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Who has been with DU for more than 10 years? [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 OP
Me leftofcool Mar 2016 #1
Joined in March 2004. I was living in a red area in California and felt livetohike Mar 2016 #2
2004 for me and still in a red state... Phentex Mar 2016 #25
"DU was really something in those days," to paraphrase Burt Lancaster villager Mar 2016 #302
Not me, it was the bleak realization that Republicans are in fact insane Kalidurga Mar 2016 #3
On my first handle JackInGreen Mar 2016 #4
HDavis HDavis Mar 2016 #5
You must be a listener and not a yappagator like the rest of us :) Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #23
"117494" annabanana Mar 2016 #150
annabanana HDavis Mar 2016 #365
I don't think 'super-lurker' is meant to be an insult Cal Carpenter Mar 2016 #374
since one month after it began or so, Jan. 2001 roguevalley Mar 2016 #419
It certainly wasn't.. I PM'd annabanana Mar 2016 #530
AB - what is that number? Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #520
If you hover annabanana Mar 2016 #529
Interesting - thanks. I thought it was some kind of tally of how many Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #568
Can someone tell me my AB number? nt msanthrope Mar 2016 #591
It's 102752 herding cats Mar 2016 #609
A superlative annabanana Mar 2016 #599
Freaking wow malaise Mar 2016 #444
Howdy malaise! DonRedwood Mar 2016 #501
Hi there DonRedwood malaise Mar 2016 #512
. annabanana Mar 2016 #532
Not me sis malaise Mar 2016 #535
moi aussi. deminks Mar 2016 #6
Fri Jun 4, 2004, 11:02 PM a kennedy Mar 2016 #7
Apr '04 HooptieWagon Mar 2016 #8
me. same time/reason as you tk2kewl Mar 2016 #9
I have. raging moderate Mar 2016 #10
I was a refugee from the John Kerry site. Vinca Mar 2016 #11
I was VoteForKerry on that site IDemo Mar 2016 #50
I don't remember what I was. Maybe Periwinkle since that's another name for Vinca. Vinca Mar 2016 #298
Periwinkle sounds vaguely familiar IDemo Mar 2016 #349
LOL - me, too. We're not getting any younger. Vinca Mar 2016 #378
That's the path I followed to DU, the John Kerry site. ebayfool Mar 2016 #507
Me. I came here from another site that booted me off numerous times for protesting polly7 Mar 2016 #12
Since March 2002, was lurking around the month before. . . DinahMoeHum Mar 2016 #13
I remember those days nolabels Mar 2016 #236
me nt steve2470 Mar 2016 #14
Oct. 2004 nt JPK Mar 2016 #15
Found DU (thanks to Air America) in Nov. '04. Surya Gayatri Mar 2016 #16
Same MidwestTech Mar 2016 #185
Ex-patriot, living in Paris...then and now. Surya Gayatri Mar 2016 #191
Bonjour! MidwestTech Mar 2016 #206
Salut ! You can't imagine how relieved I feel to be living here with Surya Gayatri Mar 2016 #215
I have been, and at about the same time. /nt Dragonfli Mar 2016 #17
Me. 2003 peacebird Mar 2016 #18
Me! bigwillq Mar 2016 #19
It was super boring for that year too... ScreamingMeemie Mar 2016 #246
eyb, Aicilef! bigwillq Mar 2016 #301
... ScreamingMeemie Mar 2016 #312
2002 FreakinDJ Mar 2016 #20
me, too. I think after the midterm election Iris Mar 2016 #483
I started reading DU in 2004, but didn't sign up until 2008. n/t demmiblue Mar 2016 #21
Oct. 2004 was when I found DU. CTyankee Mar 2016 #22
Yes - at that time, we ALL knew Bush was lying about WMD - How in Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #32
January 2002 when I finally signed up. trotsky Mar 2016 #24
Oh ya...Bartcop. Think I found DU from Smirking Chimp? was that the name? Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #34
I believe so! trotsky Mar 2016 #36
I came here from Smirking Chimp, too, because someone posted part of a piece by tblue37 Mar 2016 #147
I miss Bartcop! peace13 Mar 2016 #64
I came here from Bartcop in 2001. n/t ieoeja Mar 2016 #135
Jan. 2004 nt ladjf Mar 2016 #26
I joined April of 2004. I find the interaction interesting. shraby Mar 2016 #27
Me also Gothmog Mar 2016 #28
I have. roody Mar 2016 #29
2003. Discovered DU through a BartCop link. cureautismnow Mar 2016 #30
2002 pfitz59 Mar 2016 #31
Me, too... Mike Nelson Mar 2016 #33
Maybe we (and DU) are at our best when we are unified against something/someone Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #40
I'm wondering ... Trajan Mar 2016 #116
Not at all... Mike Nelson Mar 2016 #122
Joined in February 2004 when Clark dropped out. Thirties Child Mar 2016 #35
2002 leftynyc Mar 2016 #37
I agree. If Hillary wins, will we come back together? Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #45
It doesn't look that way leftynyc Mar 2016 #46
No, it doesn't. gcomeau Mar 2016 #306
Me either and I've been around since February of 2001. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2016 #55
