They. Are. Screwn..

[Bucky]

I'd like a check-in from those of yall who've been around here a while.

After 20 years, I feel like I've watched a shitload of American history flow by viewed from this website. This is one of those good days. For the 3rd time in my adult life, Democrats have come into the White House with a mandate to clean up the Republicans' latest mess.

We've got some really heavy and dark days ahead with this pandemic still picking up speed, the economy lopsided and sluggish, and lurking future crises like the national debt and climate change having been left to fester for 4 years we couldn't afford to lose.

But today's a good day. Let's celebrate. Let's look at 2022 tomorrow.

[lisa58]

1. I'm with you - savoring the relief- sipping wine...

Let’s do this!

[catbyte]

2. You're right. I haven't felt this good at an Inauguration since January 20, 2009.

Obama's second Inauguration was satisfying, but 2009 and today were/are different.

[marble falls]

3. Screwn - Past pluperfect tense?

[Bucky]

4. You had to be here in 2008 to get that reference

[DemoTex]

6. Or earlier ..

IIRC

Screwn ..
Morans ..
Tombstones ..

Oh, the memories!

[MANative]

9. Fitzmas!!

😒😒😏😏

[TygrBright]

20. Don't tutch the butt! n/t

[MANative]

29. OMG, I haven't heard (read!) That one in AGES!

[BumRushDaShow]

50. There was a thread that is still in DU2 with the... ahem... illustrations

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

54. A guy goes to Boston on a business trip.

Since he has never been there before he wants to try the local cuisine and, after some research decides the quintessential dish (after baked beans) is a seafood dish made from a young cod fish.

As he gets into the taxi at the airport he asks the driver, "Where can I get scrod?"

The driver turns to look at him and replies, "You know, I have been asked that question many times and in many ways. But never before in the Past Pluperfect Subjunctive."

-----------------------
I first heard this joke as a freshman in college (1967).

[flibbitygiblets]

30. Fitzmas nearly broke me.

I've since learned to temper my hopes with realism (and hopefully not too much cynicism).

Today is indeed a good day, and I cherish it.

[MANative]

32. Still waiting for that Rove frogmarch...

Eternal disappointment! 😉

[flibbitygiblets]

35. I've got my hopes on a bigger frog these days.

It could happen!

[MANative]

37. Now THAT would eclipse any promise of Fitzmas!! Nt

[Dem2theMax]

27. Casting asparagus! Can't forget that one.

[LuckyLib]

42. I loved that!

[griffi94]

44. Ha

I had forgotten that one.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

49. Omg I forgot

About casting asparagus.

[raccoon]

28. I don't think they do tombstones anymore do they?

I haven’t seen any in ages.

[hatrack]

46. This is Hugh!!!!

[ET Awful]

26. I could swear I was one of the first to spot "screwn" over in Freeperville and report it here

Ah, those were the days

[argyl]

45. Does Free Republic even exist except as a begging bowl for Rim Job?

In the early days of DU their screwy quotes were brought up often. Nor I never hear of them here, thank God.

Guess their nutty opinions have been quaint compared to the new ones.
Do they and their "Zots" even make any news anymore?

Are they relegated to the dust bin of history?

[ET Awful]

51. Hell if I know - haven't looked at it in over 10 years :) n/t

[yardwork]

59. I remember the post! Election night 2008 when Obama won.

[UpInArms]

5. I remember the relief I felt

when Clinton took office after 12 hellish years of RayGun/Bush and Bush/Quayle

this is more than that ... I have been so angry at the destruction for these long 4+ years that followed the demonization of Obama/Biden and Hillary ....

If I ever hear another RWNJ say Benghazi again, I will not take responsibility for my visceral reaction.

[Roland99]

7. Had my DU Sweet Sixteen back in September last year

So glad to be part of restoring America!

[Native]

8. 20 years for me too. DU has changed considerably, but it's still my go-to.

[Tikki]

10. Still a teen at 19 years....

Remember so many great posts, videos and ideas these last years.

Today is an amazing day....ONWARDS.

Tikki

[Sedona]

11. Been here since almost the beginning

Lurked until 2006....

I have great confidence Biden will pull us out of this tailspin as Clinton and Obama did before him.

The grown ups are back in charge

[onethatcares]

12. I raise a toast to those thoughts

we, as Americans, can do anything. We have it in the palms of our hands to make the country a much better place. Now is the time to celebrate, but to temper that celebration with the knowledge that we have a lot of work to do.

Have a great lead in to the new administration, then let's go to work.

Salud, to you all.....may we have peace in our lifetimes.......and thank you all for keeping me sane...

[Nitram]

13. I feel like a great weight has been lifted off my shoulders. A smile comes more easily.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

14. I signed up in '01. To quote the great Mike Mallory "have I said today how

much I hate these people?".

