And the TEABAGGER GOES DOWN....

[Snoutport]

Nothing works better to force a radical out of office than using their own words against them. The right wing is very organized in this area and it has shifted politics in America. I think the left finally has had some wins lately with using public opinion to sway politics. Quite a few Teabaggers have had to resign recently because the general population has demanded they step down. I offer these examples:

Rep. Martin Harty NH said the disabled should be sent to Siberia to freeze and die. RESIGNED after public outrage prompted massive calls, letters and emails.

Carlos Lam, a deputy prosecutor in Ind., sent email encouraging Gov. Scott Walker to fake an attack against himself. RESIGNED

State prosecutor, Jeffrey Cox, tweeted they should use live ammunition on Wisconsin protesters. RESIGNED

Joyce Kaufman, Allen West's named Chief of Staff, RESIGNED after the backlash to her calls of violence.

OUR LETTERS, EMAILS and PHONE CALLS REALLY DO MATTER!!

I think we should make sure that letters, emails and phone calls continue to be sent to Tea Baggers when they go too far. If you have some suggestions of others who need to hear from us then add their contact info and we can drop them a message. How about this for a start: (google their names and their stories pop right up so you can fact check)

Florida Republican Kathleen Passidomo blamed an 11 year old girl and her family for her rape by 18 males. Here is her contact info:
website/email: http://congress.org/congressorg/webreturn/?url=http://w ...
1003 State Capitol,
Florida 32399-1300
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Her boss:
The Honorable Dean Cannon, Speaker
Florida House of Representatives
420 The Capitol
402 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300

State Rep. Virgil Peck (R-Tyro) suggested shooting illegal immigrants like feral pigs to control them. Here is his contact info:
(from his state rep page) (his personal website is down)
Home Information
P.O. Box 277
Tyro, Kansas 67364
Phone: [phone]
Email:[e-mail]
Business Information
Occupation: Insurance Agent
Phone: [phone]

School board chairwomen Ann Murray referred to the upper seating at SunLife Stadium as “n—- heaven.” Here is her contact info:

James F. Notter Superintendent of her Districit
Superintendent of Schools
600 SE Third Ave
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
T: 754.321.2600
F: 754.321.2701

Anne Murrays: Ann Murray
School Board Vice-Chair
600 SE Third Ave
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 3330
T: 754.321.2001
F: 754.321.2700

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD NAMES AND CONTACT INFO/ LINKS TO STORIES. i'M IN A LETTER WRITING MOOD AND READY TO PUT PEN TO PAPER! (home sick in bed...might as well do some good!)

[nykym]

1. I like your thinking

Yes writing letters does help. Here is another possible way to energize such a movement. I just read this story from another post on DU and it clicked.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
Read the article and you will see that they have used Facebook as a way of gathering momentum to achieve a goal.

[Snoutport]

3. good article--boycotts of beck's advertisers is working as well...he's getting dropped

in at least a couple of big cities. I read he can hardly get any advertisers at all anymore.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

50. other than the gold scammers, who is left?

[certainot]

54. that could work for limbaugh too if LOCAL sponsors of radio stations were

boycotted. the radio is why fox TV even exists.

the stations that play limbaugh and hannity and the other main sellers of the GOP/teabag/corporate propaganda depend on those sponsors for overhead and they need to be called and asked WTF?

and 15 of the final 16 NCAA basketball unis broadcast sports on limbaugh stations- WTF? they do anti-science global warming denial all day long, along with the racism, sexism, homophobia etc.

[ctsnowman]

58. Great

news.

[Whisp]

2. one of the Best things I've read here for a while. thank you for bring it.

[calimary]

4. I put it on the Activists HQ thread.

REALLY great idea to expand this kind of campaign to Facebook as well.

The FIRST most-important-thing about this is to empower people, and let everyone know they are NOT helpless against this kind of shit. There IS something they can do about it. And if enough of them DO get off their ass and make the attempt, good things CAN INDEED come from it.

You CAN make a difference. Yes You CAN!

[Snoutport]

5. I don't know that thread...i'd better go look!

thanks for sharing!

[drm604]

6. K&R

This thread needs visibility!

[tblue37]

7. A petition with 50,000 signatures was just delivered asking that Kansas

state legislator Virgil Peck (R, of course) resign after suggesting that the illegal immigrant problem should be solved by shooting immigrants from helicopters. He spit out a sort of apology a couple of days after making the remark, though the day after makin it, he was defiant.