The 2008 primaries were leftynyc Mar 2016 #80
I was a moderator through the 2008 primaries. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2016 #96
I'm With You ProfessorGAC Mar 2016 #207
The jury system has made a big difference, and not for the better, IMO. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2016 #218
Yes! peace13 Mar 2016 #213
June 2001 davsand Mar 2016 #271
And you know what??? Plucketeer Mar 2016 #274
Obama/Clinton 2008 Turin_C3PO Mar 2016 #366
Either I'm older and less leftynyc Mar 2016 #375
I wish my fellow Bernie people Turin_C3PO Mar 2016 #386
And I feel the same about Bernie leftynyc Mar 2016 #403
Amen Hekate Mar 2016 #427
April 2005 after being a long time lurker. peace13 Mar 2016 #38
I was there from very near the beginning and I imagine I will be here at the end CBGLuthier Mar 2016 #39
Yup, been here since 2005 (nt) Autumn Colors Mar 2016 #41
registered Feb '04 independentpiney Mar 2016 #42
Found DU via Skinner's poster on tv the horrendous day of the GWB* inauguration in 2001 hlthe2b Mar 2016 #43
Wow - you are almost a founder ! What I miss the most was when you Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #52
Yes.... I do think we had a shot at effective activism for awhile. It is so much tougher now... hlthe2b Mar 2016 #59
I saw the banner ... Trajan Mar 2016 #189
I sincerely hope so.... hlthe2b Mar 2016 #197
I joined in September 2004. Dark days. ... shudder. n/t prayin4rain Mar 2016 #44
I first came here because of the Top Ten Conservative Idiots #1 The_Commonist Mar 2016 #47
Just barely, joined Feb. 06 treestar Mar 2016 #48
Since May 2003 with my original screen name. deucemagnet Mar 2016 #49
Ha. What was it? I was extremely short-sighted picking my second (current) Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #58
It was giant_robot, deucemagnet Mar 2016 #86
That's funny DM ! If we ever get to change again - I am going with a dignified Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #107
Actually, I've always found your name fun. I also like SalmonChantedEvening's user name. nt tblue37 Mar 2016 #165
I always wondered where your handle came from. Blus4u Mar 2016 #307
Joined in 2005 because all my friends and family were sick of hearing me bitch about Bush. Frustratedlady Mar 2016 #51
March 2004 Bettie Mar 2016 #53
2001. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2016 #54
2003. Was a Clarkie. PeteSelman Mar 2016 #56
I was a Clark supporter, too. nt tblue37 Mar 2016 #168
Same here. mia Mar 2016 #445
Another Clarkie here. Crunchy Frog Mar 2016 #466
Me! Coventina Mar 2016 #57
Found DU after Michael Moore shut down his BB Tripper11 Mar 2016 #60
BB? Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #61
Bulletin Board. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2016 #313
Bulletin Board Trajan Mar 2016 #319
damn...did I just show my age?? LOL Tripper11 Mar 2016 #416
I moved over from smirking chimp Liberal_in_LA Mar 2016 #573
2002 mac56 Mar 2016 #62
I came when you came!! I would have been the 3-day, dust-bunny starer, but FourScore Mar 2016 #63
LOL ! Now they are grown up ! Vivid memory for me - I was Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #81
Wow. n/t FourScore Mar 2016 #84
Since 2003 Justice Mar 2016 #65
Me, after 2000 n/t Holly_Hobby Mar 2016 #66
2004 HockeyMom Mar 2016 #67
me... first account I started was in 2003 (damnit, still can't remember that password!) Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #68
yup. joined in 2004, during the awful cheney regime. nt restorefreedom Mar 2016 #69
April 2004. Just had my first hide. redstateblues Mar 2016 #70
Yes! peace13 Mar 2016 #77
Hides don't mean much... Phentex Mar 2016 #98
Lurked in 2001 - joined in 2002. blm Mar 2016 #71
Since October, 2003 -- after wallowing in a Yahoo! anti-Bush group. Atman Mar 2016 #72
Since 2005, those were the days my friends..... Paper Roses Mar 2016 #73
I was much more 'We and They' in the beginning, except... Umbral18 Mar 2016 #74
I've had this account since 2008 titaniumsalute Mar 2016 #75
Me Depaysement Mar 2016 #76
For me it happened after WhiteTara Mar 2016 #78
November 2004 dchill Mar 2016 #79
Shortly after the very beginning (under a different username) Myrina Mar 2016 #82
guess you won't divulge your original name? :) Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #83
hippiechick Myrina Mar 2016 #87
((hippiechick)) blm Mar 2016 #103
Hi blm! Myrina Mar 2016 #178
Oh my!. . Hiya! annabanana Mar 2016 #153
There must have been more than me ... sorry ... Myrina Mar 2016 #177
Hi, Hippiechick! You always gave great posts! Divernan Mar 2016 #220
