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MnFats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-25-04 06:21 PM
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John Kline, fellow GOP jagoffs stall naming VA center for Wellstone!
Edited on Mon Oct-25-04 06:24 PM by MnFats
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforksherald/news/opinion/10007535.htm

these assholes continue to insist on defiling Paul's corpse....


a snippet from an editorial in the Grand Forks Herald:


Here's the issue: 'Two years after Sen. Paul Wellstone was killed in a plane crash, legislation to rename the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center for him has languished on Capitol Hill because of objections of some Minnesota Republicans," The Associated Press reported.
Supporters of the renaming say Wellstone's tireless work on behalf of veterans makes the late senator eligible for the honor. Opponents - who include Reps. John Kline, Mark Kennedy and Gil Gutknecht, all R-Minn. - say Wellstone was anti-war and anti-military long before he was pro-veteran, and that besides, in Kline's words, the hospital should be named instead for a "real war hero."
The place to start evaluating the merits of each case is to see the lineup of groups on each side. For example, if Minnesota Republicans were united behind Kline and the others' stand, that would be one thing. But they're not: Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., and Rep. Jim Ramstad, also R-Minn., support the renaming in Wellstone's honor.
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PROGRESSIVE1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-25-04 06:58 PM
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1. Uh no, it's the Rethugs who are "anti-military".
Wellstone fought like a dog for their rights and benifits!!!
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 11:14 AM
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2. if only we could all team up
when the freeps want to name everything after reagan
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