[MeekOneGOP]

A big "DUH !" award here. I was aghast DURING the Wellstone Rally. So it takes the 'RATS and the media a MONTH later to figure it out!? Why am I not surprised?.....

[Clara Lou]

Agreed-- 5 seconds of rally video, and decent people everywhere were shocked and disapproving. And this week they're going to try and tell us that it "may have" lost them votes? This is laughable.

I wonder how young Mr. Wellstone (who began the pro-Democrat chant in the middle of his eulogy about his father) is feeling these days? Are they still making excuses for his behavior?

[Randjuke]

"The mistake was in labeling this as a memorial instead of a celebration of the lives of these individuals, which is what it was."

Well, actually it wasn't that, either.

[Larry Lucido]

In other news, analysts say the Earth may be round.

[randita]

If Democrats wish to delude themselves into thinking this was the reason they lost, let them.

Almost one month later and almost 20 Rush Limbaugh shows, and no Democrat seems to have a clue.

[BOBTHENAILER]

"The problem here was that this was an event controlled by a family that was grieving and a campaign staff that was no longer in the campaign," Mr. Smith said.

Funny, didn't look like grieving to me.

[FreePaul]

I didn't see or hear the "Memorial" to Wellstone live. The next day I heard the "high" points on the radio and saw some TV clips.Until then I was going to vote for a few Democrats in local races. I ended up going out that day and pulling the straight Republican lever. My wife did the same later that day. I don't think that our votes changed the results in any races but there were undoubtedly many places where that disgusting spectacle made a difference.

[Minnesoootan]

I just wish they would let this DIE already....they keep spinning this to DEATH.
Paul and family DIED because he broke his promise to only serve 2 terms.
The rally was to try to swing a LOSING campaign back over to a "prominent" DFL'er,Mondale....pffffffft!
Paul was going to lose BIGTIME anyway,and now they make it sound like the rally was the reason.....Democrats spinning democrats after death,disgusting.
One thing that pisses me off the most about this whole deal,is they spun my Mom and she voted for Mondale...I'll NEVER forgive the DFL or the media.NEVER!

[mombonn]

"The problem here was that this was an event controlled by a family that was grieving and a campaign staff that was no longer in the campaign," Mr. Smith said.

Smith is either lying or stupid. A grieving family could NOT have organized that rally on their own. It came straight from the bowels of the DNC, AKA Terry McAwful and crew.

[RJayneJ]

Dis-inviting the vice president was the first shock, and made me wonder what the family was thinking. In death you expect the memorial service to be bipartisan. After defying the election laws in New Jersey and then putting Mondale on the ticket made everyone think that the Democrats would do anything, legal or not, to win.

[ODDITHER]

The beer and hotdogs didn't hurt either. Maybe in Minnesota it is a common occurance for the family to sell beer and hot dogs at memorial services.

I love to hear Democrats blame the family members. It shows the average American how far Democrats will go to obtain power.

When you have unions bus college students and union thugs in to fill a stadium, and then sell beer and hotdogs, and have boogie bands warming the crowd up, what else did they expect?

[Bonneville]

I also have noticed that almost all coverage of the event left out the fact that Rick Kahn was the Wellstone Campaign Treasurer. A political operative, not just the "close friend" who had an emotional moment that he is portrayed as.

[blam]

I think the Wellstone rally just reminded Americans again of the Clinton sleeze and in light of 911 (and contrasted with GWB) they realized how bankrupt the Democrats are.

[dirtboy]

The big mistake by the Minnesota Dems was letting national Dem figures plot this event out.

[Tallguy]

Speaking on condition of anonymity, a source familiar with the planning meeting the day after Mr. Wellstone died said the small group considered having the service in a more somber setting ...

When you combine the Wellstone family's decision on the venue with the behavior of the youngest son, it's pretty hard to let the Wellstone family off the hook for their share of the blame in this fiasco. As the article states, the Wellstone family should have known that the choice of a 20,000 seat arena would dictate the tone of the gathering. Then Wellstone's youngest son stands up and participates in this political sham. I'd give him a "pass" if it were just a matter of being caught-up in the moment, but these 2 factors are related.

[Don Corleone]

Look for young Wellstone to get a political payoff for this in the near future. Follow the greed...follow the corruption....follow the money.

[newt]

Odd that it is not occuring to anyone that the Democrats lost the election because they do not have any ideas.

[Uncle George]

The headline should have read "POLITICAL PEARL HARBOR" for the DEMON-RATS.

[joyful1]

Somebody, please post a pix of smirkin Mondale and Klintoon. Also that boy genius McKullif