Comments on: Updated Supplemental Whip Count — We Have 36 of the 39 Votes We Need http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/15/updated-supplemental-whip-count-we-have-36-of-the-39-votes-we-need/ Politics for liberal newsgeeks Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:20:57 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: regulararmyfool http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/15/updated-supplemental-whip-count-we-have-36-of-the-39-votes-we-need/#comment-27788 regulararmyfool Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:26:51 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/15/updated-supplemental-whip-count-we-have-36-of-the-39-votes-we-need/#comment-27788 <p>Jane you are great.</p> <p>Now pick out one of the not going to change for anything representatives, find some politically active grandmother in the region where the rep sleeps, encourage her to get friends to rent a power music sound system, a flat bed truck and to wake that person up every morning screaming at ear splitting volume, “When are you going to work for us you thieving lying asshole.” It will get an arrest but it will go viral on youtube five minutes after it is posted, a little tag naming names at the end that need a jab of the same would cause a movement that might help.</p> <p>These people are not my friends.</p> <p>libbyliberal at 14, I’m 100 per cent disabled, but Darcy Burner and Marcy Wheeler get a check from me every month. May be low this month because I stripped my funds to fund a blogger that I like to go to Latin America and have a professional check and see if it is cancer. No one dies if I have money and they need it.</p> <p>Keep going, people, you are on the right track, but stop with the nicey nice. Make their lives sheer screaming hell. They have no compunction about doing it to us.</p> Jane you are great.

Now pick out one of the not going to change for anything representatives, find some politically active grandmother in the region where the rep sleeps, encourage her to get friends to rent a power music sound system, a flat bed truck and to wake that person up every morning screaming at ear splitting volume, “When are you going to work for us you thieving lying asshole.” It will get an arrest but it will go viral on youtube five minutes after it is posted, a little tag naming names at the end that need a jab of the same would cause a movement that might help.

These people are not my friends.

libbyliberal at 14, I’m 100 per cent disabled, but Darcy Burner and Marcy Wheeler get a check from me every month. May be low this month because I stripped my funds to fund a blogger that I like to go to Latin America and have a professional check and see if it is cancer. No one dies if I have money and they need it.

Keep going, people, you are on the right track, but stop with the nicey nice. Make their lives sheer screaming hell. They have no compunction about doing it to us.

]]> By: libbyliberal http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/15/updated-supplemental-whip-count-we-have-36-of-the-39-votes-we-need/#comment-27756 libbyliberal Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:54:50 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/15/updated-supplemental-whip-count-we-have-36-of-the-39-votes-we-need/#comment-27756 <p>Congrats, Jane. Thanks for inspiration and guidance! </p> <p>Can our friend Darcy Burner help us at </p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://progressivecongress.org/" rel="nofollow">http://progressivecongress.org/</a></p></blockquote> <p>American Progressive Caucus Policy Foundation?</p> Congrats, Jane. Thanks for inspiration and guidance!

Can our friend Darcy Burner help us at

http://progressivecongress.org/

American Progressive Caucus Policy Foundation?

]]> By: pbos http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/15/updated-supplemental-whip-count-we-have-36-of-the-39-votes-we-need/#comment-27733 pbos Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:39:30 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/15/updated-supplemental-whip-count-we-have-36-of-the-39-votes-we-need/#comment-27733 <p>John Hall (D-NY) staffer wasn’t sure of his position - but I’ve never been able to get them to tell me his position on anything over the phone.</p> <p>John is a member of the Progressive Caucus, ran on a platform of no votes to fund Iraq (although he has strayed from time to time) so I don’t know why he isn’t on the call list</p> <p>He is subject to persuasion because of his past promises - I am mystified that he isn’t on the call list. This is the 3rd time I’ve asked about this, but it probably is too late by now - we have done what we can!</p> John Hall (D-NY) staffer wasn’t sure of his position – but I’ve never been able to get them to tell me his position on anything over the phone.

John is a member of the Progressive Caucus, ran on a platform of no votes to fund Iraq (although he has strayed from time to time) so I don’t know why he isn’t on the call list

He is subject to persuasion because of his past promises – I am mystified that he isn’t on the call list. This is the 3rd time I’ve asked about this, but it probably is too late by now – we have done what we can!

