I got a nasty letter from my congressman. (Pete King R-NY CD 3)

[Renew Deal]

I had called as part of the Move-on censure Bush campaign. This is what I got back.

Dear Mr. Bleachers7,

I understand that you recently contacted my office requesting that I vote to censure President Bush.

I disagree with you in every respect. You are morally, intellectually and politically wrong. President Bush is an outstanding leader of outstanding integrity. Like Ed Koch I thank God every night that he is our President. You should do the same.

Very truly yours, Pete T King

_______
Pete, you're a loser.

[yorgatron]

1. stick to your guns pete

and go down with the ship,fuckhead!

[punpirate]

36. Reminds me of...

... Winston Churchill's comment during a Parliamentary mass exodus of his party to the opposition: "This is first time I have seen rats swimming toward a sinking ship."

Cheers.

[bhunt70]

2. hah you are kidding me.

It has to be a staffer doing that, seriously please tell me it was an unruly staffer.

[F.Gordon]

20. That was my first thought

But if true, this dickwad has now reached level three. Denial, Desperation, then...Anger.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

3. AHAHA!!

What the hell? "I thank God every night that he is our President"? And I thank God every night--and morning--that I wasn't born with the intellectual capacity of an infant.

What is wrong with these people?

[ProfessorGAC]

78. Ummmm????

I think you were born with the intellectually capacity of an infant. Weren't we all?

Now, staying there, like Petey and Li'l Georgie is a different matter.
The Professor

[LuLu550]

4. Ha ha ha!

What a twit he is! When does he run again? Get him out of office!

[_Jumper_]

5. What? He isn't out harassing Muslims?

King is human garbage.

[illini]

6. Keep up the good work.

Send him a letter a week and spell out your criticisms. Keep it up to date. Use the top ten list if you need. And encourage others. And above all keep your letters clean. Then keep his letters. Next time he comes up for election offer them to the opposing candidate. Just a thought.

[mdmc]

7. NYCD 3

Is that Long Island or Staten Island?

[Renew Deal]

17. Long Island

East Nassau and west suffolk.

[blm]

8. Unbelievable. Send it to the Daily News or Newsday.

Let them take a gander.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

9. Send it to the Village Voice or Newsday

what a fuckin' loser!

[proud patriot]

26. That is a most Excellent Idea

:thumbsup:

[SeveneightyWhoa]

10. Mind if I use this for my next Counterbias story?

A la Drudge Report, I am doing my best to smear Republicans in any way possible. This would be interesting.

If you'd let me use your real name, let me know, otherwise I'll just use the text of the email..

[Renew Deal]

21. Sure, PM me with what you need.

[imax2268]

11. be careful now...

if you send him to many letters...he might get Asscroft's goons after you...

[Cleita]

12. He has judged your morals? Your Intellect? Told you that you

can't think for yourself politically? Wow, I would call him a NAZI.

[Mr. Brown of MD]

13. Got a scanner?

I'd really love to see the hard copy of that letter. :D

I'm sure I'm not the only one.

If not, well, it's still pretty funny. But man, that would be hilarious to see and spread across the 'Net.

-CollegeDude
Just curious

[Renew Deal]

I'll try to do something with it.

[arewethereyet]

14. amazingly stupid, this called for a form letter

what a bozo

[Stephanie]

15. You ought to make every effort to see that gets published in the paper

Send it to Newsday. Call up some reporters. This is how he addresses his constituents? Who's running against him? Make sure his opponent gets a copy.

[Renew Deal]

24. No opponent yet.

That sucks.

[proud patriot]

28. Then you run

:D

[TheFarseer]

16. My congressman

usually writes back something to the effect of, I agree with alot of your points and your letter was well written. Unfortunatelly I'm a tool and once they threw me a bone for the folks back home, I caved.

[markses]

25. That's correct

When I was living out in Central PA, the Congressman was a total reactionary Repub in a safe reactionary Repub district (they didn't even run a Dem against him when I was there). He at least had the courtesy to locate a point we could both agree on in my letters and emails, and detail his work on that, while avoiding discussing the other stuff.

