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McAuliffe: Wellstones to Blame for Memorial Debacle, Including Lott Boofest
Newsmax ^ | 11/3/02

Posted on 11/3/2002, 5:02:10 PM by Brian Mosely

Sunday, Nov. 3, 2002 9:12 a.m. EST

McAuliffe: Wellstones to Blame for Memorial Debacle, Including Lott Boofest

Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe blamed the grieving family of the late Sen. Paul Wellstone on Sunday for turning last Tuesday night's memorial service for the dead senator into a campaign rally, and even suggested it was their fault that Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott was booed during the ceremony.

Asked about a Zogby poll showing that the majority of Minnesotans say politicizing the memorial service was "inappropriate," McAuliffe told NBC's "Meet the Press," "I agree."

"This memorial service was planned by the Wellstone family," he quickly added, after MTP host Tim Russert flashed video of Bill and Hillary Clinton whooping it up along with the rest of the raucous crowd.

"It was not planned by the state party or anyone involved in politics," insisted the DNC chief.

In fact, said McAuliffe, he was as stunned as anybody else that the Wellstones had tried to make political hay over the tragedy.

"I was there. I happened to be there. I went into what was to be a memorial service," complained the DNC chief. "As soon as they put Paul Wellstone's picture up there. 20,000 people - many of them young people I haven't seen active in politics for a long time - were up. Listen, the Wellstone family has apologized as well as Walter Mondale's campaign. It was inappropriate."

McAuliffe even went so far as to suggest that Wellstone's relatives had a hand in the rally's ugliest moment, when Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott was booed by the crowd.

"You never boo anybody," the DNC chief told Russert. "But [as] I say, it was planned by the Wellstone family.


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Suuure it was, Terry.

Updating that resume yet?

1 posted on 11/3/2002, 5:02:10 PM by Brian Mosely
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To: Brian Mosely
what a weasel...I saw him do this, the Wellstones should tell what really happened
2 posted on 11/3/2002, 5:03:06 PM by The Wizard
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To: Brian Mosely
That's going to be the death knell for Terry. Even if they were the instigators, no one wants to see the grieving blamed for it.
3 posted on 11/3/2002, 5:04:03 PM by Spyder
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To: Brian Mosely
How low will this SCUMBAG go?
4 posted on 11/3/2002, 5:08:20 PM by JOE6PAK
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To: Brian Mosely
He also claimed the Rats would win the House.

Why does anyone ever listen to this guy? He is a bigger liar than Clinton, if that's possible.

5 posted on 11/3/2002, 5:09:17 PM by Dog Gone
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To: Spyder
What a lying weasel. I guarantee McAwful planned and orchestrated the funerally. He is asking us to believe that within three days' of grieving, the Wellstones had the resources to 1)hire bands 2) set up concessions 3)arrange for Clintons/Gores to be there, etc. This thing stunk to high heaven when the shouting and laughing permeated the hall. At one point, the C-Span cameras panned to Daschle. The look on his face was one of anger, nausea, and despair. At that point last Tuesday night, Little Tommy knew that his leadership position in the senate was lost.
6 posted on 11/3/2002, 5:11:07 PM by Galtoid
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To: Brian Mosely
I blame the crowd for booing Lott and Coleman, et al.
7 posted on 11/3/2002, 5:11:31 PM by wimpycat
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To: The Wizard
...the Wellstones should tell what really happened

No, if the Wellstone family - what's left of them - know what's good for them, they'll keep their mouths shut. Still, I wouldn't board an airplane anytime soon.

8 posted on 11/3/2002, 5:12:41 PM by COBOL2Java
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To: Brian Mosely
Terry McAuliffe blamed the grieving family of the late Sen. Paul Wellstone on Sunday for turning last Tuesday night's memorial service for the dead senator into a campaign rally, and even suggested it was their fault that Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott was booed during the ceremony.

Let's all blame everyone else, Terry, for our own failures....keep on doing the RAT thing: blame anybody and everybody but yourself. Maybe, someday, someone might just believe your lies.


9 posted on 11/3/2002, 5:13:11 PM by nicmarlo
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To: The Wizard
They won't hit back at McAuliffe until after Tuesday but it will be fun if they do.

Still, if the Demos stage a coup and oust the Clinton regime I'll be sad to see it happen. Having the Clintons in control of the Democratic Party is the best thing that ever happened for Republicans.

Most likely the Clintons will offer McAuliffe as a human sacrifice and cling to power through the next election cycle. That's good for us and bad for the Demos.
10 posted on 11/3/2002, 5:13:21 PM by SBprone
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To: Brian Mosely
There are lots of notable I dislike and I have names or descriptions I assign to them........But I can't only think of one word to decribe McCaullife; Vile!
11 posted on 11/3/2002, 5:14:44 PM by umgud
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To: Brian Mosely
Its those people over there....Its all their fault
12 posted on 11/3/2002, 5:16:31 PM by woofie
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To: Brian Mosely
Ohhhhhhhhhhh, Canibalism of the Greatest Kind.

What of the post from mid week posted by the fella who overheard some DNC big wig on a train, writing Harkin's speech, and confering with a litany of Who's Who in Ratland over appropriate phrases.
13 posted on 11/3/2002, 5:17:48 PM by Iowa Granny
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To: woofie
Why isn't this all over the news. I'm freeping the media with this story. If anybody else wants to, some email addresses are:

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14 posted on 11/3/2002, 5:17:52 PM by jmstein7
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To: Galtoid
Wow! I just checked my dictionary for "WEASEL", and there was Terry McAuliffe's picture!

These people have no shame, do they? (Gee, what was my first hint???) Anyway, I was roundly beaten up on this board for saying that the race in Minnehaha was over right after the crash that killed that 60's hippie and a bunch of people that no-one but their families cared about. BUT, after this farce of a "memorial service", I am not so sure. It may be a toss-up right now.

Just think- all they needed to do was have a simple, dignified memorial service- something that any clergyman or even a funeral home director could have arranged in about an hour. But they had to go for massive overkill, and that may well lose them this seat. I''m loving it.

15 posted on 11/3/2002, 5:19:25 PM by RANGERAIRBORNE
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To: umgud

" We have this much of a chance of taking the Senate and House".

16 posted on 11/3/2002, 5:20:04 PM by SuperVixen Lona
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To: Brian Mosely
It just aired here - talk about weaseling. Even Newsmax didn't do his actual comments justice.
17 posted on 11/3/2002, 5:20:43 PM by Spyder
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To: RANGERAIRBORNE
Weasle caught in headlights.
18 posted on 11/3/2002, 5:21:42 PM by SuperVixen Lona
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To: Spyder
BUMP

Send it all on to the media:

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19 posted on 11/3/2002, 5:22:46 PM by jmstein7
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To: Registered; The Old Hoosier; d14truth; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fracas; Dog Gone; Howlin; ...
McAuliffe is a duplicitous swine. The mere fact that he is "apologizing" (barf) shows he has been taking the brunt of the memorial fallout as well he should. There is probably enormous damage being done that the dim Dems are keeping secret.

Sure the Wellstones were at fault expecially the son who didn't have the decency to mourn his father (was he really a dad to this kid? - makes you wonder). But what about the conniving Clintons? Shouldn't they have known better?

It feels good to see McAuliffe grovel when he'd be expected to be whopping it up, counting supposed Dem victories next Tuesday.

We shall see. The Pioneer Press and Minn Public Radio poll shows Coleman 6 points ahead.

I say we award McAuliffe Petronski's Beckel Prize for giving FReepers the ultimate schadenfreud experience this morning on MTP.

20 posted on 11/3/2002, 5:24:20 PM by Liz
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