I just had another email read on CNN by Cafferty...

[jenmito]

The question was, "Who will the American people ultimately hold responsible for the failure of the immigration bill?"

And I answered, "Bush will be held accountable. He angered his base and got the RW radio hosts telling their audiences to call their congresspeople. They did and the bill went down in flames. Memo to Bush: When all you have is your base, don't get them angry.

Jenny
Nanuet, New York"

(Then Wolf commented on my email saying the person who wrote Bush shouldn't anger his base when his numbers are so low was smart and they discussed it).

Not a big deal, but wanted to share. :hi:

[TexasLawyer]

1. Awesome!

Some of your 15 minutes of fame! Congrats!

[jenmito]

4. Thanks, TexasLawyer!

:hi:

[goclark]

2. Great!

[jenmito]

5. Thanks, goclark...

:hi: I like your name AND your avatar!

[goclark]

8. Crazy about Clark and Obama

:)

[jenmito]

14. Same here...

I'd love a Clark/Obama ticket! :D

[goclark]

28. Music to my ears nt

[applegrove]

3. Cool!

[jenmito]

6. Thanks, applegrove!

:hi:

[Auntie Bush]

7. Jen, where is Nanuet?

It sounds like it is on Eastern LI...but I never heard of it and I'm originally from around there.

[jenmito]

13. It's in Rockland County...

Just a couple min. north of NJ Parkway. :hi:

[Patsy Stone]

9. Congrats!

I heard that, and something told me it was a DUer! :)

[jenmito]

15. Thanks, Patsy...

Really? :D :hi:

[Patsy Stone]

23. Really.

It made too much sense, it had to be. :)

[jenmito]

24. Thanks, Patsy...

It could've been any of us. :)

[elizm]

10. You go girl!

I remember you posting before that you were quoted on Cafferty. We sure do need people like you that can get themselves heard! THANK YOU!! :yourock:

[jenmito]

16. Thanks, elizm...

Yup, this is my 15th time he read my email on the air! :hi: Thank YOU!

[JNelson6563]

11. Keep on rockin'! K&R!

:yourock:

[jenmito]

17. Thanks, JNelson...

I love your Stewart/Colbert sign! :hi:

[krispos42]

12. That's great. It was an excellent point to make.

A question... I responded to the same question but wasn't around to see if he read it on the air. Is there a way to check and see if he read it? Do they send you an email or something?

[jenmito]

18. Thanks, krispos...you can check here...

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0706/08/sitroom.03.html It's the transcript from yesterday's show. :hi:

[krispos42]

19. Thanks, but I didn't make it

I had to look on the previous transcript, before the launch. Oh, well. It was a great idea, though!

[jenmito]

21. Sorry 'bout that...

Did you also check the "read some of your responses" link? They post some other emails that weren't read on the air. I had one posted there a couple weeks ago...

"If the U.S. leaves, will Iraq become a "terrorist Disneyland"?"

I wrote,

"No. And they won't follow us home, either. Before the U.S. invaded Iraq, terrorism was not a problem in Iraq... It will not become a "terrorist Disneyland" if our troops leave because the Iraqis don't want them in their country anymore than we want them in our country. The Iraqis will fight 'em there so we don't have to fight 'em here. -Jenny, Nanuet, New York"

[krispos42]

37. No, I didn't even make it that far! :-)

I wrote something to the effect of we won't leave until the President orders it, and that won't happen with a Republican president until the transnational oil companies stop owning the GOP. It was much better written, but I didn't save it.

Hmmm... probably should have posted in the DU right afterwards. Oh, well.

[jenmito]

39. Sorry, krispos...

Maybe next time. Do you have it in your "sent" box or did you email it from their site?

[krispos42]

42. From their site, so no record.

Oh, well, I'll survive. I got a LTTE published in USAToday once, so that's good. :-)

[jenmito]

44. Oh, well...

Of course you will. You did? That's GREAT! :yourock:

[calimary]

20. And you provoked additional discussion! EXCELLENT!!!

GREAT work!!!

:yourock:

:party:

:toast:

:headbang:

[jenmito]

22. Thanks, calimary...

especially coming from you. Again-YOU rock! :yourock:

[rep the dems]

25. I've emailed Cafferty a few times hoping he'd read mine, but to no

avail so far. That was a great answer on your part :toast:

[jenmito]

30. Thanks rep the dems...

I'm sure you'oll get one read soon. :hi:

[spooky3]

26. Actually it's just the opposite....

If Bush had done the things earlier in his presidency that WOULD have angered his base, he would be a very popular president right now. Let's make a list of them:

--refused to invade Iraq, thereby saving millions of $ in taxpayer funds now going into the pockets of Halliburton et al.;
--appointed smart, accomplished, fair minded Supreme Court justices rather than ideologues who are also sexist, and logically challenged;
--taken a strong stand on hiring the best qualified people regardless of religious or political background;
--come out strongly pro abortion rights, saying he sees no need to change Roe v. Wade and won't consider it further;
--kept the budget balanced by not giving huge tax breaks to zillionnaires, involving us in Iraq, etc.

and so on. Yeah, his base would be furious, but the majority of voters in this country would cheer him on.

It's too late now for him to make a credible U turn.

[AtomicKitten]

27. congratulations !

Voices heard in the MSM are critical and thanks for taking up that task
on behalf of most if not all of DU that agree with your missives.

[jenmito]

29. Thanks, AtomicKitten...

I try my best! :D :hi:

[Honeycombe8]

31. Wow! I'm impressed. Good going with your insightful e-mails to media! nt

[jenmito]

33. Thanks, indi_ana!

:hi:

[KoKo]

32. Thanks for sharing that! I heard it read!

:applause:

[jenmito]

35. Thanks, KoKo!

I'm glad you heard it! :hi:

[SaveOurDemocracy]

34. wtg jenmito!

Thanks for taking the time and getting the truth out there.

[jenmito]

36. Thanks, SOD!

I do my best. :hi:

[bamacrat]

38. That is cool.

I always think of writing in but figure they wont be read.

[jenmito]

40. Ya never know...

I get mine read about twice a month or more. :hi:

[Dread Pirate KR Read]

41. Smart indeed! ;)

Then again, all Clarkies that I know are Smart! Congrats! :)

"...the person who wrote Bush shouldn't anger his base when his numbers are so low was smart"

[jenmito]

43. Thanks, Dread Pirate...

Here's the exact exchange:

BLITZER: That one e-mailer said, you know, when the president alienates his base, he doesn't have a whole lot left.

CAFFERTY: Yes.

BLITZER: That was pretty wise.

CAFFERTY: Well, and it's true. Remember, he got the right-wing radio talk show hosts, you know, beating the drum on this thing and urging their listeners to call their senators and representatives, and these people did.

And I think maybe, for a change, the politicians were listening perhaps more to the voters than they were to the special interests and the corporations that tend to hold sway and exercise a great deal of clout and influence on issues such as this.

After all, big business is the one that wants this cheap labor in the country.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRI...sitroom.03.html :D