Does anyone else remember BartCop?

[nightwing1240]

For those unaware:


bartcop (born Terrence R. Coppage September 12, 1953 - March 5, 2014) was a liberal blogger from Tulsa, Oklahoma, active on the web since 1996 who produced his own internet radio show beginning in 2004. On his death he received many tributes from the liberal blogosphere.[1]

bartcop.com consisted of humorous political commentary from a liberal perspective. Scathing criticism of the Republicans, and sometimes Democrats in signature bartcop "rants" were a main draw of the site. Although a serious political commentator (i.e., his site is not satire), bartcop sometimes described himself as primarily a comedian. The constant witticisms and humor that defined his page gained him a large and loyal readership.

bartcop was an ardent Bill Clinton loyalist. He supported Hillary Clinton's bid for the presidency in 2008, and had been an outspoken opponent of Barack Obama, splitting with the majority of the liberal Blogosphere and causing much controversy from late 2007 up until June 2008, when Sen. Obama secured enough delegates to carry his party's nomination. Since then, bartcop threw full support behind Sen. Obama

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He and I differed on President Obama but I do miss the guys rants, humor and insight. Just happened to think of him today

[GoCubsGo]

1. BartCop is how I found out about DU.

And, I'm know I'm far from the only one in that regard. I sure do miss him. I can only imagine what he'd have been saying over these past six or seven years...

[nightwing1240]

2. Same for me

He is how I found DU and oh man, how I wish we could have heard his take these past years.

[OMGWTF]

32. Me too.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

15. Same.

I wonder what Shirley's up to these days...

[Pluvious]

52. Excellent choice for adding this crucial missing context !

I would have provided this service had you not already performed the honor

Cheers friend

[crickets]

87. Shirl!

I always wondered how he found a new photo of her for every single post. It was a like a little Easter egg at the end of the page. I miss Bartcop.

[Yavin4]

44. Same here.

I was a huge fan of his blog.

[KPN]

45. Me too! He had quite the following. And

there was quite a tribute to him in the blogosphere when he passed.

[ItsjustMe]

48. Ditto.

The year was 2001.

[homegirl]

50. I, too

still miss Bart. His site was the first I visited every morning. And I still treasure a bead bracelet he sent me. Always missed....

[keep_left]

59. I think a LOT of DUers came over from the BartCop site. I also remember one other site similar...

...to BartCop which may now be lost to time. I somehow never bookmarked it and forgot the name. It was similar to BartCop, but a bit angrier and without the BartCop humor. I sure miss it and wish I could remember the name of the place. Of course, I also miss MWO. It's pretty funny that no one has ever discovered who actually ran the site, though there have been many theories.

[bagimin]

73. Me too!

2001 I believe. It took forever for his page to load on dial-up.

[niyad]

3. I remember. Between him and my late friend Betty is how I came to DU.

[hlthe2b]

4. Absolutely. He was a joy to follow and his site is still up, the last I checked

as a kind of memorial to him. Perhaps his wife is still living/

He was quite the character and probably the only one to get me interested in (albeit too broke/cheap for) the really highest quality tequilas.

[Abigail_Adams]

64. The subtitle, or alternate name,

to his site was The Tequila Treehouse. : )

And Debbie is still living; she's on Facebook.

[GB_RN]

81. His Site Is Still Up.

I was just there the other day, looking up Bart’s Laws for my son.😁

[central scrutinizer]

5. I found bartcop and DU from MWO (mediawhoresonline)

I miss the horse, too.

[nightwing1240]

9. Buzzfeed was another I would read

I'm not familiar with the horse but bet I would have liked it

[2naSalit]

18. I remember MWO...

But it was so long ago that I couldn't recite anything from them. I do recall going to the site several times but I think it was while I was studying for and advanced degree and my online playtime was very limited.

[blm]

19. Same start. MWO. Bartcop. DU.

[GoCubsGo]

51. For me, it was the opposite.

BartCop introduced me to the Horse. I miss MWO, too. It was a sad day when they went away.

[SergeStorms]

65. MediaWhores, which begot...

The "Media Horse" online for James Carville to give a nod to about reporting they were doing.

They couldn't shout out to "mediawhores" because CNN wouldn't have it I guess. Back then CNN was the MSNBC of the day.

[nini]

97. I found DU there too

Mediawhoresonline was great.

[tenderfoot]

98. I wish MWO was still around

that's how I learned about DU, BuzzFlash, Smirking Chimp, Bartcop, etc... and where I got my avatar.

