Re: Help needed on H.R. 2239

[Scotty Allen <scotty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I don't bother to tell them where I am from unless they ask. TMI (too 
> much information). I find that the staffers that answer the phones 
> generally don't ask, because they assume that you are a constituent.
> If they ask, don't lie. Say that you know what kind of pull Rep. Joe 
> Bloe has and you want him to know that s/he needs to save this country 
> by voting for the bill. Whatever works for you. The conversation is not 
> that important as long as you get the *vote for* message across. Hang up 
> and move on.

Yeah, I think I for one will be giving this a miss.  To me, contacting
one's representatives has become an indirect (and highly inefficient and
inaccurate) for of direct democracy.  If enough constituents call in in
favor of or against a particular issue, the representative changes his
or her vote a particular way (or is supposed to).  Calling a
representative which isn't my own, and letting them make the assumption
that I am a constituent, raises a lot of moral issues for me.  

Isn't fair voting what we're all here advocating?  This doesn't strike
me as fair...

-Scotty

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