Downing Street action: Contact Senators to sign Kerry's DSM letter to Bush

[blm]

Kerry has been circulating this letter all week in the Senate, but the media doesn't seem anxious to further the story.

Call or email ALL Senators, D or R, and tell them you want the Senate to investigate DSM along with the House.

At the Downing Street Memo site there is an action alert to help Sen. Kerry gather as many signatures as possible.

http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/takeaction.html

[rodeodance]

1. I see Kerry's list is for Senators--good

[in_cog_ni_to]

16. Have ANY Senators signed on yet? Do we know? n/t

[blm]

27. For sure, I'd say Kennedy, Boxer, Durbin cuz they're pretty tight.

I don't know what other Senators will for certain, especially since Bill Clinton acted like he never heard of it on Letterman, which is utterly inplausible.

But, I also think Reid WILL sign on because of how DSM relates to Bolton which the Senate Dems are fighting.

I just don't know because these letters are kept quiet until they're handed to Bush, then a release goes out to the media.

[blm]

32. Forgot Corzine. Corzine was actually the first sen. to mention DSM on TV

when he was on Hardball. Matthews said he never heard about it and moved on quickly. That was right before DU went tsunami on the media's ass.

[rodeodance]

2. nominated--as Conyers said the work has just begun!!--need Senators

to sign also!!!!!

[rodeodance]

3. as pass to all--keep it on the Radar screen.

[blm]

4. Thanks. The media sure isn't doing its part.

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[blm]

26. Looks like people are getting confused and don't understand it's a Senate

letter that ONLY Senators sign. Our job is to make sure our senators sign on.

Conyers had a house letter and a separate public petition.

[mzmolly]

5. Done thanks BLM.

:)

[intheflow]

6. Done.

I don't have much hope for our Republican senator Allard, but maybe our junior Dem senator Salazar will show some cajones and sign. It's hard to tell if he's a true Dem or a DINO. He walks a fine line at times.

[blm]

9. Go ahead and send it anyway. Make the R's nerves jangle a bit.

They deserve it.

[stubtoe]

7. Done! Thanks for lighting that fire under my butt, blm

[blm]

8. And thanks for the new motto: Impeach. Indict. Imprison.

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[LeahD]

10. Thank you for letting us know about Senate involvement

and the need to voice our opinions!

[blm]

14. Many aren't aware of what the Senate is doing because their letters of

inquiry tend to be more on the quiet side UNTIL the letter is sent to Bush.

I hope Kerry isn't having trouble getting other senators to sign on. I started wondering about that when I heard Bill Clinton act like he wasn't familiar with DSM. No way could that be possible.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

11. Done! Thank you for posting!

[paineinthearse]

12. I'm 100% certain my junior senator is abord

And 99.9% certain my senior senator will sign.

[blm]

13. Do you live in Mass?

Cuz that would be a safe call. ;))))))))))))

[in_cog_ni_to]

15. Done. I emailed and called Weller (last week), a repuke,

who probably never reads my emails because he's such a jerk and I emailed Obama and Durbin and will call them first thing in the morning. :hi:

[DistressedAmerican]

17. Just Sent This To Hillary And Chuck. Feel Free To Use It If interested.

Get the Senate on this!

[Independent_Liberal]

18. I sent a letter to my Rep...

I'll email some Senators later on.

[Itsthetruth]

19. Has Anyone Actually Seen The Kerry Letter? Kinda Like Finding WMD's!

It's kinda like finding WMD's in Iraq! Please post the letter if you find it. Perhaps that's why the media has not reported on the letter. Hard to do that if you don't have it.

[blm]

21. It's a Senate letter, not a public petition. The action is to urge your

senator to sign on to Kerry's letter of inquiry being sent to Bush. Formal Senate letters of inquiry are made public at the same time it is given to Bush.

[Itsthetruth]

29. Well, Has Anyone Here Actually Read This Alleged Letter?

How in the world can I urge anyone, including a United States Senator, to sign a letter I haven't read and may not even agree with!

Does this letter actually exist or is it just a rumor?

[blm]

31. It wasn't just in RawStory, it was also in the Washington Post.

http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/takeaction.html#senateletter

Why would the downingstreetmemo site include it in their current action alert if it was an unconfirmed rumor?

Senators release their letters to Bush publically WHEN the letter is actually given to Bush.

You always jump on Kerry, but, so far, he's the only senator who shamed the media into paying more attention to the DSM and is working on other senators to join him in a formal letter of inquiry to Bush.

