Dems Grumble Over Wellstone 'Assassination'

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Monday, Oct. 28, 2002 12:14 a.m. EST

It's been just three days since Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone, his wife and daughter were killed in a tragic plane crash. But already some Democrats are grumbling that his death was no accident.

Just hours after the man liberals referred to as "the soul of the Senate" perished in the fiery accident, WABC radio's resident Democrat Richard Bey complained that he thought the Wellstone crash defied mere coincidence - then pointed out that the Bush White House had made the Minnesota liberal one of its top political targets.

By the next day Bey had second thoughts, telling his audience he didn't want to encourage such bizarre speculation.

But over at the DemocraticUnderground.com, wild-eyed Wellstone death conspiracy theories spread like wildfire, with a full-blown "Wellstone Assassination" thread attracting some of the most outlandish commentary.

"Democratic Senator Paul Wellstone is the latest victim of this clandestine assassination group, racing to consolidate total power in the hands of George Bush," wrote one poster. "Wellstone was assassinated under the exact same circumstances as Mel Carnahan, two years ago."

"I was shocked when I heard the news of Wellstone’s death," another poster wrote. "I am deeply saddened by this, as well as terrified. Within a few seconds, I began to think about it being an assassination. ... How many people 'in the way' of the Bush family have died over the years?"

Another bizarre commentary began with the headline "Strange How Only Democrats Die in these Freak Plane Crashes."

"It's always an unexplained mechanical failure in the plane's steering," this poster complained. "And it is always opponents to the Bush crime dynasty. I see a pattern here. It looks like sabotage."

Oddly enough, those on the far left now raising eyebrows over Wellstone's demise generally dismissed as "nutty" questions about the untimely deaths of Clinton scandal witnesses like Vince Foster, Ron Brown and James McDougal.

But at least conservative conspiracy theorists waited until some evidence of foul play had emerged in each case.

So far, nothing of the sort has materialized in the Wellstone case.

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