Lieberman's staffer told me they don't listen to people outside

[ej510]

of his state and hung up in my face! :mad: :puke:

[katsy]

1. Don't feel bad.

He doesn't listen to people in his state either. :hug:

[ej510]

2. He doesn't give a fuck about the people.

[WestSeattle2]

36. Very few of them do! It's all about campaign donations.

[Captain Hilts]

3. They ALL do that. In fact, unless you lie, you can't e-mail them either!

[ej510]

7. He's the only one who has done that to me.

I told Harry Reid where I was from.

[Captain Hilts]

14. I tried to e-mail Boxer and Feinstein, without success unless I lied. nt

[Bluzmann57]

18. I called Baucus' office once

And the woman who answered asked me which advocacy group I represented. I said, "Since I'm sitting in my living room in Davenport, Iowa, I'd say me." She proceeded to take my name and thanked me. So they don't all hang up on out of staters.

[backscatter712]

28. Lets' lie! Today, we're all from Connecticut! n/t

[CTyankee]

35. I'm all for it! As one who was a foot soldier for Ned Lamont, I feel your pain AGAIN.

GEEZ, he's baaack....

[rurallib]

4. Doubt they listen to Connecticut either.

[napi21]

5. That;s not unusual. Well, hanging up is, but many Reps & Sens

won't even let you email them is you are not a State resident. In fact, of all people, Bernie Sanders is one of them. I remember him saying on a Hartmann show to email him, then he added "Just use any VT address or it won't get through."

[gateley]

9. That's kind of understandable -- people of the State want their reps listening

to THEM, not to people who live elsewhere.

I've just called (and e-mailed) and said "although not a constituent, I'm prepared to contributed to Congressman/woman's _______ opponent when s/he is up for re-election". I figure that's all they care about anyway -- votes and money.

[katsy]

33. The only problem with that outdated notion is that...

lobbyists, be they from his district, some corporation in or out of state, or from as far away as Israel, do get lieberman's ear.

But people, be they from his state or around the U.S. do not get his ear.

Something is broken.

[Cass]

40. You make an excellent point.

And I would add that their individual votes oftentimes do affect all Americans so it is not unreasonable for someone from out of the district to contact them with concerns.

[FrenchieCat]

6. He didn't ask me what state I was in when he took my message.....

and if he had, I would have said I'm right there in CT!:)

[Life Long Dem]

8. I bet it wouldn't matter if you stood outside his office protesting.

[derby378]

10. People, no. Corporations, on the other hand...

:mad:

[Clio the Leo]

11. Call back and say you're the CEO of United Health ..........

.... maybe then they'll listen. :)

[peace13]

12. Many of our fine elected officials feel this way. n/t

[Mike Daniels]

13. Truth be told I don't want Webb and Warner from VA listening to out of staters either

They were elected to represent the interests of Virginia not the interests of someone from California, Michigan or anywhere else.

Granted, Lieberman's office's response was pretty rude but I won't hold the general practice of shutting out non-residents against them.

[CTyankee]

15. Call up again and tellthem you live in the Westville section of New Haven

near his former house on Alston Avenue (it's where I live actually, altho it is nowhere near as good a street). That should slide you through...

[Jennicut]

17. Or tell them you live on Allen St. in Terryville and you are pissed!

[peace13]

19. Zip code is the key to the door! n/t

[CTyankee]

34. It's 06515. That'll do it...nt

[vaberella]

32. Yup, that's the best move. n/t

[Tom Rinaldo]

16. Every time he has to pick up that phone our message is getting through

They know why the phone is ringing even if they do hang up.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

20. And they really shouldn't.

They are not charged with representing you.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

21. I understand what people are feeling.

My senators support a public option...they are representing me. I feel rather helpless that all the work and effort are potentially wasted because of Lieberman. I feel like calling Lieberman's office and telling him to fuck off, but he's not my senator and he doesn't represent me.

[Lars39]

22. They do when they sit on Committees deciding things for everybody.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

25. Then call the committee office. (nt)

[phleshdef]

23. Horse shit, their vote effects ME. Don't even try that crap.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

24. That's the whole point of representative governments.

It's not horse shit - it's the truth. Deal with it.

[IndianaGreen]

26. that's the problem with representative democracy, as opposed to direct democracy

and the same could be said for that other sham called equality under the law.

[phleshdef]

27. It is horse shit. US Senators make decisions that effect the entire US.

And we out of staters can in fact contribute to their opponents if we do desire. It is not confined to a state by state case basis as much as you would like to think it is.

DEAL WITH IT.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

30. I don't think it's confined to anything.

But the entire point of having local representatives is that they represent the issues of a geographical segment of the population. This is not a new concept at all.

[phleshdef]

47. As long as they continue to accept money outside their location, I don't care about the concept.

Its only practiced in theory, NOT in reality.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

50. Piss and moan all you want - the system's not changing. (nt)

[verges]

41. And you have two Senators whose

job it is to represent you. You don't get all 100.

[madamesilverspurs]

29. My former congresswoman once stated

that she saw no reason to listen to anyone who didn't vote for her. Did you notice that I said FORMER congresswoman?
She was replaced last November, and good riddance!

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[vaberella]

31. Why did you say you were out of State?! I call in and give a very Republican dominated zip code.

You get more things done this way. There's no need to tell anyone what State you're in. I'm in NYC so I don't have to deal with a lot of things other states do. That being said, I want to help other constituents who may not be Blue but are purple and leaning blue. So I call in and give a Republican Zip and do my duty.

[Garam_Masala]

39. It is called "Caller ID"

It gives away your location. They ask only to check if you are lying.

[vaberella]

43. Oh really? My phone is blocked. It's listed as PRIVATE. So I don't have that problem. nt

[Garam_Masala]

44. That explains it! They must hang up on unidentified phone callers or

be rude to them. Overwhelming percentage of phones are not blocked for
caller ID.

[avaistheone1]

45. I believe they can see your caller ID whether you are blocked or not.

After all they are the government, and you know we have precious little privacy left to us.

[Kaleva]

37. Why listen to someone who won't and can't vote for them?

[Garam_Masala]

38. Next time you call them, say "I want to contribute to Joe's campaign fund"

and see how nice you will be treated.

[otohara]

42. Call Back & Say You're From Connecticut

and hang up on them.

I always use their office addresses to write e-mails so they will go through.

[lunatica]

46. Like they listen to anyone

[grasswire]

48. he's denying health care to Americans EVERYWHERE

Not just nutmeggers.

That's why location is irrelevant.

[Jennicut]

49. Anyone who wants to get through just use the zipcode 06786

Say you live around the Bristol area and you think Loserman not voting for cloture will be as crappy as I-95 during rush hour. That should do the trick. }(