DailyKos: Hoyer trashes Colbert, Kos trashes Hoyer

[philmo]

For those of you who don't read/haven't checked yet DailyKos, there's a post about my rep Steny Hoyer attacking Stephen Colbert for his statements at the White House Press dinner. Kos goes on to call Hoyer a Lieberman-style Republican posing as a Democrat and suggests that we should find a replacement for him.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/5/2/23293/39735

I personally thought Colbert was hilarious. I'm still shocked they let him get away with some of that.

[reichstag911]

1. A couple things:

1) Your shock that they let Colbert "get away with" criticizing our Dear Leader says a lot about why he must go; and 2) if Hoyer's your rep, what's your ZIP (or one close to it)? I want to send an email to that gutless DINO, but his page is only set up to accept email from constituents ( http://www.hoyer.house.gov/contact/email.asp ). Let's deluge the DINO douchebag with disparaging diatribes!

PS Consider reposting in GD/Politics for wider readership.

On edit: Forget the PS; it's already in LBN at http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2260216

[philmo]

2. Zip

I'm the very northern tip of his district, the zip is 20707.

[reichstag911]

3. Thanx! n/t

[AnnieBW]

5. Howdy, Neighbor!

20707 here, too. Steny's a frelling DINO...

[sbj405]

4. He's my rep, too. Email goes tomorrow.

[dcfirefighter]

6. damn. Hoyer does alot for we firefighters. damn.

I don't know what to say. (he's my rep too - 20740)

[lhfang]

8. hey

im in the 20740 too....damn hoyer, that's lame...i interned for him in high school haha...

http://collegedemsofmd.blogspot.com/

[Broken_Hero]

16. Like life,

you gotta take the good, with the bad...:)

[Alex35332]

7. Word about Hoyer in E-voting

movement is that he is the one stoping the House Paper Trail Bill.

[philmo]

9. Well, that would certainly make up my mind about Hoyer.

Do you have any more information or sources about that you can share?

[TrueFunkSoldier]

10. Steny is my rep, too! It's sad but true...

I'm so sick of these Bush ass-kissing, milquetoast DemoCraps! Too bad Steny is in a relatively safe district. People don't really know much about his pro-Bush stance. If the young people from College Park, Greenbelt, Laurel, Hyattsville, etc. knew the real deal, they'd stop voting for him and support a real progressive. He and Mikulski need to go!

[DaveinMD]

11. Mikulski?

She is one of most progressive Dems in the Senate.

[TrueFunkSoldier]

12. Bullocks! She voted for the war and against a timetable/withdrawal...

She didn't stand with Boxer against voter fraud. She supported Alito and other neocons. There are a host of other key votes that went against progresive-minded ideology. I used to think she was more progressive but she's not. It's a sham...

[DaveinMD]

13. I think

you are wrong on some of these votes. Her ideological rankings are always among the most liberal in the Senate.

[TrueFunkSoldier]

14. Yes, but that doesn't say much when you look at the Senate as a whole...

...the Senate isn't necessarily a bastion of liberalism these days. So sure, she'll rank among the most liberal because there are maybe 3 or 4 self-professed libbies left. I'm looking for her votes, though. I know that there were several times where she disappointed me with a crucial vote she cast. Let me do some research and I'll get back...

[philmo]

15. So now what?

Are there any progressives running against Hoyer?

[Alex35332]

17. Not in the primary t

There is a Green in the general election. http://www.stevenwarner2006.com/
I talked to him and he seems like a good guy, I am trying to get him to press Hoyer on the Paper Ballots issue.