Andy Stephenson

[coffeenap]

I promised you...:hug:
(A day late, srry.)

[hlthe2b]

1. He is still missed.. very much so...

RIP, Andy.... Maybe there's a DUer "club" in the next realm...;)

[truedelphi]

6. If there is indeed a Du'er club in the next realm, I guess all of us

Who knew him will get to join.

Life without him has gone on. It is just not as much fun. One day about two years ago, I was playing some tapes of music recorded off the radio, and all of a sudden, his voice was there in my living room, discussing the Black Voting Problem (circa October 2008?) The recording was off of Air America.

It was so very great to hear that voice.

[hlthe2b]

12. Oh, heavens.. that must have been really something...

Time passes so quickly, but somehow grief for the missing always seems like "yesterday"....I'm sorry for your loss... More so, I'm sorry for ALL of our loss of Andy. He was truly special.

[truedelphi]

21. A few people I have talked to, who knew Andy very well,

Have called him an "angel."

Which he was. But I couldn't figure out why that grated on me. (It shouldn't - to be called that should be the best of comments.)

I guess in my head I saw the term as not including how wickedly fun he was, and how much power he had.

And one of the many things that is sad about his early demise is that had he lived, he would have been able to befriend countless others, including the many here at Du that helped out but never talked with him or met him.

[Melissa G]

2. Miss Andy

:grouphug:

[Blue-Jay]

3. .

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. I think of him every year at this time.

I also send a hearty 'FUCK YOU - MAY YOU BURN IN HELL' greeting to those who labeled him a scam artist.

[Liberal Veteran]

5. You have my thanks on that. That was a particularly contemptable group.

I still shudder at the sheer callousness of those who suggested such a thing.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. "was"?? They are still around - unfortunately.

So please allow me to once again tell them to FUCK OFF AND DIE so that burning in hell can commence.

[Liberal Veteran]

9. Touche. And again, thank you.

[Electric Monk]

22. k&r

[jaysunb]

26. +1000 n/t

[suffragette]

7. K&R

[mn9driver]

10. Didn't know him personally, but tried to help.

As did a lot of DUers. RIP, Andy.

[PATRICK]

11. I hope he is remembered

long after the deniers and fraud enablers of both parties are disgraced and forgotten. A plain citizen's unselfish work for justice in his country.

[coffeenap]

13. Thanks everyone for allowing this thread.

The last conversation we had included his request that he not be forgotten. And, of course, he shall not be. I thank him for entering my life and that of my son. His memory will make us smile as long as we live. :)

[truedelphi]

20. Really and truly, thank you.

For everything.

[Hissyspit]

14. Kick nt

[SoCalDem]

15. threads

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3608367
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=213x520
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=3204768&mesg_id=3204768
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3561640&mesg_id=3584371&page=
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3588998

[coffeenap]

16. Thanks. Look at the good thing we did--together.

:grouphug:

[EC]

17. I still have a hard time coming to terms with

the fact that the delay in the surgery due to those creeps caused his death. What I have a really hard time with is they have no remorse or even believe they killed a man. What gave them the right to stop Pay Pal or contact the hospital. Why did the hospital and pay pal even give credence to them?

[Catherine Vincent]

18. Will never forget him

:kick:

[Truth2Tell]

19. logged in to rec

*sigh*

keep fighting

[mod mom]

23. Met Andy while he was helping us Ohioans attempt to expose the '04 theft.

He won't be forgotten by us!

[gkhouston]

24. K&R

I haven't forgotten him--or what DUers banded together to do for him. One of our proudest moments, IMHO.

[Demonaut]

25. wow time goes fast...nt

[philly_bob]

27. The ones who tricked PayPal and hospitals to block Andy's medical care...

got away with it, dammit. They have not been named.

Andy's Wikipedia page is gone.

2 of three links on http://verifiedvotingfoundation.org/article.php?id=6105 are dead.

Just about all that remains is this righteous rant on DU: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4049596

In general I don't believe in vengeance -- but, man, if anyone knows who pulled the dirty tricks, I'd like to seem them named. And what have they been up since 2005?

[EFerrari]

28. There was a reporter who did two articles about this

and I think the title was "Cancerous campaign". There's one name there. I think the reporter's name was George Howland. He was a great guy.

[philly_bob]

30. Thanks. Here's a link to Howland's work in Seattle Times.

http://www.seattleweekly.com/search/index?keywords=Andy+Stephenson&x=13&y=12

[EFerrari]

32. George was working in the Mayor's office last time I talked to him.

He was great to Andy.

[EFerrari]

29. It's always good to see you, coffeenap.

[juajen]

31. I would give anything to see another post by him. It seems like no time has passed at all. NT

Was his old handle "God Bush and Cheney? I think that's it, right?

[zalinda]

33. I read a rumor of who it was that delayed

his treatment. But, I won't name him because I can't verify it. Although, you could use google and find the info, if you really wanted it.

zalinda

[revolution breeze]

34. I met him once in 2004

Ironically, it was at a fundraiser for Virginia Mason, and he had just decided to drop from his run as Secretary of State. Nice guy.

[TBF]

35. I didn't know Andy, but have read the stories -

so I'm kicking this back up.

:kick: