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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:13 AM Original message |
How and when did you find DU? |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. Recommended to come over here when JoeBiden.com blog was shutting down. nt |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. Late 2004 |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
3. I think I was doing a search for |
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elfin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
4. I believe it was early in 2001 |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
5. I found DU right after the 2004 election when I was ready to go |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. that's when I found du as well..stolen election, broken heart, and a complicit media... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
6. 2004 when I was looking for information on the election |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
7. An online friend posted a link to that week's Top 10 Conservative Idiots |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
8. late 2001 |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
9. After Colin Powell lied to the UN. |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:18 AM Original message |
My sister told me about it in Spring 2005 when |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
10. I was the first round draft choice in 2004. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
11. Back in 2001 as result of "Top 10 Conservative Idiots"... |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
12. Rush Limbaugh, believe it or not. |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
61. me too, left the radio on.. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
13. 2006, when I googled something like "best progressive sites" |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
14. Summer 2004... I don't remember what I was searching for. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
15. Feb '01 And I don't remember how I found it. Salon maybe? |
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Tammie (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
16. Summer of 2004 |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. LOL... you beat me! I didn't sign up until this year! |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
17. I honestly do not remember. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
18. During the 04 campaign. I needed something to take the place of the defunct "Political Wag." |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
19. June 2004 - browsing one day and found Bartcop.com |
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Lebam in LA (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
20. MSNBC Message Board Recommendation |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
21. St. Patrick's day 2002 |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
22. 2004 - I think I was looking up something on the 2000 election and found it that way. |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
24. Late 2002 or early 2003. I think I found Free Republic first. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:22 AM Original message |
Early 2006 doing research on PNAC and DU came up in a |
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judy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
25. I found DU in early 2001... |
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Frances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Same here |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
26. After the theft in Ohio in 2004 |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
27. I found DU in early 2003, before the Iraq war, thanks to a friend, nuxvomica, who also posts here. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
29. Sometime in 2001. There was a link to it through "The Guardian" UK. n/t |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
31. Unlike McCain I used the Internet! |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
32. You aren't going to believe it, but I found DU through - wait for it [ |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
33. I found DU shortly after Saddam Hussein was discovered |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
34. Not sure, but probably via Bartcop |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
35. My wife did, back in 2003, so I started reading it, too. n/t |
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paregdem (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
36. You Know How Google Is... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
37. Someone else linked a post on another board |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
38. I believe it was the Summer/Fall of 2002, before the run up to the Iraq War |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
39. TPM had a reference/link spring 2006 |
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cayanne (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
40. Feb 2004 |
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Minimus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
41. Summer of 2004 - found site while looking up some RW propaganda |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
42. I think it was about 2002 or 03 |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
43. I used to post on AOL message boards which were filled with Bushbots, and when I would research |
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FlickLives (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
44. I've actually been a lontime lurker but just joined a few days ago |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
45. 2001 - a link at mediawhoresonline.com |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #45 |
71. same here. MWO in '01 |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
46. "Conservative Idiots" also (friend sent me link in early 2001 (March?)). |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
47. Found it in 2001, I think, looking for Dems to talk about progressives |
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kimmylavin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
48. 2004 Election. |
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magpie (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
49. Began viewing in 2001 |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
50. Right after Sept. 11, 2001 |
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CitizenLeft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
51. around April of 2004... |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
52. Early 2004 |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
53. Link from another progressive website, can't remember which one |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
54. I get together with a bunch of other hold-overs from the '60s "left", |
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NancyG (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
55. 2004 after the election; I was devastated. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
56. After the 2004 election |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
57. After the 2006 election and Gonzo's hearings. |
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Tindalos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
58. Came over from Buzzflash one day |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #58 |
69. Me too -- got a little tired of Buzzflash and looked at the links |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
59. I was on the Bill Maher forum site. I was looking for something a little |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
60. 2007, after I got my own computer. I used to go to the |
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morgan2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
62. shortly after 9/11 |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
63. November 2002. |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
64. 2002, during the elections. |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
65. I found it just about the time of the Iraq invasion. |
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TexasLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
66. I had to check to be sure |
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ladyVet (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
67. Sometime in 2001, before 9-11, |
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Mari3333 (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
68. I was on DU for many years as Mari333, since 2002 I think |
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lynettebro440 (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
70. 2003 but didn't write anything till 2005 |
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