The letter King sent is truly unbelievable - but perhaps a bit more honest. The original poster should continue to send King his or her own honest assessment of King's performance, and perhaps put that letter up like flyers all over the neighborhood (with identifying information whited out, of course).

As we say in Brooklyn: Whatta SKOOTCH!

[Pattib]

45. I received a letter like that from my former Congressman Joe Scarborough,

it was in reply to a National Abortion Rights League email about roe v. wade. It was a couple of yrs. ago.

He stated that abortion was wrong and he would fight to stop it at every turn, yada, yada, yada. He's no longer in office as I am sure you all know. We now have a new loser who is just as bad.

[gulfcoastliberal]

84. Hi Patty!

:hi:

Would you be referring to Jeff Miller? He is such a tool!

[Pattib]

98. Yep, that's him.

My son's Gay/Straight alliance at college sponsored a debate about gay marriage. Congressman Miller was a speaker and he pulled a Rick Santorum. He said that pretty soon people will want to marry dogs, lamp posts, etc...My son called him an idiot and people applauded. Sorry for being off topic.

[chelaque liberal]

71. Saxby Chamblis

I have the misfortune of having Saxby Chamblis for a senator. Every time I write a letter I get a patronizing response explaining how misguided I am. Not as insulting as this letter, but it feels pointless to write anymore.

[Lefty48197]

18. Sounds like Pete supports the Great Unifier

.

[Exgeneral]

19. That sounds like a Top Ten idiot if I've ever heard one!

Be sure to send a copy of that to Skinner

[LeahMira]

22. What's with the personal attack?

You are morally, intellectually and politically wrong.

You didn't expect him to agree with you, did you? But still, you didn't expect a personal attack!

There are plenty of vaguely pleasant ways to have said that Mr. King had no intention of doing as you suggested. He could have said that while he understands some of your concerns, he does not at this time believe that censure is the proper course, yadda, yadda, yadda ...

To be fair, I didn't see your note to him, but having no reason to assume that it was not politely and reasonably structured, there is absolutely NO EXCUSE for a personal attack such as this. Telling you what you should do is overstepping this man's prerogatives.

Send it to the newspaper, make a few copies and leave them in your local library, and let the rest of this person's constituents see what a heavy-handed little dictator he tries to be. And please work your little tail off to see that this individual is out of public office pronto.

Sorry this happened to you. Pete is indeed a loser.

[Wickerman]

33. I'd remove that with notification

no personal attacks, dammit.

Agree - this needs widespread dissemination.

[BEZARK]

23. A Republican Congressman didn't burst into flames

. . . typing the very words "morally" and "intellectually?" The words didn't themselves scurry off the page in embarrassment.

[lastknowngood]

27. Simply call him a mental midget and a moral pygmy who

supports a draft dodging cocaine sniffing alcoholic Nazi moran who lied us into a war and is directly responsible for 566 young American deaths and by ignoring the warnings before sep 11 is traitor to this country and guilty of negligent homicide of 3000 Americans.

[SoCalDem]

29. Don't you just love how all the repubes are being sure they

include a dem name..they are hiding behind them like a bully who runs & hides in mommy's skirts

You should write him back and tell him that you hope he and mr koch will be very happy together, because he's a doddery old fool too :)

[JHB]

73. DEM name? Ed Koch has been DINO for ages now...

...long enough that NEWSMAX republishes his radio comments. Not only was the term practically invented for him, and for long enough now that you can practically tack the -saur suffix on it.

Check http://premierespeakers.com/554/index.cfm and take a gander at who his "similar speakers" are...

[SoCalDem]

75. That's my point.. They always use the least liberal ones they can find

BUT..they always mention the fact that they are dems.. Like the "Zell Miller" stamp of approval..:grr:

[Fridays Child]

30. That Petie, he be drinkin' the Kool-Aid.

Oh, yeah!

