Good For You. Top Marks
We got Gravel into the debate! 
My name is Ari Rutenberg and I am a supporter and activist for Mike Gravel. This so-called “third tier” candidate has been neglected and dismissed by the mainstream media and many of the liberal bloggers. Even though he has been at all the major recent Democratic campaign events, CNN and The New Hampshire Union-Leader were going to exclude him from their upcoming debate because they did not consider him a legitimate candidate. I decided to challenge that decision. So I did a few minutes of research online and found the direct phone number for the President of CNN, Jim Walton. I and some of my friends called him about a month ago and it got prompt, if dismissive, responses from CNN. Then people saw his appearance at last weeks debate, at which he was really the only one directly challenging the other candidates. When people found out he was to be excluded from this debate, things started to happen. One group started a petition that had over 6000 signatures, and I posted Jim Walton’s phone number all over the web in place I though people who cared would read.
Well today Sen. Gravels’ press secretary, Alex Colvin, posted on their blog that he has been officially invited by CNN. I was notified by another blogger who posts as Big Mike on grave08.us. He told me we had done it, and thanked me for posting that phone number. It amazing… I have actually been able to influence the process. Though a few others have given me credit for this, I can only say that it is really possible to do something positive for change when you really want to. Apparently a few minutes of internet research and two good blog posts have done it in this case. Though we have a long way to go, this is just a reminder that regular people with no special connections can truly have an influence. Take heart form this. Next time you want something changed, go right to the people responsible. Never believe that anyone is above you or think that people won’t listen. When you’re on the phone with the President of CNN, you have the power to make him listen. So don’t take no for an answer. Write to your congressman, call your senators, make those is power listen. The internet is a great resource for information. I have even found the home addresses of every major Presidential candidate, and I will be writing to all of them. It is time to take this country back, and if everyone would act passionately on just one issue you care about we can really start to make a change.
Well today Sen. Gravels’ press secretary, Alex Colvin, posted on their blog that he has been officially invited by CNN. I was notified by another blogger who posts as Big Mike on grave08.us. He told me we had done it, and thanked me for posting that phone number. It amazing… I have actually been able to influence the process. Though a few others have given me credit for this, I can only say that it is really possible to do something positive for change when you really want to. Apparently a few minutes of internet research and two good blog posts have done it in this case. Though we have a long way to go, this is just a reminder that regular people with no special connections can truly have an influence. Take heart form this. Next time you want something changed, go right to the people responsible. Never believe that anyone is above you or think that people won’t listen. When you’re on the phone with the President of CNN, you have the power to make him listen. So don’t take no for an answer. Write to your congressman, call your senators, make those is power listen. The internet is a great resource for information. I have even found the home addresses of every major Presidential candidate, and I will be writing to all of them. It is time to take this country back, and if everyone would act passionately on just one issue you care about we can really start to make a change.
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