How did you find DU ?

[olddots]

I found it searching for picture of people in politics to paint . Google was strange in the early 2000s

[Auggie]

1. Through a friend

[In_The_Wind]

2. I found DU through a former boyfriend who was a member of DU.

[libodem]

3. I was living in political despair

In Idaho. All the am stations are right wing propaganda and I used to faithfully listen to Coast to Coast at night to fall asleep. In the morning the local jock comes on until 9, then it was limbaugh and I would turn it off.

Sometimes I'd listen a short time and become irate. One day he disparaged DU and I used my son's computer to find it. After that I gave my son some money and he built me a computer for just me. Not for the damned games though he still had some of his stuff on my machine. That was in 2005. I was the last democrat to get on the net.

[OrwellwasRight]

25. Awesome story.

[libodem]

60. Only good thing the man ever did

I golta to give credit where credit is due.

[Loryn]

30. My sisters both live in Idaho - I fear I would die in that environment.

I too, used to listen to C2C, and the new host, well he sucked. I found a website that offered nightly critiques devoted to his suckage. The rest of that website was pretty much right wing crazy talk.

They deleted our little thread, and I had to move on. It took a while to find DU, but now I'm here.

[libodem]

59. This place is a good find

Glad we both found it.

[Loryn]

69. A good find indeed!

[ohiosmith]

4. I woke up on the front lawn when the sprinklers went off! I still cant't remember where I parked my

car!

[Sekhmets Daughter]

19. Are you prone to such,.....misadventures?

Wondering... just how many cars have you 'misplaced' ?

[ohiosmith]

36. Three or seven does not indicate that one is prone to "misadventures"!

[Sekhmets Daughter]

39. How delightfully cryptic!

Depends on which three, what seven....

[IcyPeas]

5. through another site called

smirking chimp. they were big back in 2003 when the Iraq war started and bush was in office.

[Scuba]

6. I was looking for Ducks Unlimited.

[GoCubsGo]

7. I honestly don't remember.

Last edited Fri Mar 29, 2013, 08:34 PM - Edit history (1)

I think it may have been via BartCop.com, or possibly Daily Kos. I lurked for a number of years before actually joining.

On edit: People are mentioning "Top 10 Conservative Idiots", and that's what got me here although I can't remember exactly from where I saw the link to it.

[Flashmann]

8. How did you find DU ?

During the contested outcome of Al Frankens 2008 Senatorial win by the butt-munch Franken replaced,I constantly searched for updated info.
Eventually I ran across a website devoted to Franken,his campaign,election win,the efforts to deny that win,and was named after Franken.
Many threads there,concerning all manner of rethuglicon douchebaggery,linked to other sites,including this one,which I followed.

Here I am.

Sadly,the site through which I discovered DU,while still in operation,has become a cliquish parody of what it began as,with a small handful of posters effectively running off those who don't tightly mesh with their views.Some there,will disregard a posters point,even when in support or agreement with their own and instead,obsess with attacking and nitpicking wording.I see that here too,though it isn't as obvious as it is with just with the dozen or so regulars at the other place.

[WilliamPitt]

9. Just wandered in.

[LadyHawkAZ]

10. I was running a search for something-or-other, politics related

and a thread popped up on the search. I don't remember what the subject was.

[Xyzse]

11. Was a member of a different forum, but have known about this from there and since 2004.

I didn't become a member till early last year.
That is because the old forum I was in http://www.commongroundcommonsense.org/forums died.

So, I finally gave in and joined, especially since it was an election year and I needed a place to keep my political fix that was not completely barraged by extreme right wing stupidity.

[Jamaal510]

12. I found it last Spring by Googling anti-Republican stuff.

I was bored one day and was annoyed with all the Paulbots on YouTube, so I typed in "Ron Paul sucks" in the Google search, and this site appeared on the 1st page.

[MrScorpio]

13. It found me…

Showed up on my doorstep on a dark and rainy night.

I took it in and fed it and it's been with me ever since.

[Ron Obvious]

14. I was googling for Olive Garden locations and DU came up on top

Not really.

Somebody used to post the Top Ten Conservative idiots on seattle.general back in the old usenet days. I lurked for years before creating an account, never used it and created a new account when DU3 started.

[HarveyDarkey]

15. Was out driving & decided to make only left turns

[kurtzapril4]

16. Top ten conservative idiots! n/t

[EvilAL]

73. me too!

[WorseBeforeBetter]

74. Yep. I still chuckle at...

"Enjoy, and don't forget the key!"

