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House. they swamped congressional switchboard was a quarter of a million phone calls. they wrangled meetings with more than 200 representatives. and what blew everybody's mind at the time was not that they got hundreds of thousands of people to sign this pet addition, essentially taking president clinton's side in this fight back in 1998. what blew everybody's mind, the amazing thing that everybody thought was so incredible about it was that they did this thing using the computer machine. here is how the "washington post" led its story about the "censure and move on" campaign. the story was wr...

Thought was so incredible about it was that they did this thing using the computer machine. here is how the "washington post" led its story about the "censure and move on" campaign. the story was written february 1st, 1999. how can there be such a phenomenon as electronic political activism? what is so active about clicking a mouse button when sending an e-mail or logging on to a website? but with $13 million and more than 650,000 volunteer hours pledged to censure and move on, the realm of political activism now must bend its boundaries to include cyberspace. the article concludes by referrin...

>> there's a lot of outrage. there's a lot of, i won't say there's a lot of drinking. there's a lot of late nights. there's a lot of fighting. >> is it a democratic process or does ring swoop in and say -- >> it's a benign autocracy. it starts democratic and eventually our editor. >> do they hear the list is coming and say i want in? >> sure. we get nominations from everywhere. winner of the poll was anonymous. a group of internet activists who didn't get on the list. >> do you ever have to pull someone off the list. >> like ted nugent? >> we have a ted nugent sort ofesque thing. >> stephen co...

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Freedoms and a more representative government. >> shepard: critics comments like that will just get more iranian protesters killed, that's according to the critics. earlier today on "studio b." one iranian american activist argued those words are exactly what the protesters need. >> i have talked to people inside iran. they want the world's support. i can tell you that definitively. they want the world support. they want the president of the united states to support them. they want words of support from secretary clinton. >> shepard: today, secretary clinton announced the united states will sp...