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Veers
Member # 661
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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.
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Yamashiro Den
Member # 510
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i'll miss harris, but not wellstone. shame about his family, though.
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The_Tom
Member # 38
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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.
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Yamashiro Den
Member # 510
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wellstone was an idiot, but a persistant idiot. and when did i ever claim to be non-partisan?
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Snay
Member # 411
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Harris ...
I knew he was sick, but man, this sucks ...
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Ritten
Member # 417
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oh, yeah, 7 others died with him.....
Now that is what we call desensitized alright....
dang, and they ruined a perfectly good plane too...
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Trimm
Member # 865
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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.
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Veers
Member # 661
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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."
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Ritten
Member # 417
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I am indifferent on it really, death becomes everyone eventually.... I was cross threading there, for newark....
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Veers
Member # 661
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Oh. Sorry.
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Ritten
Member # 417
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No problem, I am desensitized to it all....
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First of Two
Member # 16
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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.
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Sol System
Member # 30
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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."
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Free ThoughtCrime America
Member # 480
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quote: Not the way I'd want to retake the Senate, but I'll settle for it.
I imagine many feel the same.
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First of Two
Member # 16
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Looks as though they're going to try and tap ol' Walter Mondale to run for him.
Mondale. *snork*
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CaptainMike XXIII
Member # 709
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it seems that Democratic politicians always seem to have 'accidents' on election years.
damn shame we live in a world like this.
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First of Two
Member # 16
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They have accidents or resign...
and are then replaced by old yet popular vote-getters, (Lautenburg, Mondale)
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