Even over at the Freak Republic, they have a name for people like him. He's a bushbot!

[Steven_S]

31. I kinda doubt that was from King directly...

Sounds like it came from one of his winger workers. Might be interesting if you could find out. When I get responses from my rep (Crowley) in the Bronx he explains his position and doesn't resort to that trite BS answer that you got.

It'd be nice if you guys could vote him out!

[seabeyond]

32. wow, wow

i cant believe these people have time to personally send an email so maybe this was a flunky, if not another wow.

you gonna thank god every nite like those two do, hm

[NJCher]

34. Pete T King

What an ASS!


Cher

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

35. Why don't we all email him in response?

It's an idea

[Isere]

38. Yes, let's tell him what we think.

I've never seen a more "Up Yours" letter from a member of Congress.

Shame on him!

[seabeyond]

47. i just sent an email to king and the funny, shame on you

was my main theme,. lol lol cool

[cally]

37. I thought King represented a moderate district

I liked what he did on impeachment but this is absurd. Please let others know about this.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

39. Bleachers, where do you live?

I just need to add that to my article. I am disseminating this info, baby!

[Career Prole]

40. Damn!

:wow:
Kay Bailey Hutchinson sends form letters, but at least they're civil form letters!

[SeveneightyWhoa]

41. Here's the first news link for this story--spread this link!

www.counterbias.com/news002.html

The liberal Drudge strikes again.
Please contact me with any corrections, problems, etc, about this article..

[Renew Deal]

42. The letter was signed by King with a pen.

He must have seen this letter. He signed it. It's not a stamp.

[uhhuh]

44. I'm interested in what you said to him

I expect you wrote a civil letter to him too, but if you went off on him, and this incident gets more attention, it may make look like you did the attack. Do you have what you wrote to him?

[Renew Deal]

46. I made a phone call,

And talked to a staffer. I said something to the effect of: I am calling to ask Congressman King to please censure president Bush for lying about WMD.

It was very close to that. Nothing nasty. I even asked the staffer if they had gotten some of those calls and he said that he got some. I imagine that there are more of these letters out there.

[uhhuh]

49. I'm sorry

I just reread your original post and saw that you had called(d'oh!).

That seems totally reasonable to me. I think we should all call and write this buffoon.

[Stephanie]

52. Nice job!

Good work - you got yourself a scoop!

[rucky]

82. What an Awesome Website!

I'll definately be making daily visits. Thanks!

[LDS Jock]

43. i had to try it too

I just signed up on moveon.org to do the same thing. Wonder if I'll get a tacky letter in response too.

[Nostradammit]

48. I just wrote to your congressman -

Here's what I said:

Dear Congressman King

I understand that you recently contacted my friend, who had requested that you vote to censure President Bush.

Regarding your response, I disagree with you in every respect. You are morally, intellectually and politically wrong. President Bush is a terrible leader of zero integrity. Like millions of Americans, I pray to God every night that the citizenry wakes up and removes him from office. You should do the same.

Very truly yours,

Nostradammit
Eugene, OR

[Renew Deal]

50. lol

Thanks :toast:

[Liberal Veteran]

51. Send it to your local newspaper.

Let them know how he treats his constituents.

Rude bastard that he is.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

53. Kiss our collective DU butts, King.

[dmr]

54. He's my congressman too

Tomorrow I'll give his office a call.

I called his office too as part of the MoveOn censure campaign. The staffer I spoke to wasn't very pleasant. Thanked me for my opinion, but said: "fortunately your opinions do not reflect that of this office" Wonder if I'll get a nasty-gram. I'd invite him over to tell it to my face.

Pete, you are a loser.

[ButterflyBlood]

55. You have to get rid of him in November

Gore won his district, Kerry will win his district, there's no reason for them to vote to throw out * and then reelect one of his asskissers.

