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antigop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 10:27 AM
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Paul Wellstone, R.I.P.
http://www.workingassetsblog.com/2007/10/paul_wellstone_rip.html


I'm sure there will be some speeches in Washington today about Paul - and I hope the millionaires in the Senate club can refrain from trying to Santa Claus-ify Paul Wellstone by only recalling him as a nice, friendly, happy man. He was all of those things, of course, and that is typically how he is remembered in a media and political debate designed to paper over any discussion of real issues in favor of things like personality and style. But anyone who knew Paul knew his life's work was all about challenging power.

Paul Wellstone was not Santa Claus. He was a real leader who challenged power, shined a bright spotlight on the corruption of Washington and made economic class issues his cause. That is the true legacy of Paul Wellstone.
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 10:29 AM
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1. Indeed. Sorely missed.. . . . . . k&r
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 10:30 AM
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2. RIP...
Will never forget the day we lost him.
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reinhardt Donating Member (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 12:23 PM
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3. Connect Wellstone, Tenet, HealthSouth, and Govt Coordinated Medicare Fraud 
Hint: Outlier payments and Transmittal 1753
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