A Sincere Tribute To DUers Who Kept US Sane During the Bush Era. Will Pitt For One. Add Others! [View all]

[sabrina 1]

You had to be there, I suppose, those awful years when the Bush War Criminals, after grabbing power with the help of the Supreme Court.

The Media was unbearable to watch. Cheney, Rice, Rummy et al lying to the American people with not a single one of our so-called 'journalists' with the courage, or will to challenge them.

I know that many people stopped watching the Corporate Media during that time, and turned to the Internet instead to try to find some truth about what was really going on in this country.

When I found Liberal Forums, like DU at the time, it was like finding an oasis in the desert.

I thought I was the only one for a while who KNEW they were lying.

So to find people like William Pitt on DU saying publicly what many of us wanted to say, was, to say the least, like being rescued from a horrible nightmare.

He took a lot of abuse from the RIGHT for his public stand against the crimes of the Bush Administration.

Still does actually!

Not many people wanted to put themselves in that position at that time.

He went to War Protests and reported back to us what he saw and it gave us hope, not that we could STOP the War Criminals, but that there were GOOD PEOPLE, a lot of them, in this country who were not on board with the 'program'. Something you did not know if all you had was the Corporate Media.

There were many others, but WP stands out to me from those days because his writing was compelling, impassioned and it was so badly needed.

I just found out that Will may be leaving DU.

It will be our loss if he does, but I understand.

He has a wider audience now than he had when we first came to know him.

But selfishly I hope he changes his mind.

I also remember the relief that there WAS a Forum like DU where I read for a while before signing up, and laughed at the humor of many of those DUers who mocked Bush, Fox, Freepers et al.

I hadn't seen too much of that until then. And I felt better. The Right wasn't totally in control.

So to Will Pitt, thanks for keeping us sane during those awful years, and whatever you decide, I hope you and your family are happy, that is the most important thing in the end.



I know I have not named so many other DUers who at that time, helped keep us from total despair at the state of the country, H20 Man comes to mind.

I guess I just wanted to let Will know that many, many DUers SINCERELY appreciate all you have done for this community, helping to make it what it became.

Please feel free to name other great DUers whose posts and comments contributed to keeping you sane during those awful years.

PS:

I want to add an appreciation for the Administrators who provided the place where we got to meet and read all those great people, and I will always remember the night of the 2004 election and EarlG's analysis of the returns. That night was one of the worst but again, DU made it bearable! I guess you had to be there to fully understand. Anyhow, thanks to the Admins and to all those great DUers who probably have no idea what their words meant to people who had never felt so hopeless.

Will Pitt belongs on DU! Even if it is his choice not to be here!