The Republican leaders in the legislature have said they have accepted his apology and don't think anything else needs to be done, but since they were not the ones who were offended by his remark, I don't see why they should think it is their place to accept his apology and to decide that it solves the problem his comment created!

[Snoutport]

15. That is AWESOME! 50,000 is hard to ignore! nt

[Divernan]

20. Even if he doesn't resign, after getting 50,000 signatures,

he and his Republican colleagues will think twice and then STFU before mouthing off like that again. Here's to raising the level of civil discourse by elected politicians.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

51. GOPers always cover for one another.

Look at Vitter. Ensign. Newt. So many other examples.

[blm]

60. good work

he needs to go

[Snoutport]

75. i posted a link to this

in the breaking news section.

[WhiteTara]

8. Thanks! I called all the numbers given

and let them all know these people are not fit for public office and should resign immediately. I'm sorry you didn't post Dean Cannon's number, I would have loved to have called his office. I was polite to all. Passidomo's office was stunned to hear my thoughts and probably needs LOTS of phone calls. Notter's office was happy I called, Murray's office, not so much. That person sounded beleaguered and upping the call ratio would be really good for the pressure points. Virgil Peck had voice mail. I told him God didn't love his words or actions (He had God blessing me at the end of his folksy message.) I told him the people of his state didn't love his actions and to resign, that he wasn't fit for public office.

[Snoutport]

23. you rock!

that is awesome. now two of us have made contact about all these people. :0)

[WhiteTara]

24. I do that alot. It is cathartic

but sometimes, I have to watch my blood pressure.

[Snoutport]

27. me too. I have a box of nice stationary JUST for political letters

I have to take some deep breaths sometimes to keep from getting worked up.

[WhiteTara]

38. I know that hand written letters work

but my arthritis keeps me from that activity. I find calling to be effective if you can't hand write. I don't leave messages, but talk to a human being. I know that at least some one had the words go into their brain. They may hate me, but I think they say something to their co workers.

[B Calm]

9. Great Post! Kicked and Recommended

[Freddie Stubbs]

10. Murray is a racist who needs to go, but not a teabagger. She is a registered Democrat:

http://www.browardschools.com/schoolboard/members/murra...

[Snoutport]

16. It is too late to edit...but I'll call hers "teabaggery behavior" and stand by calling her office.

I had looked on their website but didn't see that she was a democrat.

But, just as offensive so I don't have to eat my words too much.

[Freddie Stubbs]

21. She is a member of the County Democratic Executive Committee

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Ann presently serves on the Board of Directors, Broward Regional Health Planning Council - Member, City of Hollywood General Obligation Bond Oversight Committee - Broward Democratic Executive Committee - Past President of the Boulevard Heights Neighborhood Association (3 years) - Member of the Hollywood Fire Department C.E.R.T. - Member, of the Broward League of Women Voters - Member, Hollywood Democratic Club - Past Editor of the Boulevard Heights Newsletter - Board of Directors, Exceptional Theatre Company (E.T.C.) - Broward County Comprehensive School Health Advisory (BCCSHA) Representative - Broward County Juvenile Justice Board Representative - Financial Advisory Committee, Alternate - Council of The Great City Schools, Alternate - Greater Florida Consortium of School Board Boards, Alternate - Metropolitan Planning Organization, Alternate.

http://www.browardschools.com/schoolboard/members/murra...

All of the members of the School Board are Democrats. I'm not sure why you included the number for the Superintendent, as he works for Murray, not the other way around. You may want to post the numbers of the other members of the board to ask them to remove her as Vice-Chair. I live in Murray's district, and have written to her asking for her resignation from office. I have also contacted both of the at-large members of the board requesting they remove her as Vice-Chair.

[Snoutport]

22. thanks! I put in an alert asking if I could fix it!

appreciate it!

[AllyCat]

29. If she is saying crap like this, D, R, T or whatever, she needs to go

That is horrible behavior from any human being, let alone a Dem.

[Snoutport]

80. A School Board Member!!! What message does that send black students in her district?

I'd be fired in a second if I talked like that about my students!

[frylock]

35. what's that tell you about the big tent?