[KatyaR]

15. The last 24 hours have been incredible.

It's amazing to know that HUMANITY has come back to Washington.

I've cried so much, from happiness to relief to fear. Thank dog that nothing crazy happened today. It's been an amazing day.

I hope this is a new day and new start for the United States.

[barbtries]

16. I am not up for

starting the next campaign.
let's make sure we get to 2022 intact.

i often wish we had the same policy as the UK: 6 weeks of campaigning, then have the election. i really am exhausted by the endless nature of it in the US.

[William Seger]

17. And it's the second time having to clean up a mess created by someone who lost the popular vote

We really need to kill the damned Electoral College.

[wysi]

18. What a relief

We just woke up from a four year long nightmare. Thankfully done with now.

[AwakeAtLast]

19. Hello from the class of 2004!

I have gotten way more out of DU then I have put into it! I believe I can contribute most of my sanity to this site considering some of the darker days that we have experienced beginning in the Bush years.

[Brother Mythos]

21. I'm relatively new here, but I've been smiling all day.

It's been a quite while since I've done that, and it feels good.

[lillypaddle]

22. Since October 2004

[edbermac]

23. I was in high school during Watergate.

I thought we’d never have a president as bad as Nixon. Then came Reagan, then Bush Sr, then Bush Jr. But they’re all minor-league compared to Trump. And I pray to God we never have one worse than him.

[lunatica]

24. I have full confidence now that we will prevail

[dsharp88]

25. Here since 2004.

I don't post much, but I read multiple times per day, every day. It's my quiet house of sanity.

[Evolve Dammit]

36. I hear ya. I did that for a decade just to have some sense of normalcy.

[Dem2theMax]

31. I've been here since 2004. I can't even remember how I found my way here.

Today is absolutely a day for celebration. I could barely go to sleep last night, I was so excited.

I have been smiling nonstop since I got up this morning. Except for the times when I have burst into joyful tears.

Watching President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden walking to the White House, I was blubbering like a baby.
And then I promptly went back to smiling, and I'm still doing it.

[bluescribbler]

33. I joined in 2002.

Mostly lurked since then. I had a few OPs of which I feel proud, but only a few. I remember "Ask Auntie Pinko", the "Top Ten Conservative Idiots" and "Equal Time With Bob Boudelang", which was always good for a laugh. I will be eternally grateful for Skinner, EarlG and Elad for giving us this invaluable forum to share news, opinions, strategies and support.

[catchnrelease]

55. About the same here

I came here from Media Horse during the run up to Iraq War, so had to be in 2001 or 2. Didn't actually join until several years later. I rarely post but read several times a day. I laughed at myself a few days ago--it's only taken me 20 yrs to make 1700 posts!

[OMGWTF]

34. Democrats have been cleaning up Rethuglican messes since 1933.

[marlakay]

38. Been here since 2004 May I think

This place has helped me get through the Bush and Trump years, taught me a lot you never hear in the news, and showed me how even though we are at times very different we all want the same thing good democrat leadership.

[madinmaryland]

39. GET A BRAIN, MORANS!

[benld74]

40. EVERY election

No matter how small
Need turnout like 2020

[Skittles]

41. yup

Democrats have to make the hard choices, clean up repuke mess, and then pay for it in the mid-terms.

[Joinfortmill]

43. Agree

[Ilsa]

47. Thank God it was only a 4 year mess, not an 8 year mess. nt

[I_UndergroundPanther]

48. Been here a long long time.

This account is my second account,used to be called just underground panther. Got cutoff from DU after DU was hacked during the election of asshole who shall be unamed..

Lost net access when I was homeless awhile.
Than when I got a home I was offline a while,but acessed DU via my phone.

I went to the DU gathering with my ex in DC where I met Estimated Prophet and Prophetess. As well as other DU ers.

That day was unforgettable awesome meeting of like minds and democratic people.

I arrived on DU sometime during the bush admin. Was here during shock and awe. Wrote articles for a site called unknown news when a fellow writer on unknown news invited me here. I checked it out and joined soon after. The rest is history. DU is a haven of sanity in a crazy world.

So my post count is larger than it appears

Happy anniversary DU!

❤️🧡💛💚💜💜😺⭐🌈🌄

[davsand]

52. Green wars, Kudzu, and an honest to gosh Underground portion of the site.

Yep. I've been here a day or two. LOL! I joined in June of 2001 and I'm still here. I'm not on here much anymore--at least compared to the early days--but I'm still here. In the early days we had "Green Wars" with discussions about Greens and were they people that should be here. We also had a "hidden" or secret section of DU that was called The Underground that required a minimum number of posts and, later on, a donation to be allowed in there. We also had a long running thread in The Lounge that was about Kudzu. That thread ran for a very long time and was the source of MUCH hilarity. There was also a long running thing that everyone here was actually Will Pitt disguised as the different posters. That got it's start over at the arch rival GOP website that I still do not name here--20 years later. (The initials are FR if you need a clue!) LOL!

