Ken Bradley posted: I am fairly certain the Star Tribune did not endorse Paul Wellstone his first election as well as numerous others that ended up winning.
Brandt: Sorry to bear bad news, Ken, but at our advanced ages, memory is capable of playing tricks on us. The Star Tribune editorial page did endorse Wellstone in his first run. I'll attach it below. I just wish they'd endorse someone to guide voters in the soil and water supervisor seats. Access #: 465523 Paper: STAR TRIBUNE (Mpls.-St. Paul) Newspaper of the Twin Cities Headline: Paul Wellstone for U.S. senator Date: 19901021 10/21/90 Section: NEWS Page: 30A Edition: METRO Length: 2.5 Subject: editorial;endorsement;campaign;congress Keys: 1990 senate campaign Slug: EDIT21 Six years ago we recommended the reelection of Rudy Boschwitz. The Republican senator seemed then, and seems now, to reflect well the spirit of the 1980s. But in the 1990s it's time for a change. If Minnesotans want to send to Washington a senator who in the years ahead will reflect their best instincts, one who would fight hard to instill those ideas in federal law and policy, they will elect Democratic candidate Paul Wellstone. Like Boschwitz before he entered the Senate, Wellstone has no experience in elective office. Like Boschwitz, Wellstone offset that shortage by work in his party as a national committee member and as a campaign organizer. Unlike Boschwitz, Wellstone throughout his career as college professor and political activist has given highest priority to the poor, the disadvantaged and the dispossessed. His is the right priority for this state and nation. The means Wellstone would use to pursue his goals of social justice are sometimes mistaken. But means can be modified, and would be, by the give and take of legislating if he became a senator. No tinkering with technicalities can make up for a lack of commitment. Although Boschwitz, too, is strongly committed, too often it is to the wrong ends: to weakening clean air legislation, to limiting women's right to choose abortion, to defense programs more suited to the 1980s than the '90s, and to lesser, silly notions. For example, his defense of ambassadorships awarded to wealthy campaign contributors is an embarrassment. Boschwitz does deserve high praise for his work on farm policy. He was coauthor of complicated, important legislation restructuring the Farm Credit System. He has worked to give farmers more flexibility in planting decisions, to separate subsidies from specific crops and to make U.S. farm products more competitive in world markets. Today's more prosperous agriculture should persuade Wellstone to rethink his protectionist views. But Wellstone need not rethink his views on Americans' responsibilities to one another and to the world. As a senator he would insist on ending the disgrace that leaves millions without adequate health care. He would not be cowed by those on the right who treat any federal tax increase as a sin. He would not be cowed by those on the left who rail against sending U.S. forces to the Persian Gulf. Even more than Rudy Boschwitz, Paul Wellstone would be an advocate of special interests: Minnesota's interests, and the nation's. Steve Brandt Star Tribune REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
