I had been very depressed since the Bush* inauguration because no one seemed to be talking about the theft of the election anymore. I read everyday and did not post because I had a job that I was terrified would find out about my association with this site. After a few months, I broke and had to start posting because I was also furious about another issue. That other issue was the fact that only one or two Dems stepped out and gave a word of support to Gore during the controversial fight. One was Dick Gephardt and I can't remember who the other was -- perhaps Kerry. Just two Dems, that was it. Cowards and traitors, that was how I looked at the great wall of the Democratic mutes.
So I opened up my posting here with "Where were they? Where were they?" just so highly critical of those in the party because no one backed Gore up. As you can imagine, coming here and criticizing the Democratic Party all to h*ll did not exactly make for a warm welcome from the crowd. Also during those months, I was extremely critical of the DLC. The DLC was not an issue here at that time, but I kept harping on it as well.
I finally decided I need to sign up towards the end of the year because I could not let go of the harm that had been done to this Country, and if it became known at my work I was a member here, so be it. Eventually, I found myself so deeply embedded here I could not imagine every leaving.
Over the last 15 years, I have learned to be a lot more refined in articulating my arguments, and I have also received three marriage proposals! This place is a lot of different things: intelligent, belligerent, caring -- whatever one needs from a political home can be found right here, as long as that one is a left-leaner, of course. 
(always) Samantha from 2001
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