In the early days, DU was a haven for Democrats and liberals. There were very few safe places for folks like us to go to in 2001, and it was a very dark time for us all. DU offered that safety. The posters here did an excellent job of citing sources in the posts, and there were several folks that were well researched and quite willing to share their knowledge. Something that was a custom and quite endearing, was the practice of saying Welcome to any new poster you ran across on here. It was what you did. I'm sad that has diminished really. Our community was vibrant and kind--civility was a lot more common then. There were no mods in the early days, Earl, Skinner, and Elad were it, and when our community was growing they were able to keep up with it and do a good job.

We've lost some amazing folks over the years. Some names you may recognize, others you may not. Kephra was a friend of mine, and he's one of the losses from our community. Scott was an absolute whiz at staying on top of LBN. FifthGenDem was another friend, who is now gone. John was an amazing man and maybe one of the funnier people I've ever met in an online forum and real life. Both of those men were at my house when I hosted a DU meetup. It was amazing and wonderful to be able to meet folks in person that I'd only been able to interact with online. There was about a minute or so at first where we had to get used to the physical presence, but after that it was like getting together with old friends. Quite a remarkable experience. I've been lucky enough to meet other DUers in the flesh and every time it was a good experience.

Things are not at all as they were back then but our world is not the same either. If DU wants to stay relevant it will, and we'll have another 20 years together.

Love to you all!



Laura

[tiredtoo]

53. For the 3rd time in my adult life, Democrats have come into the White House with a mandate to clean

I recall Bush's mess and trump's mess cannot remember the third time. Help because i want to share. I joined in the beginning and for some reason my membership was lost. rejoined at a later date. I primarily lurk.

[AmBlue]

56. Sick and tired

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...of being sick and tired. I don't think I've fully absorbed what happened yesterday yet so please forgive this little rant. After 20 years coming to DU, starting with the Florida fiasco in 2000 (I'm a Floridian) it's just all been such a roller coaster. God, I need some wine.

So OMG YES, I'm fed up with the Democrats getting stuck with cleaning up the results of their catastrophic policies. I'm sick of their fake deficit hawk routine every time a Democrat comes into power.

I'm an optimist by nature and in my heart I believe this country is so much better than what we've been in the clutches of these past 4 years. However, my nature to believe in the best of all Americans, this time, must be tamped down in favor of justice and strict adherence to the law and our Constitution to prosecute the bastards that invaded our Capitol and terrorized our elected officials. We need to prosecute their elected accomplices just as hard--or even harder.

In a way, sadly, we've indirectly condoned terror in lesser forms for many years now by not prosecuting lesser crimes and always hoping to inspire the best in others. Sadly, the orange anus proved over and over that hoping and wishing our better angels will prevail is useless, and that justice is quite flimsy in this country, and pretty hit or miss. Especially when a pResident can terrorize all the Rs in Congress by threatening to sic his flying green monkeys on them if they don't do his bidding.

When "others" have nothing but criminal or murderous intentions and have shown it clearly by their speech and actions, there is no opportunity for unity. This is game over. Democrats need to be tough as nails here as this is the bright red line that cannot be stepped over. Prosecutions and punishment and maximum sentences are the ONLY way back to unity and, I believe, the only thing the criminals on the other side of the aisle and invaders of our Capitol will understand and respect.

These violent seditionists already proved this to be true by their complete non-response on Inauguration Day. They are afraid of our power. Might does not always make right, but when Might is on the right side of Justice and the rule of law, we need to swing that hammer down hard and mean it.

We also need to vote and remain vigilant with that same hardcore intention and devotion.

Our country and our democracy deserve nothing less. Indeed it cannot survive without it.

/rant off

Cheers to everyone here who helped make yesterday happen!! I am so proud of us all.. Salut!

[fishwax]

57. 20 years -- a lot of history yes indeed

I've been really grateful to have DU and DUers around to share all this history with. I've got to admit that on top of everything else on that dark night back in November 2016, losing DU and not having that resource to navigate those emotional waters made it considerably worse. It was so disorienting. Election night in 2004 was bad, but at least we had each other, lol.

But this last run to victory, like the 2008 and 2012, was all the sweeter for getting to share it with you all!

[BobTheSubgenius]

58. Bucky, you are so right about everything in your post.

I can only hope you are as correct about your title. They. Had. Better. Be. Screwn.

[Hekate]

60. A pleasure to read this thread. KnR from class of 2002...