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Primary Against Joe Donnelly (IN-02)
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207 West Colfax Avenue
South Bend, IN 46601
South Bend, IN 46601
starts: 09/09/2008 - 12:25am
On 5/10/07, Rep. Joe Donnelly betrayed the voters and troops of Indiana's 2nd Congressional District by voting to continue George Bush's disastrous Iraq War forever.
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I'm interested in making a run against Mr. Donnelly. Please contact me.
My current opinion of Mr. Donnelly
I was starting to get very disappointed by the inaction of our so-called new congress. After contacting Mr. Donnelly several times at his offices in South Bend and D.C., and by e-mail, I was a little disappointed that he never even responded to an e-mail.
My first contact was while the FISA was on the Senate Floor, I phoned and e-mailed, thanking him for not buckling to Administration pressure in regards to telcom immunity. (Interesting note: on that Senate vote, Obama voted for an amendment denying telcom immunity while billary didn't vote.)
I didn't really think the bill would be coming back to the House and that there would be an historic 'secret session'. What ticked me off was I also called Lugar and Bayh with my respectful opinion. Lugar wrote me back, at least giving me his opinion, and him and Bayh both voted for telcom immunity.
I continued to lobby Mr. Donnelly. I told his local office that I felt the reality of the telcom issue was small potatoes, but I thought it was an important step in a bigger picture, that went hand-in-hand with this administration's attack on the Constitution and Bill of Rights. I also mentioned that this was in line with the policies that led to disregard of the Geneva Conventions.
I finally recieved a response from Donnelly after I e-mailed the youTube of Abu Ghraib to his congressional e-mail account. I found Mr. Donnelly's response to be very informative. He directed me to a fiscal war support act in 2006 that lays out certain protections for detainees. Of course, that doesn't erase any impeachable offense from the Cheney record, but I was informed by this response, I am satisfied that Mr. Donnelly has voted correctly IN REGARDS to the treatment of detainees, and I was EXTREMELY PLEASED with his vote in regards to the recent House version of the FISA.
I called Donnelly's local office again, and left a message thanking him. I look forward to inviting him to a town meeting. If any of my neighbors have tough, progressive questions for Mr. Donnelly, I am sure this discourse will be healthy and enlightening for all. I would also like to invite Mr. Obama, Mr. Gravel, and Cynthia McKinney to our Town Hall Meeting.
I have some resources, but I need a 'venue' or hall / amphitheater for hosting this event. Anyone with ideas is encouraged to contact me immediately at event_audio_93@yahoo.com.
Thank you.