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WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts) Tue Apr 29, 2014, 10:41 AM Apr 2014

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Tim Carpenter, co-founder of Progressive Democrats of America, passed away last night. [View all]

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http://www.pdaillinois.org/site/content/though-battling-terminal-illness-tim-carpenter-still-busy-moving-congress-left

PDA was founded after the '04 Kucinich campaign. Tim had been fighting cancer since the day I met him ten years ago, but he never slowed down, never let his illness keep him from the activism he devoted himself to because he loved this country so much.

As I sit here in my sorrow, it strikes me that no one I've ever known was so perfectly named as he was. Tim Builder. Tim Crafter. Tim Maker. Tim Carpenter.

Take your rest, old friend. You have more than earned it.

On edit: David Swanson on the passing of Tim Carpenter: http://warisacrime.org/content/tim-carpenter-will-be-badly-missed#.U1_Uc84MxAA.facebook

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Tim Carpenter, co-founder of Progressive Democrats of America, passed away last night. [View all] WilliamPitt Apr 2014 OP

Saw him on the Hartmann show many times rurallib Apr 2014 #1

I hate to lose someone like that. May he RIP (and may others pick up the cause).. hlthe2b Apr 2014 #2

I talked with him once or twice in California on the phone Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 #3

Thank you for letting us know. RIP, dear man. n/t Jefferson23 Apr 2014 #4

Thank You mtasselin Apr 2014 #5

+ 1 red dog 1 Apr 2014 #17

Someone I've listened to many times and admired and respected.. mountain grammy Apr 2014 #6

RIP SamKnause Apr 2014 #7

you can walk on to a better place now, friend. mopinko Apr 2014 #8

Aw man... MynameisBlarney Apr 2014 #9

3/19: Tim's last appearance on Thom Hartmann's show, on Bernie Sanders for president alp227 Apr 2014 #10

Good thoughts to his family and friends...knr joeybee12 Apr 2014 #11

That's a terrible loss navarth Apr 2014 #12

This is a loss. May he RIP. rhett o rick Apr 2014 #13

Worked with him in the beginning The Blue Flower Apr 2014 #14

Damn. We still need him. calimary Apr 2014 #15

David Swanson on the passing of Tim Carpenter WilliamPitt Apr 2014 #16

Tim may be gone, but his legacy lives on. Blue State Bandit Apr 2014 #18

Nice, positive thought to have on a sad thread. Thank you for that. merrily Apr 2014 #24

R.I.P. Tim red dog 1 Apr 2014 #19

Rest in Peace, Mr. Carpenter... elzenmahn Apr 2014 #20

RIP swilton Apr 2014 #21

Ah, we lost a good one dreamnightwind Apr 2014 #22

Very sorry to hear this. I met Tim in the mid-'70s, when he was a teen. . . Journeyman Apr 2014 #23

Thank you for your service, Mr. Carpenter. Rest well. merrily Apr 2014 #25

I had no clue hootinholler Apr 2014 #26

..... mstinamotorcity2 Apr 2014 #27

Email for condolences to family-- eridani May 2014 #28

"...He was a man fueled by the highest values of society..." Sen. Markey on the Passing pat_k May 2014 #29