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I have referred to myself as an accidental activist on more than one occasion.

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We put together a one-sentence petition asking Congress to censure President Clinton and move on to other pressing issues. We sent it to under 100 friends and family, and within a week we had 100,000 people sign the petition.

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When you become active in the system and communicate to your representatives, and they don't vote in accordance with your values, your responsibility is to support candidates who will.

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Moveon is not a one-way broadcast media. The Internet, when used best, is a two-way media. We have a forum in which people can post comments and those comments can be rated. We get a sense of what people feel most passionately about.

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We aim to express the passion of our members in something actionable that we can all in fact do.

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When we compile a petition, we often have members go to their representative's or Senator's offices and deliver it in person. This way they can experience a real connection with the staff.

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What we do is not going to be successful unless our members care about it.

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People think of us as an information distributor because that's how they relate to the Internet. But most of the time people already have pretty well established opinions.

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What is the biggest public forum in the United States? We were told it's the Super Bowl. The ad shows kids working at blue-collar jobs, and the final statement is just written text: Who's going to pay for the trillion dollar deficit?

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We are mortgaging our future.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businesswoman

Born: Unknown

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