June 13, 2003
Was Paul Wellstone assassinated?
Via
The Smirking Chimp. David Wildman of the
Boston Weekly Dig discusses his death and wonders. It's all quite suspicious.
If anyone was a ripe candidate for assassination it was Wellstone. He'd once been the target of a possible attempt in Columbia in December of 2000. He was one of the few consistent critics of the Bush administration, voting against the Homeland Security act and the congressional resolution allowing Bush to use force against Iraq (although he did vote in favor of bombing Afghanistan). He was openly hated by both Bush administrations (Bush The First reportedly referred to him as ©¯that chickenshit©—) and was on the verge of winning his battle to retain his Senate seat against the hand-picked-by-George-W Republican challenger, Norm Coleman. This would have kept the Republicans from sweeping the Senate.
Personally, I've never doubted that he was killed, and I can't believe anyone would believe this was an accident. It's all way too coincidental: the death of a U.S. Senator, and a prominent Bush opponent, dies two weeks before an election that gives the Republicans a Senate majority of one? But this is the first time I've seen someone openly discuss it. Maybe people will start realizing the type of people we're dealing with here.
