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How did you come to find DU? I came by way of Huff-Post in 2004. How about you? (Original Post) debm55 Feb 2025 OP
Searched for Democratic message board, sonetime in 2017 SheltieLover Feb 2025 #1
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Ty, Deb SheltieLover Feb 2025 #6
thanks debm55 Feb 2025 #61
Lynn Samuels' website. no_hypocrisy Feb 2025 #2
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Mutual respect and admiration. no_hypocrisy Feb 2025 #16
Thank you debm55 Feb 2025 #62
'Saw Skinner & EarlG's sign in the (semi-protest) crowd at the GW Bush* inauguration Jan, 2001 hlthe2b Feb 2025 #3
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I join a great many who are very glad you are here too, debm55! hlthe2b Feb 2025 #23
Thanks debm55 Feb 2025 #63
I came from Fire Dog Lake. FalloutShelter Feb 2025 #5
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Thanks Deb. FalloutShelter Feb 2025 #15
after the gore v bush mess i came here by accident and stayed, AllaN01Bear Feb 2025 #8
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i enjoy your posts too also. AllaN01Bear Feb 2025 #26
TY Bear debm55 Feb 2025 #70
I bounced off of Common Dreams 4TheArts Feb 2025 #10
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From Truthout... MiHale Feb 2025 #11
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Thanks deb...really enjoy yours too! MiHale Feb 2025 #25
Thom Hartmann Sneederbunk Feb 2025 #13
Same. Xavier Breath Feb 2025 #79
Yep. rubbersole Feb 2025 #81
Bartcop - 2010 LoisB Feb 2025 #14
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Thank you. I'm glad YOU are here. You brighten up the place. LoisB Feb 2025 #35
By Daily Kos 2006 SteveMarrs Feb 2025 #17
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Bartcop. Midnight Writer Feb 2025 #21
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Same here. Littlered Feb 2025 #114
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From another website, during the 2015-16 election. mwmisses4289 Feb 2025 #27
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I don't even remember LuvLoogie Feb 2025 #28
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH, I trolled at the "Free Site" too. Seldom posted there but when I did, I put them up in arms. Glad you debm55 Feb 2025 #32
I was doing the same thing..LOL! I was trolling Red State myself. LeftInTX Feb 2025 #161
I believe I heard someone mention it JMCKUSICK Feb 2025 #31
Good morning John. Thank you for the post. Engoy your posts at DU debm55 Feb 2025 #33
The Smirking Chimp. I found DU and lurked for a couple of years before joining ms liberty Feb 2025 #34
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Facebook Niagara Feb 2025 #36
Thank you Niagara. I was posting at Facebook with fellow teachers sharing ideas also posted here. When Trump won the debm55 Feb 2025 #40
Facebook can be a helpful tool at times. Niagara Feb 2025 #149
Huffington Post 2004 Ruby Zee Feb 2025 #38
Me too. Thank you for joining us at DU debm55 Feb 2025 #41
I may have come the same way. Was 2004 and I was reading HuffPo then, before it become Cosmopolitan-lite. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2025 #56
I agree with you. thank you very much Bernardo de La Paz and join DU. thank you for your well thought out posts. debm55 Feb 2025 #58
It was around 2004 I think. yorkster Feb 2025 #39
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Somebody on Facebook had posted Alliepoo Feb 2025 #43
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google searches since 2001 Comrade Citizen Feb 2025 #44
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In February of 2001, I was searching for Bush jokes. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2025 #45
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Same here, debm55. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2025 #50
Thank you debm55 Feb 2025 #69
Thom Hartman show kacekwl Feb 2025 #46
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Democrats.com, I think Wicked Blue Feb 2025 #52
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An ad in the Riverfront Times, STLMO. SWBTATTReg Feb 2025 #54
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Ditto for you too!! Thanks for your very kind words! SWBTATTReg Feb 2025 #57
You are welcome debm55 Feb 2025 #64
Friend at a county Dem meeting in the summer of 2004 rurallib Feb 2025 #59
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It was either Smirking Chimp or BartCop catbyte Feb 2025 #65
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Same back at ya, my friend. catbyte Feb 2025 #67
You are welcome. debm55 Feb 2025 #68
kick debm55 Feb 2025 #72
Bartcop in 2003 GP6971 Feb 2025 #71
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Thanks!! GP6971 Feb 2025 #76
Bartcop Stargleamer Feb 2025 #74
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and I'm happy you are here too! Stargleamer Feb 2025 #83
I was having an argument online with some rightwinger in our local newspaper. Diamond_Dog Feb 2025 #77
HAHAHHAHA Good for us Diamond_Dog. Love your posts. debm55 Feb 2025 #84
Back atcha, Deb! Diamond_Dog Feb 2025 #113
It was one of the following UpInArms Feb 2025 #78
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2011 Wisconsin Protests Cloudhopper Feb 2025 #80
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Came aboard in 2020 via links to Randy Rainbow spoofs on DU some_of_us_are_sane Feb 2025 #82
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Top Ten Conservative Idiots WestMichRad Feb 2025 #85
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I believe it was through a link at BartCop. 2004 Mad_Dem_X Feb 2025 #86
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In a stroke of serendipity ... Dorothy V Feb 2025 #87