[kurtzapril4]

77. Yeah, the key was genius!

oh well, at least hate mailbag is back!

[RevStPatrick]

17. The Top Ten Conservative Idiots #1

http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/01/top10_2001_01.html

[Arkansas Granny]

18. Through Free Republic. I had followed a link one time to FR (before the crazies absolutely took

over the place they used to have some real discussions) and lurked around over there for a while just for some of the news stories even though they had a much more conservative slant than me. They kept talking about DU and DUmmies and I thought that sounded of more interest to me, so here I am.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

20. A friend told me I would enjoy DU...

she was right...I do.

[patricia92243]

21. I had WebTV - not a real computer - and could only go into their chat rooms. Somebody there said

they thought I would enjoy DU. I joined and could read posts but could not post myself. I can't remember how I got in touch with Skinner, but he explained that WebTV was not compatible with DU (or something of that nature.) I learned some backdoor trick to get to post and then FINALLY got a sure-enough computer.

I look back nostalgically at my little WebTV - I discovered DU, and Howard Dean was running for President - lots of fun in the good ol' days

[talkingmime]

22. Tripped over it.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

23. In mid 2003 I was working to promote Wesley Clark's Democratic campaign

and I was told that there were like-minded Wesley Clark supporters at this place called Democratic Underground so I joined.

[Aristus]

24. I was nursing my sorrows from sElection 2000.

Granted this was before September 11th, so I had no idea how bad it was going to get, or how long it was going to last.

Anyway, I was surfing the net, looking for some anti-Bush stuff. On a site called (I think) StopBush, I saw a link for DU, clicked, and never looked back.

I'm proud to be a DU old-timer. 2001, baby!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

26. a friend sent me a link to one of the more esoteric groups.

[applegrove]

27. I was on another discussion forum and getting tired of the republican lies and bull****. Democrats

on that forum were talking about the DU. So I logged on in 2005.

[OrwellwasRight]

28. I had just moved to DC to save the world.

And my friend Frylock couldn't believe I didn't know about DU. Sent me a link. I lurked for a month or two and then joined!

[Cali_Democrat]

29. You know I don't remember exactly how

I probably found it through some link on a website. But I was always aware of it long before I registered. Same with Kos and TPM.

[surrealAmerican]

31. also a google search ...

... I think the terms were "political discussion". I just wanted to commiserate about my disillusionment after the 2004 election.

[The Straight Story]

32. I was looking for porn

[NewJeffCT]

33. I was looking for the mythical liberal media

and found a site called O'Reilly Sucks, and the owner there referred me to DU has a good source of broader information, rather than just his O'Reilly stuff.

[Callmecrazy]

34. I was looking for cat pictures...

[madinmaryland]

35. "Moose and Squirrel" I don't know if it is still around.

[Honeycombe8]

37. Just fine. Thanks for askin'. nt

[CrazyOrangeCat]

38. Right after Katrina . . .

. . . I was so mad at Shrub for strumming while the Gulf Coast drowned, that I typed: FUCK BUSH! into Google.

And there was DU.

Wish I could remember who posted that one; I want to say it was fooj. Or someone equally brilliant!

[rrneck]

40. The top ten conservative idiots. nt

[love_katz]

41. I was reading WilliamPitt on Common Dreams, I think...

he gave a shout-out to the Rude Pundit.

I surfed over to the Rude One's web site. He is rude, but it was the perfect antidote for my I-hate-the-republicans-blues.

The Rude Pundit had done a piece about The Top 10 Conservative Idiots, and he had good things to say about DU, and he had a link. The rest, as they say, is history. I fell in love with DU right away, but lurked for a very long time because some of the flaming put me off...

I finally decided to join (back in DU 2), and have been here ever since.

My only problem with this place: I spend too much of my time here.

[Neoma]

42. Through my mom.

[Skittles]

43. the election theft of 2000 absolutely disgusted and alarmed me

I was looking for others who felt the same way........read something by William Rivers Pitt where he mentioned DU and I was off and running

[MiddleFingerMom]

44. I checked it out just to make Kali stop annoying me about checking it out.

[Kali]

46. ahem lets get to the bottom line, OK?

say it.



I was right. Kali was right. say it.

[MiddleFingerMom]

68. Kali was riight. Now, excuse me... there's something I have to do.

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[quakerboy]

45. Firedoglake

Back a few years. my first foray into the liberal internets. Then they changed format, and I didn't dig the new style, so I followed some links. One led here, and i've been here since.