[Freddie Stubbs]

56. You have to give the guy some credit,

he certainly was't trying to dance around the issue. Not many congressional offices will send out a reply that straighforward in disagreement with a constituent.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

59. I don't give anyone credit for lying through their teeth.

[Generic Other]

57. Hey, Mr. T Rex

You talk tough for a reptilian...

[fujiyama]

58. "You should do the same"

What sort of shit is that? God, what an obnoxious ass hole.

[Wapsie B]

60. Yep, that's right King.

Go down with the ship. Let chimpy be the anchor around everyone's neck in the gop.

[roguevalley]

61. send him another telling him he has no right to talk to you that way. he's

an elected idiot. cretin. Publish that everywhere.

[pfitz59]

62. A picture of the doofus.....

[Kool Kitty]

63. I think that's a picture of TWO doofuses.

Or would that be Doofi? :freak:

[WoodrowFan]

91. OH MY GOD

he looks even less intelligent than Shrub!

[fortyfeetunder]

64. Mass mailing DU'ers...get your pens warmed up

What will that chump do if a bunch of folks mailed in similar details?

[Piperay]

65. Geeesh

:wtf: that guy must be on crack or something! :wow:

[mandyky]

66. Is anyone running against King?

Whether Green, Dem or whatever, send them a copy of the letter, too. As long as the House and Senate are GOP controlled, shrub and crew will get away with all of this crap they've done.

[dusty64]

67. He has gone off the deep end

and is one of the most despicable rethugs spewing his shit all over the corporate media. Its hard to believe he represents ANY part of New York. Is their any hope of ousting his pathetic ass?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

68. I am going to write him and say that

in light of his unprofessional, rude and ignorant response I will personally contribute to the campaign of his oponent when he runs again. Shame on him.

[Stuckinthebush]

69. A politician would never talk like that to a constituent

That must be from a staffer.

Here's an idea...get your local news station or newspaper to do a short story on the letter. You can be shown as the concerned citizen who was expressing your opinion to your representative, and you got back this nasty letter telling you that you were immoral and an idiot. If you can, cry a little on camera.

Then, within two days, it will be on the Today show and King will have to issue an apology.

[Skittles]

72. I AGREE

This is conduct completely unbecoming - I suggest you raise hell about it.

[Richardo]

70. "*morally* wrong"?

That is such CRAP! :hurts:

That little Tom Delay mini-me needs another letter. Arrogant sactimonious prick.

:grr: :mad:

[BabsSong]

74. This actually is quite frightening

Congressmen/women always have some bland response thanking you for contacting them and outlining their position, blah, blah because they are looking at your as a potential voter so they want to handle you with kid gloves. This kind of stuff is basically declaring war on fellow citizens and telling you that you are an inferior person. Morally wrong can easily become: "we have to rid our nation of these scum who are polluting our morals". These people really are dangerous Nazis.

[wicket]

76. what a piece of crap!

I agree with the other posters who have said you should send it to news outlets, go for it!

[ProfessorGAC]

77. Morally Wrong????

He could tell from a letter that you lack moral clarity. He should have his own psychic network.
The Professor

[suegeo]

79. Oh to have a congressmen like yours!

As bad as his response was, at least he addresses the issues you raised. Which indicates a certain amount of sanity and contact with reality.

On the other hand, communication with my congressman is like the dialog in the play "Waiting for Godot."

For example, I phoned my congressmen after the state of the union to express my concerns about just how dangerous Mr. Bush sounded to me (that is, Mr. Bush wants to make the patriot act permanent, wants to insert discrinimation into the constitution re: the gays, and wants to outright kill suspected terrorists instead of catching them, charging them, and giving them a trial.)

So today, I get a response letter from my congressman, and he thanks me for contacting him about the tax cuts. Huh? I never contacted him about the tax cuts.

I don’t know what’s worse: getting a condescending letter like yours, or getting a letter than indicates that my congressman is either a incompetent moron or simply out of touch with reality. Like he hears my complaints, and robot that he is, he grunts back with: “Tax cut good.”

