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Jo March Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 03:05 PM
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NC Senators (Dole & Burr) are "UNDECIDED" on torture bill - Call them!
They are taking calls from North Carolinians.

I called both of them. Please do so if you are in NC. (I will cross-post this as well in the NC forum.)

I told their staffers that being pro-torture is un-Christian and that Christians will rise up and oppose any pro-torture candidate.

PLEASE CALL! 800-828-0498 & 800-459-1887 & 800-614-2803

I also told them that I couldn't believe that I was having to call to ask my senators to vote against torture. I still can't.
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OrangeCountyDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 03:14 PM
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1. Sure They Are....
Wait for the vote. They'll sell out just like 95% of the repubs.

But they'll lie through their fucking teeth and say they're "undecided." Sure, and I've got a bridge to sell ya.
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Jo March Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 03:18 PM
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3. Oh, I'm sure they will march lockstep
but maybe, just maybe, they'll do the right thing.

Regardless, they still work for me and I have a right and a duty to tell them how I feel.
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OrangeCountyDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 03:26 PM
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6. No Offense
But they DON'T work for you. That's part of the problem. You THINK they work for you.

By now, I'm sure deep down you realize this, but don't want to accept it. "They" work for the wealthy, the corporations, the repub administration, but they DEFINITELY, DON'T work for you.
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unschooler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 03:15 PM
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2. Sadly, Christians will not stand up against torture.
So long as the victims are infidels.
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Jo March Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 03:19 PM
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4. That's not true of all churches
Mine opposed the war in Iraq before it even began. They are not going to support torture and will do something about it.
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tpsbmam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 03:19 PM
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5. Call them anyway.....
Whether you think they are assholes or lying or whatever.....call them. Do NOT give them a pass just because they're asshole Republicans. I HATE it when we get so disouraged that we just give up. Call them and tell them what you think!
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Scoot420fla Donating Member (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 03:42 PM
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7. Dole just voted No on Rockafeller
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Jo March Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 03:50 PM
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8. I will spend my last breath on this earth campaigning against her.
I can't stand her, Burr and I especially can't stand Hayes.:grr:
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Marie26 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 03:55 PM
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9. Done.
Useless, but done.
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Wilber_Stool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 03:56 PM
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10. I just called Burr
Edited on Thu Sep-28-06 03:57 PM by Wilber_Stool
Got right through. I was informed that the habus corpus amendment was dropped. Anyone hear this?
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Marie26 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 03:57 PM
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11. It was rejected.
Meaning, the bill does suspend habeas corpus.
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 04:09 PM
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12. bleh!
someone hung up on me twice at the first number the second I got a young gal who seemed very uninterested.

:(
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Marie26 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 04:11 PM
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13. 2nd number - "We'll make a note of it." in a bored voice
The third number, Burr's office, was the most attentive.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 04:13 PM
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14. They are "good Germans" but try anyway. I am.
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Jo March Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 04:22 PM
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16. You hit the nail on the head
I asked, "Is she (dole) going to do what is right, what is Christian or is she just going to march lockstep with what * wants?"

I was assured that she was undecided but was really interested in what her constituents had to say. :eyes:
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 04:16 PM
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15. OKAY...once again...I'll do it...but I don't believe that they are
"undecided" ...I saw "Mz. Liddy" struttin' her stuff hooking up with the Repug Old Men on the Senate floor after she voted NO to every Dem Amendment.

Burr is a Disgusting POS who wouldn't give time of day to any Dem.

But FAX & PHONE...I'll do it...Once again...
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Jo March Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 04:27 PM
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17. Thanks, KoKo01
I know that it's pretty much useless and it's distasteful.

Dole makes me sick. She really does.

Pro-torture Dole. Pro-torture Burr. I hate that we are saddled with these two. Of course, my representative is Robin Hayes who still believes that Iraq is a great place to be and that Iraq and bin Laden teamed up on 9/11. :eyes:
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