Posted on 02/10/2009 7:28:06 PM PST by kristinn
I went to visit Sen. Arlen Specter to save him from an embarrassing pro-stimulus vote that will damage America's economy and send the nation back to 1970s-style stagflation.
Jim Robinson, founder of FreeRepublic.com, and I arrived at Sen. Specter's office with a group of folks who oppose the $1.5 trillion stimulus package, on this past Monday morning. We asked to see Sen. Specter. The office secretary didn't seem to be happy to see us. I could not blame her. We were there to embarrass her boss. Jim, wearing his Navy cap, asked about the senator's whereabouts, but the secretary wasn't helping. It was distressing to see a wheelchair-bound Navy veteran being treated with such disrespect by a senator's staff.
It is clear that Specter's front-office staff needs to do an internship at Wal-Mart to pick up tips on how to properly work as a greeter. While the staffer told us she didn't know where Specter was, the senator was on Laura Ingraham's national radio program, defending the stimulus bill and snidely calling her "young lady" when she challenged him.
The desk staffer warned me that I couldn't go into the backrooms. It went through my mind that I certainly should be able to walk through the doors because I helped pay for them with my tax money. But diplomacy kicked in, so I yelled some more.
Eventually, Specter's chief of staff emerged and took notes as our group told him how disgusted we were that his boss was favoring a stimulus bill that is overwhelmingly apposed by his constituents.
Liz Colby Harp brought her five homeschooled children so Specter could see whom he is saddling with trillions of dollars of future debts. She was gracious, intelligent and dead on with her remarks.
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bttt
Impressive job and a well written article. Thanks for posting. :-)
Wish I could have been there.
WOW!! WAY TO GO MAF AND FREEPERS!!
Now a 21st century Boston Tea Party.
“While leaving Specter’s office on Monday, I walked past a long line of people wearing ACORN t-shirts. This is the same group that helped get Obama elected. They came to get what the rest of us will be paying for”.
Very nice.....thank you for the post
Awesome!
Thank you to all that attended for us who could not.
Congrats for your usually excellent and courageous work!
Thanks to JimRob, MM and everyone who represented FReepers in DC!!
Ole Howard Sprague has sure gone down hill since leaving Mayberry.
Jim and Melanie,et all....we are PROUD OF YOUR conviction and courage in facing Senator Spector on this issue....even though you could not see him personally. You made your presence known! Way ta go!!!!
Polly
Great work, everyone.
Thank you for being the voice of the people that are back at home paying for this nonsense that is proposed!
BTT. The Boss kicks butt.
Any of these three GOP’ers who votes cloture next time should be considered co-subversives with the (rest of the) Marxists.
Interview: Jim Simpson (manuf. crisis), Philip Berg (Berg v. Obama) on Sentinel Radio Network - 2/9/2009
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2182651/posts
Thank you Kristinn!
Thank you for being the visible anti-stimulus voice when the e-mails seem to get no where with these people.
I’ve sent e-mails to Specter, Collins and Snowe in no uncertain terms telling them what I thought about their backing of the stimulus.
In my email, I also told them to consider a “shoe” had been thrown at them.
I’ve considered cleaning my closet out of old shoes and mailing one to each of those RINOs, and also to Schumer because of his comment about the American people not caring about “a little pork”.
Maybe a “shoe” avalanche from patriots across America will get their attention.
Let him do his own work.
It's the one thing Spector can be proud of accomplishing all on his own. Don't tread on his legacy for crying out loud!
Now that I have vented, thank you all for your work promoting our freedoms for it IS greatly appreciated more than you know.
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