Congratulations DUers, you did it! 1000 donations in record time!

[Skinner]

Thank you so much for making this our fastest fund drive ever. We received 1000 donation between Sunday evening and midnight Friday, a full 48 hours ahead of our deadline.

Once again we'd like to thank everyone who donated during the fund drive, and of course our monthly subscribers. Democratic Underground would not exist without you.

We think that DU is truly the most vibrant progressive community on the Internet, and we thank you for providing us with the financial support necessary to continue our work.

You guys are the best!

Skinner, EarlG and Elad

[benburch]

1. WTG DUers!!!! Fundraiser 100% done!!!

Thanks to all of you and Grovelbot too!!!

[tallahasseedem]

2. All right!!! Lets see Bush knocked out!!!

[Skinner]

3. Refresh your browser

:D

[tallahasseedem]

5. Okay, so I am a little slow on the refresh!

:P

[question everything]

10. Or reload, if you do not do windows...

[DanCa]

7. Cool seriously consider having the fund raisers on the first

I think it'd be easier for people to donate if you had them on the first of the month. Especially for duers like me who are on a fixed income.

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. AWESOME!

:bounce: WTG! Thank you so much for DU! Greatest place on the internet(s)!

[coffeenap]

6. Thank you Skinner for running this vital service to democracy.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. No, Skinner you guys are the best

This is the most awesomely wonderful site on the internetS. Thank you for putting it here for us.

:yourock:

[Melodybe]

30. Agreed, both Democratic Underground and Dailykos are forces to

be reckoned with now. As a group DUers are actually starting to get some things accomplished in this crazy political world, thank you so much for providing us with the system that makes it all possible.

Thank you so much.

Lots of Love,
Melody

[rocktivity]

41. DING DING DING! Melody, you're our grand prize winner!

...Democratic Underground and Dailykos are forces to be reckoned with now...

Not to mention The Daily Show and AAR. And don't doubt for a millisecond that the Bush Empire doesn't realize it, too.

Until now, they've been successful at keeping a lid on the anti-Bush movement via the national media. But that line of defense was unexpectedly breached by a soft-spoken woman of faith who wants only to know where her dead son fits into Bush's "culture of life."

The playing field is leveling, the ball's in our court and they're running scared. That's why you're hearing all this whining about how Cindy Sheehan is being "used" by the "organized far (as in radical commie) left." Well, we can now can just as easily accuse Bush of being used by the organized far (as in radical facist) right!

:headbang:
rocknation

[Melodybe]

52. Let us not forget Current TV which also rules!

Al Gore is a genius.

[raccoon]

68. I second that emotion. nt

[geckosfeet]

9. Yo. Thank you Skinner, and EarlG, and Elad, and the mods,

and all the DU'ers, and the bloggers and writers, and the webmasters and websites, and Cindy Sheehan, and every liberal in the world, and my mom, and everyone else who makes this crazy thing go round.

[Kali]

12. yeah, what geckosfeet said

DU - for your sanity!

[liberaltrucker]

11. Who was the lucky DUer who put us over the top?

[tavalon]

14. Grovelbot!

:hide:

[liberaltrucker]

21. Figures

:hide:

[tavalon]

13. Can we keep the graphic till Sunday?

We've had to put up with his smug mug all week, it's nice to see it smacked up a bit. I like seeing him knocked to, um, Idaho.

[ailsagirl]

37. Yes, please keep the graphic going... !!!

:evilgrin: :eyes: :kick:

[geckosfeet]

38. Can someone photoshop a couple of black eyes and fat lip??

[UrbScotty]

15. Here's to the best site on the Internets!

:D

[Autonomy]

16. Looked for an answer on FAQs first

but could not find anything. So I will ask here: can we donate at another, non-fundraiser time? I am not able right now, but maybe next month?

Also, since I have your attention, is there a forum for asking questions on DU usage?

[Garbo 2004]

22. You can donate at any time. n/t

[I Have A Dream]

32. There's a 'Donate' button in the top right of the screen.

(Right now it's right under Bush*'s head.)

I don't know about the forum issue per se. My guess is that you could always send something to one of the Admins:

www.democraticunderground.com/contact.html

:)

[Autonomy]

48. Doh!

No wonder I didn't see it. I couldn't stand to look anywhere near Shrub's ugly mug! Thanks.

[AmBlue]

17. My pleasure!

Best money I spent all week. Love my DU family!! :grouphug:

[prolesunited]

18. As a special thank you for next time

Could we have a new animated graphic for once we reach 1,000? Pretty please. :D

[understandinglife]

19. Thank YOU for building a community that WILL save our Republic.

Peace.

[LaPera]

20. Well, I think it's time to shoot for 1500...I still haven't sent mine in..

But I will before the weekend is over, count on it!

[Tom Kitten]

23. thanks to all but especially to you guys!

without you we'd all be scattered elsewhere...thank you for giving me a home where I've been allowed to grow ...

[benny05]

24. Here's for first fundraiser that made it s goal well before the deadline

Congrats DUer's!

:toast: Skinner, :yourock:

:applause:

[Nothing Without Hope]

25. So when's the NEXT fundraiser? I will have to join the donation line

then. Or do in-between donations count the same way? I don't want to lose my star! (Is that crass, or what?)

