Senator Wellstone killed in plane crash today

[b-ball-lunachik]

http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/10/25/plane.crash.minn/index.html

Democratic Senator Paul Wellstone, his wife and daughter along with other staffers were killed in a plane crash today....he was campaigning across Minnesota -- I don't know much about him but it's a tragedy to lose anyone, much less a bunch of people. :(

I always wondered how much good last minute campaigning really was anyway -- trying to shake people's hands at the eleventh hour...for this guy, wasn't good at all. :( RIP.

[soxfan121]

Wellstone was a champion of term limits and campaign finance reform, working closely with John McCain on both issues. He was, to the best of my knowledge, a very intelligent and principled man who genuinely cared about reforming the political system in America. He will be missed.

:rip:

[pathogan]

...his wife and kid. tough stuff.sad

[KCBOOMER]

We frequently lose sight of the fact politicians are people just like and suffer all the tragedies that before people.

:rip:

[moose]

a fine man

[pwdennis]

Another senseless tragedy - RIP

[pathogan]

...sad sad sad
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/10/26/legacy/

[b-ball-lunachik]

How awful is this now -- the pilot was a convicted felon who lied about his training and had never flown with passengers before...ugh...do you think if the person is going to be flying a Senator around they would do a background check on the guy?

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/story/34402p-32550c.html