Jagger | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 12:14 pm     Senator Paul Wellstone, a democrate in the state of Minnesota was killed today when his plane went down near an airport in Northern Minnesota. Along with the senator was his wife and daughter, along with 3 of his aids and 2 pilots. Noone on the plane survived the crash. This will hit many Minnesotans very hard, he was a very well liked senator, he was in a very tight election race with the republican candidate for the seat in the Senate. |
Oregonfire | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 12:13 pm     link/{Wellstone, http://www.msnbc.com/news/826011.asp} |
Jagger | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 12:18 pm     Wow we were both posting the same thing at the same time. I will try to delete my post if I can. This will be a real tragedy for some in this state, he was a well liked senator by many people. I tried to delete this, but I can't so if the mods read it maybe they can combine the two threads. |
Oregonfire | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 12:24 pm     I'm sorry to hear that, Jagger. I find it very disturbing that he was the only Democrat to publicly go against the war on Iraq, and now his whole family is dead. |
Moderator | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 12:25 pm     I have closed the duplicate thread and moved the messages into this thread. (22) |
Jagger | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 12:28 pm     Oregonfire I am not one of his supporters, I do not agree with most of the things he votes for but it is a tragedy the way he died. I would not have been voting for him in the November election but I know alot of people would have been. It will definitly be a political nightmare around this state come election time with the democrates trying to get someone to fill his spot and they will have to redo all the election ballots that have already been made up. |
Tess | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 12:29 pm     I am absolutely stunned. Paul Wellstone wrote us a letter when we were adopting our daughter and there was trouble with her visa due to a state department error. He offered to help with anything we needed to bring her to America. He was a very passionate man in his convictions and a man of good character. Others may not believe in his politics, but he was a very good man. |
Jagger | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 12:34 pm     I agree Tess when he thought something was right he would fight tooth and nail to get it to happen. He was definitly a very emotional person, along with his wife. |
Oregonfire | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 12:37 pm     Actually he was survived by two children, so not his whole family is dead. Sorry for the hyperbole. |
Babyruth | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 01:06 pm     Hi Oregon---you've been missed! Sen. Wellstone's death is truly a sad story for his family, for Minnesotans, and for America.
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Calamity | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 01:36 pm     This is a terrible tragedy for us all. My sympathies to the family. |
Marysafan | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 01:50 pm     What a horrible tragedy. I was just reading an article about him about an hour before I heard the news. I just could not believe it. I was reading how President Bush has been making appearances in Minnesota for his opponent...and that he was thinking about going back to Minnesota again before the election because Senator Wellstone was leading in the polls. I read where he thought his vote against the Iraq initative would cost him the election, but did it anyway because he thought it was right because he was concerned about sending young people into battle with the support of allies. He was definitely a man of his convictions. I am sure he will be missed...not only by those from his home state. |
Kaili | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 02:03 pm     I was listening to NPR a little while ago and they were saying that the race was pretty much even but his numbers went up after he made the vote against the war. |
Tess | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 02:25 pm     He was about 9 points ahead of Norm Coleman in the last poll I heard but some still called that a tight race. It's so hard listening to the reporters asking other state politicians what this means for them politically and if they would consider taking over the campaign. Each and every one have them have reminded the media that we've lost a very good man, his wife and daughter, along with 5 other people who had families who loved them very much. |
Maris | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 03:12 pm     He was the last decent principled man in Washington. It is truly a tragedy for this country that this man has died. I also wonder about the circumstances of his death. It was sad to watch Tom Harkin today. |