Any old-timers around??

[GreenPartyVoter]

Thinking of Andy today. :toast:

[blm]

1. My buddy, Gbnc.

Memories of our epic exchanges can still make me smile.

[myrna minx]

2. .

:toast:

[librechik]

3. Andy Andy Andy

a newbie linked to a new Black Box Voting article the other day--I bet they were totally confused when a bunch of folks rushed to scratch their eyes out. For good reason.

Andy--Someday we'll do something about out horrible elections. Don't worry.

[EFerrari]

4. Andy Stephenson, presente!

:)

[millijac]

5. I do...

I was only a lurker back then and had a different account....but I do remember his struggle for America and his own personal struggle.

[catabryna]

6. Wow, that was a long time ago...

Hiya! :)

[mike_c]

7. yup....

I remember.

[madmom]

8. I was here, but a newbie. I remember reading the posts.

[LWolf]

9. .

:toast:

[plcdude]

10. Yup

He is missed.

[The Straight Story]

11. Got some pics of him in a video I did some years back:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-10_iPus9g

[Cleita]

12. Here.

I was thinking of him this morning. I was thinking that we need to get a nationwide grass roots election watch dog group going in each of our localities like now, before the next crucial election. I thought it should be named after him.

:toast:

[Bonhomme Richard]

13. Doesn't seem all that long ago. n/t

[Snotcicles]

14. VVPB. Voter Verified Paper Ballots. He was right. nt

[gkhouston]

36. Indeed he was.

:toast: for Andy.

[mopinko]

43. vvpb- a cute little dog.

miss you andy.

[rurallib]

15. was actually thinkng of him on July 4th.

[SidDithers]

16. Yup...nt

Sid

[Canuckistanian]

17. I do

He was like the Emperor of DU. He kept people going.
Andy,
:toast:

[madrchsod]

18. he will always be remembered for his good deeds while ...

[nashville_brook]

19. ...

sigh.

[LiberalAndProud]

20. Thank you, GreenPartyVoter, for causing me to pause and remember a very good man.

O8) Andy O8)

[graywarrior]

21. Thanks for the reminder

I still keep his emails in my DU inbox. O8)

[MrScorpio]

22. Funny

I was just thinking about the time that myself, Will Pitt, Estimated Prophet and some others were hanging out with Andy back in DC once.

Wow.

[supernova]

23. I remember.

I remember the whole sorry mess BBV mess too.

Andy was a good man who had a raw deal from life and from some very unscrupulous people.

[Jazzgirl]

24. I lived and breathed every morning to see what he posted.

We miss you Andy....

:beer: :beer:

[Mnemosyne]

25. ...

[asjr]

26. He was a very brave man.

[WillyT]

27. Thank You For That !!!

:toast:

:hi:

:kick:

[Bozita]

28. Yes. I remember Bev Harris' shitty treatment of Andy.

And the $50,000 cash demanded by the hospital before operating on Andy.

[mia]

44. That and the fundraiser we had for Andy

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3621459

[GCP]

29. And I remember Kheph

He is also sorely missed. :cry:

[eridani]

30. Can't bring myself to delete his email from my address book

It's been six years--seems more like 6 weeks.

[philly_bob]

31. I remember right-wing dirty tricks that delayed a cancer operation.

The details used to be in a Wikipedia article under Andy's name, but it's no longer there.

One summary in http://verifiedvotingfoundation.org/article.php?id=6105

[EFerrari]

39. They also got his Medicaid canceled when he got home from the hospital

and that cost him another two weeks without care.

[annabanana]

47. I still get angry.

His was a voice we needed. He didn't have to die.

[kick-ass-bob]

48. I remember Will Pitt's anger at them too.

:toast: to Andy.

[ReadTomPaine]

32. .

:thumbsup:

[Greybnk48]

33. Andy sent me over to DU from the Black Box Voting site.

Late November 2004. What a sweet guy he was.

[blue neen]

34. Andy, Andy.

He is sorely missed.

[EFerrari]

35. .

[Vanje]

37. kick,n nt

[alfredo]

38. I was thinking of him yesterday

[salin]

45. I thought of him earlier this week as well.

A toast to Andy! :toast:

[alfredo]

51. It was Dr Oz talking about Pancreatic Cancer that made me

think of him.

[Le Taz Hot]

40. Yep.

:toast:

[Rhiannon12866]

41. God_bush_n_cheney was one of my first friends on DU...

I miss him. ;(

[Raine]

42. Yes I remember Andy

Sad day. :-(

[Lydia Leftcoast]

46. Yes, I remember Andy

One of the great ones.

I burst into tears when one of his friends posted the message that he was "resting comfortably," because I knew what they really meant.

[ProfessorGAC]

49. I'm Here

Been here since about March of 2001. Does that count? Hope so.

And, of course, i remember Andy.
GAC

[progressoid]

50. Yeah,

I think I still have an email from Andy.

:sigh:

[bvar22]

52. Here.

Yes. I remember Andy,
and most of the people responding to this post.
:toast:

K&R

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

53. Present!

[MadHound]

54. Hey there,

Yeah, Andy was one of the good ones, gone from us too soon.:toast:

[ItNerd4life]

55. It hurts, doesn't it? Time goes by faster as you get older,

but the pain always stays with you.