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Hortensis

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22. Wellstone's death was such a loss. I hoped he'd eventually
Mon Jan 13, 2020, 08:33 PM
Jan 2020

run for president. Of course he opposed dumping Vermont's radioactive waste on powerless people far away.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
Paul Wellstone was BlueMTexpat Jan 2020 #1
Paul Wellstone was a real progressive Democrat...nt SidDithers Jan 2020 #2
Thank you for that Senator Paul Wellstone. Cha Jan 2020 #3
Is Jane Sanders still a member of the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission? George II Jan 2020 #4
No, she left right around the time of Sanders last Presidential run. TidalWave46 Jan 2020 #6
From Politifact zentrum Jan 2020 #5
I bet that is "included." NT TidalWave46 Jan 2020 #7
I miss Sen. Paul Wellstone to this day The Valley Below Jan 2020 #8
So do I. alittlelark Jan 2020 #13
Bernie is a Right-Winger , a pro- Corporate Pollution Tool ritapria Jan 2020 #9
I hope you can see what you just did. TidalWave46 Jan 2020 #10
Hummm I guess not! Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #12
Yep +1 LongtimeAZDem Jan 2020 #14
Right wing and pro-corporate have nothing to do with it. But he sure didn't want that waste... George II Jan 2020 #15
Exactly. Send it to a poverty-stricken area in Texas. MineralMan Jan 2020 #16
Did Bernie Sander co-sponsor that or did he not? MineralMan Jan 2020 #18
He sponsored the bill. And he hard pushed for passage. Blue_true Jan 2020 #23
I didn't lay out anything. I just asked a question. MineralMan Jan 2020 #24
Just keeping you on your toes. nt Blue_true Jan 2020 #28
Believe me it could happen. Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #21
And also a dirty red communist. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2020 #25
Well Wawannabe Jan 2020 #26
I forgot about this JustAnotherGen Jan 2020 #11
This is not bashing. This is part of the record. MineralMan Jan 2020 #17
Here is the list of Co-sponsors of the bill: MineralMan Jan 2020 #19
Thanks for playing fair. vsrazdem Jan 2020 #27
He was a true progressive - and his years as an educator gave him the ability to learn and listen. ehrnst Jan 2020 #20
Wellstone's death was such a loss. I hoped he'd eventually Hortensis Jan 2020 #22
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