Member since 2002, here. Missin' Newyawker99 - a very good soul. Divernan Mar 2016 #224
Thanks - as do you! Myrina Mar 2016 #291
OMG! I didn't realize that! salin Mar 2016 #395
Hi Salin! Myrina Mar 2016 #439
Still do some work in the area, salin Mar 2016 #514
Same here Oilwellian Mar 2016 #113
Yeah I started in very early 2001 too, and re-invented myself a few years ago as well. Heck underahedgerow Mar 2016 #242
I have often wondered whatever happened to hippiechick... ScreamingMeemie Mar 2016 #250
Hi! Myrina Mar 2016 #292
Same here, DU assigned my first password Warpy Mar 2016 #552
August 04 here liberal N proud Mar 2016 #85
been here so long I remember when was a left-leaning board... KG Mar 2016 #88
In my eyes you have *always* been here. salin Mar 2016 #396
! KG Mar 2016 #482
Been here since '04. Javaman Mar 2016 #89
May 2004 AwakeAtLast Mar 2016 #90
1,000 posts? BBG Mar 2016 #155
"700 Club" was the milestone. hunter Mar 2016 #251
Been here since March 2001... Johnyawl Mar 2016 #91
2002 here elfin Mar 2016 #92
I've been around here since 2001 ghostsinthemachine Mar 2016 #93
It's all PassingFair's fault. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2016 #94
And I wandered in from BuzzFlash... What a great site. PassingFair Mar 2016 #219
The Florida sElection made me seek some sort of explanation. lpbk2713 Mar 2016 #95
2004. Came from Smirking Chimp Beaverhausen Mar 2016 #97
Sun Oct 5, 2003, 11:23 AM lamp_shade Mar 2016 #99
Me. yardwork Mar 2016 #100
Near-daily reader since 2003. New to posting.. not an internet-posting kind of person NHprogressive Mar 2016 #101
Me B Calm Mar 2016 #102
Me. redwitch Mar 2016 #104
Nov 17, 2004 Doremus Mar 2016 #105
I joined shortly before you, took a bus from DC to Cleveland to GOTV in the rain... JudyM Mar 2016 #570
Oh man, the rain Doremus Mar 2016 #594
Ah, memories... and a yuuuuge "if only we'd won" nt JudyM Mar 2016 #595
Came here after the 2004 election badhair77 Mar 2016 #106
I hear ya ! I live in a red pocket too...married a Texan and moved from Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #484
I looked and yes I have been rurallib Mar 2016 #108
Same here. TalkingDog Mar 2016 #109
Dec 2001 librechik Mar 2016 #110
funny. remember when we could vote a post down? that was fun. Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #114
I've been reading political boards mainstreetonce Mar 2016 #111
Feb., 2001 immoderate Mar 2016 #112
9/11/2005 panader0 Mar 2016 #115
Since 2003 KansDem Mar 2016 #117
11 1/2 years here. 2004 Election cycle. Roland99 Mar 2016 #118
Tue Nov 9, 2004, 05:03 PM Omaha Steve Mar 2016 #119
Jan or Feb 2001 MsLeopard Mar 2016 #120
Brag, brag, brag... Juneboarder Mar 2016 #384
You're so sweet.... MsLeopard Mar 2016 #457
Help for long-time DUer TuxedoKat Mar 2016 #121
Ten years this January n/t sarge43 Mar 2016 #123
July 2004 for me. CanonRay Mar 2016 #124
I've been here since October of 2003 - Bill sent me NewJeffCT Mar 2016 #125
May 2004! Same story...some bleak and eye-opening days for me when we re-elected shrub. nt wiggs Mar 2016 #126
Mon Aug 4, 2003, 11:31 PM alittlelark Mar 2016 #127
January 19, 2004 aintitfunny Mar 2016 #128
Came here when Smirking Chimp... freebrew Mar 2016 #129
Since 2003 SkyIsGrey Mar 2016 #130
Wow, and I thought I didn't post much hibbing Mar 2016 #221
2003 hibbing Mar 2016 #131
Oct or Nov 2001 underpants Mar 2016 #132
Since Thu Apr 15, 2004, 12:29 AM: Not quite 12 years! Wow! VMA131Marine Mar 2016 #133
Since July, 11, 2004. Almost 12 years now. nt tblue37 Mar 2016 #134
I've been here since 2001 shawn703 Mar 2016 #136
I actually hit the ten-year mark in January! femmocrat Mar 2016 #137
For me it was the 2004 election. Greybnk48 Mar 2016 #138
Since 2001. I was disgusted with what happened in Florida. n/t Skwmom Mar 2016 #139
November 2004 nevergiveup Mar 2016 #140
Joined in 2002. efilon Mar 2016 #141
I joined under a different user name Spring 2001 alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #142
Me! Lurker in 2002, first posted in January of 2003. Raster Mar 2016 #143
howdy all annabanana Mar 2016 #144
Time sure does fly, DU became an island of sanity for a time. AuntPatsy Mar 2016 #145
Joined in the spring of 2001 deutsey Mar 2016 #146
Raises hand. stevenleser Mar 2016 #148
what was it? Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #158
I think it was steveleser. I forgot the pw and then created this one. nt stevenleser Mar 2016 #161
April 2004 but I lurked lakeguy Mar 2016 #149
Me, I joined a few weeks before the 2004 election. DawgHouse Mar 2016 #151
2004 with my first id Lucinda Mar 2016 #152
Signed up in 2002 or 03 under different handle after I discovered Building 7 had snagglepuss Mar 2016 #154
Lurked from 2001 yellerpup Mar 2016 #156
