For those old enough to remember Paul Wellstone...

[RiverStone]

Damn, the party could use that kind of leadership right now!

Just saying...

[applegrove]

1. I had heard about Wellstone. I was on the DU when he died. Wow! What

a loss.

[alittlelark]

2. His plane crashed on my birthday -

I had just gotten an In-N-Out burger and was parked next to the bldg eating a few bites.... I was listening to Rush Limbau because Iraq was just ramping up and I could still stomach listening to 'The Dark Side'.... That foul pig is who I heard the news from....

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

3. Did he...

... giggle? I recall discussing how several powerful progressives/democratic party congress persons and other important people with the goods on certain right wing/republicans have died in small airplane accidents when this occurred. JFK jr, Hale Boggs, Begich, the Republican that ran the server in Chattanooga, etc...

[mahina]

5. JFK Jr. was not going to be in public service ever. Def not politics.

He crashed a small plane he was flying himself.



I do think Wellstone's flight was very likely sabotaged because with his death we lost the Senate majority, if I recall correctly.

[Missn-Hitch]

4. Wow. You are not alone. What the hell were we thinking?

My interest in politics started with Jabba. Sometimes, on my commute to work I have flashbacks of those moments in my life. I have a yell and shake my head. Haha.

I do remember Wellstone and I remember conservatives all up-in-arms of the political nature of the service.

Cheers.

[pansypoo53219]

6. hell, i played sheepshead w/ him on yahoo. old german card game. mostly WI. so i had to ask,

and i think i was the only one who knew he was a senator.

[BlueWI]

7. I was at the victory party in Minneapolis when he beat Rudy Boschwitz in 1990.

What an electric night! That victory made everything seem possible in liberal politics with a creative campaign, passion, and truth. Gotta get it back!!

[KamaAina]

8. Here you go.

http://www.wellstone.org