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Why { October 28 2002 } >Subject: [WIB-LA] Paul Wellstone is dead. Why? > > > > > > > > Freedom Calling > > By Marc Ash > > t r u t h o u t | Opinion > > > > Monday, 28 October, 2002 > > > > Paul Wellstone is dead. Why? > > > > As I write this there is not a single shred of physical > > evidence -- that the public is aware of -- to > > suggest foul play in his death. But I must say, this does not > > look right. > > > > I live within walking distance of the old Ambassador Hotel > > in Los Angeles. It's boarded up now. The > > yard is overgrown and desolate, inhabited only by stray cats. > > Most people passing by don't even know, > > don't remember, what happened there on that night in June > > 1968. I remember. I can't forget. > > > > Less than 5 years after the assassination of his brother, > > and barely two months after the > > assassination of Dr. King, Robert F. Kennedy stood at the > > pinnacle of his political career. The last image > > we have of him is that moment when he was standing at the > > podium saying, "It's on to Chicago, and let's > > win there." What he didn't realize is that he had already > > made two fatal errors; Number one, he said he > > wanted to change things, and Number two; he made them believe > > he could do it. Bobby never made it > > to Chicago. As near as I can tell, this is what he died for: > > > > "Some people see things as they are and say why. I see > > things that never were and say why not." > > > > To say that Paul Wellstone was a Senator is to say that > > Mickey Mantle was a baseball player. > > Wellstone was a giant of a man. He met head-on problems that > > his colleagues wouldn't dare touch -- > > even if they wanted to. He 'saw things as they were,' and > > decided to kick the door down. > > > > Wellstone was not for sale. He fought for the community. He > > took on the powerful pharmaceutical > > industry, the HMO lobby, the Tobacco Industry, the Oil > > Industry, you name it -- he didn't care. He was > > elected to represent the best interests of the community, and > > by God he intended to do just that. > > > > The price was high. Wellstone survived one potential > > assassination attempt in November of 2000. He > > had traveled to Colombia to do his own fact finding on the > > war on drugs. His opposition to unfettered > > aid to the Colombian military was well known there. A bomb > > was discovered planted along the road > > leading from the airport. Although the State Department > > ultimately took the position that it was not an > > assassination attempt, Wellstone and US Ambassador Anne > > Patterson were "likely targets," according to > > Colombian police. > > > > Here in the US Wellstone was hated by the White House and > > by the power brokers he challenged. This > > was "the guy" they wanted out of the way. The Minnesota > > Senate race was a top priority for Bush, > > Rove and the industry lobbyists. They wanted control of the > > Senate, and they wanted Paul Wellstone > > defeated. > > > > It would be fair to say of Wellstone that he was a non > > political man living at the epicenter of a political > > world. In fact, in Minnesota there is no Democratic Party - > > it's called the Democratic-Farmer-Labor > > Party. Wellstone's fight was for the people of the state of > > Minnesota, not for a political agenda. Leaders > > like that are rare, but that's what you're looking for on > > election day, if you can find it. > > > > Our country is for sale. The food we eat, the water we > > drink, the air we breathe is for sale to the > > highest bidder. Our safety, our children, our lives are > > likewise for sale. You don't get health care -- you > > buy health care. You don't get justice -- you buy justice, > > and you sure don't get freedom -- you fight for > > it. > > > > We've lost a great leader -- a great Freedom Fighter. Pick > > up his standard where it has fallen and > > carry it forward. > > > > Freedom calling. > > > > ------- > > > > You can send comments to t r u t h o u t Editor Marc Ash > > at: ma@truthout.com > >

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