I watched all of you

[whosinpower]

With great interest and prayers as you all worked your hearts out to filibuster Alito.
As an outsider several things come to mind to let you guys know.....
1. your activism and hard work and efforts DID make a difference. I understand your anger at the sellouts. It is warrented. You deserve to be angry. BUT - you succeeded at the very least in standing up and drawing a line in the sand. You were heard.
2. Now you know who works for you and who does not.
3. No one ever said turning the tide would be easy.....every social wrong to be corrected took small steps, determination and an iron will. You must be prepared to be castigated, villified, outcast and ridiculed. It is all part of the process. You have taken the first steps towards accountability of your elected officials. Keep it up. Don't give in. The democratic party is yours. It is within your power to change it for the better - but it won't come quickly and it won't be easy.

I applaud each and every one of you. Well done. The more involved you become - the harder it is for polticians to blithely go about their day without regard to those who put them into power in the first place.

The revolution has begun. You may not recognize it yet. Now - even more than ever it is critical that you keep up your efforts.

Without your stand - Alito would of had cloture from all the senators. It did make a difference. your polticians have been served notice that YOU are paying attention. A healthy democracy is one that has an active populuce. Don't roll over now. Empower everyone you know. The war is not lost - only one small battle....and if you are loud enough, rational enough, your power will tie Alito's hands from making the radical changes in the supreme court that you are all worried about. He cannot make law.

There are dark days ahead for America. difficult days. Now is not the time to disconnect yourselves from the political process. Instead it IS the time to plug everyone you know to make sure that your politicians speak for you, work for you, embrace your ideals. Turn up the volume - tune out the naysayers and the enablers - and get it done.

I am so very proud of each and every one of you.