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Autonomy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-30-09 05:24 PM
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RIP Paul Wellstone
Edited on Tue Jun-30-09 05:29 PM by Autonomy
For too long has your legacy has been overshadowed by a usurper. May your spirit be at peace.
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   I was thinking similar thoughts.  no_hypocrisy   Jun-30-09 05:25 PM   #1 
   Kicked and Rec'd  geardaddy   Jun-30-09 05:26 PM   #2 
   I'm a Minnesotan married to a Welshman!  FunkyLeprechaun   Jun-30-09 05:47 PM   #7 
   I'll never get over that plane crash. One of the politicians I really looked up to. RIP  Democracyinkind   Jun-30-09 05:28 PM   #3 
   Is Rest In Peace an appropriate epitaph for someone who was a fighter?  taterguy   Jun-30-09 05:30 PM   #4 
   That's why he could not be at peace  Autonomy   Jun-30-09 05:41 PM   #6 
   Thank you Paul for serving, for inspiring, for leading. Your seat is  peacetalksforall   Jun-30-09 05:41 PM   #5 
   I remember my first vote was to Wellstone  FunkyLeprechaun   Jun-30-09 05:48 PM   #8 
   K&R  bvar22   Jun-30-09 06:00 PM   #9 
   David Wellsone and Al Franken agree....  progressoid   Jun-30-09 06:14 PM   #10 
   Watch this. It will make you smile. It's his "fast Paul" ad.  EFerrari   Jun-30-09 06:40 PM   #11 
   It did. Loved that bus.  dmr   Jul-01-09 03:53 AM   #18 
   Finally  madokie   Jun-30-09 06:43 PM   #12 
   No peace until the murderers answer for their crimes.  Raster   Jun-30-09 07:31 PM   #13 
      I stand corrected  madokie   Jun-30-09 08:39 PM   #15 
   That is so weird. I've been thinking of him all day today, and just read your post.  loudsue   Jun-30-09 08:03 PM   #14 
   Paul Wellstone would have been the greatest, loudest voice AGAINST the bush*/cheney* insanity.  Raster   Jul-01-09 10:16 AM   #20 
   kR#15 -- This simple eulogy could kicked to the TOP of Greatest, couldn't it?  omega minimo   Jun-30-09 09:54 PM   #16 
   k&r (nt)  scarletwoman   Jun-30-09 10:16 PM   #17 
   "Politics isn't about big money or power games;  TheUnspeakable   Jul-01-09 07:56 AM   #19 
 
no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-30-09 05:25 PM
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1. I was thinking similar thoughts.
His legacy lives.
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-30-09 05:26 PM
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2. Kicked and Rec'd
As a Minnesotan, I'm breathing a sigh of relief.
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FunkyLeprechaun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-30-09 05:47 PM
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7. I'm a Minnesotan married to a Welshman!
How funny to see your welsh sayings here! I am so relieved to see Franken seated!
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-30-09 05:28 PM
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3. I'll never get over that plane crash. One of the politicians I really looked up to. RIP
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-30-09 05:30 PM
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4. Is Rest In Peace an appropriate epitaph for someone who was a fighter?
Sure, he was opposed to war.

But as long as there was injustice in the world, Wellstone was on the front lines, fighting for truth, justice, yadda, yadda, yadda
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Autonomy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-30-09 05:41 PM
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6. That's why he could not be at peace
until the torch was passed to another who will fight like he did.
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peacetalksforall Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-30-09 05:41 PM
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5. Thank you Paul for serving, for inspiring, for leading. Your seat is
now properly occupied and we wish him to pursue his faith in the little people.
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FunkyLeprechaun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-30-09 05:48 PM
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8. I remember my first vote was to Wellstone
It was absentee. Wellstone died two days after I sent off my vote and I was so hoping my vote would count for Mondale but it was not to be.
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bvar22 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-30-09 06:00 PM
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9. K&R
My thoughts exactly.
A WRONG has been Righted.

"When we ALL do better, we all do better."----Paul Wellstone

I wish more "Democrats" were like him.


"There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans. I want us to compete for that great mass of voters that want a party that will stand up for working Americans, family farmers, and people who haven't felt the benefits of the economic upturn."---Paul Wellstone


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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-30-09 06:14 PM
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10. David Wellsone and Al Franken agree....
Edited on Tue Jun-30-09 06:25 PM by progressoid
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jun-30-09 06:40 PM
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11. Watch this. It will make you smile. It's his "fast Paul" ad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbmMlTsKo30
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dmr Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 03:53 AM
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18. It did. Loved that bus.
:)
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Jun-30-09 06:43 PM
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12. Finally
he/we can get some peace
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13. No peace until the murderers answer for their crimes.
Edited on Tue Jun-30-09 07:31 PM by Raster
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Jun-30-09 08:39 PM
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15. I stand corrected
Yes you right
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14. That is so weird. I've been thinking of him all day today, and just read your post.
That is one assassination that NEVER should have happened. I really wonder if someone hasn't mentioned to Dems in congress how easily Wellstone was "taken out" by the fanatical right wing government we suffered under for so long...as a warning or something.

We have a seriously right wing government, still, but at least there are SOME crumbs being thrown to us peasants under the dems. IOW, these days we get a little kiss before we get royally screwed.
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20. Paul Wellstone would have been the greatest, loudest voice AGAINST the bush*/cheney* insanity.
Edited on Wed Jul-01-09 10:17 AM by Raster
Senator Paul had to be taken out for their plans to advance. He wasn't owned by anyone or anything and owed his allegiance only to constituents that had elected him. That made him the rarest of rare in the United States Congress: a man of principle.
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16. kR#15 -- This simple eulogy could kicked to the TOP of Greatest, couldn't it?
:kick: :kick:
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17. k&r (nt)
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19. "Politics isn't about big money or power games;
it's about the improvement of people's lives"


"The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power.”

“I'm from the Democratic party-wing of the Democratic Party”

"If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them. "
Paul Wellstone

Al Franken ADORED him and hopefully, he will do right by him.
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