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bookgal
Citizen
Username: Bookgal
Post Number: 211
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 25, 2002 - 2:20 pm: |     |
I am saddened by the news of his untimely death. He was one of the good guys. |
wharfrat
Citizen
Username: Wharfrat
Post Number: 626
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 25, 2002 - 3:44 pm: | |
Hear, hear.  |
mlj
Citizen
Username: Mlj
Post Number: 133
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 25, 2002 - 4:58 pm: | |
They called him the only 60s radical to be elected to the U.S. Senate. |
bookgal
Citizen
Username: Bookgal
Post Number: 212
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 25, 2002 - 10:10 pm: | |
Well, he was an old socialist but he stood up for his beliefs and his constituents. He absolutely believed in the power of ordinary people to affect government and his committment to grass roots organizations and community politics was unparalleled. Yes, he often took unpopular positions (ie. his stance on military intervention in Iraq) but he was an honorable and generous man. |
apm
Citizen
Username: Apm
Post Number: 84
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 30, 2002 - 1:43 pm: | |
I think he as an good human being even if I didn't always agree with him. His memorial was a little bizarre though, more like a pep rally really.... |
greeneyes
Citizen
Username: Greeneyes
Post Number: 287
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 30, 2002 - 1:47 pm: | |
Jesse Ventura left the service for just that reason APM. |
bookgal
Citizen
Username: Bookgal
Post Number: 217
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 30, 2002 - 3:47 pm: | |
I think his memorial service was exactly as he would have wanted. |
ejt
Citizen
Username: Ejt
Post Number: 360
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 6, 2002 - 9:05 am: | |
Thankfully, the good people of Minnesota saw that spectacle for exactly what it was and let the Clintons and Mondull know it. |
overtaxdalready
Citizen
Username: Overtaxdalready
Post Number: 81
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 6, 2002 - 9:38 am: | |
Good post Ejt. That "memorial service" was a disgrace. |
overtaxdalready
Citizen
Username: Overtaxdalready
Post Number: 85
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 6, 2002 - 11:08 am: | |
Just saw Mondale's concession speech. By the somber look on his face you would have thought he was attending a memorial service. |
duncanrogers
Citizen
Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 121
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 6, 2002 - 12:58 pm: | |
always gracious in victory like that ejt and overtaxd? Set a fine example for your party. |
overtaxdalready
Citizen
Username: Overtaxdalready
Post Number: 87
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 6, 2002 - 1:03 pm: | |
What's the problem Dunc? Just saying what I saw on the TV. |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 1327
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, November 9, 2002 - 4:01 pm: | |
I watched that memorial for a few seconds and couldn't watch it for more than that. I had a call from a brit friend who watched it in London and they all thought it was disgraceful. Those people looked like they were GLAD he died... |
sbenois
Citizen
Username: Sbenois
Post Number: 699
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, November 10, 2002 - 12:54 am: | |
It was a big disgrace. Colleagues of Paul Wellstone from both sides of the aisle came to attend a memorial for a public servant and friend. Some of them, most notably Trent Lott, were booed by the audience.
What a sham and a shame that decency couldn't prevail. |
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