For newbies: Who is Andy Stephenson

[Kelvin Mace]

http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0527/050706_news_andy.php

[blue sky at night]

1. thank you for your public service..........

i had not heard him mentioned on Malloy's show, I do try to listen every day. Thanks again.

[MindPilot]

2. thanks for that...it clears up a lot of misunderstanding

especially about the whole BBV issue. Even some of us who have been around DU for a while weren't clear who and what Andy was.

Kicked and nominated.

[Kelvin Mace]

13. Your welcome

George Howland did a very nice article.

Folks wanting to get up to speed on Bev Harris and her history here should read this posting:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=340188&mesg_id=340188

[jurassicpork]

19. Me, neither.

Although my involvement with DU had recently escalated just this past week. I wish I'd been in the loop this past spring and had helped with the fund raising for his medical bills. God knows DU and the liberal movement in general needs more people and patriots like Andy.

Meanwhile, old conservative fucks like Dick Cheney, Phyllis Schlafly and Bob Novack just keep toddling along like Energizer dinosaurs.

There is no God.

JP
http://jurassicpork.blogspot.com

[coffeenap]

3. And here is a link to where he was going next:

http://votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=31

[blondeatlast]

4. Kick, kick, and kick again.

:kick:

This has been a tough year for DU, but we carry on in the memories and spirit of our departed friends.

[PretzelWarrior]

5. definitely a great recap. THANKS. maybe congress can....

pass legitimately helpful voting changes so we have verifiable voting and can remove cloud over our democracy...
and they could name it the Andy Stephenson Voter Rights Bill or something.

He sounds like just the kind of go-getter we need about 10,000 of.

rest in peace, Andy.

[Catshrink]

6. Kick

:kick:

[EFerrari]

7. Thank you, David

[bigwillq]

8. Thanks for the link!

I'm not altogether a newbie but wasn't really sure how the whole "scam artist" rumor started.

RIP ANDY.

[ailsagirl]

9. kick

[Nothing Without Hope]

10. UPDATE: This article now has an epilog - a fine memorial for Andy:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4052955
Thread title: Seattle Weekly memorial article on Andy Stephenson: "A Fight To the End"

[Kelvin Mace]

14. Howland is wonderfull

[Ms. Clio]

11. . . .

[Inspired]

12. Thank you

from one newbie who wishes she signed up on the DU long ago. Getting to know Andy is one reason why.

[Kelvin Mace]

15. Welcome to DU

It is where I go to have my faith in humanity restored, just when I begin to think our only hope is nuclear annihilation.

[DeepModem Mom]

16. kick

[Douglas Carpenter]

17. I'm glad someone posted this link

Now I understand the story more completely. And I understand why Will is so enraged...

[psychopomp]

18. Could somebody help me find some of his old posts as God_bush_n_Cheney?

For some reason, I did not realize that they are one and the same person 'till today. I tried to search some of his old posts to re-read, but my searches of the archives turned up nothing at all.

Well, just wanted to have a look because I always found those posts particularly insightful.

Thanks

[FizzFuzz]

20. hi Kelvin

:standing next to you with head bowed, and a pat on the back:

silence

[Kelvin Mace]

23. Thanks

[marions ghost]

21. excellent articles

thanks for posting

[Lochloosa]

22. kick

[tommcintyre]

24. Thanks for these

For inspiration, I recommend them for everyone.