[hlthe2b]

6. He was a member here too, though only posted a handful of times. His profile:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=111575

[nightwing1240]

10. Thank you for that!

[Stinky The Clown]

22. "Account status: Has not agreed to the Terms of Service"

Hahahaha

[hlthe2b]

25. Yeah.. just means he never came over to DU3 from DU2.

but, he could be a bit of a rebel that's for sure.

[Girard442]

7. Found Bartcip around the time of (S)election 2000.

I thought I was losing my mind. Well, if I was, there was a whole community right there with me.

[Upthevibe]

108. Girard442...........

Yes. I think BartCop was one of the first places I found after the 2000 sElection.

I just remember Bush V. Gore was what caused me to get my first computer

I think the first place I found regarding the outrage of 2000 was a site called wethepeople. I'm not 100% sure. I just remember feeling SO comforted to have found a large group of fellow Democrats who were as devastated as I was.

[samplegirl]

8. Old D.U.res remember

The guy was so intelligent and his blog was so informative.
I still miss his site.

[Atticus]

11. Yes. I think I found BartCop due to a mention on long-defunct "TheDemocratsWon" and found DU

due to a mention on BartCop.

[Squeaky41]

12. Bartcop Memories

Still him.

[GreenWave]

13. I remember his site was link heaven

[Squeaky41]

14. Bartcop Memories

Still miss him.

[modrepub]

16. Monkey Mail

was one of the postings he made that I found entertaining. People ranting against him had such a fleeting grasp of the English language.

He was a little over the top sometimes. I'd often send him a blurb about that and he'd always reply that that was his intention; to have fun at his critics' expense.

RIP Bartcop, wherever you are...


P.S.

Does anyone remember the Liberalism Resurgent: A Response to the Right by Steve Kangas? Another site I found in the 90s.

[Abigail_Adams]

66. Ah, Monkey Mail

was sometimes by Banana Facts : )

[Polly Hennessey]

17. Oh, yes, I remember him.

[mn9driver]

20. A shot of Chinaco to Bart.

He was one of the pioneers.

[ShepKat]

21. still have his sticker :)

I had a story to break and he and WRP helped break it.

[Comfortably_Numb]

23. Have my two Chinaco shot glasses and my bumper stickers. He and I talked about

Volcano cannabis vaporizers (if anyone remembers those) after his cancer diagnosis.

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

24. Eldrick.....n/t

[HotRod Deluxe]

26. Hey...

Let's all have a toast to him with a shot of Chinaco!

[Stinky The Clown]

27. I remember him well. Bartcop and Media Whores Online (The Horse)

[sky_masterson]

28. I had a lot of fun at Bartcop. It's how I found this place

I was GoPsUx there

[Baltimike]

80. Me too. Remember "Major bartcop dittoes to you, pigboy"?

Hilarious

[Efilroft Sul]

29. He and I were, and still are in my case, huge Shirley Manson fans.

[Kid Berwyn]

30. DU: In memory of Bartcop

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10027701600

[OMGWTF]

33. About once a year I seek out a shot of Chinaco Anejo

And toast the late, great Bartcop

[Captain Zero]

36. We should create a Bartcop Day.

Annual.
Shot of Chinaco Anjeo.
Go spit on a Republicans Grave.

[nightwing1240]

39. I will second that!

Great ideas!

[sarge43]

31. Remember him with affection

He was one of the good guys.

A dark day when he passed on.

[Rastapopoulos]

35. It was like losing a family member

I remember him back in the Prodigy days when he began his "Bartcop' persona.

[sarge43]

71. Very much so. n/t

[Captain Zero]

34. Yeah he was a funny guy and his website

Looked as if it may have been assembled with MS Notepad. I always loved that about the website. That was some expensive tequila he drank. Chinaco Anjeo. Cheers, Bart.

[area51]

37. Yes. I miss him.

[Marthe48]

38. I used to go to Buzzfeed

found Bartcop and DU on that

[Stinky The Clown]

40. Just for the record, the site is still there . . . . .

. . . . . albeit with a different owner. It appears to me to be a little static.

http://www.bartcop.com

[packman]

41. Me too - From Bartcop to DU

[gratuitous]

42. He and I disagreed on the efficacy of torture

But he was a good guy. I probably sent more money to support his site than any other.

[gfwzig]

43. The person who became his de facto "replacement" ran the "Bartcop E" portion of the page,,,

google
Bartcop E
the page recently changed format and has become an E-page
go to the Bartcop E site and contact marty by internal e-mail to be placed on her
e-mailing list for the new format....

not quite the same as ol'Bart but a worthy replacement...

[Hope22]

46. Yes!

Miss his voice. A friend put me on to him and it was the beginning of my eyes wide open. 🙏💗

[vanlassie]

47. He loved southern sweet corn.

And, he would always say “What WOULDN’T evil men do for $$$$$$?”
Something like that.