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I read a lot of blogs samplegirl Feb 2025 #89
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Top 10 Conservative Idiots. louis-t Feb 2025 #91
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I found DU by way of The Smirking Chimp links. LudwigPastorius Feb 2025 #93
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I heard about Democratic Underground on the Thom Hartmann Show LogDog75 Feb 2025 #95
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I originally joined as a Keith Olbermann fan. Laffy Kat Feb 2025 #101
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Around 2002 or 2003. DU content was shared on the newsgroups. Eugene Feb 2025 #102
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A friend told me about DU in the fall of 2004 and I started lurking here every day. Basso8vb Feb 2025 #105
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It was during "shock and awe" during the Iraq war. CareyOn Feb 2025 #106
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2001 I saw Skinner and EarlG holding the sign along the inauguration route proud patriot Feb 2025 #109
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you bet proud patriot Feb 2025 #143
I found it through Bartcop Americanme Feb 2025 #110
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Bartcop. nt moniss Feb 2025 #111
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You are always an island of sanity in the sea moniss Feb 2025 #150
I'm probably too old and senile to recall precisely but... NNadir Feb 2025 #112
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The Bill Maher political discussion forum. They mentioned applegrove Feb 2025 #115
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followed a link from some long gone web page or other in 2002 mike_c Feb 2025 #117
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I don't remember... From The Ashes Feb 2025 #118
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Around 2004, I found some other boards yellowdogintexas Feb 2025 #119
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I dont remember but it was more likely from Huff-Post as well as I was on there. Eko Feb 2025 #127
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Thank you! Eko Feb 2025 #136
A link on smirkingchimp.com to a post by H20Man (2014 August) tblue37 Feb 2025 #128
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At a Dean For America meeting in 2004 The Wizard Feb 2025 #130
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Recommended by... Mike Nelson Feb 2025 #132
I am so sorry. May the memories of Katie be a blessing to you. debm55 Feb 2025 #138
Through my brother in 2003 who, boonecreek Feb 2025 #134
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DU was mentioned on a post to Free Republic.com Doc_Technical Feb 2025 #140
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This message was self-deleted by its author Doc_Technical Feb 2025 #141
I followed a link in an article by James Carville during Bush v Gore fiasco rickford66 Feb 2025 #142
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I think from Air America, maybe 2005 Clouds Passing Feb 2025 #144
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Thank you debm55 😍 Clouds Passing Feb 2025 #148
I was following Will Pitt around 2003. I think I signed up in 2004 Sherry70-retired Feb 2025 #151
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BARTCOP Da Man - God Rest His Soul BOSSHOG Feb 2025 #152
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Air America Radio liberaltrucker Feb 2025 #153
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2007, bush and the Iraq war lies Bristlecone Feb 2025 #154
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I think I found them the same way. Through Huff-Post. Lochloosa Feb 2025 #155
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Thom Hartmann mentioned it on one of his shows. mommymarine2003 Feb 2025 #156
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Discovered DU during the Obama election. BBbats Feb 2025 #157
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I discovered DU in 2004. I couldn't believe bush won reelection and I stumbled across badhair77 Feb 2025 #158
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I think I heard Thom Hartmann refer to a post here circa 2001 LSparkle Feb 2025 #159
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Bartcop 2001 or 2002 MustLoveBeagles Feb 2025 #160
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I saw it mentioned on Common Dreams and Daily Kos KitFox Feb 2025 #162
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Used to hang out for hours at this 24/7 Net Cafe near Madame Tussade's Wax Museum in or near Times Square... electric_blue68 Feb 2025 #173
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Ty. I enjoy your questions. electric_blue68 Feb 2025 #192
2001ish. looking for anti bush sites. pansypoo53219 Feb 2025 #174
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Another Bartcop alumni Rastapopoulos Feb 2025 #175
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Back in the 90s, I think. Probably referenced by some article or blog. Maybe Bartcop? Norrrm Feb 2025 #176
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Exactly how is lost to history. GeorgiaBoomerGirl Feb 2025 #177
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Bartcop in 2002 Beausoleil Feb 2025 #178
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Don't remember it was 22 years ago. nt doc03 Feb 2025 #179
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Another Bartcop alumnus. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2025 #180
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June 8, 2004 mede8er Feb 2025 #190
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no_hypocrisy