January 2002 but started reading several months dae Mar 2016 #157
I was here before my "join date" of May 2005 mnhtnbb Mar 2016 #159
May of 2006 after being run off of DKOS ejbr Mar 2016 #160
Feb. 2001. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2016 #162
14 years now. HuckleB Mar 2016 #163
Member since: Sun Jan 8, 2006, 01:55 PM Jemmons Mar 2016 #164
2004 me b zola Mar 2016 #166
Almost since the beginning, right after the LibDemAlways Mar 2016 #167
Me. muntrv Mar 2016 #169
Lurked for a long time aka-chmeee Mar 2016 #170
Right after the stolen election of 2000 The Blue Flower Mar 2016 #171
Spring 2003.... Scully Mar 2016 #172
Is this another kudzu thread? Major Hogwash Mar 2016 #173
I have been lurking here longer than I've been a member mishi48.59 Mar 2016 #174
2003, and its been a rough ride bhikkhu Mar 2016 #175
Lurked long time; Sep 25, 2006 n/t pkz Mar 2016 #176
Early in 2001 Bartcop, Media Whores, DU. My Political Triad then IADEMO2004 Mar 2016 #179
One more month to 10 for me. ileus Mar 2016 #180
June 2004. nt GliderGuider Mar 2016 #181
i went looking for like minded pple after the 2004 election and found du allan01 Mar 2016 #182
I joined in August 2004... a la izquierda Mar 2016 #183
i'm voting 'present' whirlygigspin Mar 2016 #184
Me - 2001 mindwalker_i Mar 2016 #186
Since 2001 rock Mar 2016 #187
Me - I think since 2003. Favorite forum was GD-p Politicub Mar 2016 #188
Fri Sep 9, 2005, 07:21 PM tularetom Mar 2016 #190
Yup Yup - HughBeaumont Mar 2016 #192
Smirking Chimp brought me here in 2002. It was funny, pleasant and interesting. asjr Mar 2016 #193
I have. hamsterjill Mar 2016 #194
I've been a member since christx30 Mar 2016 #195
~raises hand~ Marrah_G Mar 2016 #196
Member since: Thu Oct 30, 2003, 04:52 PM zipplewrath Mar 2016 #198
Miss the days when DU was proactive Hannahcares Mar 2016 #199
I have Dems2002 Mar 2016 #200
Thu Nov 11, 2004, 09:49 AM... mak3cats Mar 2016 #201
Me! I wouldn't have survived Bushco without DU. Avalux Mar 2016 #202
Yeppers that was basically me too kydo Mar 2016 #203
Early To Mid 2001 for Me ProfessorGAC Mar 2016 #204
I found DU on the night of 09/11/01... Melurkyoulongtime Mar 2016 #205
ME. nt GoLeft2004 Mar 2016 #208
Since 2003 Kelvin Mace Mar 2016 #209
2001 BarbaRosa Mar 2016 #210
Member since: Tue Oct 12, 2004, 06:33 PM Pacifist Patriot Mar 2016 #211
Oct 2004 PeaceNikki Mar 2016 #212
Me moonbeam23 Mar 2016 #214
I've been here since Spirochete Mar 2016 #216
Half that, I have my 5 year anniversary in 3 weeks... Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #217
Your story is very like my own lillypaddle Mar 2016 #222
Me too!! Curtis Mar 2016 #223
Same here - joined after the loss in 2004 karynnj Mar 2016 #225
Interesting point of view on Kerry. Speaking of family..I remember having a huge fight Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #521
I joined late in the 2004 campaign malaise Mar 2016 #226
I've been here liberalhistorian Mar 2016 #227
Your story is the same as mine... tex-wyo-dem Mar 2016 #228
July 2001. Don't remember exactly when... haele Mar 2016 #229
Can't remember exactly, but my first login name included "4Edwards", flor-de-jasmim Mar 2016 #230
October 2001...helped me keep my sanity Heddi Mar 2016 #231
Same here. Joined officially Friday Nov 12, 2004 Raine1967 Mar 2016 #232
3 more months for me DeeDeeNY Mar 2016 #233
Ten years and a few months. Mister Ed Mar 2016 #234
Since 2001 bikebloke Mar 2016 #235
Here!!! jdadd Mar 2016 #237
"top ten conservative idiots" brought me here zappaman Mar 2016 #238
2004 Election baby here too :D flygal Mar 2016 #239
I thought it was 2001 matt819 Mar 2016 #240
I came on in 49jim Mar 2016 #241
Registered 2002 MuseRider Mar 2016 #243
Me, and for the same reason. potone Mar 2016 #244
Me. Since 08/2005 geardaddy Mar 2016 #245
Im on the list.... Sivart Mar 2016 #247
Heard about this place on the Rhandi Rhoads board... Boxerfan Mar 2016 #248
Came here during the viscious primary fight between Dean, Edwards and Clark supporters andym Mar 2016 #249
I joined July 4, 2004, right after seeing Fahrenheit 911 n/t gollygee Mar 2016 #252
Manny Goldstein was with DU for more than ten years. merrily Mar 2016 #253
I adopted his pet fly. Sleeps at the foot of my bed. leveymg Mar 2016 #266
I appreciate the sentiment. merrily Mar 2016 #276
I've adopted several rescue flies. I miss LOonix, too. leveymg Mar 2016 #278
Rescue flies! zomg. I love the smell of laughter in the morning. Thank you! nt merrily Mar 2016 #281
My flies play with yours, who now lives down the street with a neighbor. leveymg Mar 2016 #285
#Berniesofly. His avatar is all the fly I need. merrily Mar 2016 #290
