Howard Dean talked to us via conference call tonight… via the Internet. Pictures and interactive graphics danced across the computer screen as volunteers sent in questions for MoveOn staff to answer. Polls and pie graphs changed with real-time. People asked, “Is this plan going to work?”
This is what democracy looks like.
I’m getting to know local [...]

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We finally found office space today after driving all around Gainesville.
The meditiation and massage therapy spiritual center was our first prospect for office placement, but it didn’t work out. The stress associated with political organizing would have caused the center to collapse instantly…
So we got in touch with the people at the Civic Media Center, [...]

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Oh, and check out the bad ass temporary tattoo I got at a homecookin’ restaurant off of Route 78 in Bama.
Paula added text that says, “MOVE ON… OR MOVE OUT”. I think it means that if things don’t work out, I’ll become an ex-pat.
Dan deduced that the panther’s claws must be made of flint since [...]

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Welcome to Florida.
2,212 miles from Washington, DC.
After passing through 15 states and 1 Hurricane, I have arrived in Gainesville. I’m exhausted, but I’ll write more about the fantastic voyage (copyrighted by Coolio) later.

We were expecting about 12 people to show up tonight for our first grassroots emergency meeting. I counted 26.

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Gainesville, here I come.
Tomorrow, I am hopping in my car (with new brakes), and I’ll be on my way to making sure 25 precincts get their vote on.
Training just ended a little while ago. They handed out t-shirts for all 500 of us.
The fronts say, “Grassroots Lawn Care: Specializing in Shrub Removal”.
It’s time to do [...]

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To: Everyone
From: Mark
re: Moratorium on all Florida 2000 Election Jokes
date: Sept. 21, 2004
What do Ponce de Leon, Mickey Mouse, Gloria Estefan and Mark Pike have in common?
The Sunshine State.
After driving 15 hours to Milwaukee so that I would have a closer drive to a yet to be determined midwestern state for campaign placement… I am [...]

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I’m in the Schlitz Room with my friend Greg. We’re not drinking. In fact, it’s not a bar. We’re in Milwaukee and this is the name of the conference room in the Hilton hotel. In fact, they’re all named after beverages. The Pabst room is next door. Miller is down the hallway. I think I [...]

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