Repugs will fax-blast for you in support of Bushes judges if you pay them

[Ian David]

Yes, these conservative assholes at The Center for Individual Freedom are so committed to Bush's judges that they're willing to fax-blast 55 Republican senators on your behalf-- that is, if you pay them at least $20.

Patriotism doesn't come cheap, you know.

From: Jonathan Garthwaite <[email protected]>
Subject: Help Stop Filibusters Against President Bush's Judges


Dear Friend:

Unless you take action TODAY -- our dreams for a conservative Supreme Court may go up in smoke.

As many of you know, Senate Democrats have obstructed and filibustered President Bush's nominees to the federal bench for four years now.

And -- " true to form" -- Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is taking up where the Democrats’ defeated leader Tom Daschle left off by vowing to continue the obstruction and the filibusters because he believes the Republicans lack the backbone to do anything about it.

But, a few months ago, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist vowed to finally put a stop to this obstructionism by employing what he called the “Constitutional Option”-- or what the liberal media has dubbed the “Nuclear Option.”

Our future hopes for a conservative Supreme Court will come down to the actions that Majority Leader Frist and the Senate Republicans take in the next several days.

And every Republican Member of the Senate needs to hear from you RIGHT NOW!

Send your personalized Blast Fax to President George Bush
and each of the 55 Republican Members of the Senate Now.

That's 56 faxes. Tell them that the Kennedy-Daschle-Reid cabal has obstructed President Bush's judicial nominees for four years now and that Minority Leader Reid has indicated that he is willing to continue the obstruction for four more years.

Tell them that you voted for conservative government in November -- not the same old good ol' boy Senate politicking of the past. Tell these 55 Senators to govern like members of a majority party and support the "Nuclear Option."


Going Nuclear

The liberals in the Senate are "going nuclear" over Senate Majority Leader Frist's “Constitutional Option.”

That’s because they know the “Constitutional Option” -- dubbed “Nuclear” by the liberal media -- would END, once and for all, the partisan filibusters blocking President Bush’s judicial nominees.

The often hypocritical Senator Ted Kennedy issued an intense call defending the Democrats’ obstruction of President Bush's judicial nominees.

But what Senator Kennedy neglected to mention is that he voted in 1995 and in 1975 IN FAVOR of a Nuclear Option and called the filibuster, "the shame of the Senate and the last resort of special interest groups."

Senator Robert Byrd also railed against the Nuclear Option on the Senate Floor.
But -- just like Kennedy -- Byrd failed to mention that he led the charge in the Senate to stop filibuster tactics in 1977, 1979, 1980 and 1987.

You see...one thing that is not really being mentioned in this debate is that the Nuclear Option is NOT A NEW IDEA.

In fact, Senate Democrats tried for years to implement the Nuclear Option REPEATEDLY, especially when they held the majority.

What HYPOCRISY!

Send your personalized Blast Fax to President George Bush
and each of the 55 Republican Members of the Senate Now.


The Liberals Have A Secret Weapon

The Liberals have a secret weapon -- namely RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) and spineless GOP Senators.

Recently, RINO Senator Arlen Specter showed his true colors yet again -- telling the Washington Post, “If we go to the nuclear option…the Senate will be in turmoil and the Judiciary Committee will be hell.”

But what is even more infuriating is that other RINOs have already broken ranks and sided with the opposition.

Perennial thorn in the side -- Senator John McCain -- and liberal Senators Lincoln Chaffee, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe have already stabbed us in the back and have come out firmly against the Nuclear Option.

Speaking for the RINOs, Senator Snowe told the Portland Press Herald, "I just don't see how it's going to benefit us because ultimately it could create more wedges and political wounds."

Senator Snowe must think we are fools. The Kennedy-Daschle-Reid cabal created the wedges and wounds four years ago when they started filibustering President Bush's nominees.

Playing "nice-nice" with the obstructionists is not going to convince them to stop blocking these common sense judicial nominees.

But Senator Snowe already knows that. Maybe -- just maybe -- she is hesitant to create wedges and wounds with the obstructionists because she considers them her allies.

It is high time for Senator Snowe to remember that she is a Republican.

Send your personalized Blast Fax to President George Bush
and each of the 55 Republican Members of the Senate Now.


We Can Win

We can win this battle with the Nuclear Option. All we need is for 50 of the 55 Republicans in the Senate to vote for this option provided to the majority by the Constitution.

McCain, Snowe, Chaffee, Collins and Specter can go their own way. All we need is 50 votes and Vice President Cheney to break the tie.

But it is vitally important that we let these remaining Republican Senators know that we expect them to show some spine and vote right.

To quote President Ronald Reagan: "When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat."

Let's warm things up a bit.

Send your personalized Blast Fax to President George Bush
and each of the 55 Republican Members of the Senate Now.


And Let's Not Accept Any Excuses

Some would have you believe that the Nuclear Option is unconstitutional and a severe breach of Senate procedure.

Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the so-called “Nuclear Option” is not nuclear at all, it is based on democratic majority rule guaranteed by the Constitution.

It is really a simple procedural issue, and as a procedural issue, it is nowhere near as under-handed as the tactics the Kennedy-Daschle-Reid cabal have been using for the past four years to obstruct these judicial nominees.

Let's face it -- the Democrats are really angry because Majority Leader Frist not only wants to give them a very small taste of their own medicine but because he actually believes that the Republicans should act like the majority party in the Senate.

Send your personalized Blast Fax to President George Bush
and each of the 55 Republican Members of the Senate Now.


We're Playing For Keeps Here

This battle is too important to lose. We really need to pull out all the stops.

Not only has President Bush re-nominated 20 judges the Democrats blocked during his first term, but a victory now will pave the way for even more common sense nominees to the federal bench.

And let's not forget the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Rehnquist is ill, and Justices Stevens, O'Connor and Ginsburg are all over 70 years old.

Our ability to place a real conservative majority on the Supreme Court may very well rest with this Nuclear Option.

If we fail now -- an entire generation will pass before conservatives have another opportunity to put common sense judges on the bench.

This is literally the battle of a lifetime.

Send your personalized Blast Fax to President George Bush
and each of the 55 Republican Members of the Senate Now.

Yours In Freedom,
Jeff Mazzella
Jeff Mazzella
President
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