Reply #204: Let's see ... who did I pester today? Besides the usual suspects

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and my fellow DUers...

Waxman, Pelosi, Hoyer, Rahm Emanuel, Mike Simpson (R-ID), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Christopher Shays (R-CT), David Dreier (R-CA), George Miller (D-CA), Stephanie Herseth (D-SD - I sent her campaign money from the earliest - her ass is MINE), Kucinich (D-THANK YOU VERY MUCH YOU PRINCE, YOU SCHOLAR YOU!)... kinda lost track.

Oh, I forgot -

KICK!!!

BTWaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy...

When I called McDermott's office (I like him a lot, even if he's not strictly speaking mine), the staffer conceded that they were getting a LOT of calls from all over the country - urging this. She said he was still hesitant. I said - PLEASE DON'T BE! It's TIME. It's JUST TIME. SURELY there's enough evidence by now. And it just might be the only way to end this damned war - by relieving the commander-in-chief AND HIS SECOND-IN-COMMAND (at least starting there). She agreed.

I think in their heart-of-hearts, many of 'em wanna jump on this. They're just hesitant the same way Pelosi is - that they might be shooting the whole wad prematurely and somehow alienating voters from them in 2008. To that, I say HELL NO!!! Look, last November, WE VOTED FOR BACKBONE. AND george is correct about ONE thing only - that WE DID NOT VOTE FOR FAILURE. He wasn't thinking of this kind of failure, but I AM!!! And to FAIL to hold these assholes FULLY accountable is NOT WHAT WE VOTED FOR, WORKED LIKE DOGS FOR, GAVE TIL IT HURT FOR, LOBBIED OUR FRIENDS/NEIGHBORS/COWORKERS/FAMILY MEMBERS FOR (til we were blue in the face), BLOGGED AND POSTED ALL OVER THE INTERNET FOR, DROVE AROUND WITH BUMPER STICKERS ALL OVER OUR CARS FOR, LOADED OUR YARDS WITH YARD SIGNS FOR, WALKED PRECINCTS FOR, MADE PHONE CALLS FOR, AGITATED FOR, STRATEGIZED FOR, WENT TO MEETINGS FOR, WROTE LETTERS FOR, ETC. And, with some of 'em, I even suggest that I, who do most if not all of those things (like many of us DUers do), will think twice about putting out like that next time, because I sure didn't get back what I put in. What did I bust my behind for, if they don't do WHAT I SENT THEM TO WASHINGTON TO DO???

I do not hesitate to mention this. Because I feel like I'm owed for all that work. WE ALL ARE. WE ARE OWED. WE. ARE. OWED. WE put in all the work, struggle, time, energy, ideas, and expense TO PUT THEM WHERE THEY ARE NOW - IN THE MAJORITY, WITH THE POWER TO DO THESE THINGS AND MAKE 'EM STICK. WHY should we keep putting out that much and that hard and that consistently, if we're going to have little to show in return for that level of commitment? I didn't work like hell for NOTHING. OR for a lot of jellied spinal columns. I WORKED FOR BACKBONE. AND NOW I EXPECT TO SEE SOME.