MAJOR DEMOCRATIC DAMAGE (Why the "Memorial Service" will cost Mondale the election)

RealClearPolitics.com ^ | October 30, 2002 | John McIntyre

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Very cool - Go, GoMonster's Momma!!!!

[Paul Atreides]

With McCall coming in third in New York, I hope we are witnessing a trend that could mean the demise of the Clinton influence.

[Paul Atreides]

A columnist once wrote a wonderful phrase about the Clintons. It is my favorite phrase, and describes them so well.

He said, "With the Clintons, there is always some fresh Hell to put the country through, and there's never a bottom to it."

I think that was during the pardons.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

LOL to your screen name, but unfortunately it sounds like something a homeless person in WI would use (i.e. WillVoteForSmokes) :-).

[timestax]

People will forget this by Thursday. The DemoncRATS have learned this fact...that every 24 hours there is a new NEWS cycle.

[A CA Guy]

I hope the Democrats lose the Senate.

[GOPJ]

Wellstone's son will be sick over this for years. He has to understand he was duped during a time of great loss, and that this horror is not his fault. The dem pols should have protected the family from this type of scandal. Have they no shame? And yeah, it does look like the Clinton/Carville/McAuliffe exploit team.

I'm not discounting the Wellstone sons' part in all of this, but it has the smell of Clinton/Carville/McAuliffe all over it.

[terilyn]

Great article Timesink!

Pinging for a great overview of how this is playing out locally.

[ladyinred]

I hate to say this, but I have heard democrat after democrat call into talk shows today and say that the "memorial" service last night energized them and the party! They thought it was groovy and that Pubbies are just mean spirited! I doubt this effected them at all. Then we also know that the national media didn't even mention the disgraceful behavior of the RATS last night. The Today show, Good Morning American, etc. all just ignored it.

[Saundra Duffy]

I read today's Sacramento Bee with interest. I had watched some of the rally until I couldn't stomach it anymore. The sight of the Clintoons yucking it up . . . I was horrified! Anyway, today's Sac Bee has the FRONT PAGE headline: "Senator Remembered - Will lawmaker's death be a rallying cry for liberals?" The article goes on and on (until you want to throw up!) about what a wonderful event it was . . . yada yada yada. Not one word about the controversy. Ha! So much for the Bee's liberals slant. I hope what happened last night in Minnesota will cause damage to DEMOCRAPS all over the U.S. Speaking of which, DUMP DAVIS! GO, SIMON! For victory & freedom!!!

[Rokke]

You obviously missed the nightly news. Every major network covered it and slammed the dems. I haven't seen that kind of coverage from the networks covering a dem screw-up since they found Lewinsky's dress.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

by the juvenille populist cry of "we will win" from the junior Wellstone
What do you think the odds are of seeing this in a campaign ad?

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The GOP should use this footage. 1) The son is pretty scary looking with the wild hair (will NOT play well in most of MN), 2) the ranting of this son and Kahn comes off as something out of the behind-the-Iron-Curtain, Communist rallies of past years.

[Amore]

check out the minneapolis paper. They have several articles about the reaction to the pep rally. It's:
http://www.startribune.com/

[Saundra Duffy]

It may just energize Republican voters across the country enough to give the GOP back the Senate.

Yahoo! Did you see the smiling democrap faces - all that waving - all that campaigning and yucking it up. I kept thinking about the other people who died in the crash - how their families must feel. I mean, they were supposed to be there to grieve and remember Paul Wellstone. Instead, the Klintoons and Fritz's turned it into an event to showcase THEMSELVES. LOL!!!!!!!!!!! They are so dimented, they didn't even realize what they were doing. So typical. GO, GOP! For victory & freedom!!!

[terilyn]

"Can you believe these idiots? Even CNN and MSNBC have been somewhat critical but these idiot Republicans don't take advantage?"

No, no...this is terrific! We couldn't have bought this much positive publicity for a billion dollars. All the republicans have to do now, at least here in Minnesota is take the high ground. It's a whole new race.

The polls for govenor are incredible too. Republican candidate is way up - dem in second and independent in third, way back. And this poll was done by the same doofuses that did the one for Coleman/Mondale. The same idiots that predicted Skippy Humphrey would be the Gov. in MN in 2000 - (he came in third).

This is fantastic!

[Balding_Eagle]

Yes, the Dems may be energized, but they are really on the defensive too. Just visit a few of their sites, I've never seen so many four letter words used as they try to justify what happened.

Take heart! It's the (presently) undecideds who will swing the vote, or stay home, and I don't think the Dem specticle was lost on them.

I only saw snippets, it was goulish and Orwellean. It was so creepy with the Clintons there with their big smiles and all, that it makes me think the Clintons did him in.

[TatieBug]

Clinton/Carville/McAuliffe "hands" were busy yesterday...the Memorial/Pep-rally and the Haitian ordeal...huuuummmm!

[Gunder]

Is this info reported anywhere prominent? I'm sure the (Red) Star isn't shouting it from the rooftops, but someone should.

Yeah, I'm feeling better about Coleman's chances with every minute. It really seems like the Wellstone Memorial is going to backfire bigtime. And I must say, the local Twin Cities media are really giving the "scandal" a lot of attention.

By the way -- if any Minnesota FREEPERS haven't called the TV affiliates and asked for equal air time for Coleman/George W., here are the numbers. We need to keep the calls coming in thru the weekend and not let up.

KARE (NBC) 763-797-7395
WCCO (CBS) 612-339-4444
KSTP (ABC) 651-646-5555 or 612-5TV-NEWS

[FITZ]

I only saw snippets, it was goulish and Orwellean. It was so creepy with the Clintons there with their big smiles and all, that it makes me think the Clintons did him in.

I know. You really have to wonder when you look at the Clintons' faces if that plane crash was really an accident.....for some reason the picture of them splitting their sides at the funeral made me recall James McDougal, Vince Foster, Ron Brown. Those weren't accidents.

[MasonGal]

I think it was "creepy" too.

Everytime I see that clip of the Clintons I want to throw something at the tv set.I practically scared my 11-year old son to death this evening when I yelled at the tv set while they were showing it on Hannity and Colmes.