The words of Paul Wellstone

[hifiguy]

on what it means, or should mean to be a Democrat:

"Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia. What we seek is more simply to improve the quality of human life while at the same time respecting the natural environment which sustains it: 'Not a heaven on earth but a better earth on earth.' This is not at all a timid agenda, far from it. The work ahead of us is enormous!"

"Politics is not just about power and money games, politics can be about the improvement of peoples lives, about lessening human suffering in our world and bringing about more peace and more justice."

"There is an elementary aspiration which undergirds the humane impulse in our history and our culture and binds us together as political activists. This is a simple, irreducible, indisputable aspiration. It is the ‘dream of justice' for a beloved community, in which the level of terror in people's lives is sharply reduced or maybe eliminated. It is the belief that extremes and excesses of inequality must be reduced so that each person is free to fully develop his or her full potential. This is why we take precious time out of our lives and give it to politics."

"I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party."

"The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy."

Put that in your pipes and smoke it, DINOs and DLCers.

How I miss him still. :cry:

[FiveGoodMen]

1. We sure need guys like him now!

What a shame that plane crash was!

[Scuba]

2. An emotional, inspiring orator....

....who was consistently right.

[liberal N proud]

3. I like this statement:

"I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party"

There are two Democratic parties.

[Hotler]

4. k&r n/t

[Octafish]

5. He was Bush and Rove's Biggest Nemesis

Paul Wellstone, Fighter

He's the guy Poppy Bush called a "little chickenshit."

[BeFree]

18. Yep

He was bushie enemy number one. Once he was out of their way it was all down hill.

Why no one has rising to take Paul's place is really no mystery.

[Blue Owl]

6. Has anybody seen our old friend Paul?

The only people here who don't miss Paul Wellstone are either poseurs or GOP trolls.

[ashling]

7. I will incorporate some of those into my teaching

government.

[awoke_in_2003]

8. what is sad...

is that when people like him rise up, they always get knocked down. Oh, to have 20 Wellstones in the House and 4 or 5 in the Senate.

[polichick]

9. This party has moved away from that description...

...just as surely as the other party has moved toward teabaggery.

I no longer believe that critical change will come through the Democratic party, but for now it's the lesser of two evils.

[hifiguy]

10. Kick for the evening crowd

:kick:

[bvar22]

11. I always have a K&R for Paul.

He was the perfect example of what a "Democrat" should be.


"If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for,
at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them."
--- Paul Wellstone


When we all do better,
we ALL do better!


"There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.
I want a party that will stand up for working Americans."
---Paul Wellstone

---photo by bvar22
taken at a Labor Day Picnic in St Paul
shortly before he was killed.
"The Last Time I Saw Paul"

[Karmadillo]

12. Huge K&R.

nt

[zappaman]

13. K & R n/t

[Eyerish]

14. K&R

We miss you Paul

[Bryn]

15. I miss him, too

:cry:

K&R

[geardaddy]

16. K & R brother.

[amborin]

17. K&R