Who Would Paul Wellstone Vote For?

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32. OMG! You really said that????

Paul Wellstone was not one for team or identity politics. He saw past the D at the end of people's names and called them out on their crap.

I find it disgusting that people would malign him with such.

Here are some telling Wellstone quotes:

"The Democratic Party has lost much of it credibility with working class and low-income people. It retards progress toward presenting a genuine alternative."

"The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy."

And the one Howard Dean stole from him: "I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party."


The whole loyalist thing disgusts me. It supposes that everything is ok if they just have a 'D' after their name and I find this appalling. I see a lot of this from Hillary followers and that is what causes a lot of the 'cult of personality' insults from others. The D should stand for something besides just your team.