posted October 25, 2002 10:32 AM
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 October 25, 2002 11:02 AM
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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posted October 25, 2002 11:11 AM
wellstone was an idiot, but a persistant idiot. and when did i ever claim to be non-partisan?
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posted October 25, 2002 11:58 AM
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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posted October 25, 2002 11:50 PM
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 October 26, 2002 12:20 AM
I am indifferent on it really, death becomes everyone eventually.... I was cross threading there, for newark....
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posted October 26, 2002 04:33 AM
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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posted October 26, 2002 05:04 AM
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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posted October 28, 2002 05:52 AM
Looks as though they're going to try and tap ol' Walter Mondale to run for him.
Mondale. *snork*
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