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SergeStorms

(19,217 posts)

16. I remember it well.

Reply to ProudMNDemocrat (Original post)

Mon Oct 25, 2021, 04:18 PM

Oct 2021

The mood on DU was somber and conspiratorial. This is where the "don't fly on small planes" meme originated, if I'm not mistaken.

It was a sad time, and many of us thought the door was wide open to republican malfeasance without Wellstone.

Little did we know........

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Senator Paul Wellstone...1944-2002 [View all] ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2021 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #1

I was in a drive thru McDonalds when I heard on the radio his plane crashed.........just started a kennedy Oct 2021 #2

I still miss them. ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2021 #4

Great Senator and real mensch Wild blueberry Oct 2021 #3

What an iimmense loss mahina Oct 2021 #5

so sad IbogaProject Oct 2021 #6

Greatest Senator Ever Doc Sportello Oct 2021 #7

He was a great man Bettie Oct 2021 #8

A tremendous loss (and not just for Minnesotans)... hlthe2b Oct 2021 #9

Their daughter was killed with them PlanetBev Oct 2021 #10

I still have my sign, too. I put it in my window, today. Vale, Senator. n/t TygrBright Oct 2021 #11

I recall watching the memorial service on c-span SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2021 #12

That's a wonderful tribute to a great American FakeNoose Oct 2021 #13

Rest in Power wellst0nev0ter Oct 2021 #14

Presidential Timber Kid Berwyn Oct 2021 #15

I remember it well. SergeStorms Oct 2021 #16

I moved to Minnesota around the time of Paul's untimely, tragic departure Blue Owl Oct 2021 #17

So sad... electric_blue68 Oct 2021 #18

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