I would like to dedicate the 2016 election of Hillary Clinton to BartCop.

[LeftofObama]

If it weren't for BartCop's website I never would have found Democratic Underground.

Back during the disastrous bush* years BartCop helped me keep my sanity by laughing at the downright lunacy of the republicans. He was a diehard supporter of the Clintons (both Hillary and Bill) even when some Democrats were running them down. Every now and then during this election cycle I find myself wanting to log on to his website because I know that he would be absolutely over the moon about Hillary's nomination.

Cheers, BartCop! I wish you were around to see how well Hillary is running her campaign. You would be proud!




http://www.bartcop.com/

[MFM008]

1. me2

I found DU in the links.
Miss him. He would have flipped ... from a chimp to a maggot.

[katmondoo]

17. Me too

It was also my first computer and Bartcop got me through those disastrous Bush years. Now DU is helping me survive an even more disastrous year.

[LiberalLovinLug]

2. I was led here the same way

[Frank Cannon]

4. Same here.

I also made his "Train Station Chicken" once, and it was unbelievably good.

It really says something that no one's been able to fill that gap since he left us. His combination of outrage, humor, and wisdom were unparalleled, and he delivered it in full four days a week.

[Cha]

5. Thanks, LoO..

I found out about DU through the Nation mag and Bartcop, too, as alternative news sources.. before I even had a computer.

It's what made me want to get one back in the day.

[mikeargo]

6. I miss Bart

If it wasn't so early, I'd do a shot along with you.

[beachbum bob]

7. Bartcop was my first too

[quickesst]

8. No one...

... More deserving of this honor. I miss him too. Thanks for posting and a big kick and recommend

[Denis 11]

9. I agree completely with you

Terry would have been thrilled to see Hillary Clinton become President.

[quickesst]

11. Absolutely

Bartcop was my first stop every day when I got home from work.

[mdbl]

10. Miss Bartcop.

Only site that kept me sane during the bush years.

[pinboy3niner]

12. From Bartcop, 2011...

[demigoddess]

13. amen to that!

loved Bartcop and still miss him.

[bucolic_frolic]

14. I remember Bartcop

We were in a Yahoo group run by a former Congressman's HQ manager

Weekly and often nightly chats during election 2000

Back then we used chain emails to help GOTV

and whatever else the early internet provided - new message boards,
discussion, even the personals

The group is still active, shame that Yahoo deletes the archives after
about 5 years on a rolling basis, with no way to backup or download

Bartcop was alt news in its day, other sites included BushWatch,
Democrats.com, BearLeft, CLG.org, and even sites with no name
that remain active today such as http://news4florida.tripod.com/index1.html

[LaydeeBug]

26. I was there with you! That chat room, the DC Meet Up at James Carville's spot nt

[BumRushDaShow]

15. Same here

Lurked there and found this site and finally signed up here.

[VOX]

16. To Bartcop. And to all others who brought us here.

Cheers, and many thanks.

[joshcryer]

18. I love that guy, he responded to every one of my emails.

Such a great, wonderful, liberal. In the US sense of what it means to be liberal. A leftist, a progressive, and a firebrand.

[senseandsensibility]

33. He used to answer mine as well.

He was a mensch.

[stonecutter357]

19. K&R!

[Kahuna]

20. In Loving Memory, Cheers BartCop!

[DemonGoddess]

21. K&R!

Like you, BartCop is how I found DU!

[Shankapotomus]

22. I remember

When I had a lonely-ass website on the daily show that received very little traffic. One day I check my stats and see that I'm getting thousands of hits.

I check to see where it all was coming from and it was from this website I never heard of before.

Bartcop had linked to my site in one of his issues.

[Pluvious]

23. Thank you for posting this

I, like so many others relied on him to help survive the endless outrage of the Cheney-Bush debacle years

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

24. K & R, from another fan shown DU. Thanks for the posts... n/t

[LaydeeBug]

25. Me too! Thanks for this post. He is greatly missed. nt

[susanna]

27. I found BartCop through DU...

but other than that, spot on - cheers from me as well. He is definitely missed.

[missingfink]

28. I, too, was a Bartcop reader

Really miss that site. The closest thing to it is "All Hat, No Cattle". If anyone has suggestions for similar, fun political sites, please let us know.

[Kingofalldems]

29. TC would love it.

[madaboutharry]

30. Can you imagine what he would

have to say about this shit show?

He was a nice man. He wrote me a lovely note along with my Bartcop sticker.

[Tikki]

31. I always felt at home there.

Here's to you BartCop.


Tikki

[nopence2020]

32. Yes!

I loved BartCop! It helped keep me sane during those dark days as well.