E-mail from JK

[demdiva]

Dear Friend,

Yesterday, 25 Democratic Senators joined our effort to filibuster the Alito nomination -- that's more votes to filibuster the Alito nomination than there were votes against Justice Roberts' nomination itself just a few months ago.

This morning, 42 Senators voted against Alito's nomination. That's the highest number of votes against any Supreme Court nominee since Clarence Thomas in 1991.

It's hard to lose -- but it's important to fight for what we believe in. I want to thank the hundreds of thousands of you who signed our petitions, called your senators, wrote letters to the editor and, most important, refused to stand silent while President Bush worked to pack the highest court in the land with far right ideologues. We fought a fight that needed fighting.

We made sure the nation knew the truth about the Alito nomination. We made sure America heard how a right wing ideological coup sandbagged Harriet Miers' nomination and replaced her with Judge Alito. No one will be able to say, in five to ten years, that he or she is surprised by the decisions Judge Alito makes from the bench. People who believe in privacy rights, who fight for the rights of the most disadvantaged, who believe in balancing the power between the President and Congress had to take a stand.

We also made it clear to the Bush administration that no matter what they throw at us in 2006 -- whether it's extreme nominees, special interest giveaways, shortsighted policy or Swift Boat-style attacks against Democratic candidates -- we will never surrender. We will always fight back.

Now, we must be clear about something else. Winning the 2006 congressional elections is the only way to change the dangerous path George W. Bush has put us on. We need to defeat those Republicans who have overlooked this administration's incompetence, turned a blind eye to its failures, and lent a helping hand to its dangerous ideology.

Together, we have to act to make sure 2006 is the year Americans, led by Democrats, stand up to incompetence, cronyism and corruption, take back Congress, and get our nation moving in the right direction again.

I look forward to fighting alongside you.

Sincerely,

John Kerry

[rox63]

1. YAY!

I hope he posts a similar message over at DKos, just to say thank you to the liberal blogosphere for all of their hard work on this.

[Inuca]

14. Yes

He should post something on Kos. I think it would be pretty bad if he does not. I assume that whoever is his staff deals with this kind of things has already thought of that, but since they do have many other things on their plate, maybe someone here that has a more direct line of communication could send a gentle reminder.

[emulatorloo]

2. thanks for posting --

[jillan]

3. Kerry!

You're the best!

[_dynamicdems]

4. Thanks for posting. I'm in work, checking in on lunch. Good to

be able to read this now!

What a wonderful letter. :loveya:

[ProSense]

5. I absolutely

love this man. I love him, I love him, I love him, I love him, I love him...:loveya:



I'm ready.

:patriot:

[TayTay]

6. I still didn't get this.

Did everyone but me get this letter? (Well, it just went out. I'll wait till tomorrow to kvetch about it.)

Lovely letter. And thank you sir for leading this fight.

[ProSense]

7. I didn't get it either.

I haven't gotten the most recent three or four. I re-registered at both PAC sites, but evidently that didn't work.

[whometense]

8. I didn't get it yet either.

I think he's taking us for granted. ;-)

[TayTay]

11. I didn't get any mail

Nothing, nada, zip, bupkiss. I know why. I promised to listen to that Fisheries hearing on line and then just couldn't do it. (I'm only human guys. No one can go through a JK-less hearing on Fisheries. I even think Allen was there. That is just too much, having to listen to Allen talk about' the little fishes.')

I want my JK mail. Sigh! I am feeling unloved at the moment.

[demdiva]

9. Funny I got it twice! At two different e-mail addresses

He must like me more then all of you . . . (kidding of course)

[whometense]

10. It just arrived.

It's from Friends of John Kerry, not the PAC.

[Blaukraut]

12. I got it around noon

So far I've been lucky and have gotten all the JK correspondence. Weird how some people don't get some of the letters.

[globalvillage]

16. Me neither.

:-(

[Mass]

13. Great message as always

[ohtransplant]

15. My response

I like to respond to these broadcast e-mails. Some day someone will read one and reply to me although Howard Dean and my state party chairman failed to respond last week when I tweaked them about supporting the filibuster. O well...someday...

Dear Senator Kerry,

Thank you for taking a stand for us. Thank you for fighting for our values and principles. Many of us appreciate your courage and steadfastness in undertaking this fight and won't for get in 2008.

I, for one, am very upset with your Democratic leadership, colleagues, and party for not supporting your effort. The principles you enumerated on the floor were worth the fight and worthy of the party's support. It's notable the republicans only lost one vote. For good, bad, or ugly, that's party discipline and unity.

I would be honored to work and vote for you again. There are may competitors but we know you're the real deal. In the mean time we'll work for Dems to take over Congress in 2006.

Keep fighting for us Senator. We have your back.

God bless.