This is my 5th presidential election day as a member of this forum. Hard to believe how much has

[themaguffin]

happened since 2004...

The brutal loss in 2004 (though tame compared to 16).

The amazing feeling in 2008, and affirmation of 2012, to the darkest of the last 4 years in 2016... to what I hope will be our 1980.

Glad to have been able to spend some this time with you all!

[Laelth]

1. It has been my pleasure to share this time and this virtual space with you.

Cheers!



-Laelth

[Binkie The Clown]

2. I joined when Howard Dean was running.

Then I drifted away, forgot my password, had changed my email carrier, so I couldn't recover it, and had to start all over again with a new ID.

[callous taoboy]

3. I found DU in 2000 and my sanity was kept.

Love my DU!

[SoCalDem]

5. Jan 2001 for me too

Saw a banner on Washington Journal and here I was

[callous taoboy]

11. I think I found it through Will Pitt and Truthout.

That seems like a long time ago now.

[VWolf]

4. Same here! I came in during Kerry's run and haven't left since n/t

[Azathoth]

6. Same here. Won't lie, I think the jury system here has hurt the site. But it's one of the originals

of the new Democratic millennium.

[blm]

7. Nearly 20 years.

Glad to be in the trenches with my compatriots, through the good and bad. DU is a rock.

[VOX]

8. 2002er here. Glad to have shared virtual joy and yes, despair with good DU folks like you.

Hats off to all the compassionate and loyal Democrats here!

[Mrs. Overall]

9. Me, too. I was a Kucinich delegate for my state in 2004 and relied on DU

for all of my political news back then. In fact, I still rely on DU.

I had less of a presence on DU during the eight years of Obama, but came back with a vengeance during 2016.

[PCIntern]

10. Mine as well!

What a long strange trip it’s been