renodoc
07-30-2005, 08:04 PM
> Dear xxxxx,
>
> Today I stood in front of the Supreme Court and collected more than 1 million
> petitions from people all across America. Standing there, I heard your voices
> urging the Senate to reject any attempt to do away with the system of checks and
> balances our founding fathers created to protect the rights and voices of all
> Americans.
>
> I want to say thank you for standing up and lending your voice to this debate.
>
> Republicans want to go "nuclear" and turn the Senate into a rubber stamp for
> President Bush. They want to silence Senate Democrats -- the one remaining check
> on President Bush's power. If they can do away with debate in the Senate, they
> can get whatever they want -- right-wing Supreme Court Justices, Social Security
> privatization, and tax breaks for the wealthy that will plunge us deeper in
> debt.
>
> But Senate Democrats are going to fight them every step of the way. And this
> fight will be different than any other fight in the history of the Senate --
> because it will include you.
>
> The Republicans are arrogant with power. If they don't like the rules, they
> break them. If they don't like someone standing in their way, they attack them.
> We have some Republicans in the Senate that are considering throwing out 200
> years of Senate history in order to pack the courts with right wing judges. And
> we have a Republican Leader in the House of Representatives who attacks judges
> who don't agree with him and corrupts our government by running roughshod over
> the ethics committee.
>
> It's a complete abuse of power by the Republicans and if they can get away with
> this on judges, they will get away with this on legislation like Social Security
> too. There is no distinction.
>
> This is about more than a few unqualified judges, this is about protecting the
> rights of disabled Americans to work, the rights of minorities to vote, the
> rights of every American to have clean air, safe drinking water and be heard in
> Washington.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Harry Reid
>
Boy those republicans sound mean. Safe water? Clean air? Right to vote? Bad, nasty republicans.
>
> Today I stood in front of the Supreme Court and collected more than 1 million
> petitions from people all across America. Standing there, I heard your voices
> urging the Senate to reject any attempt to do away with the system of checks and
> balances our founding fathers created to protect the rights and voices of all
> Americans.
>
> I want to say thank you for standing up and lending your voice to this debate.
>
> Republicans want to go "nuclear" and turn the Senate into a rubber stamp for
> President Bush. They want to silence Senate Democrats -- the one remaining check
> on President Bush's power. If they can do away with debate in the Senate, they
> can get whatever they want -- right-wing Supreme Court Justices, Social Security
> privatization, and tax breaks for the wealthy that will plunge us deeper in
> debt.
>
> But Senate Democrats are going to fight them every step of the way. And this
> fight will be different than any other fight in the history of the Senate --
> because it will include you.
>
> The Republicans are arrogant with power. If they don't like the rules, they
> break them. If they don't like someone standing in their way, they attack them.
> We have some Republicans in the Senate that are considering throwing out 200
> years of Senate history in order to pack the courts with right wing judges. And
> we have a Republican Leader in the House of Representatives who attacks judges
> who don't agree with him and corrupts our government by running roughshod over
> the ethics committee.
>
> It's a complete abuse of power by the Republicans and if they can get away with
> this on judges, they will get away with this on legislation like Social Security
> too. There is no distinction.
>
> This is about more than a few unqualified judges, this is about protecting the
> rights of disabled Americans to work, the rights of minorities to vote, the
> rights of every American to have clean air, safe drinking water and be heard in
> Washington.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Harry Reid
>
Boy those republicans sound mean. Safe water? Clean air? Right to vote? Bad, nasty republicans.