Whatever happens on election day - Thank you DU for making the last 7.5years tolerable

[LynneSin]

I don't know how I would have survived 8 years with that asshole in the White House but it was so wonderful to have a site like Democratic Underground as a safe haven. Thru all the good times & bad, you have been that light at the end of the tunnel that; although sometimes hard to see, today it's so bright it's amazingly wonderful.

I really truly feel that deep in my heart, that we will be very successful on election day. But no matter the outcome - I look forward to spending another 8 years here either fighting to make more change or even fighting when a democrat does bad (and they will - nothing is perfect).

Thank you DU and thanks to all of you who have made these last 8 years the best in such dark times.

[amitten]

1. Absolutely. This place has been a godsend for many. n/t

[roguevalley]

32. I never felt such depression in 2000 and this place saved me. Thank you.

[Diane R]

2. I agree. This has been my sanity fix.

[Dennis Donovan]

3. Thank you, DU, for maitaining my sanity.

Quite the uphill battle...;)

[scheming daemons]

4. Why are you all talking like DU is going away after the election?

[progressivejazz]

5. Thank you DU from another old-timer

I had thought I was alone and found a community that shared my thoughts and emotions. And my pain. DU helped me through it and I'll stick around for the good times to come.

Thanks, Skinner.

[tabatha]

6. Agreed.

My primary news source.

And there are some really funny posters.

[AuntPatsy]

7. I have to ditto your post. Regardless of the freepers attempt to destroy this site

such was never fully accomplished..mission blown once again by the freeper repugs....

[Boudica the Lyoness]

8. I was going out of my mind when they stole the election

I was so happy to find DU and joined in April 2001. Living in a the deep red part of a blue state, I would have been lost without DU to keep me sane.
Here's to the next 8 years! :)

[trashcanistanista]

9. Oh Hell yes.

This site has changed me from a complacent stay-at-home dem to a boots on the ground door knocking, checkwriting, phone banking professional hard core dem activist. It has been the most rewarding experience of my life. Obama is the cake. If the two local candidates I've been working for win it will be the icing! I offer a thank you to all who make up this great community!

[gatorboy]

10. Hear! Hear!

K&R


Though I must admit, on some occasions, depressing threads have caused me to lunge for that bottle of Tums :P

[KathieG]

11. Hear hear! This place has been a true oasis for Democrats.

:thumbsup:

[Mad_Dem_X]

12. Yes - God bless DU

I came to this site through a link on Bartcop, back in 2002. DU has saved my sanity on more than one occasion. I've learned so much about my country and the world that I wouldn't have known through the usual channels (MSM).

Thank you, DU, for being an invaluable voice for Liberals and Progressives. :yourock:

[Hardrada]

13. I needed a witty and intelligent and sympathetic community

and found it here. Too few activist Dems or lefties in the area. So as we say in North Iowa, "Mange tusen takk!"

[calimary]

14. No kidding. It's been my lifeline during some VERY dark and dreadful years, politically speaking.

I don't know how I would have survived, with my sanity intact, without you guys. For a long time there, it felt SO isolating to be a Democrat. We were treated as the scum of the earth. Many still regard us that way. I can understand a little more of how the early Christians must have felt.

You guys have been my solace and to say I'm grateful is to utter the understatement of the year.

If, God willing, we win, we will INDEED still have a fight on our hands - having Barack's back and strengthening our Dems so they actually start showing some backbone and sticking up for him and for the principles we all believe in as patriotic Americans and progressives and liberals.

Hugs to you all! I'm doing my last "Election Special" radio show on KPFK this afternoon (2pm pacific time, www.kpfk.org, 90.7 FM in Los Angeles) - maybe you can listen in online or something.

:hug: :patriot: :headbang:

[glitch]

15. Ain't that the truth? Thank you and DU. K & R nt

[Parche]

16. I Know I Am Your DU Favorite

These last 8years has taken a Toll on everyone, from the Philadelphia Phillies losing the Superbowl, to people all across America renovating their porches.
So you have to ask yourself......What would Della Wear?