[jwirr]

11. Thank you for organizing this - this is the kind of cooperation on DU

that gives us a way to fight this mess.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

12. A Central Database

We need some kind of running compilation of the evil proclamations and sheer hypocrisy that comes from the right wing douche bags. I rec'd.

[LadyBugFL]

61. Good idea! We could also store submitted copies of letters and phone scripts that I mentioned ...

in an earlier post...

[ohheckyeah]

13. Would you give permission to people

to repost this elsewhere in it's entirety?

[Snoutport]

17. OF COURSE!!

We should all be sharing stuff! :0)

[ohheckyeah]

19. Cool...

thanks. And thanks for the post. It has great information!

[Initech]

14. All these Fux News assholes goin' down!!!

[druidity33]

18. Thank you Snoutport...

you are a VERY welcome addition to DU! I love your energy and enthusiasm... even if you are home sick. Be well!



K&R

[BrklynLiberal]

25. Great post. Thanks for all the contact info!!

[Skidmore]

26. May I copy this to disseminate it on Facebook?

Expand the circle?

[Snoutport]

40. yes please!

just note that murray is a democrat--she just happens to be a very racist one.

[AllyCat]

28. Wrote Passidomo and Peck. Unable to get through on the numbers for Murray

It's well after 5 pm so I'm not surprised. I will try again on Monday morning. I'm sick of this crap. These people say and do DREADFUL things and the baggers let it slide. They twist the words of progressives or even centrists and get them in trouble.

I've had and think this is a great idea. I'll be happy to call and write, although I'm not in their districts.

[Snoutport]

71. You're a cool cat alleycat! I hope they get bombarded!

with mails and emails and phonecalls, of course.

[myrna minx]

30. K&R n/t

[aggiesal]

31. Here's another suggestion -

A lot of us have smart phones.
Some of these smart phones have camera and recording capabilities.
When we visit a Teabagger, we should always have a recording device
so we can use their exact words against them.

The phone camera and recorder are perfect, because it appears to be
just a phone, and they are more relaxed around them. When they see
an actual camera, they parse their words more carefully.

Just my suggestion.

[LadyBugFL]

56. Some states have privacy laws...

Some states allow for recording audio if ONE party knows they're being recorded.
Other states allow for recording audio ONLY IF BOTH PARTIES know they're being recordd.
Hence the frequent automated message about recording for quality assurance purposes (bullpatties, it's to cover their own butts) one gets when calling a business.

The states that require both parties knowledge, the recording party can verbally state that this session is being recorded (no reason needs to be given)...

[aggiesal]

72. Not if they are in a public setting. n/t

[Snoutport]

82. but public speaking--that is a different thing.

[Snoutport]

69. AWESOME SUGGESTION!!

someone posted the other day they saw a teabagger getting in their car with a "what part of WHITE house don't you understand?" sticker on it. I wish she'd got a picture of that!

[ChiciB1]

32. Thank You Very Much For Pointing This Out! I'm Feeling Quite Desperate

down here in Florida and wake up each day wondering "what next?" We are natives of this state, but this state has been so screwed up for so long that there are times I don't want to admit it.

I really do like living here for many other reasons, but I wonder all the time if we will survive the slaughtering of our rights. I know the politics have been so raw here for so long, but it just seems to get worse as times goes by. Didn't seem it could have been possible, but truth be told it DOES seem that it WILL get even worse than I ever imagined!

Thanks again, I'm saving this and perhaps there will be more of this "foot in my mouth" happenings. THEY MUST GO! But I just read a post about Cuomo and what he's doing in NY and he's a Democrat, so this MUST apply to ALL politicians who work to subvert the rights of "we the people!"

IT REALLY MUST STOP, we are still losing the battle so even little victories feel good.

[Snoutport]

84. Hey FLorida!

If you see something bad happening, get on here and point it out. We're watching Florida and want to help!

[abelenkpe]

33. K&R nt

[girl gone mad]

34. k & r

[Lorien]

36. Hit 'em hard, hit 'em often. nt

[Bravo Zulu]

37. k&r

k&r

[freshwest]

39. Great, will share this. Sometimes we forget our power. Cool.

And pretty good work even sick in bed. Get well soon.

[Welibs]

41. Republicans are psychopathic narcissists!

Excellent post and thank you for the links, I'm working on them. I message these guys regularly anyway but it's been a while so thanks for waking me up.

