2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Who Would Paul Wellstone Vote For? [View all]Peace Patriot
(24,010 posts)...had Wellstone's health permitted it and had he not been killed. When his small plane fell out of the sky on a clear day with no wind, he was running for Senate re-election and his goal was to return to the Senate and lead the battle against the Bush junta's goddamn bloodbath in Iraq.
He was an ALLY of Bernie Sanders in their difficult campaign to stop this horrible war. And he was a true-blue New Deal leftist like Sanders.
If he was here now and could do it, Wellstone would be running against Clinton, as Sanders is doing, because of her vote FOR the Iraq War and her enthusiastic support of it, and because she ISN'T a true-blue leftist--she is exactly the opposite. OR Wellstone would be supporting Sanders in his effort.
He OPPOSED all the cowardly Democrats who voted for that war! He would oppose Clinton now, and would probably be sickened by her filthy fundraising (and delighted with Sanders' success at CLEAN, people-oriented, small donor fundraising).
And, let me tell you, Wellstone would also be sickened by Henry Kissinger and Robert Kagan (PNAC chief) being her foreign policy advisers (gawd!), and would be appalled at her use of the Sec of State's office to lure big bucks to the Clinton Foundation from tyrants like the Saudis in exchange for arms deals!