I admit it. I did it. CBS has memos that say so.
Posted on 10/18/2004 6:00:53 PM PDT by Aeronaut
Two years ago, all eyes were on the Senate race of Senator Paul Wellstone. In the wake of the defection of Jim Jeffords, the White House hand-picked Norm Coleman to attempt to unseat the populist Wellstone. But Coleman still trailed Wellstone late in the campaign. On October 11th, Wellstone voted against the President’s war on Iraq, despite a dire personal warning of "severe ramifications" from Vice President Cheney. As the result of his vote, Wellstone’s popularity soared.
Then tragedy struck. Just ten days before his probable re-election, Senator Wellstone was killed in the mysterious crash of his small aircraft. On October 25, 2002, the American people suffered the loss of a leader for peace and justice. Some folks harbored suspicions. And some remember how the media blamed the weather.
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I admit it. I did it. CBS has memos that say so.
Paul Wellstone was killed because the pilot of the airplane wasn't even close to being proficient. This is such BS I can hardly see straight.
Let me guess. Bush?
Hmmmm? How about we drag out the 80 deaths associated with Clinton and send them a little message.
No, not really. Coleman had moved ahead in the polls, partly as a result of Wellstone's Iraq vote.
Kerry ought to concede the race . . . in honor of President Reagan.
Their book and photos say "If the fuel was in the wings, why did the fuselage burn?" The obvious answer is that they were in the smoking section.
Man those peyote beans must have been real good!
No more true than right now - can you say Ron Brown, Vince Foster and the Clinton Dead Friends Society?
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I like your tag. May that second sentence be Gospel.
The credentials of anyone who knows aviation and/or the meticulous discipline of aviation accident investigation are conspicuously absent.
Give me a break.... over
Regards
These DUmmies obviously don't understand arkancide.
> ... killed in the mysterious crash of his small aircraft.
Umm, what mystery?
For those familiar with the sorry history of light twin
charter, there wasn't the least bit mysterious about it.
Some FR coverage:
NTSB: Pilot Error Caused Wellstone Crash
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1024329/posts
NTSB: Pilot error caused Wellstone crash
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1024293/posts
NTSB report finds nothing wrong with plane that crashed and killed Sen. Wellstone
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/857425/posts
No Mechanical Failure in Wellstone Crash, NTSB Says
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/808406/posts
My comments from the time:
> Wellstone liked the pilot of the plane on this trip
> and always requested this pilot for trips. Wellstone
> believed this pilot was a better pilot because he
> got Wellstone to his destination when other pilot
> failed to do so.
That alone would suffice. There's is no need for
conspiracy theories here. Small twin-engine charter
has, for over half a century, been a popular way
for celebrities to die. Buddy Holly made it trendy.
They're flying because they're in a hurry. Because
flight is relatively fast, they often wait until
the last minute to depart, and any delay means
"trip cancelled". Because they are "important
people", they hate wasting time waiting, so this
also drives them to last-minute departures.
Get-there-itis prevails.
If the celeb is still alive, that probably means
that they've "gotten away with it" before in
marginal conditions. Push your luck long enough, and
it will eventually, but surely, push back.
Politicians (as passengers), and doctors (as self-
pilots) may be the most extreme examples, because
their inflated sense of self-importance leads them
to think that they are above petty concerns about
icing, visibility, fatigue, etc.
Correction; should be: Don "Four Martinis" Jacobs, Ph.D.(Piled higher and Deeper)
They think we used a pumpkin cannon like this to wipe out Wellstone -- they just couldn't find the pumpkin in the wreckage.
Just damn.
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This dreck isn't even worth our time.
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