(54,123 posts)
2. Lynn Samuels' website.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 09:17 AM
Feb 2025

Lynn used to have radio talk shows on NYC's WBAI and WABC before going satellite.

She had a great list of links on her website, including DU.

hlthe2b

(112,624 posts)
3. 'Saw Skinner & EarlG's sign in the (semi-protest) crowd at the GW Bush* inauguration Jan, 2001
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 09:18 AM
Feb 2025

I logged in to that original, fairly limited site and looked for others who shared my feelings about the horrific SCOTUS decision to make him president. I continued to lurk for a few months before signing on and have been here ever since. Fellow Coloradoan Kentuck and I signed up on the same day I found out years later so I always look for his posts.

At the time there were just a handful of emerging Dem resistance posts--including Bartcop, The Smirking Chimp, Atrios, etc. Wow... a long time ago... I hope all who remember the lessons of then can propel us forward now.

4TheArts

(185 posts)
10. I bounced off of Common Dreams
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 09:24 AM
Feb 2025

A friend recommended Common Dreams years ago as a news source, and balanced opinions. Someone on that site mentioned Democratic Underground. Not a frequent poster, but I depend on DU as a source of sanity, along with timely and honest info.
And thanks to someone, for those hearts!

MiHale

(12,542 posts)
11. From Truthout...
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 09:24 AM
Feb 2025

Will Pitt mentioned it in a reply to a comment I made on one of his articles there. I was lurking here then and eventually decided to join.

Xavier Breath

(6,413 posts)
79. Same.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 02:10 PM
Feb 2025

He mentioned it sometime in the summer of '16. "Democratic what, now?" was likely my response.

SteveMarrs

(22 posts)
17. By Daily Kos 2006
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 09:37 AM
Feb 2025

Different username back then. Posted rarely but read everyday. To me this is the best site.

mwmisses4289

(3,092 posts)
27. From another website, during the 2015-16 election.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 09:53 AM
Feb 2025

It was mentioned by someone posting there, I was curious and checked it out. Was a lurker for many years, then became a member a few years ago.

LuvLoogie

(8,471 posts)
28. I don't even remember
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 09:56 AM
Feb 2025

I think I was trolling the Red State site. 2012ish. Then I decided to calm down and find kindred spirits. But there were some Jill Stein, Glen Greenwald, Matt Taibi, Julian Asange fans here too at the time. And some really vile Hillary haters. They've left several years ago.

debm55

(54,960 posts)
32. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH, I trolled at the "Free Site" too. Seldom posted there but when I did, I put them up in arms. Glad you
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 10:05 AM
Feb 2025

Found us at DU. Enjoy your posts.

LeftInTX

(34,013 posts)
161. I was doing the same thing..LOL! I was trolling Red State myself.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 10:32 PM
Feb 2025

I was trying to read the tea leaves in the GOP primary. I really didn't want Rick Perry to be the nominee! They really seemed to like him over there.

I found DU shortly around that time also because I was reading up on the primaries. I remember Jen Rubin liked Rick Perry. I sent her an email about incompetent he was.

I joined after Obama's not so good first debate. I wanted to "do something!!!". Fortunately, I found a connection to a local campaign office and started making calls to Florida.

ms liberty

(10,932 posts)
34. The Smirking Chimp. I found DU and lurked for a couple of years before joining
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 10:09 AM
Feb 2025

Mainly because I'm rural and on a good day back then our internet speed would be 44k. A bad day was 22k.

Niagara

(11,375 posts)
36. Facebook
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 10:14 AM
Feb 2025

I found Democratic Underground's Facebook page between two Democratic pages on Facebook. One was Occupy Democrats and I can't
remember the other page. I'm not sure if it's still an active page or not.

Back then, Facebook pages followed each other if they shared similar content and ideals. It would would also state that that the pages would be followed by so and so pages.


Then I discovered the actual forum for DU.


Also, if it had not been for Facebook, I wouldn't have discovered that a local politician in my district was running on a 2022 Democratic ticket and there was nothing Democratic about that politician. I discovered this by looking at their Facebook page.


So people can bash Facebook all they want to. If I hadn't been on Facebook I'm not sure if I would have discovered DU.

debm55

(54,960 posts)
40. Thank you Niagara. I was posting at Facebook with fellow teachers sharing ideas also posted here. When Trump won the
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 10:23 AM
Feb 2025

first time my page was trashed. All of our ideas and projects were trashed. Never closed it I was very mad. Have never been back to Facebook. It was a teachers page, not political. Thank you for sharing your posts with us. I am very glad you are on DU. Love your posts.

Niagara

(11,375 posts)
149. Facebook can be a helpful tool at times.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 08:18 PM
Feb 2025

I'm glad that you're here on DU as well, Debbie.




Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
56. I may have come the same way. Was 2004 and I was reading HuffPo then, before it become Cosmopolitan-lite. . . . nt
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 12:01 PM
Feb 2025

debm55

(54,960 posts)
58. I agree with you. thank you very much Bernardo de La Paz and join DU. thank you for your well thought out posts.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 12:08 PM
Feb 2025

yorkster

(3,645 posts)
39. It was around 2004 I think.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 10:20 AM
Feb 2025

Found it scrolling around at the local library. I may have seen it mentioned on Daily Kos or Firedog Lake. I lurked for years. Joined about 2 years ago.
It was Bush 2 and the Iraq war that drove me here. Glad I found it.

Alliepoo

(2,760 posts)
43. Somebody on Facebook had posted
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 10:40 AM
Feb 2025

Something from DU. I thought it sounded interesting so I went searching for that Democratic Underground, found it and lurked for a while then I joined. I’m SO glad I did. I don’t know what I’d do without my DU family!

Comrade Citizen

(344 posts)
44. google searches since 2001
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 10:42 AM
Feb 2025

DU kept showing up in searches for bush v Gore, war, recession, Obama, Clinton.

greatauntoftriplets

(178,590 posts)
45. In February of 2001, I was searching for Bush jokes.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 10:53 AM
Feb 2025

One of the hits was the Top 10 Conservative Idiots. I lurked until fall of that year, mostly because I didn't have a home computer then. Then I joined and bought my first computer. Been here ever since.