[sakabatou]

47. www.oreilly-sucks.com/

[Kali]

48. another via the top 10

first got on line in about 2000, there was a small discussion group affiliated with my local dial-up internet provider. spent some time arguing politics with folks there. I had quit watching teevee some years before and was pretty ignorant of things. this one clown started going on about Ann Coulter and her new book, so I was looking up things about her and came across the top 10 (among much else) then found Bob Boudelange (or however it was spelled) and eventually found the actual discussion forums (heh) and started posting - I joined in Feb of 2004 and was so glad to be here for the heartbreak of the Nov election. I was pretty bereft that winter. So glad to have this place to commiserate and read with other Dems. I live in a pretty red area.

[agracie]

49. It was a dark and stormy night...

[cliffordu]

50. I had a community service sentence to fulfill.

[Graybeard]

51. When AirAmerica fired Mike Malloy.

Sam Seder, who also had a show on AirAmerica radio, told his listeners to sign a "Bring Back Malloy" petition that was on DU. It was just before the 2006 election and DU was really wild and frantic. I loved it ! And I've stayed, still lovin' it.

(btw - Sam Seder was made to pay for his brave stand against the AirAmerica management.)

[swimboy]

52. mikeytherat

We sing together in a church choir (no, really!) and he was already a member when he told me to take a look.

[AngryOldDem]

53. Through someone I met while working for Kerry locally in 2004.

She and her daughter posted here regularly but I've not seen either of them here in years.

[Maine-ah]

54. reading a comment section in a local paper

some idiot posted a link to free republic to back up their point - I went to the link, and was completely disgusted at the idiocy. I then read a post there that linked to DU. I immediately became a member

[raccoon]

55. I was googling for something, can't remember what. Before finding DU, I hung out a lot at

commondreams.org.

[DFW]

56. via The Freedom Toast

Right after the recording of "Sing Along With The Democrats" and "Sing Along With The Republicans."

[LiberalEsto]

57. Through Buzzflash links nt

[ConcernedCanuk]

58. My youngest brother, who is not even a member suggested it to me over a decade ago.

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He knew my political interest had peaked in the windup to the Iraq invasion and suggest DU -

and here I still am, over 10 years!

I have diversified my participation in DU from being mainly political into groups like Photography, Baby Boomers, Gardening and so on.

I hope Skinner and his fellow wizards outlive me!

[deucemagnet]

61. hated.com

Quite a few years ago. It's not around anymore.

[OldEurope]

62. Searching for information

about the voting system in the US. I just could not believe that a majority of Americans really voted for the Shrub when they could have had Al Gore.

So I'm lurking in here once in a while to remind me that the majority of Americans is not at all dumb.

[Call Me Wesley]

65. Wow. Long time no see.

Hope all is well!

[OldEurope]

79. Yes, thank you. Just getting older from day to day.

And I hope you are well, too?

[Call Me Wesley]

80. Getting wiser you mean. :)

All's well here, except for the weather ... Good to see you!

[nolabear]

63. I clicked my heels together three times and *POOF!*

Actually, damned of I recall. Wandered in off the street during the 08 election and stayed.

[TrogL]

64. Free Republic

[becca da bakkah]

66. For Me It Started Out With Bart Cop. I Used To Be The Official Astrologer There.....

More recently it was because Thom Hartmann mentions DU a lot.

[Iggo]

67. Turned left at Greenland.

[LeftInTX]

70. Googling anti-Republican stuff, I think it was the Rick Perry Broke Back Mountain

commercial. Decided to join when reading wasn't enough.

[SteveG]

71. Very early

a number of sites sprang up shortly after the 2000 election, I was one of the first several thousand to join in the first week or so. I stop by every day, but don't post all that often. Lately my biggest contribution is to reply to n2oc's cartoons with a link to all of his days postings. If he is good enough to find the cartoons, I can at least give a link to all of them so that fans can see all of them without having to search long an hard. He does the hard work.

[riderinthestorm]

72. Followed a regular Beliefnet poster here. Also saw it via Americablog nt

[Dash87]

75. Strangely enough, I have no clue. It might have been through HuffPo.

[MichaelSoE]

76. 2002 ... Bushwatch.com ... been here every day since but never posted until recently

[Orsino]

78. I looked under the potato, and there it was!

My wife found it first, in 2003. I lurked a while before joining.

[Still Blue in PDX]

81. A friend used the "email to a friend" feature and sent me threads almost daily.

I lurked for a long, long time before I began posting.