Posted on 06/26/2007 3:51:14 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
UPDATE, 10:30 p.m. — Porkopolis was his usual tenacious self, and copied me on an e-mail response he received from Ms. Garrett A.K. Silverman, George Voinovich’s Press Secretary, which is as follows:
While Sen. Voinovich thinks the current bill is far from perfect, he strongly supports border security and a way to bring people out of the shadows. He will continue to try to make this bill better—in his eyes, the status quo is not a possibility.
I don’t take a lot of comfort in that.
UPDATE: Just heard Hannity mention Voinovich as not having decided and quote (without appellation, but that’s okay in this circumstance) this post’s “comments from constituents” phrase.
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I called George Voinovich’s Washington Office at about 8:30 a.m. (ahem, the number is 202-224-3353).
The gentleman who answered the phone (whose name I didn’t get because his answer to my question about the senator’s planned vote on immigration-bill cloture almost threw me out of my chair) said that Voinovich has not indicated how he will vote on the measure. Voinovich voted FOR cloture (BizzyBlog link; roll call vote) a couple of weeks ago when the bill was killed the first time around.
I called the Senator’s Cleveland office and confirmed that he has not made up his mind, and is taking comments from constituents.
This is a surprise (to me, at least), because I haven’t seen Voinovich’s name on any of the “on the fence” (so to speak) lists like this one at Michelle Malkin’s place last Thursday, and had the impression he was a lost cause. Maybe he still is, and maybe he’s just posing, but it surely wouldn’t hurt to give the senator a civil and constructive piece of your mind.
You have the Washington number. Here’s a link to all of them.
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bttt
I wrote him last night.
Not indicated = YES!!
And YES! = no chance of re-election in the next round. He's the consummate RINO, like many of Ohio's big-city Republicans. He'll vote YES only if he want's to get "Tafted".
Will he cry a river of tears again today when he votes YES?
I tried to get an answer out of him but can’t get him to stop crying long enough to say something.
I’ve lived in Ohio my entire life,never saw a more pathetic group of politicos than the ones we have now.I will work for his defeat with real fervor if he votes for this travesty.
When is he up for re-election?
2010.
For the Democrats, I would strongly suggest taking a pro-union/anti-illegal alien stance (i.e. “they are taking our jobs”) rather than using the conservative national security angle.
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Voinovich is voting YES on cloture.
Then he may, like 9 other RINOs looking for cover under an agreement with Harry Reid, vote No on the final bill, but that will be meaningless. Reid and Bush already have 51 plus solid votes for passage.
It also shows the political incompetence of the Republicans. When the Democrats were in the minority at 45 votes, they could still stop every Republican initiative with a filibuster. Lott and Frist could never get a cloture vote even when they had a 55 vote majority. Daschle and Reid had them wrapped around their fingers.
Today’s cloture vote is the go/no go vote, and it will pass because Bush and Reid and all the special interests have bribed these morons up to their gills. Earmarks? You ain’t seen nothing yet!
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If the democrats had enough sense to put a candidate a little more reasonable up against him than Fingerhut, Voinovich wouldn't be in office.
However, the Dems got smart and ran a less flagrantly extreme left candidate against DeWine. If Voinovich doesn't figure out very quickly that he needs the conservative base to keep his office, his days are numbered. Hopefully Republicans will be pissed off enough at him by then that we can get a competent opponent to run against him in the primary.
Here's the body of my e-mail:
Dear Senator and staff:
I am calling on Senator Voinovich to vote "NO" on cloture regarding Immigration Bill S. 1639. No amount of amendments can make this bill a good one until we have securely enforced our borders.
Anyone that would like to hear Sean Hannity interview with George Voinovich on Amnesty please email me at djmathys@yahoo.com with the subject “send me Hannity” and I will send it to you. Maybe someone can post it on the net and get the word out.
This is an interview with George Voinovich on June 27th 2007 on the Sean Hannity radio show.
This is your Ohio Representative in action and his view on illegal immigrant amnesty.
He has no idea that he is voting that every illegal in this country will be awarded with
amnesty and are free to live and work in the U.S.
Remember that he is voting for you. If you don’t agree with him, to bad. He will not be intimidated by your voice and opinion.
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