!