[Snoutport]

74. my pleasure nt

[sabrina 1]

42. Excellent work, thank you ~

[lonestarnot]

43. K & R!

[bertman]

44. Great idea. REC. nt

[wildbilln864]

45. k&r! nt

[madfloridian]

46. I love your enthusiastic posts.

They cheer me up.

[Snoutport]

70. THANK YOU! I love your fact-laden posts...you always have lots of references

Reading your posts is like prepping for a debate! all the supporting facts are right there. But, they are disturbing...I fear for Florida!!!!

[Corruption Winz]

47. Great post...

I like the idea. What a bunch of scumbags.

[democrank]

48. Like Howard Dean said....

"YOU have the power."

[old mark]

49. K&R- This is activism...good to see it!...Thanks, OP...nt

[sendero]

52. One cool thing..

... about the economic Republican-created economic disaster we are living through right now, when people are hungry and or scared, they start PAYING ATTENTION and ACTING.

The Republicans think they can just continue from the same playbook, cut taxes (mostly on the rich) and deregulate, but more and more people see that for the UTTER AND COMPLETE SCAM that it is.

[Snoutport]

73. so write some letters!

use that anger and contact the people who can do something about it or the ones who should step down. very cathartic!

[certainot]

53. imagine how much could be done along these lines if we had 1000 radio stations and lied

all the time and were coordinated and whose liars were protected by call screeners and the americans whose ideals they attack 24/7 ignore them thinking the internet will save them and it's a headache to listen to anyway!

if it wasn't for some truth and common sense and luck in media and some remaining free speech we wouldn't have ANY democracy left.

[ck4829]

55. K&R

[Fly by night]

57. Here in Tennessee, Senator Bill Ketron is distinguishing himself from the other flying monkeys ...

... by sponsoring bills against freedom of religion and against verifiable voting AND for proposing that Tennessee issue its own currency (in case, you know, the South decides to rise again).

Around here, the overly-bouffanted fart-face is called "Hair spray". It appears that, in addition to lacquering his head with the stuff, he is huffing it too.

Please give "Hair spray" my best when you drop him a line:

[e-mail]

[Snoutport]

68. i'm gonna google his name and read up on him!

gotta do my homework!

[Snoutport]

76. ah, sharia law...state currency...a real piece of work, this guy! nt

[LadyBugFL]

59. How about posting SAMPLES of letters and phone scripts?

And come up with TEMPLATES of each???

Those who have written, please post copies of your letters (remember to remove your personal contact information first).
Those who have made phone calls, please post what you remember of your speech...


From those, we can take the best parts of the letters and put together a generic version with fill-in-blanks... this makes sure that specific, important points are put across AND templates are great time-savers, encouraging more people to follow-through with letters and/or phone calls...

For the most part, the letter template and the phone script template could be very similar (if not identical)...


Example of phone script template:

Hello, my name is __________________________________________________. I am a resident of ___________{city name}_________ in ______________________ County in the great state of _________________________. I am calling your office to request that ________{politician's name}________ do the right thing and resign for the recent comments made regarding _________{list specifics}_______________. I find remarks to be totally out-of-line and out-of-touch with reality AND I AM OUTRAGED at total lack of remorse for such hateful, hate-filled remarks, especially in this day-and-age when so many of our neighbors and friends are struggling....


Well, you get my gist...

[WillyT]

62. K & R !!!

[Riley18]

63. Thanks for the information. I will share with people at work.

Some say it does not matter if they protest and call, but this is proof that it does work!

[Snoutport]

77. THanks! It is a simple tool that we have to take advantage of!

I hope some of them called!

[pscot]

64. Highly recommended

[neobeetle]

65. This is great!

Even You Tuber Old Fart is on this.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z98oN8kOOpo&feature=feed...

[shellgame26]

66. Good Job!

[patrice]

67. K&R

[Champion Jack]

78. Great post

[iwishiwas]

79. Since they resigned only, do they get their Healthcare, pensions, etc?

Yes, they probably DO.

[Snoutport]

83. People in govt. sure seem to make sure they have lots of those types of parachutes

If I had my way...if you quit under a shameful situation or were committed of a crime unbefitting of your office you should have to forfeit all those people paid benefits. If you hurt your fellow Americans, why should they pay you extra benefits the rest of your life?

[The Hitman]

81. I wish I could K&R

but alas, it's been over 24 hrs.