Who is Paul Wellstone
Paul David Wellstone (July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002) was an American academic, author, and politician who represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 1991 until he was killed in a plane crash near Eveleth, Minnesota, in 2002. A member of the Democratic Party (DFL), Wellstone was a leader of the populist and progressive wings of the party.Born in Washington, D.C., Wellstone grew up in Northern Virginia. He went on to graduate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor's of Arts and a doctorate in political science. In 1969, Wellstone was hired as a professor at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, where he taught until his election to the Senate in 1990. In addition, he also worked as a local activist and community organizer in rural...
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- The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible.
- Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers.
- Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future.
- Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.
- What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves.
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Denniskaiser4: sen. paul wellstone voted against the iraq war. dick cheney told him; "if you vote against the war there will be severe ramifications for you." a few weeks later he died in a plane crash fbi agents were at the scene before the plane went down
Dazycraisy: george soros-funded this, soros-funded that, it looks like fascists, rednecks and trailer trash in america won't ever break the chains from the boogeyman under their bed. so far though, they haven't assassinated him like they did paul wellstone.
Dahigginbothk: i’ve recently become obsessed reading about late minnesota senator paul wellstone, a man of principle who genuinely cared about the community
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