Stupak's office is losing it

[kpete]

Stupak's office is losing it
by the way, Stupak’s office is having a bad day.



any attempt to ask a question about the amendment is literally met with screams from the woman answering the phone. i know, because it just happened to me. She screamed at me almost as soon as the words "i have a question about the Stupak Amendment" came out of my mouth. And then she tried to shout me down before hanging up on me, and to be honest, i hadn’t even rasied my voice.

So i called back, tried to calm her down, and said that I’d gotten conflicting information. she refused to let me speak to a legislative aide, refused to put me through to voicemail, said she was too busy to answer ym question, and encouraged me to call back "after 5:30″, which is of course when the office is closed.



just to give you an idea of what they’re dealing with, deservedly so, in DC.

This got me curious, so I called. The guy wouldn’t let me finish, talked over me, and hung up on me. When I tried to call back, he said I could call back when I wasn’t "yelling at him" (I wasn’t yelling) and hung up on me again.

202-225-4735. Let’s give them an interesting afternoon.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/11/9/802571/-Stupaks-office-is-losing-it

[Bonobo]

1. Print the number. I see no reason why we shouldn't make it worse. nt

[virgogal]

3. Go to the link===the number is there.

[Bonobo]

5. Still waiting to talk to MY congressman who voted for that thing!

I THINK he was being a good soldier, but I am not sure at this point. But I am pissed.

[Contrary1]

4. Here ya go:

Stupak: 202-225-4735

Joe Pitts: 202-225-2411

[sandnsea]

2. I talked to her this morning

She was frazzled, but not that bad. I'll call again because I wanted an answer to the rider question.

[DearAbby]

6. all together now....

awwwwwww

[ORDagnabbit]

7. I hate to say it...but pitchforks and torches are sometimes a good cure....

[villager]

10. Paraphrasing "Young Frankenstein" are you?

;-)

[Tommy_Carcetti]

19. Yes, there certainly is a mob mentality going on here.

And we all know the great logic that comes from mobs.

[Arugula Latte]

8. Numbers of local offices: (I hope these mfers regret the day they thought of this amendment.)

District Toll Free: 800-950-7371

Alpena
111 E. Chisholm
Alpena, MI 49707
[phone]
[phone] - Fax
Contact: Sheila or John
Congressional Aides

Crystal Falls
Iron County Courthouse
2 South 6th St., Suite #3
Crystal Falls, MI 49920-1413
[phone]
[phone] - Fax
Part time - Monday and Tuesday
Contact: Jim
Congressional Aide

Escanaba
902 Ludington St
Escanaba, MI 49829
[phone]
[phone] - Fax
Contact: Ann or Sue
Congressional Aides

Houghton
616 Sheldon Ave. Room 213
Houghton, MI 49931
[phone]
[phone] - Fax
Part time: Mon - Thurs, 9AM - 1PM
Contact: Amy
Congressional Aide

Marquette
1229 W. Washington St.
Marquette, MI 49855
[phone]
[phone] - Fax
Contact: Tom
District Director
Julee
Congressional Aide

Petoskey
Emmet County Building
200 Division St., Suite #178
Petoskey, MI 49770
[phone]
[phone] Fax
Contact: Roger (Monday - Friday) or Sue (part-time Tuesdays and Thursdays)
Congressional Aides
West Branch

575 Court Street
West Branch, MI 48661
[phone]
[phone] Fax
Lori
Congressional Aide

[Orsino]

9. This is why Congresscritters pay other people to answer their phones.

So that we can only scream at each other, and as usual they are carefully insulated from our concerns.

[cascadiance]

11. We should tell them that if they can't deal with the crap being thrown at them, they should quit!

Those handling the phone lines should be able to handle this sort of call load for a congress person that's DOING THEIR JOB in WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE. If more of us get attitudes like this, we should tell the worker that we sympathize with their situation to a certain extent, but if they aren't capable of handling the calls this congressman's actions are generating, then they should tell the congressman that they can't deal with answering the phone and that perhaps he or others that feel like he does about his legislation should have to handle phone calls instead.

Perhaps if we fill enough of these congressional offices with calls like this when they stop working for us and work for corporations, these congress critters will realize part of the costs of working for corporate interests instead of people's interests is that they start losing their staff too, not just voters.

[Major Hogwash]

12. Stupak deserves whatever hell he gets for turning his back on women!!! I'm not from Missouri

and I wouldn't vote to re-elect that hack to serve me if I did!!!

[Nikki Stone1]

17. +1

:thumbsup:

[glinda]

13. unfortunate he won't take emails outside of MI

[debbierlus]

15. So? Just look up a zip code and write him

This is national legislation, and he should know that the liberals of the world will work tirelessly to PRIMARY his sorry ass.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

18. They'd do so at your own risk.

Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)

Voted NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman. (Jul 2006)

Voted NO on making the PATRIOT Act permanent. (Dec 2005)

Voted NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage. (Sep 2004)

Voted NO on banning gay adoptions in DC. (Jul 1999)

Voted YES on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes. (Apr 2009)

Voted YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2009)

Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Jan 2007)

Voted NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (Feb 2006)

Voted NO on limiting medical malpractice lawsuits to $250,000 damages. (May 2004)

Voted NO on authorizing military force in Iraq. (Oct 2002)

Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)

Voted YES on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq. (Jun 2008)

Voted YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days. (May 2007)

Voted NO on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date. (Jun 2006)

Voted YES on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs. (Jul 2003)

Voted NO on removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad. (Aug 2007)

Voted YES on restricting no-bid defense contracts. (Mar 2007)

Voted NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment. (May 2004)

Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Oct 2008)

Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)

Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Jan 2007)

[bridgit]

14. Fuck Them! Dumb asses, if the only job I could get was answering Stupak's phone...

I'd consider myself un-hire-able

[Unvanguard]

16. What a pleasant story. Let's keep it up. n/t

[Lilith Velkor]

20. Good.

[HughMoran]

21. Live by the sword

...die by it.

[Cherchez la Femme]

22. Got through immediately, very nice woman answered

Guess they passed around the Valium :D