Longstanding Democrats and Progressives of DU, please check in!

[Labors of Hercules]

With all this bizarre nastiness going around, WE NEED A HUDDLE!!! :grouphug:

:hi:

[Tom Rinaldo]

1. I joined in October of 03. I know a lot have been here longer than I n/t

[Labors of Hercules]

2. Me Too, Tom!

October 1 to be exact... :toast:

[BootinUp]

10. Thats also when I signed up. part of the Clarkie wave :-)

[skooooo]

3. 2004

right before the republican primary in NY (which i went to and protested!)

[David Zephyr]

4. Joined in early 2001 when I found myself in a parallel universe with Bush as Prez.

I know I'm being paid back for something rotten I did and that there is another world where Al and Tipper Gore are closing out their second term.

[robbedvoter]

5. Jan 2001 - stolen election gave my handle

[Uncle Sinister]

6. I'm new here, but I've voted blue since 1976 does that count?

And I agree about the bizarre nastiness, if there wasn't a fair amount of intelligent goodness here too, I'd bail.

[LittleClarkie]

7. 2004, right after the primary season

Well, not RIGHT after. Sometime in the summer.

Howdy.

[Nite Owl]

8. October,'03

Not since the beginning. I've been trying to stay out of the fray. I hope there will be some 'normalcy' here at some point before the convention. The real world is not like this, I have friends who are for Hillary and for Obama but we all realize that we have reasonable differences and there is a certain sense of respect for different ways to achieve our progressive goals.

[Uben]

9. 2001 ,."...and God said "Let there be DU"

....and so there was! We needed this place then. Now, it's getting more like those places we came here to get away from!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

11. July, 2003 - I remember the Dean/Clark wars

I was a big Wes Clark supporter. I actually liked Dean a lot, though, as well as Kucinich. Those wars got nasty, but I don't remember them being anywhere near as hostile as what I see today.

[robbedvoter]

12. Waity, was I wrong to check in here? Somehow I feel the title was deceiving - and it's a candidate

rally - is that what this was?

[Perky]

13. 2002 here

[Perky]

14. 2002 here

[hayu_lol]

15. Since late 2000...

joined DU, dems.com, and smirking chimp about the same time(was member 62 at smirking chimp).

Lots of changes here since then.

[DinahMoeHum]

16. March of 2002 here.

after lurking for 1-2 months, I joined up and donated.

:kick:

[Joe the Revelator]

17. Early '03

This is as weird as I've seen it on DU, but then again, this is the strangest primary I've been a part of.