Excatly what it stated.

Post #60,484 by bepatient 10/31/02 2:34:50 PM Reply	Excatly what it stated. Let the dead man have been a Republican...and those things happen there. See where your feelings would go. Read - double standard. The second part is very simple. Boos and funerals do >not< go together. Whoever did it, for whatever reason, should fucking well be ashamed of themselves. And anyone who thinks it is "no big deal" should be ashamed of themselves as well. You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #60,489 by Silverlock 10/31/02 2:39:39 PM Reply	Well, at least we agree on something "double standard" "A civilian gang of thieving lobbyists for the military industrial complex is running the White House. If to be against them is considered unpatriotic -- Hell, then call me a traitor." -- Hunter S. Thompson
Post #60,491 by bepatient 10/31/02 2:49:45 PM Reply	Don't think so.... ...it could have been a indy libby who agreed with me on every political agenda...with the stands full of 3000 of my closest friends...and I'd still say I was ashamed of them if one boo were heard. I'd have still walked with Jesse. You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #60,497 by Another Scott 10/31/02 3:10:29 PM Reply	But it wasn't a funeral. Boos and funerals do >not< go together. I agree. But it wasn't a funeral, it was a "memorial service". A [link\|http://www.startribune.com/stories/1752/3400441.html\|local story] about it. As the uproar intensified Wednesday over a pointedly partisan speech at Sen. Paul Wellstone's memorial service the previous night, the late senator's campaign manager apologized and said it hadn't been planned. Gov. Jesse Ventura's ire about the speech prompted him to say he might appoint an independent, instead of a Democrat, to temporarily fill Wellstone's seat. "I'm leaning toward appointing a regular citizen, someone you don't even know," Ventura said. The state GOP asked for equal air time to match the 3 1/2 hours the memorial was on TV Tuesday night. And the University of Minnesota official who gave the campaign the go-ahead to use Williams Arena said she wouldn't have done so if she had known it would have "political overtones." Even the DFL candidate for governor, Roger Moe, criticized it as "unfortunate." Wellstone's [link\|http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/3395526.html\|funeral] was Monday the 28th. I agree that there were some aspects of the memorial service that were in bad taste, and the fact that it was televised for 3.5 hours and turned into a political rally should give opponents ammunition to demand equal time, but it was different from a funeral service. Cheers, Scott.
Post #60,507 by bepatient 10/31/02 4:08:27 PM Reply	What tf ever. Nitpick if you want. It wasn't the time nor was it the place. Defending it is reprehensible. The entire fiasco is disgusting. You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #60,725 by mmoffitt 11/2/02 10:18:47 AM Reply	What gripes my ass. Is all the "holier-than-thou" bullshit coming from the event's critics. Who the fuck are any of you to say what is "appropriate" at a man unknown to you's funeral? Or maybe you think you know better than his own family? Piss off, the lot of you.
Post #60,733 by bepatient 11/2/02 1:05:39 PM Reply	Opinion noted. Disagreed with, but noted. Mostly becasue I think the family became a distant second once the ball started rolling. You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]

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