Thank You, Democratic Underground

[democrat2thecore]

It is times like these, more than any others, that I value my friendships at DU. Some of you I feel I "know," some I know only by your username, but this weekend has been special sharing it with DU.

Watching the coverage since the death Of Senator Kennedy, I found myself turning time and time again to DU. I suppose it's because I knew I would be understood in my grief; a commonality that is shared across this board.

Sorry - not to get too cornball on you - but THANK YOU, DU. The last few days have been so much easier sharing it with those I knew would understand the depth of grief we all felt.

Democratic Underground: It's a great community. Thank you!

[tekisui]

1. Seconded, and recommended.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. We are united in our grief...

Well said!

K&R

[LiberalAndProud]

3. Oh yes! Thank you all.

Although my family sympathized and felt sad, they did not seem to share my depth of grief. The tears have come so easily for me. If not for DU, I don't know how I would deal with this.

Thank you all.

[Swamp Rat]

4. Thank you DUers

:grouphug: ... remembering hurricane Katrina... :grouphug:

[texanwitch]

5. I have been thinking the same thing.

It is at times like this one needs a community.

I has been good to have other people to cry with.:hug:

[peacetalksforall]

Ditto. Thanks, everyone.

[WillyT]

6. Big Ole K & R !!!

I love you guys!

:grouphug:

:hi:

:kick:

[rhett o rick]

7. Same to yah.

peace

[rwheeler31]

8. Some understand others must be persuaded.

Thank you for understanding.

[Muttocracy]

9. I understand. Noone here would think I was weird for sobbing in public today

though at least the people at the laundromat were kind and didn't change the channel on me after I put it on the funeral this morning.

Thank you DU, for making me not feel alone in my grief.

[KT2000]

10. Yes - thanks for being here.

[JimWis]

11. Agree - thanks for DU

[calimary]

12. Yeah, couldn't agree more. It helped. These have been a very glum few days for me.

I've spent the last two crying off and on all day over the coverage and the recollections and the images. It's awfully hard to be a liberal and lose a Kennedy. Ouch. Pierces to the heart.

[democrat2thecore]

14. It's just really helped to be able to turn to friends (web friends or not) and feel *connected* -nt

[calimary]

15. Wasn't just last night or the night before, either.

I have turned to friends never met here on DU for comfort and solidarity and inspiration MANY times, during the bad times. During the last eight years, surely thousands of times! I love DU. Thank you everyone for buoying me up when I felt like I was sinking.

[DesertFlower]

13. as soon as i heard the news

tuesday night, i turned to DU. i'm on pacific time and most of my friends and family are back east. they were sleeping and i didn't want to wake them, but my DU friends were here for me.

thanks to all of you.

[dgibby]

16. I feel the same way.

I know it sounds silly, but I feel closer to my DU friends than to some people I've known for years.

[lunatica]

17. I think that Teddy dying has opened up old wounds we thought were healed

Maybe for everyone, but for those of us who lived through all the Kennedy deaths it's heartbreaking. We lost something vital when Bobby was killed. The energy he was generating was just like the energy Obama generated during his campaign. Imagine all that excitement just stopped instantly by one bullet and instead of Obama as President we would have McCain now. The very thought should make you feel like the wind just got pushed out of your sails. Just like Nixon who ended up being President because Bobby was killed McCain would have already escalated the Iraq war making sure that we would be there for many more years and many more deaths.

[titoresque]

18. yes agreed

I didnt respond to very many posts today, but I read a lot and felt comforted by so many here today that were expressing my same feelings.

[Raine]

19. Yes it's so nice to have like minded people

to share with.

[Iris]

20. This is the first place I came when I heard the news.

Like so many times before.

[a kennedy]

21. ditto

:loveya: :grouphug: :fistbump: :yourock: :patriot:

[AwakeAtLast]

22. I totally agree with you!

Sad time, but something we will remember. In life and in death, it matters who you share the experience with.

[democrat2thecore]

24. You are right. I won't forget it & the connection with my DU friends was an important part of it -nt

[madmax]

23. I find much comfort here

be it during a national tragedy or when I'm feeling bad due to personal issues. :grouphug:

[lib_wit_it]

25. I initially discovered DU during the last months of the 08 campaign. I didn't join at first, but

just read. It was such a comfort to see that I wasn't alone in my deep passion. It helped to know that others also suffered times of doubt, even despair, of our fate, but that hope was truly alive. I also was relieved to find that I was not alone in thinking that anyone who would support having that winkin', lyin', smirkin' batshit crazy bitch from the North one ancient heartbeat away from the presidency, must be out of their fucking minds.

So, a million thanks, DU.

[BumRushDaShow]

26. K&R

:kick:

[MissDeeds]

27. I feel the same

Our shared grief helped me get through the last few days. Thanks, DU friends. :grouphug:

[sabrina 1]

28. K&R ~

[nolabear]

29. Agreed. We'll get up this hill together.

I don't always agree with everyone here but I do feel as though people try to listen and argue ardently and learn and share. Times like this, when we're striving so hard to get up that metaphorical hill on the ice, it's great to have people willing to make the climb too...or wait all afternoon.

[BrklynLiberal]

30. Ditto.

[Dinger]

31. Definitely

It has helped a lot.:)

[NBachers]

32. You know what? As life went on around me as usual, I knew my DU family

was sharing my grief, my interest, and my awareness of the historical significance of these days.

It didn't seem to affect everyone the way it affected us.

I would've been alone in my grief if it hadn't been for my DU Community.

I was up late at night and saw the DU thread about Kennedy's death right after it went up. It hit me like a kick in the guts.

Thank you all for being here.

We see history. We live history. We are history.