The Power of "No"! | This Can't Be Happening!

Yeah! [excerpt] The Congressional switchboard is jammed. You can get through, but it takes a dedicated finger on the redial button of your phone. Operators at the Capitol say it's been that way for a week now, as Americans across the country have been flooding their Congressional delegations with phone calls (and emails) urging them to vote "No" on the Bush/Paulson Wall Street bailout. That today is no exception, after Democratic Party leaders (and both major party presidential candidates, John McCain and Barack Obama) bought into the plan after adding some window-dressing measures designed to make it look more palatable. This shows that the public is not fooled (calls are reportedly running better than 9:1 against a bailout, perhaps more like 99:1). ... Read more about The Power of "No"!!