Hillary Clinton

They've given me fifteen years of hope, friendship, laughs, love, and the occasional scrap over politics, and its ancillary interests.

They held me up when we were all in the depths of despair after the bitter sElection 2000, and the anguish of September 11th, 2001; two wrenching events that signaled the beginning of the 'Lost Decade'.

They were a catalyst for DU-ers who wanted to meet in real life, and find some understanding company in an era seemingly hostile to liberal Democrats.

They were there at the pinnacle of triumph, Election Day 2008, when the stranglehold of white men on the American Presidency was finally broken.

Now, I thank and salute them as we head into another new era of American political leadership, as a woman is about to become the Democratic candidate for President.

To Skinner and the Admins: thank you from the bottom of my liberal heart.