Hello Congress? It’s me your constituent!
On Thursday Revolving Messaging launched a new way for Americans to voice their anger and frustration over the government shutdown – and lucky for you, it involves drinking!
Drunkdialcongress.org gives you the power to call a Congressional representative and express to them why you think it is time for a compromise to be made. All you have to do is log on to the site, enter your phone number, and a 1-800 number will call you back within seconds to connect you to a randomly selected phone line for a member of Congress.
“What we would really love is this gets this more people contacting their member of Congress and urging them to stop the shutdown,” Revolving Messaging Founder and CEO Keegan Goudiss told Sweet Lemon. “A phone call, second to an in-person meeting, is the most effective way to get your opinion heard.”
Within the first day over 5,000 calls have been made and the site has had over 150,000 unique views. “Whether you are a furloughed worker, being forced to work for free, or just fed up at Capitol Hill: Call and yell at a random member of Congress” the sites tagline encourages.
Not sure what to say if you are connected with a representative? The site has everything you need from talking points about the shtudown to drink recipes you can make before, during, or after you talk to lawmakers. They are also looking for drink suggestions to add to the site, so if you’ve been known to make a mean cocktail – get in touch with them via e-mail, .
We definitely know what we’ll be doing this weekend. Call and let us know how it goes. Maybe record it and send it to us on or tag us on .
Bottoms up and happy dialing!
By
Allison
This is completely counterproductive. Members of Congress do things because their constituents want them (so they can get re-elected). Calling a member of congress who isn’t yours, without any knowledge of their position on the issue, is irresponsible and frankly, stupid. I am all for people calling their representative or senator to tell them how you feel, it’s their job to listen to you. However, as someone who has worked on campaigns and fielded the phones for many hours, it disgusts me that someone would encourage such an immature tactic that really only just bothers whatever staffer or intern gets stuck on the phone.
Drinking and politics don’t go together when you want to be taken seriously.
Ali Vitali
While I’d happen to agree that drinking and politics don’t go together when being serious (read: Congress got drunk the night the shutdown happened), if this site will get regular Americans to pay attention to the gridlock and partisanship that’s keeping our government shutdown then I’m all for it. Neither shutdown nor sequestration nor debt-default are “sexy” topics. When given the choice, most 20-somethings – or Americans in general – would pick a Miley Cyrus article over the latest update on the shutdown. Yes, this is kind of ridiculous. Drunk dialing Congress? C’mon. But it’s fun, and it gets people to pay attentions which is always something we could use more of — something I’m sure you agree with as someone who previously worked in a campaign in some capacity.
So lighten up, girl. It ain’t all bad.
A trip to the zoo: Shutdown! — MSNBC
[…] are you being affected by the shutdown? Let us know using #DontShutMeDown and don’t forget to call your Representative and let them know it is time to end the […]
A trip to the zoo: Shutdown! | In Baton Rouge Area
[…] are you being affected by the shutdown? Let us know using #DontShutMeDown and don’t forget to call your Representative and let them know it is time to end the […]