[BidenRocks]

101. He would always promote

Olathe Sweet Corn

Miss ya Bart!

[edbermac]

49. Oh yes I was a big fan.

His site is still up. Him, MediaWhoresOnline and DU were daily rituals.

[robbob]

55. And the daily howler!

I learned so much about the disfunction at the heart of American media from that site! All the lies about Al Gore were documented in vivid detail. All those web sites got me through the gut wrenching 2000 election debacle, which of course led us directly (if via 9/11) into the gulf war. And here we are, 22 years later…

[PlanetBev]

53. I got to meet him at Bartfest West

He threw a party at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas in 2002. We had a weekend of drinking tequila and Bush bashing. He even posted a photo of me on Bartcop protesting the Iraq war in downtown LA. His death was terrible loss and I grieve all over again when I think of how badly we need him at this time.

[nightwing1240]

54. Thinking of Bartcop, I searched a bit and found this :)

Message from Democratic Underground

I pulled this comment by "Skinner" who I think founded DU, in the Bartcop thread he writes:

Back in the days when there was no "liberal blogosphere" or "netroots"; there were only "anti-Bush websites".
Before DU there was Buzzflash, Smirking Chimp, and BartCop.
That was pretty much the entire liberal presence on the internet.
Bart gave DU a prominent link on his homepage, and sent us lots of traffic.
I think it is arguable that he did more for DU than anyone else on the Internet.

Thank you, Bart. RIP.

http://web.archive.org/web/20221209144122/http://www.bartcop.com/

A tip of the cap and thank you DU and Bartcop! The world needs both to get through some really tough times amd tough times yet to come.

[PlanetBev]

56. I liked Bart's name for Rush Limbaugh

“The Vulgar Pigboy.”

Being two months older than Limbaugh, I swore a mighty oath that I would outlive him. I managed to do just that, and I rejoice knowing that nasty voice of his is stilled. I lost a friend to his constant stream of vile propaganda.

[tekriter]

57. Didn't realize until after his passing...

…that I went to high school with him.

[SergeStorms]

58. I miss the Sweet Corn reports...

I used to love his reviews of different strains of Sweet Corn each year. He somehow always seemed to pick the juciest, sweetest strain each year, and never stopped searching for "The Perfect Corn".

I even bought a bottle of Chinaco Anejo, and I absolutely HATE Tequila!

I always wonder what Bart's commentary would have been about the TFG years.

I certainly miss him. Another casualty of The Big "C". 😢

[liberalmuse]

60. I discovered Bartcop during Clinton's impeachment.

I really miss him. I hope he's somewhere getting all the Bixby corn and anejo tequila he wants.

[Abigail_Adams]

61. I certainly do!

I was a big fan and a financial supporter. I loved the page and Bartcop Radio. I got to meet him and Mrs. Bart (Debbie) at a Fest in Las Vegas that was a blast. I often wonder what he'd say about the GOP's latest shenanigans and especially TFG. I miss him!

[LiveToLurk]

62. Loved the guy

I didn't always agree with him, but I did about 95% of the time. He was great.

[keithbvadu2]

63. I remember his website and enjoyed his material greatly.

[BootinUp]

67. I'm pretty sure it was on BartCop that I found my first link to DU.

2o or so years ago.

[Codifer]

68. The link

is still on my task bar.

I miss Bartcop.

[jaxexpat]

69. From Him I gained both my affection for top shelf tequilas and awareness of DU.

Chinaco Anejo was his stated preference while my taste has gravitated to the raw desert vegetable of Blanco. But I do retain his tip on consumption technique: micro-sips, undiluted and served at room temperature with genial conversation. He was one of those who doggedly and unapologetically pointed to the vast right-wing conspiracy as the most threatening terrorist group in our midst.

[3auld6phart]

70. Yes indeed

He was a favourite way back when when I got my first ‘putor turquoise Apple.Therewere others
can’t remember them all. Marie 33 comes to mind.too all DUrs all the best of the season to you.

[choie]

72. I found Bartcop

through Make Them Accountable.com - does anybody remember that site? I found Mike Malloy through that site as well. They were the only way I made it through the early Bush Crime Family years.

[Mickju]

74. BartCop was one of the first political blogs I followed.

He was very entertaining and I miss him to this day.

[bif]

75. I remember him well

Miss the guy!

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

76. Yes, and i have some of his CD's of his radio shows.

And I got a hat, it should be around somewhere. It was a post on his site that led me to DU. I bought a $50 bottle of tequila because he raved about it so much.

