Comments on: Paul Wellstone

By: Phoenix Woman

Phoenix Woman — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:42:03 +0000

Thank you, Teddy, for posting this. Six years later, and it’s still too raw for me to contemplate easily — especially how the Republicans made slimy misuse of the Williams Arena memorial event for him and his family.

By: Phoenix Woman

Phoenix Woman — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:40:37 +0000

I remember that well. And then to see the Republicans go into Hissy Kabuki Mode over a small section of the memorial event at Williams Arena, and use that to get Norm Coleman elected, was triply sickening.

The lies the Republicans told about the Williams Arena event, and how they parlayed that into a win for Coleman, are what got Al Franken to decide that he had to come back to Minnesota and take out Coleman once and for all.

By: Teddy Partridge

Teddy Partridge — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:20:22 +0000

Thank you all for your stories of Paul. I miss him.

By: newspaperbrat

newspaperbrat — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 07:01:50 +0000

(((((TEDDY)))))

Thank you for your splendid memorial post of a much lamented and desperately missed Senator Paul Wellstone, and your own great heart for honoring his leadership, fearless courage speaking truth to power on behalf of all Americans past, present and future.

By: bluebutterfly

bluebutterfly — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:03:37 +0000

I give up..a short letter from David Wellstone is at Al Franken For US Senate…

By: bluebutterfly

bluebutterfly — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 05:57:14 +0000

http://blog.alfranken.com/?200.....wellstone/

By: bluebutterfly

bluebutterfly — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 05:52:59 +0000

yes…Paul’s son David
http://blog.alfranken.com/2008.....wellstone/

By: bluebutterfly

bluebutterfly — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 05:32:21 +0000

Paul’s speeches are on the web site. For those who don’t know, Wellstone Action is run by Mark and David Wellstone..Paul’s sons.

By: bluebutterfly

bluebutterfly — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 05:27:54 +0000

I don’t know , but they have Darcy Burner. Wellstone Action says that they have 300 members running for office all over the country. If they have a list, I can’t figure out how to access it.

By: CalGeorge

CalGeorge — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:46:52 +0000

He is sorely missed.

Here he is on the 1999 Financial Services Modernization Act (responsible, in large part, for our current crisis):

“This bill, S. 900, would aggravate a trend toward economic concentration that endangers not only our economy, but, I think, more importantly, it endangers our democracy. S. 900 would make it easier for banks, securities firms, insurance companies, and, in some cases, commercial firms, to merge into gigantic new conglomerates that would dominate the financial industry.
[…]
This is the wrong kind of modernization because it fails to put in place adequate regulatory safeguards for these new financial giants whose failure could jeopardize the entire economy. It is the wrong kind of modernization because taxpayers could be stuck with the bill if these conglomerates become “too big to fail.” We have heard that before–“too big to fail.”
[…]
I think we are flirting with disaster. We are strolling casually along the upper decks of the Titanic, oblivious to the dangers ahead of us.”