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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.
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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wellstone was an idiot, but a persistant idiot. and when did i ever claim to be non-partisan?
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dang, and they ruined a perfectly good plane too...
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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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I am indifferent on it really, death becomes everyone eventually.... I was cross threading there, for newark....
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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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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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Looks as though they're going to try and tap ol' Walter Mondale to run for him.
Mondale. *snork*
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