>You like to use the word "respectfully", but your e-mail is anything but.
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>Specifics, please. Exactly what in my e-mail was disrespectful. In the United States, we do not have a king or queen (even though Obama seems to think that he is one. Our elected representatives are supposed to be answerable to the citizens. Do you have a problem with thet?

1. "May I respectfully remind you that I do not work for YOU. You work for ME." Implies that she thinks you work for her, almost certainly untrue and assigning false attitudes to her. Also, she does NOT work for you in the sense that you can tell her what to do, and if she fails to obey, there are serious consequences. She's unlikely to be afraid of you throwing a hissy fit, electronically or otherwise.

2. "Apparently, you do not think that it is important to get input from the people that you are representing". There could be many more-or-less valid reasons for not holding town hall meetings on your current favourite issue; this does not make your reasoning "apparent".

3. "This is a BIG mistake. I certainly hope that, for your sake, that you have some sort of marketable skill with which you are able to earn a living in the private sector. I can assure you that if you insist on going against the wishes of the people who elected you, you will be losing your job when you run for re-election." Well, this pretty much speaks for itself, but in case you were wondering, the most common response that ANYONE would have to getting attitude like that laid on them would be, "Who the f*** do you think you are?"

Here's what's really ironic: you say "This is a BIG (sic) mistake", "I can assure you...", "you will be losing..." Presenting opinions as accomplished fact or guaranteed future is something that a queen would do.

As I pointed out earlier, you accomplished all this in a single paragraph.

>It'll be interesting to see what response (if any) you get. Ironically, if you actually do get a personal, thoughtful response that indicates she actually read and considered your mail, it would mean she's a better representative than you think she is.
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>When I e-mailed her about my problem with her vote in favor of cap and trade, I got a rubber stamped party line response. I did my best to educate her, since her response indicated that she was totally unaware of the real issues and pointed her to several links that document how cap and trade has cost Spain millions of jobs.

Were you respectful in that message as well? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression you've held various training sessions and seminars over the years. Haranguing or insulting your students, or those you want to influence, doesn't work well. That's not rocket science.

>She is a terrible representative who will shortly be out of a job.

Your opinion is duly noted. Let's check again after the next election for her post.