He's Superfly. An all time great. leveymg Mar 2016 #294
Not really, but Bernie is both fly AND super merrily Mar 2016 #296
Katrina brought me here Not Sure Mar 2016 #254
2004 here. braddy Mar 2016 #255
Oct 2004 for me. n/t FSogol Mar 2016 #256
Here since 2001 Rose Siding Mar 2016 #257
Me too. OregonBlue Mar 2016 #258
Started out as a Frontpage author in 2003. leveymg Mar 2016 #259
1/14/2006 Iwillnevergiveup Mar 2016 #260
Sixteen years. Doesn't seem like that long... n/t TygrBright Mar 2016 #261
Lurking since about 2004 Saviolo Mar 2016 #262
Yes, July 2004. jwirr Mar 2016 #263
I first joined in 2004. Was a Deaniac back then. bunnies Mar 2016 #264
Joined 2002. Been mostly away for last several years, watching the country sink, but now FighttheFuture Mar 2016 #265
Me, I found DU right after 9-11. rainy Mar 2016 #267
I've been here since 2001. I've hardly had any cause to regret it. (nt) Paladin Mar 2016 #268
joined in 2001 0rganism Mar 2016 #269
Since Nov 2004.... prairierose Mar 2016 #270
For me, it was looking for consolation during the bleak days following 9/11. rocktivity Mar 2016 #272
Me. I joined just after the 2004 election. BeeBee Mar 2016 #273
Nov 2004 Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2016 #275
Been here since the 2000 travesty MotorCityMan Mar 2016 #277
I lurked since 2003 sagetea Mar 2016 #279
I'm only here because I was told there would be refreshments. Orrex Mar 2016 #280
I think I've been here since 2002. n/t trackfan Mar 2016 #282
5-12-2005 Phlem Mar 2016 #283
Still alive after all the purges and bullshit TransitJohn Mar 2016 #284
Summer 2001--brought by Top Ten List Maeve Mar 2016 #286
Me! I joined DU 12/4/2004 woodsprite Mar 2016 #287
Delurked shortly after Nineleven(TM). KamaAina Mar 2016 #288
Since May of '05. bluesbassman Mar 2016 #289
2004. n/t Tanuki Mar 2016 #293
I have. n/t onyourleft Mar 2016 #295
Since 2002. nt Lorien Mar 2016 #297
Not many posts Ghost of Tom Joad Mar 2016 #299
... Th1onein Mar 2016 #300
July 2004 for me. And this is dark days on DU. gcomeau Mar 2016 #303
I don't post often, but July Mar 2016 #304
I have. Some college kid told me about DU while we were both at an antiwar (Iraq) valerief Mar 2016 #305
Superlurker canichelouis Mar 2016 #308
Found DU researching 2004 election fraud, was posting the daily election interity news back then L. Coyote Mar 2016 #309
As long as I live I will never believe DimSon won Florida in 2004. i remember Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #321
Florida was being used as a ruse to distract fom Ohio in 2004, where the evidence is. L. Coyote Mar 2016 #342
You make me want to research that more. I actually quit my job Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #469
Have to say, in those months after 2004 - there were some brilliant Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #477
Joe Knapp was active then, with Cuyahoga analysis L. Coyote Mar 2016 #497
Started reading in 2003, posting in early 2004 Blasphemer Mar 2016 #310
I've been here since 2001 under 2 different accounts and user names. Bad memory and computer cost mulsh Mar 2016 #311
Me and Love DU lovuian Mar 2016 #314
Lurked since early 2001but formally joined in 2002. virgdem Mar 2016 #315
Me, here since 2001. LisaM Mar 2016 #316
2002 for me. MGKrebs Mar 2016 #317
November 2005, for me Kermitt Gribble Mar 2016 #318
Joined as a Deaniac in 2004. Forgot my username. Rejoined last year after a long absence. n/t Binkie The Clown Mar 2016 #320
Started lurking in 2005. Registered during the '08 primaries but still mostly lurked until recently. Svafa Mar 2016 #322
I mostly lurk these days. GreenPartyVoter Mar 2016 #323
I discovered the DU on the first day Boudica the Lyoness Mar 2016 #324
Raises hand Generic Other Mar 2016 #325
I think I joined in 2004 footinmouth Mar 2016 #326
11 years here Blue State Bandit Mar 2016 #327
Me. 2003. n/t ms liberty Mar 2016 #328
Here since 2002 LiberalEsto Mar 2016 #329
Me! Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #330
Were you in on all the election fraud discussion? good times Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #335
Yes, that's exactly what brought me here. Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #337
so he didn't win 2000, he didn't win 2004 Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #462
I just happened to google "Conservative Idiots" just for the hell of it... maveric Mar 2016 #331
14 years and still going! KT2000 Mar 2016 #332
Who hasn't? BeyondGeography Mar 2016 #333
2001 nt Bobbie47 Mar 2016 #334
since early 2005, though I have left for stretches of time ... kwassa Mar 2016 #336
Yep. Your OP pretty much describes me. I was so disheartened after Bush's second "win". Turn CO Blue Mar 2016 #338
