Reply #31: Welcome to DU! What YOU then need to do is harness your fury

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and your resolve, and CALL YOUR REPS. If you can swing it, call SOMEBODY ELSE'S REPS!

Here are some word weapons: If they're republi-CON, tell them you know full well what GOP stands for:

Greedy Old Party
Get Old People
Grab Our Pensions

They're the Party of Pirates and the Home of the Hypocrites.

They, especially, need to hear that they do NOT have much company, or support, as they blindly march, shoulder-to-shoulder behind their "messiah." They need to be increasingly isolated and marginalized for this pig-headedness.

Besides, they're apt to be FAR more afraid of you than of many others of us at DU. You are a senior. They all know seniors vote religiously, and in HUGE numbers. They piss you off at their peril. And you can certainly remind them of that. Are you in any women's groups or seniors' associations - local, regional, or national? Throw THAT in, too.

Your age, your perspective, and your wisdom are MUCH appreciated here! As is your gumption!

Go get 'em, girl!

BTW - on edit - that 800 number that connected you to the Capitol Hill Switchboard is no more, so we're forced to resort to other means. www.congress.org will provide you a directory to contact information for EVERYBODY, House and Senate, local, regional and Washington. Phone, fax, email, snailmail.

And please excuse this exhortation. I don't mean to single you out. I nag EVERYBODY about this.