Mondale to Replace Wellstone as Senate Candidate

[tm37]

FOX news ripped from Fark

Well he will more than likely giving the collective liberalism in this state.

<-Still voting for coleman

 

[glenn1]

Gee, i wonder what fossils the Democrats will unearth next to run again. First Lautenberg, now Mondale... who's next, Jimmy Carter?

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: glenn1
Gee, i wonder what fossils the Democrats will unearth next to run again. First Lautenberg, now Mondale... who's next, Jimmy Carter?

i'm guessing mcgovern. or his corpse. they've been elected before.

 

[glenn1]

i'm guessing mcgovern. or his corpse. they've been elected before.

Maybe the Republicans can run Reagan against Mondale again. It worked pretty well back in 1984.

Whoops, i forgot. Minnesota was the one state Mondale won, along with Washington DC, giving him a whopping 13 Electoral College votes to Reagan's 525. Maybe that's not such a good plan.

 

[tm37]

Originally posted by: glenn1

i'm guessing mcgovern. or his corpse. they've been elected before.

Maybe the Republicans can run Reagan against Mondale again. It worked pretty well back in 1984.

Whoops, i forgot. Minnesota was the one state Mondale won, along with Washington DC, giving him a whopping 13 Electoral College votes to Reagan's 525. Maybe that's not such a good plan.

Mondale is some kind of hero here in MN, and I have no idea why

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: tm37

Originally posted by: glenn1

i'm guessing mcgovern. or his corpse. they've been elected before.

Maybe the Republicans can run Reagan against Mondale again. It worked pretty well back in 1984.

Whoops, i forgot. Minnesota was the one state Mondale won, along with Washington DC, giving him a whopping 13 Electoral College votes to Reagan's 525. Maybe that's not such a good plan.

Mondale is some kind of hero here in MN, and I have no idea why

jesse ventura too

 

[Tripleshot]

Lets see, Minnisota voted a wrestler in as governor ans supported Wellstone for two terms and was about to elect him a third term, and you folks shake your head thinking Mondale is a bad choice?

Seems to me the voters in Minnisota do not dance to the republican tune much at all lately. And I read in the link the republicans are already set to launch a negative ad campaign against him, saying a vote for him is a vote for the past.

Vote for the past?


How about a vote for experience!

Typical of repubilcan tactics to run negative ads about the apponent when they have nothing positive they can say about there own candidiate. Very transparent.:disgust:

 

[JellyBaby]

Typical of repubilcan tactics to run negative ads about the apponent when they have nothing positive they can say about there own candidiate.

Democrats always use negative ad tactics and probably a bit more overall, from my experience. Mudslinging works, that's mainly why they do it.

Is Mondale from Minnesota...does he know anything about the state he may seek to represent?

 

[Moonbeam]

Mud slinging works because most people are Democrats. It drives everybody but the hard core away. The Republicans don't want people to vote.

 

[glenn1]

Lets see, Minnisota voted a wrestler in as governor ans supported Wellstone for two terms and was about to elect him a third term, and you folks shake your head thinking Mondale is a bad choice?

The voters of Minnesota can choose whomever they like. They don't need the approval of the rest of us if they want to send Mondale back to Washington. Mondale is basically a harmless twit, and he'd be a non-factor for the people of MN, but hey, whatever they want.

By the same token, that doesn't mean it won't be amusing to see Fritz put back in the saddle again by the fun folks in Minn-e-soh-tuh.

 

[glenn1]

Under Minnesota law, a death creates a vacancy on a ballot. The candidate's party can nominate someone to fill that spot, but that candidate would have to fulfill certain requirements, including being alive, Attorney General Mike Hatch said.

LOL... i see Minnesota's standards for political office are fairly high.

 

[Format C:]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Mud slinging works because most people are Democrats. It drives everybody but the hard core away. The Republicans don't want people to vote.

Gore lost. Get over it.

 

[Thegonagle]

Originally posted by: JellyBaby

Is Mondale from Minnesota...does he know anything about the state he may seek to represent?

Former Vice President Mondale is indeed from Minnesota. He was born in Minnesota and has resided in Minnesota for almost his entire life. So it's safe to say he knows something about Minnesota.

This isn't another Hillary we're talking about.

Are you from Minnesota?

EDIT: I'd like to add that Mondale has served as a US Senator from Minnesota from 1964 to 1976, when he became Vice President of the United States.

 

[Thegonagle]

Originally posted by: glenn1
Under Minnesota law, a death creates a vacancy on a ballot. The candidate's party can nominate someone to fill that spot, but that candidate would have to fulfill certain requirements, including being alive, Attorney General Mike Hatch said.

LOL... i see Minnesota's standards for political office are fairly high.

Higher, apparently, than Missouri?s standards.

 

[Cfour]

Originally posted by: Tripleshot
Lets see, Minnisota voted a wrestler in as governor ans supported Wellstone for two terms and was about to elect him a third term, and you folks shake your head thinking Mondale is a bad choice?

