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Friday, June 29, 2007

A Lack Of Professionalism At Senator Conrad’s Office

The Bismarck Mandan Blog recounts a call placed to Senator Kent Conrad’s office over the illegal immigration bill:

...the voice who answered the phone sounded one third agitated and two thirds cocky. I said the same thing, that “I’m calling to urge Senator Conrad to vote No for any cloture vote or final vote on the so-called Amnesty Bill.” I simply received an annoyed “okay” or something to that effect. Waiting for them to ask my name, it wasn’t happening. I kept the conversation going by asking, “don’t you want to record my name?” They said sure, so I gave them my name and said, “I’m one of the Senator’s constituents.” At that point they cut the call short. No asking my address or phone number to verify or anything. This was unusual and, in fact, different from any other call I’ve placed to any of our congressmen.

I have no doubt that my comments never reached Senator Conrad. Even if they had, I doubt they’d have changed his mind; he votes like a Massachussetts liberal consistently, and only keeps an apartment in North Dakota to qualify for re-election (along with his cohort, Senator Dorgan.

Sounds pretty typical to me.  Senator Conrad doesn’t really care what his mostly conservative constituents think.  He comes home and tells us one thing, then goes back to Washington and does another.  What’s fascinating is to watch Senator Conrad (and his colleague Senator Dorgan) gravitate from one side of the political spectrum to the other depending on how far away from elections they are.

Comments

Avatar for John M.

Oh, cut ‘em some slack.  Have you never had a bad day at work?

John M. on June 29, 2007 at 11:00 am

I simply received an annoyed “okay” or something to that effect.

(S)he was probably watching Oprah and missed an important line. Maybe they need to get TIVO at the office? Might be worth suggesting next time you call?


10-12-07
NARAL’s (abortion) political director Elizabeth Shipp acknowledged it “would help” the pro-choice movement if a Republican proved it was possible to win the presidency while still supporting abortion rights (ie… Rudy Giuliani) .

george on June 29, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Avatar for Ace25

When that happens, ask for the person’s name that you are speaking to.  It seems to make them a bit more accountable. wink

Ace25 on June 29, 2007 at 02:37 pm

Here in PA Arlen Sphyncter and Bob"Voters ain’t the boss of me"Casey simply stopped answering their phones. Beginning June 20th they both quit communicating with their constituents who called their DC offices, Arlen Sphyncter stopped answering his local office calls after he was outed for outsourcing his answering service. Never got an answer from Casey at all. Not surprising, from all accounts he has not shown up for work since being sworn in.

On the other hand, Phil English’s offices were quite professional, asked for area code to ensure we were constituents and assured us he was studying all aspects of the issue. Obvious lies, yet polite, professional lies.


Una Salus Victus Nullam Sperare Salutem

2Hotel9 on June 30, 2007 at 04:48 pm

Arlen Sphyncter

omg that is hilarious!

Yeah, that guy is a piece of work. That’s the same guy who asked Roberts and Alito if he thought Roe was a “super” duper precedent.

I thought he might also throw in other classifications such as “super di-duper” or possibly “super-di duper-di”.

Or my best quote from some website:

...super duper pooper scooper precedent, which I guess means really, really, double-dog, cross your heart and hope to die can’t be overruled.

Obvious lies, yet polite, professional lies.

Yeah, the 3 stooges in our state are the best in the business at knowing how to tell us how to stick it in our ear.


10-12-07
NARAL’s (abortion) political director Elizabeth Shipp acknowledged it “would help” the pro-choice movement if a Republican proved it was possible to win the presidency while still supporting abortion rights (ie… Rudy Giuliani) .

george on June 30, 2007 at 05:33 pm
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