human being on Sat, 26 Oct 2002 03:48:03 +0200 (CEST) |
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<nettime> Senator Wellstone is dead |
for those who do not already know, U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone (Democrat- Minnesota) died this morning in a small plane crash in a rural area of the state. The cause of the crash is unknown. It has been raining, possibly sleet, in the 30s Fahrenheit. The Senator's wife and daughter also died in the plane crash, along with 3 other staff and two pilots, as far as has been reported. Minnesota's Senate race has been vicious up to this point, with the full forces of the Republican party backing the challenger for the Senate seat, Norm Coleman. allegations have been flying throughout the election season, and knock-down, drag-out tactics have been used in this election campaign. supporters of Mr. Coleman have been reported to dress up as Wellstone supporters who are communists, with masks and signs. this week the newspaper has reported the repeated destruction of lawn signs for the Wellstone campaign, likely from zealous undemocratic opponents. Senator Wellstone has been considered the furthest towards the Left (branded 'far' or 'radical' left by the extreme Right Wing) but with the pragmatism of common Minnesotans, being balanced and also moderate. for how horrible the campaign has been, it is hard not to imagine those demonizing the voices of difference in what remains of our democracy to find joy in this moment. this is likely not the case, and yet it seems that the universe is conspiring to make everything seem sinister, even if it is a simple twist of fate. people in the state of Minnesota are deeply in shock, from all political parties and persuasions. the U.S. flag is at half-staff on the White House, also. incredible. # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net