$2000 in 3 hours, 18 minutes! -- YOU GUYS ROCK!

[Skinner]

I am absolutely stunned! Completely blown away!

We gave you 24 hours to complete the challenge, but you did it in 3:18!

:loveya: :party: :bounce: :toast: :grouphug: :loveya: :party: :bounce: :toast: :grouphug: :loveya: :party: :bounce: :toast: :grouphug: :loveya: :party: :bounce: :toast: :grouphug: :loveya: :party: :bounce: :toast: :grouphug: :loveya: :party: :bounce: :toast: :grouphug: :loveya: :party: :bounce: :toast: :grouphug: :loveya: :party: :bounce: :toast: :grouphug: :loveya: :party: :bounce: :toast: :grouphug: :loveya: :party: :bounce: :toast: :grouphug: :loveya: :party: :bounce: :toast: :grouphug: :loveya: :party: :bounce: :toast: :grouphug:

Only 112 more to go, and we'll make our goal!

You are the best! You have made my week. I swear I could just kiss all of you!

YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!

Skinner

[proud patriot]

Woo Hoo

YEAH ! :bounce:

[CatWoman]

1. I'm old enough to be your, er,

aunt!!!!! :D

But even aunties need kisses :*

[7th_Sephiroth]

2. challenge a du-er

and he/she/they will vome through

[CatWoman]

6. heh

now he should challenge us all to behave ourselves :D

[7th_Sephiroth]

12. shhhhhhh

dont give him ideas

[kyrasdad]

3. Kisses are nice...

but, uhmmmm, personally I'd still like that Elad Beefcake 2004 Wall Calendar..

[Ilsa]

4. Thanks for giving us such a great place to hang out.

I feel like I'm at home.
:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[gratuitous]

5. Blow the man down!

Unka Dick's never looked better. Dear George: Heads up. That ain't no pretzel comin' your way.

[karlschneider]

7. WOOHOO! Great news. No kiss necessary.

:D

[DS1]

8. actually, it's $4,000 in 3:18

:7

[Skinner]

15. Good point.

:thumbsup:

[La_Serpiente]

9. !!!!!!AMEN TO THAT BROTHER !!!!!!!!

O8)O8)O8)O8)O8) !!!!AMEN TO THAT BROTHER!!!!O8)O8)O8)O8)O8)
:freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak:
O8)O8)O8)O8)O8) !!!!AMEN TO THAT BROTHER!!!!O8)O8)O8)O8)O8)
:freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak:
O8)O8)O8)O8)O8) !!!!AMEN TO THAT BROTHER!!!!O8)O8)O8)O8)O8)
:freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak:
O8)O8)O8)O8)O8) !!!!AMEN TO THAT BROTHER!!!!O8)O8)O8)O8)O8)
:freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak:
O8)O8)O8)O8)O8) !!!!AMEN TO THAT BROTHER!!!!O8)O8)O8)O8)O8)
:freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak:
O8)O8)O8)O8)O8) !!!!AMEN TO THAT BROTHER!!!!O8)O8)O8)O8)O8)
:freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak:
O8)O8)O8)O8)O8) !!!!AMEN TO THAT BROTHER!!!!O8)O8)O8)O8)O8)
:freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak:
O8)O8)O8)O8)O8) !!!!AMEN TO THAT BROTHER!!!!O8)O8)O8)O8)O8)
:freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak:
O8)O8)O8)O8)O8) !!!!AMEN TO THAT BROTHER!!!!O8)O8)O8)O8)O8)
:freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak:

[Zomby Woof]

10. WOW!!!!

My prediction is right on track! We WILL make this goal! :D

[in_cog_ni_to]

11. AWESOME, Skinner!

That is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too kewl! Congratulations! You deserve every cent! DU saves LIVES! :7

:party::bounce::toast::grouphug::loveya::party::bounce::grouphug:
:loveya::party::bounce::grouphug::loveya::party::bounce::grouphug::Bounce::

[GOPisEvil]

13. HOLY SMOKES!!!!!!

I'm shocked!!! I figured we'd be down to the wire on this challenge!

:wow: DUers ROCK!

[Maeve]

14. I'm impressed

Altho...it was the punching graphic that put us over, you know that don't you?


And now---Ta da MOON, DICK! And take the Chimp with you! :bounce:

[matcom]

16. I DEMAND TONGUE DAMMIT!!!!

:D
:D
:D
:D
:D

[MGKrebs]

17. You guys sit back, relax, get a bottle of champagne,

and FEEL IT!

Oh, and while you're at it, give the Mods time off until Monday, they deserve it, and hey, we'll be OK!

:evilgrin:

[ronnykmarshall]

18. Fantastic!!!

[Malva Zebrina]

19. Whew

I was worried

[newyawker99]

22. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Thanks everyone for your contributions!!


DU ROCKS!!!! :toast: :loveya:

[roguevalley]

20. Honey, if you didn't have this place I would die in the wilderness. I am

going to make a donation on Sunday. Thank you, skinner. I could hug you too.

[Kamika]

21. I demand a recount

ok just trying to do a lame joke :p

[flama]

65. I've been demanding a recount for three years

In this case, though, I like the winner. DU is a winner!

[rbnyc]

66. Hi Mom! (nt)

[cally]

23. Woohoo but pin this to the top, please

So all DUers can be sure to see this. Fantastic news. DUers are awesome. Thanks all.