Kerry assails Bush on Iraq
Policies on Social Security, health care also draw fire
By STEVE URBON, Standard-Times senior correspondent

NEW BEDFORD -- Sen. John F. Kerry yesterday called on Americans to be more aware of the "bait and switch" Iraq war and the "hollowing out" of the Army in the pursuit of a mistaken policy.

In a swing through SouthCoast, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee attacked the priorities of the Republican Party and President Bush, elaborating on what they are sacrificing -- health care for children, infrastructure, Social Security -- in the pursuit of tax cuts.
"The Holy Grail of the Republican Party is a tax cut, whether or not we need it," he said in a meeting with The Standard-Times editorial board.

Sen. Kerry puzzled over the apparent lack of interest by Americans in the Iraq war and the near silence in the U.S. mass media about the so-called Downing Street Memo.

That leaked secret document, the minutes of a 2002 cabinet meeting of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, says bluntly that Mr. Bush had decided to attack Iraq long before going to Congress with the matter, and that "intelligence was being fixed around the policy."
It caused an uproar in Great Britain and badly hurt Mr. Blair in national elections but went almost unnoticed in the United States.

"When I go back (to Washington) on Monday, I am going to raise the issue," he said of the memo, which has not been disputed by either the British or American governments. "I think it's a stunning, unbelievably simple and understandable statement of the truth and a profoundly important document that raises stunning issues here at home. And it's amazing to me the way it escaped major media discussion. It's not being missed on the Internet, I can tell you that."

He questioned Americans' understanding of the war and the sense that criticism equals disloyalty, saying, "Do you think that Americans if they really understood it would feel that way knowing that on Election Day, 77 percent of Americans who voted for Bush believed that weapons of mass destruction had been found and 77 percent believe Saddam did 9/11? Is there a way for this to break through, ever?"

>>>>>>>

Terry M. Neal's Talking Points
Democrats Looking for a Road Map to Downing Street

By Terry M. Neal
Washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 14, 2005; 10:26 AM


Democrats this week are escalating their efforts to highlight the so-called "Downing Street Memo."

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After struggling during his failed presidential bid last year to stake out a clear and compelling position on the nation's most pressing issue -- Iraq -- Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) has come out swinging. A senior aide close to Kerry said this week that Kerry is circulating a letter about the memo among Democratic senators before sending it to Bush. The aide predicted that Kerry would make the letter public in the next few days.
>>>>>>

[Independent_Liberal]

20. I contacted Barbara Boxer...

I know she will help out with this.

[AngryWhiteLiberal]

22. "letter of inquiry" or just some bullshit "concern" letter w/out teeth??

I'll notify Elizabeth Dole about this "letter," but I'm not expecting any action on her part. :)

BTW - does this "letter" have any LEGAL STANDING or does it assist in a SUBSTANTIVE WAY to impeachment or articles of inquiry leading to impeachment??? I don't think so.

JB

[blm]

23. Yeah. Kerry didn't lnow how to look into IranContra or BCCI either.

Why don't YOU tell HIM how to get the senate to go along with an investigation.

[AngryWhiteLiberal]

24. Hmmm...and what came of his BCCI investigation? NOTHING!

Kerry's good about one thing...self-aggrandisement.

JB

[blm]

25. Horseshit. He worked 5yrs almost alone against an entire DC powerstructure

that included most of his own party.

He was scorned and vilified and ostracized. He got NO aggrandizement. In fact all he gained was a big fat TARGET on his back and the backs of his entire family, targets he has worn for three decades.

You really don't care about the historic record much do you? If you can't see that history was only able to record what really happened in IranContra and BCCI because of John Kerry's dogged and mostly lonely pursuit, then that says more about you than it does Kerry. No matter HOW it turned out, there is a congressional and historic record for future generations. The Bushies can't hide everything forever.

[mzmolly]

28. This is where your wrong.

BTW - does this "letter" have any LEGAL STANDING or does it assist in a SUBSTANTIVE WAY to impeachment or articles of inquiry leading to impeachment??? I don't think so.

The letter shows that Bush lied to congress when he said many things ... one of which "war is a last resort." Lying to congress and the American people is an impeachable offense. The founder of Afterdowningstreet.org is a constitutional lawyer and has laid out the case against Bush rather well.

You should have watched the hearings if you were interested in how it might impact potential impeachment. But, I don't think you are really interested in the truth here. You seem more interested in doing the work of Mr. Rove.

[LightningFlash]

30. Has anything really come of this?

Keep this updated.