[I Have A Dream]

33. You can donate at any time, and your star will be there for a year from...

that day. They count the same way as during the fundraiser -- non-fundraiser donations just don't count towards the fundraiser count towards 1000.

It's not crass to not want to lose your star! :)

[Nothing Without Hope]

36. Thanks! n/t

[Skittles]

40. in-between donations work the same way

the fundraisers are done in part for people like me who THINK about donating but kind of need that push to actually do it (LOTS of us). :D

[geckosfeet]

57. We like gold stars. Stars good.

[Generic Other]

26. Can't your rig that fist up so it punches everytime someone donates?

Kind of like a community ducking stool?

Glad to see DU can pay the light bill.

:hug:

[I Have A Dream]

35. Skinner said that he currently has to update the number manually.

If he ever able to get it automated so that the number updates ever time someone donates, I'd love to see this also!

[Zinfandel]

27. If you can, donate to Ben Burch at White Rose Society...We've got to

take care of our own... also, Meria Heller, is more than worthy!

Cheers to all!

But, if you haven't donated to DU -- DO IT NOW!

[writes2000]

28. Thanks for the great site, guys.

[Rainscents]

29. Hey Skinner, thanks for best web site!!!

I wouldn't what to do without DU!!!

:7

[anarchy1999]

31. Does that mean you get to take a vacation soon in Crawford?

Next weekend would be grand.

Peace and congrats.

anarchy1999

[AuntieM1957]

34. Well done to us all!

To all the Thomas Paines dispensing Common Sense, thanks for the words.

To those of us who send in the money for the electronic "paper and ink", money well spent.

For giving us a forum for ideas and democracy, thanks to the mods and Skinner.

[Skittles]

39. WE ROCK!

I keep donating because DU just gets better and better! :thumbsup:

[mtnsnake]

42. Skinner, DU is a breath of fresh air.Thanks to you I don't waste my energy

anymore posting on the sports boards I used to waste so much time on. LOL.

Many thanks for providing this forum for us to chip in with our thoughts and ideas for improving our country and ourselves by helping the Democratic cause and giving us ample opportunity to all bond together for a noble cause. It doesn't get any more worthwhile than that. Kudos to you!

[Clintmax]

43. No, thank YOU Skinner!

DU is the BEST!

[lonestarnot]

44. WOOODAMNHOOO!!!!

[Catchawave]

45. No, Thank YOU Admin Team DU......

Definitely a petunia in the onion patch of RW media spin, this is my "safe place" :hi:

Also, have you guys noticed the rise in DU registrations since Hannity proclaimed us a "radical, left wing extremist" group. OY !

:bounce:

[NMDemDist2]

46. kick for Skinner, EarlG and Elad n/t

[In Truth We Trust]

47. No, thank you guy's! DU ROCKS!!!

[yorkiemommie1]

49. mine will be late

you have no idea the sneaking around i have to do to donate undetected by freeper husb. no success this week, but will try again next week.

[haydukelives]

50. Thanks to Skinner

This place is the best. I love it here

[cloud75]

51. Thanks Rush Limbaugh.

that is how i found out about DU i was gathering intelligence on the right when i heard about democratic underground.

[steve2470]

53. When the political history of the country is written in the dim future..

DU will be mentioned as one of the forces that helped save the country from the encroaching jaws of fascism. Honest :-)

[bigwillq]

54. Great job, DU!

:bounce:

[tinfoilinfor2005]

55. Doggone it. I could have had a fancy steak dinner and a good

glass of wine.

Instead I got a bunch of cranky old bastards who just want to save the lives of other people's kids and keep the planet from being toxically destroyed and fight for hard working people to get to keep their jobs and maybe get some health insurance for their kids.

Such a deal!!

Thanks DU...I send a big kiss out to all you old bastards!

[Blue_In_AK]

56. It was my pleasure, and I'll do it again next time.

DU is a sanity saver.

[Name removed]

58. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[samplegirl]

59. thanks skinner

for the prompt mailing of my bumper sticker!

[spacelady]

60. Happy Day! Democratic Underground rules!

[Bucky]

61. Since I didn't donate until after the goal was reached...

Is my donation being counted in the drive batch or among the regular donations? Not that I care, so long as Pay Pal cashes my electrons.

[Renew Deal]

62. I noticed that.

Congratulations!!! :yourock:

[opiate69]

63. And, once again...

I'd like to thank whoever it was who donated in my name anonymously.. that was an incredibly cool thing to do, and it was most appreciated.

[tanyev]

64. Pay it forward.

;)

[opiate69]

66. will be doing, soon as finances settle down...

[Zinfandel]

65. I sent mine AFTER you reached your 1000 mark?

So what was the total donations sent, NOT in dollar amount, I'm asking about how many total donors?

Sincerely, just out of curiosity, I think it's fair curiosity from one that has "donated".

Thanks.

[Amonester]

67. Mine will be in the mail as soon as I can spare it (just moved).

Everything's going up because (almost) every business "catapults" increases in gas bills to us, "poor" steady (as in "remaining-the-same") income employees...

Well, doing my personal budget here for September, and I'll send it on September 1.

Thanks to all DU'ers for this great place!