Roughly March of 2001. N/T denbot Mar 2016 #339
Early 2005, shortly after Bush's second inauguration. subterranean Mar 2016 #340
Me. Since 2003, I do believe. nt Smarmie Doofus Mar 2016 #341
Autumn, 2001. LanternWaste Mar 2016 #343
Heard that Democrats were being baited by smug republicans after Kerry's loss. Looked online applegrove Mar 2016 #344
Me!!!! jazzwinders Mar 2016 #345
. eleny Mar 2016 #346
L U Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #470
. eleny Mar 2016 #487
moi - early 2002 jpak Mar 2016 #347
Was here before the 2004 election. Cobalt Violet Mar 2016 #348
Mi! :) kentauros Mar 2016 #350
Me shenmue Mar 2016 #351
Lurker since 03. Saved my sanity. DamnYankeeInHouston Mar 2016 #352
Late 2004 starmaker Mar 2016 #353
Since Oct. '04 sakabatou Mar 2016 #354
Since 2004... WiffenPoof Mar 2016 #355
Dec 2004 - I was depressed. DU gave me hope. n/t OhioBlue Mar 2016 #356
Joined in 2014 after lurking for several years struggle4progress Mar 2016 #357
2004 also n/t TexasBushwhacker Mar 2016 #358
Me libodem Mar 2016 #359
EARLY 2001 Ernesto Mar 2016 #360
Me - I joined in June 2004 after lurking for awhile RockaFowler Mar 2016 #361
I have. Jane Austin Mar 2016 #362
August, 2003. n/t A HERETIC I AM Mar 2016 #363
I joined in 2002. SheilaT Mar 2016 #364
September, 2001. Aristus Mar 2016 #367
My profile says Sept 2004 but Duppers Mar 2016 #368
I lurked since 2001, joined in 2004 for the same reason. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #369
2002 shanti Mar 2016 #370
early 2003 here. IcyPeas Mar 2016 #371
12 years this summer... teamster633 Mar 2016 #372
Me Sky Masterson Mar 2016 #373
Before 2004, before all that Ohio heartbreak... nt thereismore Mar 2016 #376
Same here New Earth Mar 2016 #377
Just by a hair... 1/2006 Ohio Joe Mar 2016 #379
July, 2003. frustrated_lefty Mar 2016 #380
2002 here! arcane1 Mar 2016 #381
Me, more than 10, feels like a life time nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #382
i joined in 10/05 under a different name. DesertFlower Mar 2016 #383
Member since Wed Jul 9, 2003 tencats Mar 2016 #385
Almost 13 years... gater Mar 2016 #387
I guess you beat me by 5 days hfojvt Mar 2016 #388
For me it was the coup that installed Bush/Cheney et al...a COUP. I found DU in 2001 n/t bobthedrummer Mar 2016 #389
"Member since: 2003 before July 6th" VOX Mar 2016 #390
Aha! There you are! countryjake Mar 2016 #397
YES! I was "rezmutt," who did the Lexis-Nexis search on Phil Parlock's serial "victimization"! VOX Mar 2016 #449
I have been here ever since I was a young boy growing up in Brooklyn....nt. Jemmons Mar 2016 #391
Ha! Good one! countryjake Mar 2016 #394
Jan. of 2002. salin Mar 2016 #392
There weren't very many members here when I joined in 2001 countryjake Mar 2016 #393
I have! tallahasseedem Mar 2016 #398
Yup. n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2016 #399
November 2004 nt GardeningGal Mar 2016 #400
I had to check to be sure, but yeah 2005. nt. druidity33 Mar 2016 #401
2001 Mz Pip Mar 2016 #402
Me, 2003. nt Zorra Mar 2016 #404
yes. It was comforting to have like minded people demtenjeep Mar 2016 #405
Member since: Sat Nov 27, 2004, 07:34 PM k8conant Mar 2016 #406
Account status: Active Member since: 2003 before July 6th Champion Jack Mar 2016 #407
Me, shortly post 9/11. tavernier Mar 2016 #408
This place has always been a haven for me and kept me sane after 2000 and 2001. Rex Mar 2016 #409
February, 2004 n/t phylny Mar 2016 #410
I wonder how I got here? Jim Lane Mar 2016 #411
Since 2003. (nt) Elwood P Dowd Mar 2016 #412
I'm just watching this thread to see who gets the coveted "Reply #420" kentauros Mar 2016 #413
Me...2005...but I lurked from almost the beginning BooScout Mar 2016 #414
Been here since April2005 awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #415
2001. I witnessed the opening battles between actual members and freepers who signed on just to Solly Mack Mar 2016 #417
May 2004 Eugene Mar 2016 #418
I have notawinger Mar 2016 #420
Well then, kentauros Mar 2016 #421
Ok K...you have to explain 420 for us dumb folks :) Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #479
It has something to do with consuming pot. kentauros Mar 2016 #495
That's cool. Funniest part: pronounced four-twenty Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #537
I suppose, since it's Wikipedia, kentauros Mar 2016 #543
Since 2004, thanks to Thom Hartmann (I think he was with Air America back then.) Stardust Mar 2016 #422
Guilty. yellowcanine Mar 2016 #423
Got here in 2014. Texasgal Mar 2016 #424
Joined in the fall of 2002. My friend MaRadix kept telling me to go to DU every time we saw each... Hekate Mar 2016 #425
