Reply #83: I saw it too, but didn't think that [View All]

Maybe it's because I first got involved in DFL politics because of Wellstone, but I didn't see the Khan speech that way.

What I saw was a very distraught, emotionally drained man giving a eulogy about his best friend in the world, who was also the best friend many of us had in our government.

Yes, I thought it was a little cheesy for him to "call out" the republicans like he did, and expected he might get a little ribbing from Jim Ramstad and the like-- nothing major, just words spoken out of heartbreak and sadness.

However, I DID NOT expect to see Jesse the Jackass Ventura spouting off in the media about how he walked out because of how "political" the memorial was. Nor did I expect such unredeamable human dungheaps like Limbaugh and O'Reilly and Faux to exploit this poor man's grief for such naked political gain. They replayed that damn ten-second clip so many times that people assumed that that was all that went on during the 4+ hours of the memorial.

Also, I'm sorry, but Mondale is no Wellstone. Mondale has a long history of standing with the moneyed and powerful wing of the DFL. These fine folk are the ones who originally dismissed Paul's 1990 campaign in favor of Tom Berg, a nondescript suburban lawyer, who was seen as more "electable" than Paul. Of course, after Paul won, they were more than happy to jump on the bandwagon and claim Paul as "theirs".

Mondale does not "inspire" people. The last time he'd campaigned for anything was eighteen years previously-- enough for a whole generation of Minnesotans to say "Fritz Who?" when his name was mentioned.

That and Norman the Weasel Coleman was hand-picked by Dick Cheney and the BFEE as their candidate to run in the race....