I wish we had some DUers here to see the Dems win tonight:

[JanMichael]

Playahata1
Jeff
Kheph
Andy
Olaf the White
JunkMail
OneEighty
Alajacarn (someone please correct my spelling)

I wish they could have been here to see the Bush Regime become lame ducks, and hopefully, American getting on track.

I miss all these folks.

[Hibernias Daughter]

1. Small consolation, but I'm here!

:blush:

My first post....

[KitchenWitch]

3. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[Hibernias Daughter]

7. Thank You!

What a time to join... the night of the election! I kind of want to go over to GD but am a little nervous from the things I've seen and heard. It's not that bad is it?

[crim son]

15. It's not at all bad

as long as you're willing to defend your point of view. Welcome to DU!

[KitchenWitch]

17. Just remember not to take stuff too personally when in GD

otherwise you will feel like mincemeat.

[Hibernias Daughter]

24. OMG

Mincemeat...And the holidays are coming up too :scared:

I get it though, and I bet it's good advice. Thanks :-)

btw-I think I've figured out these smilies too. Yay!

[madrchsod]

37. do not go into the i/p forum

other than that we are all really a friendly bunch of kids

[madrchsod]

38. their spirit lives on

yes they are smiling through each and everyone one of us

[BrotherBuzz]

47. Couple of loose cannons in the gun dungeon, too....

if I remember correctly. ;)

[ThomCat]

6. Welcome to DU!

I hope you join the ranks of those who are loved, hated, and/or respected here.

[Hibernias Daughter]

14. Thank You

But I hope I am not to become one of the hated.

I like your username btw. I had a cat named Thom (Thomas Q, Kittynagle) who lived past his 20th b-day. He was a mild mannered Pencil Salesman who... Oh never mind :blush: ... We called him Thom or Thomcat :-)

[ThomCat]

18. I'm happy to be his namesake!

:)

[miss_american_pie]

9. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[Hibernias Daughter]

19. Wow! Thanks

I love your user name too (I said this to Thomcat). Miss American Pie (the song)has always been one of my favorites.

[miss_american_pie]

26. Thank you

I get blamed for earworms quite often. ;)

[nini]

11. welcome to DU

what a night to join! :hi:

[Hibernias Daughter]

27. Thanks!

And I agree. This is a great night to join. Hopefully a night that changes the face of the US House AND Senate... I hope

[livetohike]

20. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[Hibernias Daughter]

29. Thanks!

And hey, if you live to hike, you should visit Maine someday. It's gorgeous here, the Appalachian trail route is just one of many great places we have to hike!

[livetohike]

34. I love Maine! I have only visited twice but I fell in love with the

lakes region.....

We have our house on the market and when it sells we are moving back home to Pgh. Then I will be much closer and able to explore Maine again.

Lucky you to live there :-). It's gorgeous.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

42. A Mainer?

WOOOT!

:hi: from Greater Portland!

[mainegreen]

23. Welcome!

Have fun here!

[Hibernias Daughter]

30. Hey there!

Fellow Mainiac!

Tabor is going DOWN don'tcha think? :bounce:

Hey I'm having fun already! :-)

Thanks! :hi:

[mainegreen]

31. TABOR's toast, but Merrill and Woodcock are catching up to Baldacci

Rrrrrr!

Always good to have another Mainer!

[Truebrit71sbruv]

28. hey there.... welcome to DU....

... I'm a born again noob... having registered over a year ago and then been swamped by offline things I didn't post for months and then had to come back and relearn it all again! :) but welcome to the gang :hug:

[Hibernias Daughter]

32. Thanks

I guess I'll need to learn the lingo... noob? :shrug: But anyway, welcome back to you too then!

[Truebrit71sbruv]

33. noob = newbie....

... new kid on the block etc etc...

And thank you too!!!

Hope to see you posting regularly!

All the best :)

[Kerrytravelers]

44. Welcome to DU.

:hi:

[Gormy Cuss]

2. Well that list makes me a little sad.

Especially our recently departed oneighty and alarcojon, but they were all good members of DU.

p.s. wasn't Jeff's name nostamj?

[JanMichael]

5. that was his screenname, but he used to call into the GuyJamesShow

and so, we always called him "Jeff."

It is a list, isn't it. I hope it stays the exact same for 2008.

[Shell Beau]

4. Alajacarn? Wrong spelling I think!

I know he was sick...

[SeattleGirl]

8. It's Alarcojon, I believe. Please correct me if I'm also misspelling it.

[Shell Beau]

10. I believe that is right! Is he okay?

[Gormy Cuss]

12. He passed away, Shell Beau.

When searching is fully functional you should be able to find his tribute thread.

[Shell Beau]

13. Aw!! That is awful! I knew he was sick, but

I really thought he could beat it. :cry: I really have been gone long.

[GOPisEvil]

16. Sigh...yeah...

And to some folks who are with us, but not here, I toast them as well.

[PVnRT]

21. Kef would have lived for this

Competition in Indiana? He would've loved it.

Here's to you, buddy :smoke:

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. Damn

Yeah.

[mainegreen]

25. Arg.

Man, some of those posters and what they wrote were the reason I registered.

Death stinks.

[marzipanni]

35. Somewhere over the rainbow

They know

[havocmom]

36. Can't help believing they are with us tonight

Subscribe to Einstein's theory on conservation of energy and it's easy to believe their good energy is with us.

to dear passed-on friends and heroes, we salute them all

[asthmaticeog]

39. nostamj

Please don't forget him, he was a really nice guy.

[JanMichael]

40. I didn't; he's "Jeff" on the list

I guess I always thought of him as "Jeff" because of his participation on the GuyJames Show every Saturday.

[merh]

41. They are with us.

hell, some of 'em have probably been having fun running interference for us. ;)

:hi:

[Kerrytravelers]

43. They are with us every time we remember them.

:cry:

After the election tonight, I have been thinking that maybe we should have a special spot at DU where we remember our dearly departed friends. Their contributions were so great. I'd like the newer DUers to see what we so miss, allowing them to live on forever and not forgotten. I will post this idea tomorrow in both GD and the Lounge.

[Aristus]

45. To absent friends:

"Absent friends!"

[Pithlet]

46. I wish they could be here for this.

:(

[Mojambo]

48. Hear Hear. n/t

[buddhamama]

49. i miss them too,

i dedicate my vote to them. May they be at Peace! :hug:

[Midlodemocrat]

50. They're watching and smiling. From ear to ear. This is a great time.

[Bassic]

51. Nevermind

It seems that I can't read :D

[sweetheart]

52. Yes, all missed

There've been so many tears and a long victory; they are our fallen heros.

DU needs a wall.