Wellstone legacy ‘goes dormant’ after family ousted in Democratic feud

Politico ^ | 5/13/18 | David Siders

[jeannineinsd]

"Now, with no Wellstone on the Wellstone Action board — and under pressure from the Wellstone sons to relinquish their family name — the organization plans to change its title."

It would be interesting to learn exactly what overspending concerned the Wellstone sons, but the article didn't get into details.

[alstewartfan]

WE WILL WIN WE WILL WIN WE WILL WIN!!!!!

Nevermind. We lost.....

[headstamp 2]

A coup by the hard left the way they take over all the foundations. They love to spend other people’s money.

[Vince Ferrer]

David Wellstone and other Democrats close to his father began objecting last year to what he described as Wellstone Action’s abandonment of disaffected Democrats in the rural Midwest — the rural poor were an early focus of the late senator — with an increasingly narrow focus on gender politics and people of color.

[Gen.Blather]

“It would be interesting to learn exactly what overspending concerned the Wellstone sons, but the article didn’t get into details. “

I am going to take a wild shot. Probably, there was an endowment that provided its income to the organization. The organization began spending the fund’s income as well as the principle.

[bigbob]

Imagine the day that same thing will be said of the Clintons.

[lurk]

The Wellstone memorial was the removal of the left’s mask of moderation and morality.

[jdsteel]

If liberals weren’t such bad managers of money, and weren’t so willing to enrich themselves from money given to a foundation we would have a much harder time with them.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Meaning Wellstone’s sons are straight, white, male liberal extremists.

[Chode]

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Yep, I remember that. Clinton criminal cabal all laughing and yucking it up.

[tbw2]

I was actually talking to a Communist about this. He is frustrated that social justice thinks everything is due to power and privilege with relation to race ... allowing them to ignore the poor in general and for elites who can claim victimhood based on demographics get to demonize poor whites or the poor in general who don’t understand the new oppression olympics.

[Libloather]

...the organization plans to change its title.

The Funerally Fund?

[Amberdawn]

The Wellstone sons are learning that their white skin is a detriment to the leftards on the board. The Left was happy to use their father’s name, and his foundation’s money, but poor, rural white people aren’t their concern. Enjoy the suck, boys.

[tcrlaf]

“...as Wellstone Action’s abandonment of disaffected Democrats in the rural Midwest — the rural poor were an early focus of the late senator — with an increasingly narrow focus on gender politics and people of color.”....

Duh...
That is where THE MONEY IS AT...
You don’t think limousines and private jets for liberal activist wannabe’s come cheap, do ya?

[justrepublican]

Do it for Paul-Do it for Paul

[leaning conservative]

I ran into Trent Lott on the street & I was a Die hard Democrat at the time. I stopped him & told him I was so embarrassed at how he was treated at Wellstone’s funeral. He was very gracious.

[A_perfect_lady]

Hard to believe it’s been 15 years.

[shanover]

The Wellstone memorial was the removal of the left’s mask of moderation and morality.

The Wellstone memorial was extremely creepy. A switch was flipped. I am not a leftist so I have no understanding of it.

[MNnice]

Even Jesse Ventura walked out.