Doing democracy

Greg and I were delegates at our county convention on Saturday. It was really cool to sit in such a huge crowd with so many fellow Democrats. (Yes, I admit, we're Dems, liberals, progressives).

There were over 5000 people there, more than twice what they expected. We were all crammed into the gym at a local university, but no one seemed to mind the coziness. We were all just excited to be there, participating... doing democracy. We cheered, laughed, clapped, yelled, and chanted. We listened intently to powerful uplifting speakers. We saw several familiar faces, some we'd campaigned for. Greg and I agreed we both felt honored to be there.

At this point in the race, it's still undecided who the Democratic presidential candidate will be. Greg was a delegate for Barack Obama. I was a delegate for Hillary Clinton. People laugh when they realize we're together, but wearing different buttons. Like we're on opposing teams or something. We're not, but it does make for some interesting, and sometimes heated, discussions. We agree that we'll each support whomever the Democratic candidate is. Both are qualified. Both will create change. Both will be awesome presidents.

This is democracy.

Participating, engaging, listening, reading, researching, attending, campaigning, discussing, advocating. This is democracy in action.