The triplets in my username were babies then. Now they're 24 and all three college graduates starting their careers. It's an interesting way to measure time.

debm55

(54,960 posts)
48. Thank you very much, greatauntoftriplets. I am glad you are on DU and I enjoy your posts very much.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 11:41 AM
Feb 2025

Wicked Blue

(8,409 posts)
52. Democrats.com, I think
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 11:50 AM
Feb 2025

I originally joined under a different screen name about a year after DU was launched. Possibly 2002.

rurallib

(64,516 posts)
59. Friend at a county Dem meeting in the summer of 2004
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 12:11 PM
Feb 2025

fell in love with it at first look.

catbyte

(38,574 posts)
65. It was either Smirking Chimp or BartCop
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 12:34 PM
Feb 2025

It was around 23 years ago so it's a little hazy.

debm55

(54,960 posts)
66. Thank you catbyte. I look for you posts every day. I so enjoy them Thank you so much for being on DU
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 12:37 PM
Feb 2025

Diamond_Dog

(39,646 posts)
77. I was having an argument online with some rightwinger in our local newspaper.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 01:56 PM
Feb 2025

Back in the days when most newspapers allowed comments.

He said to me, Wow, did you get all your talking points from Democratic Underground?

I thought, what is Democratic Underground? I had never heard of it before. So I searched for it, and, as they say, the rest is history!

UpInArms

(53,959 posts)
78. It was one of the following
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 01:59 PM
Feb 2025

I can’t remember which one

LiberalSlant
MediaWhoresOnline
Bartcop

I miss all of those sites …

Am so glad that DU has endured

Cloudhopper

(161 posts)
80. 2011 Wisconsin Protests
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 02:14 PM
Feb 2025

I was just searching for news/information on the protests and DU came up in the search. I think I've been here just about every day since. I joined 11/1/2024 cuz I didn't want to be blacked out during the election, and I knew I needed DU's opinions and research to help get me thru it. And you did. Thanks!

some_of_us_are_sane

(2,674 posts)
82. Came aboard in 2020 via links to Randy Rainbow spoofs on DU
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 02:23 PM
Feb 2025

An email from a friend who shared links after Trump won in 2020. I fell in love with the place. I grabbed on like a liferaft .

WestMichRad

(2,886 posts)
85. Top Ten Conservative Idiots
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 02:30 PM
Feb 2025

… back during Shrub’s first term. I was a lurker for a loooooong time!

Mad_Dem_X

(10,107 posts)
86. I believe it was through a link at BartCop. 2004
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 02:33 PM
Feb 2025

I don't remember how I discovered BartCop, but he started me on the road to be a proud and active Dem.

Dorothy V

(451 posts)
87. In a stroke of serendipity ...
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 02:37 PM
Feb 2025

Somebody over on NationalZero mentioned DU. Being a curious sort, I looked DU up and am so glad I did!

louis-t

(24,566 posts)
91. Top 10 Conservative Idiots.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 02:52 PM
Feb 2025

Saw a weekly version someplace and clicked on it. Must have been 2003 or 4.

LudwigPastorius

(14,047 posts)
93. I found DU by way of The Smirking Chimp links.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 02:55 PM
Feb 2025

That was some time in 2001/2002, I think. (I had a different username back then.)

Laffy Kat

(16,846 posts)
101. I originally joined as a Keith Olbermann fan.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 03:21 PM
Feb 2025

There used to be a KO forum. Gosh, it feels like such a long time ago. The KO forum is no more but DU keeps me sane, informed and entertained. So glad I discovered it.

debm55

(54,960 posts)
103. Thank you Laffy Kat. for being part of the DU family. We enjoy your posts. PS at one time KO was a sports reporter of a
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 03:29 PM
Feb 2025

station in Pittsburgh.

Eugene

(66,732 posts)
102. Around 2002 or 2003. DU content was shared on the newsgroups.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 03:27 PM
Feb 2025

Didn't sign up until the 2004 election.

Basso8vb

(1,230 posts)
105. A friend told me about DU in the fall of 2004 and I started lurking here every day.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 03:32 PM
Feb 2025

Finally created an account in 2016 due to all the bots and trolls flooding the place.

Only started posting last year mainly because most of my sentiments are expressed so much better by many folks here.

CareyOn

(80 posts)
106. It was during "shock and awe" during the Iraq war.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 03:32 PM
Feb 2025

I was so upset watching the nightly bombings and a coworker told me about DU.
Yea, it has been many years that I have lurked and learned from the fine people here.

debm55

(54,960 posts)
108. Thank you very much CareyOn. I am grade you joined DU and have become part of our family.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 03:36 PM
Feb 2025

proud patriot

(102,364 posts)
109. 2001 I saw Skinner and EarlG holding the sign along the inauguration route
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 03:37 PM
Feb 2025

I was anti computer at that time . My husband was an earlier gamer so we had a
PC at home . While he was at work a couple months after Bush's inaugural I turned
a computer on for the first time in my life .

I typed I hate Bush into a search engine and was directed to Hated.Com . it listed all websites
that were opposed to Bush. I scrolled a bit and recognized The Democratic Underground clicked
and found like minded people .

I became very passionate very quickly . I volunteered as Moderator a few months after that.
My first day as a moderator I had learn how to copy and paste

I spent most of the next 10 years serving this community as Moderator.

debm55

(54,960 posts)
126. Wow proud patriot that is quite a story. Thank you for being part of the DU family. I giving your time and enery in
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 06:08 PM
Feb 2025

being a Moderator.

Americanme

(354 posts)
110. I found it through Bartcop
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 03:44 PM
Feb 2025

It was during the first GWB term. I started reading DU every day before work, and about 20 years later, I finally joined.

debm55

(54,960 posts)
124. Thank you very much, moniss. Glad you are a member of our family at DU. thank you for sharing with us.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 05:56 PM
Feb 2025

moniss

(8,603 posts)
150. You are always an island of sanity in the sea
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 08:34 PM
Feb 2025

of turmoil. You deserve all those hearts.

NNadir

(37,196 posts)
112. I'm probably too old and senile to recall precisely but...
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 03:51 PM
Feb 2025

...I suspect it was from a website called "smirking chimp" where the argument at the time centered largely around whether Ralph Nader was an asshole or not. I was an advocate for "he's an asshole."

There was a moderator there called "board nanny," who I assumed was actually the web page owner sock puppet, who sometimes, eventually often, would delete posts for specious reasons, like a lack of specificity in the post title.

Someone probably linked DU and I came over and never looked back.

I did post for a while at DailyKos, somewhat prolifically for a while, but the owner banned me for telling the truth. Unlike DU, Daily Kos is an autocracy. I returned all my commentary to DU where, when I'm obnoxious - and sometimes I am - I'm judged by a jury of my peers.

I'm concerned that DU may be suppressed by the fascist thought police led by his Maggotcy King Elon the first ( and hopefully last.)

debm55

(54,960 posts)
123. Dear NNadir. We at DU are glad you are here. I enjoy your posts. Thanks for being part of the DU Family.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 05:47 PM
Feb 2025

applegrove

(129,943 posts)
115. The Bill Maher political discussion forum. They mentioned
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 04:20 PM
Feb 2025

DU. I was tired of wiping the floor with obnoxious GOPers and their bs and wanted a place without Republicans. So in early 2005 I logged onto the DU.

debm55

(54,960 posts)
116. Thank you very much applegrove. I am glad you found DU and have found a place of peace and like mindednes.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 04:43 PM
Feb 2025

mike_c

(36,888 posts)
117. followed a link from some long gone web page or other in 2002
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 04:56 PM
Feb 2025

I can't remember which, anymore. RIP the brain cells that once held that information.

debm55

(54,960 posts)
122. Thank you very much mike_c for being a part of our family here at DU, and for sharing your thoughts and ideas.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 05:41 PM
Feb 2025

From The Ashes

(2,731 posts)
118. I don't remember...
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 04:56 PM
Feb 2025

which website reposted the 'Top 10 conservative idiots' but it lead me here. I like the atmosphere here. I went away for a few years but I came back...

yellowdogintexas

(23,591 posts)
119. Around 2004, I found some other boards
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 05:15 PM
Feb 2025

Huffington Post and Burnt Orange Report (a Texas rooted group))

