Way to show respect

[sisyphusshrugged]

Sen. Norm Coleman has taken responsibility for telling a Capitol Hill newspaper that he is "a 99 percent improvement over Paul Wellstone," his predecessor who was killed in a plane crash less than six months ago.

Coleman said he made the remark in an interview as he was stressing his ties to President Bush, telling the Washington newspaper Roll Call that Wellstone "was never with the president."

Wellstone, a liberal Democrat who was running for a third term, was killed in an October plane crash in northern Minnesota along with his wife and daughter, three campaign aides and two pilots. In the November election, Coleman defeated former Vice President Mondale, who had stood in for Wellstone.

"To be very blunt and God watch over Paul's soul, I am a 99 percent improvement over Paul Wellstone," Coleman told Roll Call. "Just about on every issue."

via Joe Conason

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[ginmar.livejournal.com]

And people say we can't get along! Obviously, this twit is taking the same drugs as the Iraqi Minister of...What-the-Fuck? How come they get this dosage, when it's obvious that we're the ones that need it?!