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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]Berserker
(3,419 posts)81. I joined in March 2004
I read about DU in Bradblog and checked it out. I was a lurker for a long time then had a hard time joining as I remember because DU would not accept certain email accounts. But I finally got on and have been addicted since.
And with posts in RKBA I am still called a less than human troll.
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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