Remember this clown?

[Jackpine Radical]

One of those professional liberals--purely crazy, ya know. Wanted Canada-style health care, wanted to shave the Pentagon down to a triangle...

[asdjrocky]

1. Proud rec!

[mike_c]

2. rec'd...

Yes, I remember that one....

[NJmaverick]

3. A man that understood the need for pragmatism and party unity

[jobycom]

9. And also understood which party to unite behind.

[NJmaverick]

10. He most certainly did!

[jobycom]

20. Wish he could have taught that to Robert Gibbs. nt

[NJmaverick]

22. No need to

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[Smashcut]

42. A man who wouldn't recognize anything you stand for.

Which is nothing.

[EFerrari]

48. No. A real maverick. A real Democrat. A real leader.

[havocmom]

4. Indeed

Never forget
Never give in

[kayakjohnny]

5. Good one.

And recommend.

[jgraz]

6. Somebody give that fucking retard a drug test, stat!

[FrenchieCat]

12. I knew Sen. Wellstone,

and you are no Sen. Wellstone.

[jgraz]

21. Now what did we say about making sure things made sense before you typed them?

Would you like to try again?

[myrna minx]

7. God do I miss my Senator.

:cry:

[eleny]

8. Rec for the liberal trump card

Thinking of him today with the Alaskan plane crash news.

I miss him.

[myrna minx]

11. Me too.

:cry:

[scheming daemons]

14. Like Kucinich, Grayson, and Weiner... he'd be an enthusiastic Obama supporter today

...

[VMI Dem]

17. Then why is Gibbs slamming them?

Hm?

[JI7]

19. Gibbs wasn't slamming them

[scheming daemons]

24. He didn't.

[Whisp]

44. oiy.

nevermind. no point.

[annabanana]

15. A Wonderful, Remarkable Man..

We need more.

[Carolina]

16. If only we had more like him today

We miss you Senator Wellstone, more than you can imagine.

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[JI7]

23. fucking pathetic, i remember Nader was refusing to support Wellstone's reelection

[EFerrari]

45. What does NADER have to do with anything but muddying the waters?

Pathetic right back atcha.

[WillyT]

26. K & R !!!

:cry:

:kick:

[scheming daemons]

27. Wow.... nothing is beneath you guys

Using a dead man.... one who argued AGAINST the Green Party... one who would have been likely one of Obama's biggest supporters... an unabashed liberal who was 100% Democrat....


Pretty low.


Bring out Ted Kennedy's picture next.


Nah, even you know that he was one of Obama's biggest supporters and drafted most of the HCR law that Obama signed.

[glitch]

31. Bullshit. And you're the only one bringing up the Green Party.

:thumbsdown:

[EFerrari]

41. If you keep doing that, you're going to sprain something. n/t

[MineralMan]

28. I moved to Minnesota after he was gone.

I want the same things he wanted. My old Volvo station wagon has a Wellstone! sticker on its rear window.

He was also a solid Democrat, who supported the party. He would be 100% behind President Obama, just like Ted Kennedy was.

[DCBob]

29. So you think he would be bashing Obama now??

I dont think he would. He might disagree and fight for more but he would give this administration credit for the good it has done.

[MineralMan]

30. Absolutely not. That was not his style. He'd be fighting to

get legislation passed, not fighting with President Obama.

[Jackpine Radical]

32. I think you're right.

He would see no gain to be made for his causes and ideals in publicly opposing Obama. His positions would be Deanesque. But then he was a Senator, and I'm not. If I were, I would have a very different public stance than the one I express here. But I'm not. I sincerely hope that the noises people like me make will have effects on Obama's positions. I voted for him and expect I will do so again, but I would be happier if his positions were further to the left.

[MineralMan]

35. You make an excellent point.

"But then he was a Senator, and I'm not. If I were, I would have a very different public stance than the one I express here."

This is something we probably all need to remember. A Senator or House Member has to represent his or her entire state or congressional district, not just one group's point of view. The ones who forget that are out of office at the next election. I agree, too, that I wish President Obama pushed harder for progressive ideals. Still, I also understand that getting legislation that moves in that direction through the Congress is a really, really tough job just now. I don't envy him his job...attacked from all sides for either not doing enough or for doing too much.

Such is political reality. As you so clearly said, folks who are holding an office often have to take positions that do something, instead of positions that can't be enacted. It's the nature of our system.

[Crystal Clarity]

46. Excellent Point. Someone could do an entire OP on that point alone

Seriously. There's an abundance of idealism but not enough realism on DU.

[Barack2theFuture]

33. that's fucking retarded, man.

[Canuckistanian]

34. Not ready for prime time

He threatened too many sacred cows.

[Raster]

36. And. He. Was. Murdered.

[felix_numinous]

37. K+R

[geek tragedy]

38. Paul Wellstone never called names, never made personal attacks,

never sought to demean, degrade, or insult anyone with whom he disagreed.

His passion was matched by his class.

He would be the last person to utter the "Obama is a corporatist sellout like Bush" crap.

[EFerrari]

40. He'd never call his base crazy or drug addled or retarded?

That's why he's missed.

[geek tragedy]

47. Paul Wellstone was always going to be an outsider and agitator.

He thrived in that role. So, he was never going to be the establishment like Obama is.

[EFerrari]

39. I remember that guy.

The Wellstone School Song

Chorus:

My school is Wellstone
I go to Wellstone
I learn at Wellstone
I grow at Wellstone
My school is Wellstone
I go to Wellstone
And Wellstone is the school for me.

[Ichingcarpenter]

43. He went to my High School and was captain of our wrestling team

My older brother was on the same team. I was in junior high then but met him many times.

Little did I know what he would do with his life. What a guy!

This post makes me a little sad remembering him.

[glinda]

49. I would have rec'd this 100 X if I could have