The right are letting their fingers do the walking.. a concerted effort

[Peacetrain]

is under way by the right.... you can bank this one.

EDIT: with link from Triana (thank you)http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4979600&mesg_id=4979600

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The recent debate over the nearly $900 billion economic stimulus plan and revelations of tax problems by three Obama administration appointees have voters angrily jamming phone lines on Capitol Hill to air their frustrations to their elected representatives.
Voters are calling several congressional offices, complaining about stimulus negotations.

Voters are calling several congressional offices, complaining about stimulus negotations.

Their reactions are putting pressure on Congress and benefiting watchdog groups on both sides of the political aisle.

Capitol operators tell CNN Radio that phone lines have been jammed for the past two weeks, sometimes prompting busy signals.

A spokeswoman for Sen. Jim Webb, D-Virginia, said calls on the sweeping stimulus plan jumped from eight during all of January to hundreds a day now.

In a sampling of 12 Senate offices, half had so many messages that their voicemail boxes were full.

It's because of people like Betty Davidson.

"I'm very upset!" exclaimed the 63-year-old from Laguna Hills, California.

[patrice]

1. It's unfortunate that the actual "data" collection from such calls is crude, to say the least.

It registers little or no information compared to what is actually contained in the communications that they are receiving.

If congresscritters actually did classify and identify the actual information that they are receiving, I'd bet they'd find that the line between the parties, the simple either this or that BS has disappeared. But that won't, of course, prevent the Powers that Be from characterizing it in whatever manner perpetuates their power.

[Triana]

2. Clicking too. . .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4979600&mesg_id=4979600

[Peacetrain]

3. They are going to try and do what they did to Clinton to Obama.. but

this time hopefully forewarned it forearmed.. thanks for the links.. I am going to try and see if I can edit my op still and put that in there...

[treestar]

4. People in Congress should have learned by now

That fanatics of all stripes do this, and they aren't representative of the voters, and this should not be a justification for voting on or doing anything.