and in other news, paul welstone is still dead!!!His politics were not mine. Not even close. He was not a particularly effective Senator - unless you liked your Senator to wave their arms around a lot and grandstand at labor union strikes.
But noentheless, it was a tragedy. I wanted Paul Wellstone knocked out of office - but not this way.
Surprisingly, this anniversary seems to have passed with little notice here in Minnesota. Even the Minneapolis StarTribune (aka The Red Star) carries no mention of the anniversary.
Comments or opinions - anyone?
Sorry folks. Bad typing skills on my part.
The header should have read (10/25/02).
Does anyone miss him?
Do it for Paul!! Do it for PAUL!!
He was woefully incorrect in his beliefs, but at least they were core beliefs. I thought he was a sincere, if misguided, politician.
Another victim of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy just like Michael J. Fox.
I remember hearing about his funeral. The RATS tried to make it a Campaign Rally.
Those jerks only remember the dead if they are politically useful. Since the Wellstone Funeral was such a political disaster, they prefer to drop him down the memory hole.
Well, no one should have wanted him dead!
...but his crash SURE helped the GOP!!! Not his death, but the Dummicratic reaction TO that death was a Godsend to the GOP!
I liked what the Dims did to themselves at his memorial service. Thank's for that, Paul.
We're STILL enduring his 4 year(and counting) Memorial service. It's just getting louder and more obnoxious every year.
I fear we'll see violence in the streets when the Democrats lose this one too
I guess they were all partied/rallied out....they may still be too hoarse to "celebrate" the anniversary.
My how time flies when you are in the middle of switching parties. I had planned on voting for Wellstone, the plane crash is the only thing that kept me from doing so. This was just before finding out that the very same liberals that said we were responsible for 9/11 had infected the party and were pushing it more and more to anti-Americanism. I didn't really follow Wellstone carefully enough. I mostly liked him and Sheila because they stood up for battered women. But, knew then what I know now about how rabidly anti-American Democrats have become, I would not vote for him even if we agreed on 70% of the issues. I wouldn't not to punish him, but the party Democrats have to be collectively punished for letting the likes of Sheehan, DUmmiecrats, and Moveon et al determine their platform.
and in other news, paul welstone is still dead!!!Guess who wasn't on that plane.
Ahh, the Funerally.
Hey, you realize we're not supposed to say mean and nasty things about liberals right after they die, don't you? It's just not a gracious thing to do. Of course, after they've been dead a while they become fair game again. But I feel like you've taken Wellstone off the table today with just this one post. It's like he died all over again. And that makes me very sad, indeed.
proletarian hero dies rich bourgois death on private plane. should've taken Greyhound
Mondale! Mondale! Mondale!
Wellstone doesn't fit the agenda for today. If they shoved his face into the news, they might get a little backlash. They'll drag out his corpse when some item on the agenda they're pushing is lacking emotional power. Of course, not during an election cycle (heh, heh, heh).
Seriously, I wouldn't wish his death on any opponent, but I'll sure take it if it happens. I am glad he's out of the office no matter how he went.
It's a day to commit ourselves to whining, snivelling liberalism.