I decided DU was my best place

debm55

(54,960 posts)
120. Thank you very much yellowdogintexas. for selecting DU. DU would not be the same without your presence.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 05:26 PM
Feb 2025

Eko

(9,808 posts)
127. I dont remember but it was more likely from Huff-Post as well as I was on there.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 06:11 PM
Feb 2025

Of course once I found DU I steadily moved here.

debm55

(54,960 posts)
137. Thank you very much for being a part of the DU family and sharing your thoughts and goals with us
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 06:29 PM
Feb 2025

Mike Nelson

(10,891 posts)
132. Recommended by...
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 06:20 PM
Feb 2025

... my friend Katie - posted here as K8-EEE. She passed over 10 years ago. I still miss her very much...

boonecreek

(1,364 posts)
134. Through my brother in 2003 who,
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 06:24 PM
Feb 2025

believe it or not was working in the defense industry (now retired).
That was back in the days of The Top Ten Conservative Idiots.
I lurked here until Nov. 5th and finally decided to join. Much more
fun being a member.

Doc_Technical

(3,733 posts)
140. DU was mentioned on a post to Free Republic.com
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 06:44 PM
Feb 2025

Also mentioned on Suck.com
This was during the ENRON scandal.
I lurked here for a couple of years then joined.

P.S Thank You for the heart!

debm55

(54,960 posts)
147. Thank you Doc_Technical for being part of the DU Family. and sharing with us. Is there a way you knew I gave you a heart
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 07:21 PM
Feb 2025

Response to debm55 (Original post)

rickford66

(6,032 posts)
142. I followed a link in an article by James Carville during Bush v Gore fiasco
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 06:47 PM
Feb 2025

I've been here every day since then. No original content, just people sharing knowledge in one form or another.

debm55

(54,960 posts)
146. Thank you very much, Clouds Passing for being part of the DU Family and sharing with us.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 07:17 PM
Feb 2025

debm55

(54,960 posts)
169. Thank you for being part of the DU family and for great and funny posts. You are a treasure.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 11:33 PM
Feb 2025

Lochloosa

(16,662 posts)
155. I think I found them the same way. Through Huff-Post.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 08:46 PM
Feb 2025

I honestly don't remember, but for some reason that sounds right. Also, around the same time.

It's hell to get old.

debm55

(54,960 posts)
170. Yes it is isn't it. hahahhaahhhahahaha. thank you for being part of the DU family, Lochloosa.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 11:37 PM
Feb 2025

mommymarine2003

(344 posts)
156. Thom Hartmann mentioned it on one of his shows.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 08:48 PM
Feb 2025

It appears I joined DU in 2012, but I am sure I was reading people's comments before that. My son was in Iraq, and I needed a place of refuge from all my worries about my son, and my anger towards George W. Bush.

debm55

(54,960 posts)
172. Thank you mommymarine2003 for being part of the DU Family. Love ya and I hope your son was okay.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 11:44 PM
Feb 2025

BBbats

(278 posts)
157. Discovered DU during the Obama election.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 08:49 PM
Feb 2025

Been following since then.
Just recently became a small amount supporting member.
I'll continue as long as my Social Security holds out😉.

badhair77

(5,075 posts)
158. I discovered DU in 2004. I couldn't believe bush won reelection and I stumbled across
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 08:53 PM
Feb 2025

Keith Olbermann. In googling his name DU showed up and I was hooked. I lost my first screen name and password so I lurked for awhile but finally started over as badhair. I’ll never do that again because I was devastated when DU went down after the 2016 election. Hopefully we’re now protected against the slimeballs that caused that outage.

LSparkle

(12,118 posts)
159. I think I heard Thom Hartmann refer to a post here circa 2001
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 08:55 PM
Feb 2025

Definitely during the first term of W.

