MARK STEYN A memorial disservice to Paul Wellstone

National Post ^ | Thursday, October 31, 2002 | Mark Steyn

[Liz]

At his "memorial" Wellstone he was deemed a non-person and so were the seven other people who died with him

It's schadenfreud all over again since Wellstone treated innocent human life as non-persons. He ignored the humanity of the unborn and hastened their status as non-entities with his nuumerous pro-abortion votes.

Sorry, but I can't drum up the necessary sympathy over his demise..........and apparently neither could those who attended his "memorial."

[Asclepius]

"What the hell," shrugged Frank, "he was an annoying little fag, but I liked the guy."

Indeed. There's nothing quite like an honest tribute.

[ctnoell]

I just made a contribution to the Coleman for Senate campaign, and I challenge EVERY conservative who reads this to make a modest donation ($10.00 or more) at www.colemanforsenate.com . BEAT MONDALE!

[js1138]

In a celebrity plane crash, there's only room for one Patsy Cline...

But there was room for the Big bopper, Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens.

[clintonh8r]

I'm so tired of this crap that I have to say, finally, that while I'm not glad that he's dead, I really don't care that he is...

[Lyford]

With digital technology, there's no reason why Jesse can't go on comparing folks to Gandhi long after he's dead.

Wellstone has ceased to exist. And what's taken his place...is just a bloody shroud to rouse the faithful and bully the rest.

Even now, Jesse is working on rhymes for Hmong, and Ted Kennedy is practising denouncing Republican hate-Hmongers without sounding like he's hiccuping.

It says something that, of the two Senate Democrats not to make it to election day, there was more honesty in the ghastly emotional masturbation of sleazy Bob Torricelli's resignation speech than in Paul Wellstone's "memorial" "service."

Steyn bump. Man, if he's ever had an off-day, I missed it...

[Myrnick]

...Bigger plane.

[Blue Screen of Death]

For the record, they were Richard Conry, 55, and Michael Guess, 30.

Who cares about their ages or names? These are Democrats. What was their race and sexual orientation?

[45Auto]

while I'm not glad that he's dead, I really don't care that he is...

I don't know much about Wellstone outside of his completely wrong-headed political bent. The guy was at least consistent from what I gather - consistently far-left. The terrible truth is, that considering Wellstone was a Marxist-Leninist, one more dead commie is always good news, but I know there are a thousand little cockroaches just like him crawling out of the woodwork to take his place. And like the roaches, commies are just as difficult to get rid of.

[mwl1]

Steyn bump. Man, if he's ever had an off-day, I missed it...

Maybe so, but he is sloppy. Look again. The former Minnesota senator was Rod Grams, not Rod Helms.

[js1138]

I thought it was a four seater.

[eureka!]

Steyn is such a gift...

[workerbee]

On Tuesday, 20,000 close personal friends gathered in the sombre cloisters of the U of M basketball arena to pay tribute to his life and memory in a service that made the Iranian obsequies for the Ayatollah Khomeini seem a model of taste and restraint.

Truly the scariest thing about the "event" was the reich-mindedness of the crowd. Was there no Democrat squirming in his seat at what he was witnessing? Was there no Democrat appalled at the vicious, hateful drumbeat playing at the podium? Apparently not. After Clinton et al, Election 2000, the NJ debacle, and now the funeral-rally, I honestly believe there is no soul, shame, or decency left in someone who can still label himself a Democrat.

[Interesting Times]

...at the memorial for NBA star Len Bias, who died of a cocaine overdose...

It's a minor point, but Bias never played in the NBA. He died while celebrating his selection as the #2 pick in the NBA draft by the Boston Celtics.

[BraveMan]

Steyn bump . . .

[hang 'em]

Lenin is dead -- but his body lives!

(old Soviet saying)

[Dog Gone]

Republican hate-Hmongers

I wish I had thought of that line.

[Liz]

Frank was noted for his up-frontness.

[Liz]

You got lots of company.

[Liz]

.............pingo................