AndyH wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:12 am
Does that mean nobody here is making phone calls?
Not me, said the flea. Call it complacency if you wish.
Here's the reality I've come to: they don't care (well, not unless you're a big doner or represent a significant pile of votes). 25,000 people, half of them armed show up to rally against gun control. Political response: "hold my beer." Do you really think a phone call does anything to these people beyond keeping a few interns employed? (and I don't mean this as dismissive of your efforts--you're a better citizen than I--just that I'll not spend what little free time I have pissing into this particular impeachment tornado. My federal representation of Harris and Feinstein already rabidly support impeachment, as does Huffman.)
Now at a local level, it's different. Phone calls, letters, emails and showing up at meetings does work. As K9s has suggested, that's where your voice actually matters and where I apply mine.