The Progressive Revolution Is Being Led by a Black Woman

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160. Thanks for making my point. Reminds me of another group who

staked a claim within the Dem Party, who used the name & benefits of money & data base of voters to then run an oppositiin campaign against them.

One who claimed to be everything to everyone yet whose own voting record didn't quite mesh with the campaign persona presented.

Sen Wellstone fought this same opportunist in the Senate when he fiercly defended a bill introduced by the very same Senator who's own State stood to benefit from that disasterous bill, at the expense of the poor & Latino speaking population of Sierra Blanca Tx.

Sen Wellstone always stod for the little guy. The ones with no political voice to lobby for them.

He was no opportunist like those who ran Wellstone Action, who are much the same as the opportunist who falsified his way into gaining the wealth of benefits of the Dem Party.

There are opportunists all around & eventally yes, the Truth of their actions does reveal itself.

Sen Wellstone didn't use others or groups to advance his own interests, Sen Wellstone didn't just give soundbite appearances, Sen Wellstone was there walking among the poor, the forgotten & the exploited.
He listed to them, rather than dictate to a megaphone or waiting mic on a prebuilt stage with cameras perfectly poised.

He was the true progressive diplomat of the Democratic Party because he had lived every word he spoke.

He was a humble man. He fought the opportunists in the Senate & in his home State. But he never ever exploited his power or position for self gain, nor at the demise of a people with less than & with no one to speak for them, as in Sierra Blanca.

Sen Wellstone's legacy wasn't created by campaign photo ops & data base invites to create a cheering crowd, he earned his supporters through his generous grassroots-in-the-trenches daily work. And not in a million years would he have voted NO on the necessary Magnitsky Act, nor would he have stepped foot on the set of a tv network named Russia Today.

He didn't need to, first off, and lastly YES. I am glad his sons stepped in to remove their father's respected name from a group who was clearly exploiting the name for their own opportunistic & nefarious reasons.

Wellstone knew the meaning of progressive & Democratic unity and the 2 were never meant to be exploited with the intent to splinter.