[dweller]

38. good idea cally

:kick:

dp

[KoKo]

24. Wow! Thanks for all the thanks! Really nice display...

:loveya:

[liberalhistorian]

25. Skinner, you can

give me a big kiss any time you want!

[Nlighten1]

26. A "freedom" kiss from Skinner?

I'm popping a chubby

[arcane1]

27. sweet!!

:bounce:

my snail mail didn't have a chance, lol!

:bounce::toast::party:

[JanMichael]

28. Pretty cool, eh?

These DU'ers really know how to kick some ass on occasion:-)

[Lars39]

29. My thanks to those that were able to give, for those of us who couldn't,

or couldn't give as much as we'd like. I was able to squeeze out enough for a star(and not as much as I wanted to give, at that), but not enough for the matching funds. :(
DU is very generous in spirit. :toast:

[rasputin1952]

30. Hey Skinner, no kiss for ME!!!....

I'll be happy just to keep DU up and running!

If you gotta kiss somebody, kiss bush and cheney! LOL

O8)

[11 Bravo]

31. All right!

(My star may not be displayed yet, but I just donated. It should be up soon.)

[leftchick]

32. Personal thank you to Elad Please!

I went through a rough few days at the end of Sept. I tried to log in and could not, then there was Elad to help me through! Thanks so much! I Love DU!!!
:hug: :loveya:

[prolesunited]

48. Speaking of which

Does this mean we have enough to buy elad now?

[qanda]

33. You raise an offering better than some preachers I know...

Perhaps my mom can use you at her church (she's a pastor).

[burrowowl]

34. Go Duers Go!

Sock that Bu$h!
DUers rock!

[Walt Starr]

35. No Skinner, YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!!!

I only wish I could do more to support DU! If not for DU, I would have checked out of the real world two and a half years ago because the madness would have driven me insane.

[Palacsinta]

36. My pleasure!!

Can't have the source drying up!

[Ferretherder]

37. No my man, YOU guys rock!

WE just ROLL along with ya'.

[mw]

39. I'll give you another 10 bucks NOT to kiss me. nt

nt

[dennis4868]

40. WE ARE ALWAYS UP FOR THE CHALLENGE!

EOM

[Samantha]

41. I mailed my check for $50 from downtown DC today but did not enter

a pledge on the Board. So you might be $50 closer than you think.

I posted on Bev's thread "bizzare" thread that I would do this, and I followed thru.

[Gloria]

44. I'm trying the US Mail again too........

esp. since the check from JUNE just cleared in late OCTOBER!!~!~ LOL

[BevHarris]

49. Hah! this group is awesome.

Samantha, email me what you want us to do -- send a book to Jeb, tap dance on TV, whatever.

I, too, wish I could have done more. Way to go everyone!

Bev Harris

[Hippo_Tron]

42. Sad to say I can't donate this time around...

But I have plans to do so next time.

[Military Brat]

43. What's that tickling my face? Oh, it's Skinner's kiss!

LOL on the Cheney punch. Cannot wait to see "Snort" get his in the schnocker and right up the side of his cartoon head.

WAY TO GO DU!! I never had a moment of doubt we wouldn't knock the faker out.

P.S. What a good feeling it was today to pass a Cadillac with its Bush/Cheney bumper sticker, so they could see the Democratic Underground bumper sticker on my Subaru!

Edit: because I never get it right the first time ...

[nostamj]

45. never underestimate motivated DUers! (and, who still needs a star?)

with my additional donation, I can sponsor THREE DUers who don't have the $ this time around.

the first three PMs to hit my inbox will get their stars...

[Capn Sunshine]

46. EEEEEEEEEEW

Skinner cooties!


Now I have to disinfect my LIPS!

[Ramsey]

47. DUers are so great!!

Thanks to Skinner, EarlG and Elad for bringing us the BEST progressive forum on the web!!!!

[Andy_Stephenson]

50. Pucker up

Baby!

[leftofthedial]

51. you kiss me pal and you're tombstoned.

congratualtions!

[VolcanoJen]

52. Kickin' It! Keep it goin'!!!!!

Only a few more donations till DU meets its goal...

GO! GO! GO!

[joanski01]

53. If I still lived in

Silver Spring, I would march right down to DC and demand my kiss. Love you all!!!!

[DemExpat]

54. Motivation is so EXCITING, Skinner.....love the energy of it.

You guys, and DU are worth so very much.

:toast: :toast: :toast:

DemEx

[radfringe]

55. missed the challenge

(computer problems - long story....)

but I did manage to donate this morning!!!

[DemExpat]

56. kick

:kick:

[realFedUp]

57. Thanks to the person who donated the $2,000 challenge!!

:-)

[MaineDem]

58. I second that

Thank you!

[Some Moran]

59. Just threw in $5

It's not much, but I'm sure it helps. :)

[DemExpat]

60. It all helps!

And it is the number of donations - 1000 that will get Elad tinkering on DU full-time.....:-)

DemEx

[DemExpat]

61. Once more for weekend DUers....

:kick:

[sujan]

62. so how much did you guys raise?

[rbnyc]

63. COOL!

I just asked about this in the questions forum. I don't know how I missed this thread.

That just kicks ass all over town.

[UrbScotty]

64. I love you, Skinner!

Kiss?

Just kidding.

[Clark Can WIN]

67. I could use a kiss

Thanks :-)