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This is what democracy looks like…

Posted: September 29th, 2004 | Author: themarkpike | Filed under: Stuff |

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 business owners and neighborhood leaders fairly quickly. We’re starting to host our nightly meetings at a new shop called “Tealand”. It serves that tappioca bubble tea stuff.
Tomorrow night we’re gonna host a debate party at the Mellow Mushroom pizza parlor.
This is what democracy looks like.
The email addresses have faces and the urls have places.



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