Mon Nov 17, 2003 edbermac Mar 2016 #426
OMG, has it been that long? tabasco Mar 2016 #428
July 2005 rosesaylavee Mar 2016 #429
you want I should kick your long-time ass, Laura PourMeADrink? Skittles Mar 2016 #430
omg S. you sound like Donald. LU Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #455
I have been here since soon after the Selection when the election was stolen. nt Raine Mar 2016 #431
Officially joined in 2004, right at the election. ladyVet Mar 2016 #432
2003. mopinko Mar 2016 #433
Same for me - utterly demoralized after 2004 election. I joined DU on 11/29/2004 WestSeattle2 Mar 2016 #434
2003. Still love DU as much as I did back then. n/t patricia92243 Mar 2016 #435
05! n/t wildbilln864 Mar 2016 #436
Since 2001, so l'm at least 15 years old now. Owl Mar 2016 #437
Since 2001. n/t Triana Mar 2016 #438
You were involved in the whole 2004 fraud discussions? Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #471
I remember them, yes. I was here. n/t Triana Mar 2016 #493
I have, but I think I'm quitting this time. alarimer Mar 2016 #440
If Hillary wins, maybe it will help if she picks a VP you like? nt Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #519
11 years officially, at least 2 years lurking before that etherealtruth Mar 2016 #441
Me. Joined right at the tkme we were invading Iraq, IIRC. nt Ilsa Mar 2016 #442
Holy shit. 14 years now. REP Mar 2016 #443
Been here since 2001 Generic Brad Mar 2016 #446
November of 2004.... smiley Mar 2016 #447
A lot longer than 10. nt Bonobo Mar 2016 #448
Joined in 2004 marlakay Mar 2016 #450
You were involved in the whole 2004 fraud discussions? Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #472
If your talking about Ohio yes marlakay Mar 2016 #478
Fourteen years now. xmas74 Mar 2016 #451
After the 2000 election and seeing what happened in Florida geomon666 Mar 2016 #452
April 2005 womanofthehills Mar 2016 #453
Me Carolina Mar 2016 #454
June 30 2004 coeur_de_lion Mar 2016 #456
Yo! Wednesdays Mar 2016 #458
I arrived in August 2004. intheflow Mar 2016 #459
u rock! Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #489
09/2004 Kittycat Mar 2016 #460
2005 here WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2016 #461
Here. Found it in early 2003 when we were about to invade Iraq. Crunchy Frog Mar 2016 #463
great story...and now u are not shy? :) Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #465
I'm still shy IRL, but not on message boards so much. Crunchy Frog Mar 2016 #468
Shy is good ! :) Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #473
At least it keeps me from being overly obnoxious... Crunchy Frog Mar 2016 #475
Not a big poster... NightHawk63 Mar 2016 #464
More Than 10 erpowers Mar 2016 #467
July 16, 2003 Poiuyt Mar 2016 #474
Nov. 2004 dooner Mar 2016 #476
At least since 2004 derby378 Mar 2016 #480
Since sometime in 2001 susanr516 Mar 2016 #481
Since October 2004. nt cry baby Mar 2016 #485
ME!!! I joined in 2003, but had been lurking/reading at least a year longer. nt Lisa0825 Mar 2016 #486
Me! I've been here since Day 1 kskiska Mar 2016 #488
2004 refugee Melissa G Mar 2016 #490
~This~ incarnation? Right at 10 yrs. * I forgot what my previous name/password was... Rhythm Mar 2016 #491
2000 or 2001, I don't remember which Pakhet Mar 2016 #492
I started earlier under another name, but lost my login information and rejoined in 2004. 6000eliot Mar 2016 #494
2004 progressoid Mar 2016 #496
This is such an amazing thread Hydra Mar 2016 #498
Me too Laura! You came to DC, didn't you? bettyellen Mar 2016 #499
Me! But after being outed on here by a DU member I haven't written much DonRedwood Mar 2016 #500
Nov 2004 for me katsy Mar 2016 #502
ME! mithnanthy Mar 2016 #503
This message was self-deleted by its author susanna Mar 2016 #504
I've been here since 2003. montana_hazeleyes Mar 2016 #505
2004 ismnotwasm Mar 2016 #506
I've been here since 2003. mmonk Mar 2016 #508
2002 joshcryer Mar 2016 #509
nother '04, here. Signed up not long after getting back from march for womens lives in DC i think Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #510
15 years and nine accounts Fred Drum Mar 2016 #511
2005 here JesterCS Mar 2016 #513
Me, October 2003 Eureka Mar 2016 #515
Joined in 2003 to promote Dennis Kucinich eridani Mar 2016 #516
Joined 2001, on 9/11 IIRC JHB Mar 2016 #517
2002 for me Martin Eden Mar 2016 #518
I am wondering. What about someone who did not know for sure Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #523
It doesn't matter whether or not they knew "for sure" Martin Eden Mar 2016 #533
Exactly Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #536
"Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction" Martin Eden Mar 2016 #540
I go back to before Bush. skip fox Mar 2016 #522
i've been around since 2001 ... not sure exactly when i joined, i know i was here before 9/11. n/t Scout Mar 2016 #524
As one might surmise from my username... ljm2002 Mar 2016 #525
DU = Home kpete Mar 2016 #526
+10000000 And, thanks to you for all you do - for all the interesting Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #566
howdy kpete DonRedwood Mar 2016 #578
I have been here since 2002 I believe Bluzmann57 Mar 2016 #527
I'm still here... The empressof all Mar 2016 #528
I was ok until you reminded me how old I am. Thanks a lot. Here since January 2004 still_one Mar 2016 #531
13 and counting (Spring '03) Blue_Tires Mar 2016 #534
I have democrattotheend Mar 2016 #538
I signed up in 2007 but lurked since the Supreme Court selected Bush lunatica Mar 2016 #539
Wed Sep 28, 2005, 01:44 PM frogmarch Mar 2016 #541
Me at the same time and for the same reason. suffragette Mar 2016 #542
I got here right before the 2004 election. NaturalHigh Mar 2016 #544
here since 2002 Bucky Mar 2016 #545
2001 JSK Mar 2016 #546
Me kdmorris Mar 2016 #547
2001 - got here via Bartcop. Lex Mar 2016 #548
I joined on August 23, 2004 at 5:18 PM. (eom) StevieM Mar 2016 #549
I joined in 2005, but I was a lurker starting in 2002. Odin2005 Mar 2016 #550
hey odin, long time no see DonRedwood Mar 2016 #579
2005 Norrin Radd Mar 2016 #551
I've been around since the 2001. kennetha Mar 2016 #553
me too. onethatcares Mar 2016 #554
me too. mithnanthy Mar 2016 #559
I have. Feb. 2005. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2016 #555
Howdy Peggy! DonRedwood Mar 2016 #581
Hi DonRedwood! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2016 #582
Me Drahthaardogs Mar 2016 #556
Spring of 2005 for me nt NEOhiodemocrat Mar 2016 #557
Me. Stopped lurking in 2002. Pathwalker Mar 2016 #558
Here since 2004. bklyncowgirl Mar 2016 #560
2004 was my year to come on board. Delphinus Mar 2016 #561
I have... Tikki Mar 2016 #562
Yes...2004 likesmountains 52 Mar 2016 #563
October, 2004 DefenseLawyer Mar 2016 #564
Found it a long time ago through the Top Ten Godhumor Mar 2016 #565
2001 djg21 Mar 2016 #567
September 2016 will be 10 years for me. Unrepentant Fenian Mar 2016 #569
2001 DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2016 #571
Me at the end of the year Liberal_in_LA Mar 2016 #572
I've been here since 2001. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #574
Yeah, here. I think I lost my first username & came back as tofunut. yewberry Mar 2016 #575
Member since 2003 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2016 #576
12 years lapfog_1 Mar 2016 #577
Found DU on GW's inauguration. Lurked from work for a few years Autumn Mar 2016 #580
Joined Sun Mar 5, 2006, 01:28 PM wundermaus Mar 2016 #583
2003. I was more active on previous versions of DU, though. Nailzberg Mar 2016 #584
me :) n/t susanna Mar 2016 #585
13 years this year... wysi Mar 2016 #586
2005 nt fun n serious Mar 2016 #587
I came over when the Straight Dope jumped the shark. sofa king Mar 2016 #588
Yep. Came over from Bartcop in the run up to the Iraq war laundry_queen Mar 2016 #589
2001. nt msanthrope Mar 2016 #590
Yep, 2004 election exelwood Mar 2016 #592
Yikes time flies. lonestarnot Mar 2016 #593
Hey !! How's it going ! Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #596
Still step'n! How you be? lonestarnot Mar 2016 #612
Here since Oct, 2004 LongTomH Mar 2016 #597
I joined in Nov. 2004 also DesertRat Mar 2016 #598
DU encouraged my activism - that was before 2004 election SaveAmerica Mar 2016 #600
October 2003. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #601
Just think how unenlightened we would be if we hadn't been here ! :) Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #613
Indeed! The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #614
Right before the 2004 election cannabis_flower Mar 2016 #602
8 yes. DeadEyeDyck Mar 2016 #603
Wed Nov 10, 2004, 11:50 PM - The Bush theft of Ohio drove me here. yourout Mar 2016 #604
On May 15 it will be ten years. So many of you DiehardLiberal Mar 2016 #605
April 2004 n/t Bjornsdotter Mar 2016 #606
Since 2002 griffi94 Mar 2016 #607
Same here. Joined right after the 2004 election. Eom Land Shark Mar 2016 #608
2003 nt abelenkpe Mar 2016 #610
Been here since right after 911 ribrepin Mar 2016 #611
Member since 2004, was reading well before that The Straight Story Mar 2016 #615
Very early--something like February or March of 2001 Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2016 #616
Never checked but I was surprised to see it has been that long ... LannyDeVaney Mar 2016 #617
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