Fwd: ZGram - 9/28/2002 -"Congress Overwhelmed With Anti-War Calls From 'The Silenced Majority'"

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>ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny
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>September 28, 2002
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>Good Morning from the Zundelsite:
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>It is good to wake up on a weekend morning to some wonderful news - 
>for a change!  Those of you who haven't yet made your wishes known 
>to your elected representatives in government that you don't want 
>another war to benefit the State of Israel, please do so now. 
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>Go to www.whatreallyhappened.com for easy access to relevant 
>information on how to call or fax quickly.  Your input still seems 
>to work - clear evidence the national polls don't tell Americans the 
>truth about the real mood in the country.
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>Congress Overwhelmed With Anti-War Calls From "The Silenced Majority"
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>Republican and Democratic Senate offices report "overwhelming" 
>opposition from their constituents to war with Iraq. This comes as 
>Congress prepares to pass a war resolution granting President Bush 
>sweeping powers to invade Iraq.
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>The national news radio show Democracy Now! conducted an informal 
>survey on Thursday of 70 Republican and Democratic Senate offices.
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>Of the 26 offices which responded to our inquires, 22 reported an 
>overwhelming majority - in some cases up to 99 percent -- of 
>constituents opposed war in Iraq; three said the response was split 
>and just one office reported a majority called backing the war. 
>Among the findings:
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>Democrats
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>* Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl: Aides say they are receiving 1,000-2,000 
>calls per week with the overwhelming number opposed to an attack on 
>Iraq.
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>* Washington Sen. Patty Murray: Over 5,000 letters and phone calls 
>were received last week on Iraq, aides say. Only about 100 came from 
>constituents who supported an attack.
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>* California Sen. Dianne Feinstein: Staff in her San Francisco 
>office reported about 200 calls a day with 99 percent of the callers 
>opposing the war.
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>* New Mexico Sen. Jeff Bingaman: The D.C. office has been receiving 
>at least 1,300 calls a day with about 70 percent opposed to war.
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>Republicans
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>* North Carolina Sen.Jesse Helms: Staff declined to give figures but 
>said the "majority is against" when it comes to calls on Iraq.
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>* Nebraska Sen. Charles Hegal: According to aides, constituents 
>favor diplomacy over war at a rate of 5 to 1.
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>* Virginia Sen. John Warner: About 150 constituents a day are 
>calling into the D.C. offices. "A very small minority supported 
>military action," said one aide.
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>"It's extraordinary that, as Senators work with the Bush 
>Administration to draft a war resolution, their constituents are 
>expressing overwhelming opposition an attack against Iraq," said Amy 
>Goodman, the host of Democracy Now! "Unfortunately we are hearing 
>very little about this in the media. These calls represent the 
>silenced majority, not the silent majority."
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>Democracy Now is a daily nationwide news show based in New York. It 
>is broadcast on over 130 public radio and television stations around 
>the country.
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>For more information email mail@democracynow.org
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