:hi: :hug:

[LynneSin]

20. One would expect the Phillies to lose the Superbowl

I mean geez, they're freaking baseball players - they probably suck at football

[LaurenG]

17. I agree and reccommened this thread

I was going to move to Canada and live with my brothers in laws! I'm glad we have each other too.

[Forkboy]

18. You got that right!

:thumbsup:

[HERVEPA]

19. Oh Yez! Oh Yez! Oh Yez!

[bleever]

21. Amen.

So often my sole source of sanity and solace.

[Patiod]

22. A-men - remember being a ten-percenter?

If it weren't for Bartcop (first and then later to DU (thanks to JulieRB for dragging my ass over here where there's more going on), I'd be lost.

I'm sure everyone remembers the "10%" feeling, when we were among the 10% who DIDN'T think Bush was the greatest thing since sliced bread right after 9/11, and when you were looked at by your friends and neighbors as "unpatriotic" for not supporting the attack on Iraq. When there WAS no Keith Olbermann or Rachel Maddow, those faint glimmers of hope on the horizon - only Faux News blasting out of EVERY public TV in every airport, hotel, gym and bar.

Now we're in the majority, and I'm just glad DU was there for us in the darker days.
:patriot:

[GalleryGod]

44. But I Dream things that never were,and ask 'Why Not ?'...

Hi,Pat!

[bugisbug]

23. Yes, Thanks DU.

I only discovered this site recently, and I feel like I've
come home.

It is good to be among friends.

[Stevepol]

45. Welcome bugisbug!

[dennis4868]

24. DU is the best...

website on the internet...everyone here is great and very informed...only bad thing to say is that people here in 2004 and this election year get testy with other people when they worry about one of our candidates/polls/etc.......I put up with it bec the good so much outweighs the bad :-)

[IsItJustMe]

25. Hear! Hear! There have been some dark days, and DU was there.

[azmouse]

26. I wish I would have found DU sooner.

It's help me keep what was left of my sanity. :hi:

[southpaw]

27. Same here!

I found DU in 2001 in the wake of the disastrous election fiasco. I was deeply upset by the stolen election and the prospects of a Bush/Cheney administration.

Since finding DU, I have come here almost daily to read and learn, occasionally posting... but mostly just being comforted by the presence, virtual as it is, of other Democrats.

I seriously think that November 5th will be the beginning of a new era for DU.

[YvonneCa]

28. Absolutely. My thanks to ALL of DU...

...for support during the last several, difficult years. The intelligent discussion...even when I disagreed...was invaluable to my understanding the issues, and to my coping throughout the trying times.

I, too, believe we will be successful on election day. And...if we are...I also believe the strength it took to win this fight began here. Please remember that this community needs to support our new president. There is much we still must fight to accomplish. The country has been greatly damaged by the administration of the last eight years. Thanks to all of you, I am confident we can make it right.

Yes. We. Can.:patriot:

[blm]

34. well said, Yvonne....your post is a great add on to Lynne's

.

[YvonneCa]

50. Thanks, blm. Your posts and your fighting spirit...

...have uplifted MY spirits more than once. WAY more than once. :7

[lucca]

29. I agree!

I don't post much, but the DU has been a must read for me everyday for the last 5 years!

I love all the passion, wisdom, and knowledge !

Thank you.

[derby378]

30. Well, bless your little baby heart...

Here's a big ol' :hug: from another old-timer. I think I joined in late 2002.

Believe me, I am so glad that ginbarn introduced me to DU. DailyKos may be more prominent and organized, and I love visiting there, but DU is my online home. And you're one of the people that makes it special.

:hi:

[ramapo]

31. Yes...thank you for our refuge and safe haven

I started out here as madashell. After the 2004 debacle I had to stop being mad. It was just all too painful. So I picked a new name, ramapo, like the mountains.

I believe our time in the wilderness is coming to an end. It will be interesting to see how our home evolves.

[treestar]

33. It is a great site isn't it?

GO PHILLIES!!!!!

