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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 10:17 PM Original message |
Was Wellstone really the most principled progressive in the Senate |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes. n/t |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. Feingold. nt |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. He comes close |
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rwheeler31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. Absolutely He was amazing. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. I Don't Think So |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. He wasn't |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. YES |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. as noted above, the competition was not too deep |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Feingold, Barbara Boxer, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Leahy.... |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. He was something else. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. I think so, though I'm aware that nothing makes a politician look better |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Trust me, he was that good before he died. |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. Bernie Sanders |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. I think so. He is sorely missed. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. He was still growing and evolving. I spoke with him shortly before his death. |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Wow. I wish I could have spoke to him. |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. there have been many outstanding progressives/liberals in the history of the senate |
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No.23 (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. Wellstone on Nader and Gore |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. So you wish Wellstone had endorsed Nader in 2000? |
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No.23 (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I believe that the OP question has to do with... |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
20. A "real" Democrat who is missed. |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. We don't have many in the Senate |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
23. I believe he was. I want to bring up something that I've wondered about. |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Byrd has come a long way from the KKK days...and he has transfromed WV for the better |
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No.23 (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I agree that Sen. Byrd is more principled than most. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. DOMA. |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Sorry, what is DOMA? |
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MrsMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. yes, he voted for DOMA, but |
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MinM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
26. Howard Metzenbaum was great too. |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Reading about him...great man |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
28. A new great-Sherrod Brown |
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