I finally signed up on Nov. 29, 2000, during Gore's attempt to steal the Florida electoral votes (and with it the election), but I had been lurking since about the middle of March 1998. I didn't attend the March for Justice but managed to watch it on C-SPAN.
Sounds about right.
But, it was the second time.
I originally joined around 1998 and found Drudge through FR.
after GW was elected I lost interest and when I returned, I couldn’t remember my original handle
So, I became Vendome the Vainglourious...