[Scurrilous]

35. Amen!

:thumbsup:

[bobmorr1]

36. Definitely Agree!!

I've been on since 2001 with two different names. Last one I lost my password after changing e-mail. Had to change it because to many freepers were sending me viruses. Been on DU almost every day since. DU has been a godsend.:toast:

[kenziemom06]

37. I just discovered you recently, too

and wow, am I happy that I did.  The week of the Rethug
convention was a bad time to be a diehard Obama supporter, and
I can't even remember what article I was reading, and then I
clicked on a link and I found myself here -- thinking -- where
has this site been these past eight years???  I feel right at
home here, and am looking forward to Election Day and beyond
with some like-minded online friends.

[JCMach1]

38. It was a grey dark day in Florida, in Nov. 2000... Literally a large group of vultures

circled my home which was directly next to the local precinct. It seemed like the world had shifted to an alternate universe and I was stuck in the nightmare.

DU came along that January and from the very beginning began to make sense of things. I heard the site was opening on inauguration though Salon.com. I lurked for a couple of months just reading and then joined that spring.

So many people have come and gone. I can remember after 9/11 being one of the 10%ers, then protesting the Iraq war, my quixotic run for the legislature in 2002, the disappointment of 2004, and so much more.

Since, I have become an economic refugee achieving great success away from home. Personally, I am doing great! I was even elected to Executive Committee for what with be the newest Democrats Abroad country, the UAE.

DU is still my lifeline to the home country... always where I go to make sense of what is going on in the world.

Literally, I love you guys and girls... well most of you anyway! O8)

[Arugula Latte]

39. Hell YEAH!

The only three things that have kept me sane over the past eight years are DU, white wine, and my kitties.

Never did I realize when I first casually signed on to DU that it would be an integral part of my every day life for years to come.

[FloridaGrl]

40. I'm a newbie

but it has made the past few months tolerable.

[Cha]

41. I'll go for that! Only I didn't get a computer until

2002 with DU in mind:bounce: It has not disappointed!

:toast: LynneSin!

[yowzayowzayowza]

42. Same here.

Can scarcely imagine traversing the last 7 years w/o DU. Still a proud 10%er too. Thx all!!!

:kick:

[GalleryGod]

43. The Philly Meet-up that you and Ramsey Carried on Your Shoulders Seems Like

a thousand years ago!

Thanks to YOU,Lynne!
For Caring...
And ORGANIZING...
And literally CARRYING the DU Banner into BATTLE...

It might be Skinner's House...but it's YOUR LIVINGROOM,SWEETIE!



Love,
Jay. (G.G.) :smoke:

[mindfulNJ]

46. A- F*cking- men!!!

:grouphug:

[PlanetBev]

47. Stumbled onto DU in January 2001

This site has kept me from going completely insane these last eight years. I've been lucky enough to meet other DU'ers in person, as well.

Makes me wonder how the hell I made it through the Reagan years with no Internet.

[erinlough]

48. I agree,

In that 7.5 years on top of dealing with this inept Presidency I went through three deaths of close family members and at every step some part of DU was my support. Thank you all.

[emdee]

49. Amen! Especially after 2004. nt

nt

[farmbo]

51. Fu*&in' A!

:beer:

[Laelth]

52. Hear, hear! And thank you too, LynneSin.

The United States is a LIBERAL Country.

:dem:

-Laelth

[ThatsMyBarack]

53. "Gentlemen, it's been a privilege flying with you."

[GalleryGod]

60. Thanks for that one. A great leadership moment in American History.

:loveya: :patriot: :yourock:

[live love laugh]

54. Amen to that. nt

[GetTheRightVote]

55. Add my voice to this posting !

:kick:

[No Passaran]

56. Same here.

We joined at the same time? But you have 60,000+ posts on me. Bastard!!!!

:)

[Starry Messenger]

57. I wonder who were the very first to sign up?

This is such a great website. I didn't sign up until 2005 after the bitter aftermath of the election, but I've been on her nearly everyday since.

[teknomanzer]

58. I've been a member since 2001

I've seen many things happen here. Lots of grief and turmoil - but through it all it has been a great place to come and share with those who hold progressive views. Folks we've been underground for many years now - looks like our time has finally come. I look forward to the jubilation that will take place here after McCain concedes the election. I will continue to be a member of the underground even after the victory we have been long waiting for.

[underpants]

59. Yaaaaaaaaay!

:hi:

[graywarrior]

61. Damn right, and back atcha