Seems to me the voters in Minnisota do not dance to the republican tune much at all lately. And I read in the link the republicans are already set to launch a negative ad campaign against him, saying a vote for him is a vote for the past.

Vote for the past?


How about a vote for experience!

Typical of repubilcan tactics to run negative ads about the apponent when they have nothing positive they can say about there own candidiate. Very transparent.:disgust:

What you hear may not be true. If you followed what has happened the last few days, Norm has stopped all campaigning and appeared on TV many times. And I suppose you didn't see the Wellstone attack ads running on TV too? Talk about transparent.

 

[Aceman]

While Democrats considered whose name would go on the ballot, Gov. Jesse Ventura met with legal advisers Saturday to discuss appointing a temporary replacement for the remaining months of Wellstone's term.

Hello! Can these news reporters get their heads out of their asses? Under Minnesota law, the winner of the election IMMEDIATELY takes over as the U.S. Senator on November 6th. What's the purpose in appointing a Senator for 10 days?

I, for one, am quite happy not having to hear either side's ads on the radio and tv. And for those of you that are still screaming that Wellstone was a shoo in, the last poll had Wellstone ahead by 4 percentage poins with a +-5% error. In Minnesota, that is a dead heat with people throwing away votes for the Independent party candidates. Fritz is by far the DFL's best chance, now. While the younger generation does not recognize the name, the retired and older generation that gets out and votes, does.

I am certainly glad I'll be voting across the border, in South Dakota, on Tuesday.

 

[CantedValve]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: glenn1
Gee, i wonder what fossils the Democrats will unearth next to run again. First Lautenberg, now Mondale... who's next, Jimmy Carter?

i'm guessing mcgovern. or his corpse. they've been elected before.

And with the Democrats they (corpses) have voted before too!!

 

[CantedValve]

Originally posted by: Format C:

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Mud slinging works because most people are Democrats. It drives everybody but the hard core away. The Republicans don't want people to vote.

Gore lost. Get over it.

 

[CantedValve]

Originally posted by: Tripleshot
Lets see, Minnisota voted a wrestler in as governor ans supported Wellstone for two terms and was about to elect him a third term, and you folks shake your head thinking Mondale is a bad choice?

Seems to me the voters in Minnisota do not dance to the republican tune much at all lately. And I read in the link the republicans are already set to launch a negative ad campaign against him, saying a vote for him is a vote for the past.

Vote for the past?


How about a vote for experience!

Typical of repubilcan tactics to run negative ads about the apponent when they have nothing positive they can say about there own candidiate. Very transparent.:disgust:

If experience was everything, every old geezer in the retirement homes would be getting laid 3 times a day.

Oh, so soon are you to forget the "gay hairdresser" adds that the DNC was running in South Dakota (???). Glass houses bud...

 

[tm37]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Mud slinging works because most people are Democrats. It drives everybody but the hard core away. The Republicans don't want people to vote.

Welstone was running far more attack ads than coleman and lets face usually when we vote it's for the lesser of two evils.

Democrats are much better at stretching the truth and leading people to false comparisions, see the social security issue, than the republicans. Whule colemans attacks ads drove home wellstone's liberal voting records, Wellstones campain just when with statements made to reporters and half truths to drive down coleman.

I think mondale will get elected if only because of the sentamental vote he will receive.

 

[Aceman]

Gawd I love these comments from the peanut gallery concerning Minnesota politics!!! I've lived in this state for 29 years (Although I've only voted in two elections because most of my adult life I've been a South Dakota resident.) This state is primarily DFL (Democratic Farm Labor Party.) It's not due to why a Californian or Alabaman or Pennsylvanian is a Democrat. The farm issues have the biggest influence on who the outstate votes for. If a Republican shows great concern for the farm issues, he'd be voted in. If you looked at the social issues and economic issues (minus the farm issues and the iron range in MN)in the state, most people would line up as an conservative or moderate Republican.

Jesse's notoriaty helped him get the Governorship, but it was the fact that Skip Humphrey wasn't able to get young Democrats votes and Norm Coleman had just switched parties to lure in the older Republicans.

When farming's good, you'll see Republicans control most of the state seats, when farmings in the toilet, the DFLers control the seats.

 

[Farmall]

I believe that there will be a massive sympathy push for the fallen comrade, and add in the senitmental vote for Mondale = Loss for Coleman

Mondale has not had any interest in politics for some time and does not now, his whole purpose for running now is "for the good of the party". I don't see how that is going to help us out here far as representation in D.C is concerned. And I don't see how Mondale being a good Minnesotan can honestly feel that the lack of interest he has will be better than the zest for the future that Coleman has.

<-- Will be voting Coleman.

Farmall

 

[transluko]

Originally posted by: Format C: Gore lost. Get over it.

poor baby.

i think you struck a nerve.

 

[fluxquantum]