Two very good people died today. Democratic Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota died when his plane crashed in his home state. 7 others died with him. He was against the war with Iraq.
Also, 72-year old actor Richard Harris ("Harry Potter") died today. He had been very ill in the past few months. I guess they'll have to find a new Dumbledore.
Posted by Yamashiro Den (Member # 510) on :
i'll miss harris, but not wellstone. shame about his family, though.
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
Well, aren't we chipper and non-partisan.
Two great losses. Wellstone, for courageously fighting for what he and many others believed in. And Harris, for being a bad motherfucker.
Posted by Yamashiro Den (Member # 510) on :
wellstone was an idiot, but a persistant idiot. and when did i ever claim to be non-partisan?
Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :
Harris ...
I knew he was sick, but man, this sucks ...
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
oh, yeah, 7 others died with him.....
Now that is what we call desensitized alright....
dang, and they ruined a perfectly good plane too...
Posted by Trimm (Member # 865) on :
I may not have agreeed with Wellstone, but it still damn tragic what happened to him.
Harris had been sick for awhile now, guy hung on for quite awhile.
Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
Ritten--Would you have preferred I left out the sentence "7 others died with him?" And let people scream "Didn't you know he wasn't the only one on that plane, etc. etc."
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
I am indifferent on it really, death becomes everyone eventually.... I was cross threading there, for newark....
Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
Oh. Sorry.
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
No problem, I am desensitized to it all....
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
Harris was a damn fine actor. He's more than made his mark in his time. Gonna be rough for his understudy to fill his shoes in the HP movies, I'd expect.
From what I can find out about the man, Wellstone was a man who voted by his principles, not by his polls.
Therefore, even though I may strongly disagree with his politics, I can respect him for his integrity.
For the conspiracy theorists: Did you notice that the Dow, which was stalled at around +20 early in the day, started to rise just after Wellstone's death and closed +126?
I wonder what Minn. ballot law says on replacing a candidate at this point before the election... Not the way I'd want to retake the Senate, but I'll settle for it.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
From CNN, secondhand: "Under Minnesota law, if a nominee in a Senate race dies during a campaign, his or her political party can select a replacement candidate no later than four days before the general election."
Posted by Free ThoughtCrime America (Member # 480) on :
quote: Not the way I'd want to retake the Senate, but I'll settle for it.
I imagine many feel the same.
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
Looks as though they're going to try and tap ol' Walter Mondale to run for him.
Mondale. *snork*
Posted by CaptainMike XXIII (Member # 709) on :
it seems that Democratic politicians always seem to have 'accidents' on election years.
damn shame we live in a world like this.
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
They have accidents or resign...
and are then replaced by old yet popular vote-getters, (Lautenburg, Mondale)
![[Frown]](frown.gif)