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cellioLots of good links in this post.
I don't know if it actually matters, but when I write to my congresscritters I try to apply honey rather than vinegar, showing how we're not so different even though we might be on opposite sides of an issue, and so on. (I do not, of course, lie, but I attempt spin. I don't claim to be good at it.)
That said, here is the letter I sent to my two Republican senators today.
Dear Senator [name],
I am writing to urge you to oppose signing a blank check for war with Iraq at this time. I am not one of those bleeding-heart liberals who opposes war at all costs; I believe that war can be justified and that a future war with Iraq could be. However, the rule of law is very important. Absent an immediate threat, we must work through channels.
The UN has many flaws, but it is the body that we have chosen to work with in addressing international matters. We must not go to war without UN support and aid. If Saddam Hussein is the threat we think he is, then he threatens everyone, not just us, and we should not have to go it alone. And if he is not the threat the President says he is, then all we will do by attacking is to call down the fury of the rest of the world upon us. We may be the most powerful nation on earth, but we still have to live with all of the others, so it behooves us to follow the rules.
Thank you for your consideration.
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I don't know if it actually matters, but when I write to my congresscritters I try to apply honey rather than vinegar, showing how we're not so different even though we might be on opposite sides of an issue, and so on. (I do not, of course, lie, but I attempt spin. I don't claim to be good at it.)
That said, here is the letter I sent to my two Republican senators today.
Dear Senator [name],
I am writing to urge you to oppose signing a blank check for war with Iraq at this time. I am not one of those bleeding-heart liberals who opposes war at all costs; I believe that war can be justified and that a future war with Iraq could be. However, the rule of law is very important. Absent an immediate threat, we must work through channels.
The UN has many flaws, but it is the body that we have chosen to work with in addressing international matters. We must not go to war without UN support and aid. If Saddam Hussein is the threat we think he is, then he threatens everyone, not just us, and we should not have to go it alone. And if he is not the threat the President says he is, then all we will do by attacking is to call down the fury of the rest of the world upon us. We may be the most powerful nation on earth, but we still have to live with all of the others, so it behooves us to follow the rules.
Thank you for your consideration.
[signature, address]
How'd I do?
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Date: 2002-10-08 12:27 pm (UTC)I was unable to find any statements from Senator Santorum on the subject so far this month.
[My apologies for not including references; Thomas is giving me temporary cache URLs, and I haven't figure out yet how to properly bookmark specific passages.]
[Also, since I would not like to torque off the distinguished gentlemen from Pennsylvania, whom I am not notifying of this post, I would like to explicitly state that it is not my intention in naming them to suggest motives on either's part, but simply to summarize the substance of arguments made during a public meeting in order to advance thoughtful public discussion.]
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Date: 2002-10-08 12:35 pm (UTC)[Also, since I would not like to torque off the distinguished gentlemen from Pennsylvania, whom I am not notifying of this post, I would like to explicitly state that it is not my intention in naming them to suggest motives on either's part, but simply to summarize the substance of arguments made during a public meeting in order to advance thoughtful public discussion.]
Nice. Very nice. :-)