ON EDIT: My congressman is Jim Ramstad in Minnesota. Hate radio tries to paint him as RINO, but trust me, he's as filthy a republican as they come (well, ok, he's no Tom DeLay.)

[Arkana]

80. *eyes pop out*

Wow. You sure you didn't edit that or something? Cause if you didn't, that's just sick, sycophantic, and brainwashed of your congressman.

[mrgorth]

81. You know, that sucks

because he's done a lot for Ireland down the years. Now, I'd be willing to let him burn with his buddies.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

83. Bleachers7: you should blame the devil for giving you this bigot....

nazi loving, facsist!

:puke: :puke: :puke:

:mad: :mad: :mad:


:argh:

:argh:

[rucky]

85. Here's my letter to King:

Subject: Every night I thank God you're not my representative.

Writing you from Oregon. Seems that word is getting around about how you treat your constituents.

http://www.counterbias.com/news002.html

Bad move, Pete. You're morally wrong to personally attack a consituent, politically wrong to do it publicly, and intellectually wrong to defend Bush.

Sincerely,

rucky
Portland, OR

[leyton]

93. I sent a letter too.

Wow. I've written angry letters to two congressmen today, one from my state, one from New York. Feels good to be productive!

:)

[RichardRay]

86. Constiuent Communication

Some years ago I wrote a piece of software for use in congressional offices to manage contituent contact. Part of the software was storage for the member's 'issue book' and easy access to it for all staffers. As I recall, the issue book was a pretty standard feature in most offices before computerization; back when it was actually a book.

Staff keeps track of incoming contact and makes note of new issues being raised. Once an issue had established itself as more than a one time event it is bucked to the member and senior staff for discussion and drafting of the member's standard response on that subject. Subsequently, staffers would use the contents of the issue book to respond to constituent inquiries.

In the offices I interviewed (all on the Democrat side of the aisle) this was a standard approach and I believe that it was pretty common throughtout the House and Senate.

So, I would be pretty certain that this is NOT some renegade staffer, that there was discussion on how to reply and that the reply sent was EXACTLY what Pete meant.

Sic'em.

[camero]

87. Call your local news station or paper

What that letter is is political harrassment. He actually insinuated you were disloyal if you didn't support Bush. Call him on it.

[EV1Ltimm]

88. i'm refreshed by his candor,

but repulsed by his dickheadedness.

but look at the bright side, it's not everyday you get personally belittled by a high-ranking public official. you should get the letter framed and tell all your buddies the story about how you attempted to "stick it to the man" and got a shitty letter out of it.

[Renew Deal]

89. I just got a call back from Newsday

I wonder if they are going to do anything.

[blm]

97. Did they ask if they could publish your name?

If they did, then they are probably running with it.

I'm on pins and needles, here, Bleachers...I really hope it gets the public attention it deserves.

[VolcanoJen]

90. Hoorah, Bleachers!!!

Man, I hope he sees that you published his letter on the most popular progressive/Democratic message board in the universe.

That's gonna make for a nice Google one day.

Morally, intellectually, and politically, Pete T. King is an assclown.

:D
Jennifer

[Arugula Latte]

92. When a Dem. opponent announces

Let's start our own little DU donation drive. We can track how much we donate to the Democrat. Maybe Dean can target this buffoon for defeat. He looks vulnerable, being in a Gore district. You should send a copy of this letter to your local Democratic organization.

[lebkuchen]

94. Oh come on...

Nobody is THAT juvenile, unless they're in Grundschule.

[VolcanoJen]

99. Apparently, the congressman is indeed still in Grundschule!!

Genau, lebkuchen.

:-)
Jennifer

[Deb-Ter]

95. Bleachers7,

He obviously disagrees with you but how is that nasty?

[adriennel]

96. calling a constituent

who calls your office with a comment "morally and intellectually" wrong is my definition of NASTY!

[LTR]

100. I think he lost your vote, Bleachers

Not a people person, is he?

Talks like a poster at Free Republic, only with better grammar.