On edit: Checked my profile and joined in 2003 but definitely lurked for a while before then. Air America might have carried Hartmann because I bought an AM radio when they began broadcasting and I was a 12-hour daily listener.

debm55

(54,960 posts)
163. Thank you very much MustLoveBeagles for being part of our DU family. Thank you for sharing with us.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 11:09 PM
Feb 2025

KitFox

(502 posts)
162. I saw it mentioned on Common Dreams and Daily Kos
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 11:07 PM
Feb 2025

and read here for 15 or so years before finally officially joining a few months ago. I remember election night in 2016 and I couldn’t sleep. I kept getting up to see if the site had gotten back on line because I needed to read posts from people who I knew felt just as I did. I love ya, DUers!!!!! 😊🩷

debm55

(54,960 posts)
164. Thank you very much KitFox fpr being part of our DU family and for sharing yourself with us.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 11:13 PM
Feb 2025

electric_blue68

(25,615 posts)
173. Used to hang out for hours at this 24/7 Net Cafe near Madame Tussade's Wax Museum in or near Times Square...
Thu Feb 13, 2025, 03:34 AM
Feb 2025

Last edited Thu Feb 13, 2025, 05:32 AM - Edit history (1)

This was in the first few months of W's term.

I was putting in "Democratic" ?something, and amongst the results was DU. Looked intriguing. And without a computer at home, and our libraries mostly closed by 7p - 9p; I, a late nighter I had a whole bunch of other non-political things I wanted to look at that night.
So... I forgot about it.

Fast foward to ?21, or so. I was on a Music site I frequent(ed) that had a Politics sub forum. They were not paying attention enough imho to a particular political anniversary. This annoyed me.

So I went to google up Democrats related sites; though not the official Dem Party.
Out of the blue "Democratic Underground" popped up from my memory. Nearly 20 yrs later! Amazing!

I was like... "Oh, suuuure. Like that's going to still be around.". 🙄
But surprise!: there you were/are!

So I popped in, and never left. Lurked for a bit (a few days, ?or more) before I first (or was able to) post(ed). Soooo glad I remembered DU!

Rastapopoulos

(722 posts)
175. Another Bartcop alumni
Thu Feb 13, 2025, 07:59 AM
Feb 2025

I even remember when he started his 'Bartcop' persona back on Prodigy during the 1992 election. When I got online during the Bush years, I was glad to see him there to help us get through those dark times and would slip him a few bucks occasionally.

As you can see I don't post much, but should have more time now that I retired two weeks ago.

debm55

(54,960 posts)
188. Thank you very much for being a member of the DU family. Rastapopoulos. Congratulations on your retirement.
Thu Feb 13, 2025, 11:50 AM
Feb 2025

Norrrm

(3,871 posts)
176. Back in the 90s, I think. Probably referenced by some article or blog. Maybe Bartcop?
Thu Feb 13, 2025, 08:08 AM
Feb 2025

debm55

(54,960 posts)
185. Thank you Norrrm for being a member of the DU family. We are pleased to have you with us.
Thu Feb 13, 2025, 11:38 AM
Feb 2025
177. Exactly how is lost to history.
Thu Feb 13, 2025, 08:32 AM
Feb 2025

But I know it was January 2001. I think I accidentally found a link somewhere to Top Ten Conservative Idiots. The DU community was such a comfort after the trauma of W’s selection, and I have come here almost daily for news and commentary. Lurked for literally decades and finally joined. I never felt much need to post, but I am proud to be a member.

debm55

(54,960 posts)
184. Thank you for being a member of the DU familly, GeoriaBoomerGirl. and we are proud to have you with us.
Thu Feb 13, 2025, 11:34 AM
Feb 2025

Beausoleil

(3,008 posts)
178. Bartcop in 2002
Thu Feb 13, 2025, 09:06 AM
Feb 2025

Coming up on my 23rd anniversary.

Never really post much but i always get my news here first.

OAITW r.2.0

(31,337 posts)
180. Another Bartcop alumnus.
Thu Feb 13, 2025, 09:48 AM
Feb 2025

Seemed like BC was including at least 1 reference to a DU post every addition that he published. Signed on originally as Old and In the Way. Took a hiatus after the the 2016 election, forgot my password and returned under my present moniker.

I absolutely love how this board is structured. Pretty much the only place I spend time these days on the innertubes.

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