In the Spring of 2004, I was desperate. Bush was a looming menace on my mind and I knew he had to go! I was a Kerry girl all the way. I had written the Senator in 2002 and begged him to run, and my wish was coming true, he was running

I was working with ACT and the budding MoveOn.org to GOTV in Phoenix and was hearing the right wing talking points against all our candidates. One evening, I googled “John Kerry” for some ammo to knock down the arguments I was hearing. One of links was a thread here at DU.

OMG!!!

I was amazed to find such a large group of Democrats online.

I was welcomed by lots of folks in my first hundred posts (what ever happened to that nice habit we all had? I rarely see it any more) and I looked back and my first post was in support of Kerry in the primary wars of 2004. In fact, it was a thread with a pledge to contribute a nickel for every response to the thread and that got me to sign up.

When Kerry lost in November I was so depressed, frustrated and frightened for our country but DU kept me going. The cooking and baking group, the Home Improvement group kept me busy while I licked my wounds and ignored politics for a while.

Whenever the news comes on, and a hot story hits, hubby looks to me because I have already seen it and had it discussed here so I am able to give him the back story, the unspoken issues or whatever.

I was honored to be a moderator during Katrina and remember looking for missing members, refreshing over and over while praying that the posters I was watching for would check in.

Thanks to the Economy forum, I was informed about the looming housing bubble and was able to sell out in time and move to my new home and pay cash for it thanks to the profits I made on the Arizona house before the bottom dropped out.

I have been blessed to speak with several members on the phone and am looking forward to a meetup next month. You are my lifeline when I stay home days at a time seeing no one except my husband.

DU has become my internet home, my second family (crazy uncles and all ) and the only way I’ve kept my sanity.


I salute you and thank you for letting me be a part of it.