Did Sen. Richard Burr Put Campaign Cash Above Victims Of Gang Rape?
By Nicole Belle Saturday Nov 07, 2009 3:00pmFrom an email by ChangeCongress:
We've got great news to report about our campaign shaming Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) for taking $700,000 from the defense industry and Chamber of Commerce and then siding with them against rape victims and his constituents. Thousands of people have signed our national expression of outrage and told their friends to sign -- and the national and local media are reporting on our campaign!
We need to keep the momentum up. Can you check out our petition and sign today?
From the National Journal:
Reform group Change Congress launched a campaign yesterday to shame Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., for voting against legislation that would help ensure victims of rape have the right to bring their case to court. The government reform group hit cyberspace with an email asking people to sign a 'national expression of outrage.' Citing $700,000 in campaign contributions from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the defense industry, Change Congress accused Burr of putting special interests before rape victims.
The more signatures we get, the more the media will report on his campaign. We need to keep publicly shaming these politicians one by one until Congress realizes it's time to replace special-interest-funded elections with citizen-funded elections.
Until they do, Americans will continue to ask: Did you vote that way because it made good sense, or because it raised special-interest campaign dollars?
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seeing how David Vitter treated the survivor who confronted him, I have my pessimism over how Richard Burr will greet this...
I hit the link to sign the petition and was redirected to Salsa commons or something like that - couldn't find any petitions to sign there. I'd still like to sign, but will need help.
http://change-congress.org/
Right there on the main page. :)
I hit the same issue as Bob - not finding a link to sign the petition, instead finding links on Salsa! to two different sites.
I'm signing said petition right now!
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Pay to play.
Sometimes I wish God would just smote D.C. for everyone's well being in the long run.
Of course he did! Do you even have to ask? Or is it rhetorical? :P
Like the 16 year old girl in Richmond that was raped for two hours by at least 10 males and the 11 or 12 women raped, murdered and stuffed into a wall in Ohio. These types of men hate women. Please take this issue seriously and sign the petition.
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Somehow I doubt it would work out that way.
"We need to keep publicly shaming these politicians one by one until Congress realizes it's time to replace special-interest-funded elections with citizen-funded elections."
That will never, ever happen - not the way it's being proposed, not because:
"The more signatures we get, the more the media will report on his campaign."
and then magically the shamed (have they not noticed, the politicians of this age of Aquarius are devoid of shame?) will think to themselves:
"Ah-ha! If I were not beholden to these private interests, if ONLY I had public funds to run on, then I would vote my conscience!"
I just don't see it happening, they have way too much to lo$e, and it's not all about election money.
However, if groups who are worried about this issue did start to band together (and yes, there are cancervative groups who at least purport to be behind this idea) and really push it to the public, I think then they would find some support.
Educate the public that this is one of the main reasons that we are all dissatisfied with our current government structure, and that this, combined with getting rid of lobbyists would be good for us all...
And hammer on that topic endlessly and creatively (because the media could hardly be counted on to cover this), then maybe we would see some movement on this no-brainer of an idea.
Went to
http://change-congress.org/
And signed.
Like EVERYTHING else, the US worker/soldier/citizen ain't worth JACK SHIT, if our corprate masters can make one cent more per dollar.
Thank you for listening, but FUCK YOU anyhow, asswipe!
Although their cause is good, there is no opt out of future emails. Getting a little tired of signing petitions who have no opt outs then you get flooded.
That piece of garbage is one of my Senators. After his embarrassing vote, I called his office to complain. The tool who answered the phone had a bunch of answers... none of them good:
- "that amendment was pushed by (da-da-daaaaa) trial attorneys"
- "Senator Burr does not think the amendment is necessary"
- "the amendment would weaken our defense"
- "women already can take people to court"
When I pointed out that there was more to justice than just any criminal justice against the individual perpetrator, the flunky claimed Senator Burr was a strong supporter of justice. Of course, when I asked for evidence of his crying for justice after various Bush administration activities, the best she could do was hem and haw...
He's scum - pure and simple... scum.
Who put a burr in his saddle?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=536zOimDVo0&yt...
It's depressing and sad. I'm normally an optimist, but I'm fast becoming a pessimist in these times of Republicans caring more about defeating anything a Democrat says or does than they care about real people and their needs. Must making a dollar be so much more important than the needs of the people? Must making a dollar be more important than a woman being raped???
To a bible thumping repiglican the answers are yes and yes!Did he do it? Why I would be shocked if he didn't!
Since I live in North Carolina and regularly receive Senator Burr's emails on the great work he is doing for this North Carolinians, I emailed him expressing my disappointment in his vote on this issue. He was asked to justify his vote but I'm still awaiting his reply. I am also pessimistic about the direction of our country when individuals like Burr value corporate lobbyist and campaign contributions above the hard-working citizens. Even worse is their lack of honestly on being able to justify on their actions. HE WILL NEVER, NEVER GET MY VOTE!!
I'm going out on a limb here and say yes.
by this RAPE-UBLICAN?
He's a member of the RAPE-UBLICAN Party.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP9JpcCvfOE
The Rape Senators are the heart and soul of the GOP - making sure that their constituents' employees can entertain themselves the way the GOP does: raping, pillaging and killing at will.
here you go:
http://www.opensecrets.org/cmteprofiles/profi...
(defense contractors..)
follow the money
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