Reply #80: Nobody had to "feed" me anything....

[zanne]

Insults aside, I'll answer your question anyway. When you put alot of time, energy and money into advancing a cause, as many of us did with the Democratic Party, you expect the leaders of said party to act and speak for the cause. We cut the dem leaders ALOT of slack for the past five years, reasoning that they "meant" well, or they couldn't really speak up because of one reason or another. We were all "keeping our powder dry", waiting for the big event to happen, when the Dem leadership would really show their stuff and stand up for themselves and their party. That was the Alito confirmation to many of us. When they didn't even respect our loyalty enough to launch a filibuster (after all the calls, emails and faxes we sent them), they lost us. (Or, at the very least, our donations). Do you remember the election cycle leading up to the 04' elections when black leaders were saying that the Democratic Party was taking them for granted? Well, NOW I know exactly what they were talking about, and I agree. It's been shown time and time again that the only thing that will make powerful organizations take notice is MONEY, or LACK OF IT. When I tell the Democratic National Committee or the state committee that I'm not donating because of their lack of spine, I'm telling them something they CAN"T IGNORE. They're hearing it alot lately, and I think that's fabulous, because just maybe they'll get back to the ideals of Democracy. Giving them money hasn't given them courage....maybe this will.