]]> By: johnsturgeon http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/15/updated-supplemental-whip-count-we-have-36-of-the-39-votes-we-need/#comment-27723 johnsturgeon Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:54:48 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/15/updated-supplemental-whip-count-we-have-36-of-the-39-votes-we-need/#comment-27723 <p>Donald Payne’s staffer is unsure of his position and will get back. Friendly, sympathetic and glad to hear from me on the interrelated issues in play here. I’m optimistic.</p> Donald Payne’s staffer is unsure of his position and will get back. Friendly, sympathetic and glad to hear from me on the interrelated issues in play here. I’m optimistic.

]]> By: alank http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/15/updated-supplemental-whip-count-we-have-36-of-the-39-votes-we-need/#comment-27700 alank Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:20:24 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/15/updated-supplemental-whip-count-we-have-36-of-the-39-votes-we-need/#comment-27700 <p>Seeing the progress today, I couldn’t help but imagine Team Rahm going straight to members of the opposition party to line up votes to pass the supplementary.</p> Seeing the progress today, I couldn’t help but imagine Team Rahm going straight to members of the opposition party to line up votes to pass the supplementary.

]]> By: cbl2 http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/15/updated-supplemental-whip-count-we-have-36-of-the-39-votes-we-need/#comment-27699 cbl2 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:16:49 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/15/updated-supplemental-whip-count-we-have-36-of-the-39-votes-we-need/#comment-27699 <p>2nd call to Matsui’s office - still “undecided”, but lots of hemming and hawing from staffer this call -</p> <p>this is where I grew up (actually worked on her late husband’s first campaign) for the 1st time in her district’s history, unemployment exceeds national average - reminded staffer would be very easy for a Lundgren type to show up in 2010 and blather on about her bailing out European Banks</p> 2nd call to Matsui’s office – still “undecided”, but lots of hemming and hawing from staffer this call -

this is where I grew up (actually worked on her late husband’s first campaign) for the 1st time in her district’s history, unemployment exceeds national average – reminded staffer would be very easy for a Lundgren type to show up in 2010 and blather on about her bailing out European Banks

]]> By: oldoilfieldhand http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/15/updated-supplemental-whip-count-we-have-36-of-the-39-votes-we-need/#comment-27698 oldoilfieldhand Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:12:35 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/15/updated-supplemental-whip-count-we-have-36-of-the-39-votes-we-need/#comment-27698 <p>Rahm and Obama would do well to read Molly Ivins. “You have to dance with the one who brung you”. The first balck President of the United States was not elected by right wing Republicans. He was elected by progressives. He can be unelected in 3 years and 5 months too.</p> Rahm and Obama would do well to read Molly Ivins. “You have to dance with the one who brung you”. The first balck President of the United States was not elected by right wing Republicans. He was elected by progressives. He can be unelected in 3 years and 5 months too.

]]> By: SharonRB http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/15/updated-supplemental-whip-count-we-have-36-of-the-39-votes-we-need/#comment-27697 SharonRB Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:10:30 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/15/updated-supplemental-whip-count-we-have-36-of-the-39-votes-we-need/#comment-27697 <p>Thanks for all your hard work on this, Jane. Personally, I think we need Cash for Clunkers, but not this watered down version and not as part of the supplemental. If (looking more and more like when) this fails, will C for C come up again as a standalone bill?</p> Thanks for all your hard work on this, Jane. Personally, I think we need Cash for Clunkers, but not this watered down version and not as part of the supplemental. If (looking more and more like when) this fails, will C for C come up again as a standalone bill?

]]> By: oldoilfieldhand http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/15/updated-supplemental-whip-count-we-have-36-of-the-39-votes-we-need/#comment-27696 oldoilfieldhand Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:06:03 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/15/updated-supplemental-whip-count-we-have-36-of-the-39-votes-we-need/#comment-27696 <p>I understand that one looking intently through the forest in Illinois can now see progressive saplings. Perhaps it won’t be too long before they will actually appear as trees…just saying…</p> I understand that one looking intently through the forest in Illinois can now see progressive saplings. Perhaps it won’t be too long before they will actually appear as trees…just saying…

]]> By: Twain http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/15/updated-supplemental-whip-count-we-have-36-of-the-39-votes-we-need/#comment-27695 Twain Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:04:19 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/15/updated-supplemental-whip-count-we-have-36-of-the-39-votes-we-need/#comment-27695 <p>Can you believe what people sitting in their basements, eating Cheetos and wearing pjs can do ?! Smells close to victory to me.</p> Can you believe what people sitting in their basements, eating Cheetos and wearing pjs can do ?! Smells close to victory to me.

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