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In reply to the discussion: A follow up post: How many people had no idea when and why DU was founded when they joined ?? [View all]elfin
(6,262 posts)51. Found via Bushwatch in 2001 and joined in early 2002
Don't know if Bushwatch is still out there, but retroactive thanks to them to leading me to this knowledeable, often hilarious and ever pointedly opinionated site.
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A follow up post: How many people had no idea when and why DU was founded when they joined ?? [View all]
kentuck
Nov 2012
OP
Learned about DU from a fellow Deniac back when DFA meant "Dean For America". nt
Speck Tater
Nov 2012
#15
2001..I was posting on a Pol. board on a generic site and the repugs were ganging...
Tikki
Nov 2012
#21
A friend and fellow liberal told me about it during that horrible period right after the 2000
kestrel91316
Nov 2012
#25
I was looking for someplace to read after the Kerry blog/irc channel closed up in 2004
Marrah_G
Nov 2012
#30
me. Still don't know how / why founded. Guess the rest of this thread will inform me.
Liberal_in_LA
Nov 2012
#48
DU used to have a section on its home page explaining why it was founded.
former9thward
Nov 2012
#53
After 3 years of Shrub and Darth Cheney, I was looking for ANY news of Democrats
Trailrider1951
Nov 2012
#57
I found DU in 2000. I don't remember if it was hope before the election or despair after.
s-cubed
Nov 2012
#72
Ok, I didn't know when I joined. Andy recommended it to me right before the 2004 election.
hootinholler
Nov 2012
#75
I knew, but not when I first joined. Which was in 2004 a couple days after the election.
Matariki
Nov 2012
#76
i was looking to de-bunk some Swiftboat chit against Kerry in spring of '04, google gave me the link
NMDemDist2
Nov 2012
#80
I was posting on another board and I used to come here to steal stuff. Then....
dimbear
Nov 2012
#91