Has any major news network said ANYTHING about Paul Wellstone today???

[AlFrankenFan]

I taped "Inside Politics" expecting something, but I didn't see a thing. All the crawls and captions on CNN haven't said anything to my knowledge. But then again, I've only been home for an hour. I'd just like to know, cause everything it so quiet today and masked by the Supreme Court justice's cancer.

BTW, I have a thread in the Lounge saying the praises of Paul and Sheila the media should: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x1875297

[Chichiri]

1. My God. I completely forgot myself.

Wherever you are, Paul . . . Minnesota misses you, and the country misses you!

[October]

2. Was today the anniversary? Thought it was tomorrow.

Guilty too --

Enjoyed the Kerry/Clinton visit to Philly.

[whistle]

3. KKKarl Rove sent out a WH email directing the news networks to say....

...nothing about Wellstone's murder of two years ago.

[AlFrankenFan]

5. Though I don't necessarily believe in the "conspiracy"

I can see that as highly possible.

[Sporadicus]

4. On NPR This Morning I Heard a Reference to Paul Wellstone

but it was a statement he had made on campaign reform. He bucked conventional wisdom by stating that McCain-Feingold would cause more problems than it cured...and he was right. Nothing about his death, however ;(

[AlFrankenFan]

6. I wonder if Al Franken said anything...

but that wouldn't surprise me. I can't believe I haven't seen a damned thing on ANY network. It makes me very angry.

[NYCGirl]

15. Yes, Al did mention it. (eom)

NT

[AlFrankenFan]

16. Bless him

I love Al. He's so great. Without him I might've never known about Paul, or gotten interested in politics. :hug:

[AlFrankenFan]

7. I still haven't seen or heard a thing

:grr:

[SoCalDem]

8. Probably in Minnesota, but in the grand scheme of things,

Paul was 1 of 100 senators, and probably 85% or more people in the country wouldn't even recognize his name..:(

In this country, if you didn't hack someoen to death, get voted off the island, or lip synch a recording on live tv, no one knows your name.."Cheers" it ain't.:(

[Dragonfly]

9. Yes, I saw enough going on in Minnesota to

come away with a good feeling about the wide-reaching and visibly effective legacy being generated by those who loved the passionate Wellstone energy and their entire "inter-tribal" goings-on.

Wellstone Action! and Paul Wellstone World Music Day, for starters.

I also noted that Daniel Pearl World Music Day (Ocotober 10 - d/o/b) has direct linkage with the Wellstone Music project. See Daniel Pearl Foundation for further info......might want to check out the Rachel Corrie story while you're at it. Somehow, these 3 poignant tales have a common thread running thru them for me.

Hmmmm.........

"Music is the universal language of humankind" ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

[Freddie Stubbs]

10. He wasn't exactly a household name

Except of Minnesotians, and the type of political junkies who frequent these type of discussion boards, few people knew who he was.

[AlFrankenFan]

11. Still...if they could report that in 1400 Chaucer died on this date

you'd think they might mention something about Paul.

[Freddie Stubbs]

12. More people know who Chaucer was

Wellstone was a guy who served in the Senate for 12 years. There is no major legislation named after him. It is unlikely that he will be remembered 1600 years from now.

I am not trying to denigrate him, but his accomplishments were not that far-reaching outside of MN and certainly not anything that will be remembered throughout the ages.

He was a passionate man who fought hard for what he believed in. But so have some many others.

[faithnotgreed]

13. its not considered major but al franken is talkin of him right now

on the al franken show which im watching on sundance

al said his mother was dying at the same time, so he had gone to see her in mn, and he saw paul at that time which was about 6 wks before paul died.

[AlFrankenFan]

14. Wish I had Sundance

I remember him talking about that in his book, and how Wellstone said "Touch means so much." in response to Franken talking about his mother.

[chaumont58]

20. Wellstone and Clinton

I remember a story involvling Wellstone and Clinton. I hope I remember it close to accurate. It seems Wellstone was traveling with Clinton and AF1 stopped in Mn. Wellstone told Clinton about a contributor who was a political junky that was also terminal. He asked Clinton to just say hello to the man. Clinton and Wellstone went alone to see the man, and Clinton spent a half hour talking to man about politics, never mentioning the man's sickness. Wellstone was so stuck by Clinton basic decency that he said Clinton forever gets a pass from Paul Wellsone. Can anyone imagine chimpie doing something like this?

[Bosso 63]

17. I don't know if the networks said anything,

and in away, I don't care if they did. I only know that I will always remember the Wellstones and what they stood for. And I will never forget just how ugly republicans were in the days after the memorial.
To this day, I'm still feel intense rage about the crap they said. I really want to let some of that go, but I just can't. I'm sure Paul would have found a way to forgive them, but I'm not that big of a person.

No, I don't care what the networks say. I want simple revenge. I want Kerry to win BIG, Coleman out, and my god damed country back!

[AlFrankenFan]

18. Well said friend!

Just a report that I have heard nothing...and it's still getting on my nerves, because they couldn't acknowledge his wrongful death's anniversary and honor him in some way...but they certainly found time to spin his memorial two years ago beyond belief!

[demokatgurrl]

19. Here's some perspective-

Wellstone was big enough to get Bob Dylan to actually SPEAK during a concert he gave right after Wellstone's death, in which he dedicated a song to "a great man".
If Bob Dylan can talk about him, surely others can. I would think that at least Howard Dean would make a statement. He was a huge figure in the Dem party.

[AlFrankenFan]

21. I know!!!

Or even John Kerry! But I'm not blaming it on him, cause he ain't the media.

It just angers me that they made it seem yesterday like Paul had never existed...:grr: