[Peace-discuss] Fw: Dick Durbin -- betrayal!

[Jenifer Cartwright]

Hey Laurie,Yes, expediency, disgusting.You told Durbin how you feel, right? Not just us?? 
When I called just now, a recorded msg said Heavy volume, call back later and I couldn't get thru even to leave a msg, But there's also a petition to sign and submit, which everyone can do for free. There's also a way for you to leave zip so if Durbin's not yr Senator, Progressive Change folks will email you yr own senators ph numbers. --Jenifer 

--- On Thu, 3/11/10, Laurie Solomon <ls1000 at live.com> wrote:

From: Laurie Solomon <ls1000 at live.com>
Subject: [Peace-discuss] Fw: Dick Durbin -- betrayal!
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Date: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 11:20 PM



 

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I thought it was too good to be true.  
Durbin like the others on both sides of the aisle play the voters; but in 
Durbin's case, it would be too much to expect someone who is part of the 
congressional and party leadership to go against the established agenda of their 
parties leadership in the chamber and in the Executive Branch.  As for 
being bothered by betrayal,  Durbin already knows that he would be reneging 
on his earlier promise and is counting on the fact that when he comes up for 
election again people will forget his actions and be focused on new issues and 
causes.




From: Aaron Swartz, BoldProgressives.org 

Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 3:34 PM
To: Laurie Solomon 
Subject: Dick Durbin -- betrayal!








  
  
    
      
      After promising to 
      vote "yes" on the public option, Senator Dick Durbin now wants all 
      senators to vote "no."
      Call 
      Durbin today -- click here.
Laurie,
This is an urgent action alert...
40 senators -- including Senator Richard Durbin -- promised to vote 
"yes" on the public option...and more are promising every day.
But as Senate Majority Whip, Durbin just announced that he would tell 
Democratic senators to OPPOSE all amendments, including a public option 
amendment, if offered on the Senate floor.
Can you call Durbin immediately? Tell him that voting "no" on the public 
option after promising to vote "yes" would be an outright betrayal.
CLICK 
HERE FOR THE NUMBER AND A SCRIPT.
We need to make clear to Durbin that his strategy of broken promises 
would signal to voters that Democratic politicians cannot be trusted to 
keep their word. That would spell disaster for Democrats in 2010.
Check out Durbin's absurd rationale for voting no on all amendments:
“We know the Republicans are likely to offer a lot 
of amendments, and some of them may be appealing to Democrats, but we have to 
urge them to stick with the bill.”  
Our friends at Democracy for America responded perfectly:
"So, let’s get this straight. Dick Durbin’s 
argument is that these Democrats should break their promise to the American 
people, risk primary challenges from real Democrats back home, and vote against 
a public option, purely because Republicans will offer other amendments 
too."
Exactly! Democrats should simply vote down Republican amendments and vote 
"yes" on the public option which 60% of voters support.
CLICK 
HERE TO TELL DURBIN TO VOTE "YES" ON THE PUBLIC OPTION AND "NO" TO A STRATEGY OF 
BETRAYAL.
We've come so far due to intense grassroots organizing. Your phone call today 
will help solidify the gains we've made as we work to pass the public 
option.
Thanks for being a bold progressive.
-- Aaron Swartz, Stephanie Taylor, Adam Green, Brian Bills, Michael 
Snook, and the PCCC team
P.S. We will run the above image as an online ad 
in DC and Illinois, to hold Durbin accountable. You can help by chipping 
in here.
 
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