[ismnotwasm]

77. He's how I found DU

He was a good dude

[Mblaze]

78. I hope he's watching

Shirley Manson in heaven. 😀

[bigmonkey]

79. I remember a saying of his

I'm not going to get the wording right, but I will always be grateful for the insight:

"Anytime making a mistake puts money or power into a person's or an institution's pocket, you can expect them to make that mistake again and again."

I got sent here by Bartcop too.

I had a couple of exchanges on his site, I remember in particular discussing why Obama had avoided discussing race, but then when his hand was forced, gave a really valuable discourse on it.



Is Chinaco Anejo still available?

[GB_RN]

82. Bart's Law #2

Any time a person or entity makes a "mistake" that puts extra money (or power) in their pocket, expect them to make that "mistake" again and again and again. That's why refineries have fires now and then, because a fire allows them to scream "unexpected shortage" so they can gouge us on the price of gas.

You can see all of Bart’s Laws here.

[jmowreader]

83. I got a free month of BartCop Radio because of a joke I sent him once

I don't remember the exact wording of the joke, but it revolved around the Navy wanting to name a ship for Dubya. Since they didn't want to build a new ship to name after him they wanted to rechristen a ship the USS George W. Bush, and had a contest where sailors could propose ships for the honor. The winning ship was the USS Oriskany, which the Navy had sunk and turned into an artificial reef in 2006. The winner's prize was a week of uncharged leave and removal of two disciplinary actions from his personnel file.

Terry was a really fine person. I'm just glad that if he had to die, which we all do, he died before the tragedy of the Trump Administration. He couldn't have handled that.

[PCIntern]

84. It was there and at Media Whores Online

That I learned about DU.

MWO was the funniest political discourse I’ve ever read, bar none. There is great mystery wrapped up in what was that site.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

85. I rememer bartcop

Miss him still

[MFM008]

86. Read him everyday

[Cha]

88. Rec for Bartcop & Pres Obama!💙💙

[Kingofalldems]

89. I remember him from Prodigy message boards, Terry Coppage was his name.

He used to destroy dittoheads on the Limbaugh BB.

[CaptainTruth]

90. I remember BartCop!

I always thought he must have been a police officer working for BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), which I took to/from San Francisco.

No? Totally wrong?

I too miss him.

[Wednesdays]

91. I started with Bartcop before I came to DU

I think I was reading Bartcop's blog by 1999, and was a poster on the forum before Election Day 2000. I came to DU the following Spring, at first under the name "Tuesdays."

I still stop by Bartcop's site on occasion.

[not a texan]

92. I read him everyday

I think the page was originally Rush Limbaugh. Lying Nazi Whore. BC did not pull punches. I was living is a sea of red back then and reading Bart helped keep me sane. I sure wish I could have read how he would have treated Trump

[tishaLA]

93. That name's a blast from the past

back when I used to read Media Whores Online, Atrios, AmericaBlog, etc.

[Jack the Greater]

94. I remember bartcop from Prodigy

Does anyone remember Prodigy?

[moniss]

95. I remember

very well. When the page would update each day it was like a breath of fresh air.

[sakabatou]

96. I remember the webpage, not the person.

[RedSpartan]

99. Funny, I randomly thought about him today, too.

I went to his site every day for years. Learned about DU from him. Still miss him.

[nightwing1240]

109. I was reminiscing about things my wife and I enjoyed

And thought of him, he was a favorite of her and I

[Cherokee100]

100. I do

I do, he helped keep me from going insane, when we were transferred to Texas, for 5 years. I learned of DU from his site..

[bluboid]

102. when I found bartcop it was like turning on a hundred watt bulb in pitch darkness...

the internet became alive because of him... he was a quirky but true leader.

[generalbetrayus]

103. Back in the day, a friend of mine, who died too soon himself, tipped me off to Bartcop.

I've long wondered how I found DU back in the days of EarlG's Top Ten Conservative Idiots and now I realize it must have been at BartCop.

[KelleyKramer]

104. Every time I drink tequila

Every time I drink tequila I think of Bartcop, tree houses and big hammers!

Sure do miss him

[Shellback Squid]

105. yes

[Ellen Forradalom]

106. He was magnificent

I read his site religiously…20 years ago already? Wow.

[argyl]

107. I was reading and enjoying BartCop two years before DU began.

Loved BartCop. And of course I found DU through him. DU was barely formed when BartCop wholeheartedly endorsed it.
Lurked for quite a while then joined in 2002. I came to prefer DU to BC but I always had time to read one really righteous Okie's column and/or rant.
RIP, BartCop.

[bermudat]

110. Loved BartCop!

Attended one of his soirees in D.C.

[machoneman]

111. Yep, followed him early on with my time here. Missed he is, for sure.