# Replacing Senator Wellstone **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 25, 2002, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-senator-wellstone/133865 "2002-10-25T18:04:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-senator-wellstone/133865/21 "2002-10-26T04:28:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diogenes the Cynic \* > \*\*If Wellstone is left on the ballot, I will still vote for him. I think a lot of other Minnesotans would to. \*\* _Why?_ As some sort of honorific? ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-senator-wellstone/133865/22 "2002-10-26T04:45:52Z")
What, like Republicans don’t vote the party line? If the DFL puts up a valid candidate, good Democrats will vote Democratic. If the DFL puts up a stupid (peanut, peanut butter…SKIPPY!) candidate, good Democrats will vote Democratic. Good Republicans will vote Republican no matter who the DFL puts forth. As always, it’s the swing voters who will make the difference. And there are enough idiots out there who will see ‘Wellstone! Yeah, I’ve heard of him!’ and check that box. For reference, see a dead guy beating Ashcroft in Missouri. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-senator-wellstone/133865/23 "2002-10-26T04:56:24Z")
Yes, it would be partially as an honorific, but also just out of default. I’m not going to vote republican, the control of the senate hangs in the balance. It may be a moot point anyway. The dems are probably going to find a quick substitute. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-senator-wellstone/133865/24 "2002-10-26T05:38:09Z")
Well, regardless of who the DFL comes up with, _and_ regardless of who wins (dem or rep), I think the state will be better represented. I’ll grant that Senator Wellstone was a devoted campaigner/staunch democrat/voted his conscience, etc., but I think it says something that his “conscience” was the least original, most party-line, anti-business, get-into-your-billfold voice in the Senate. Rather than sponsoring legislation to get companies that moved their headquarters off-shore banned from doing business with the government, I think it would’ve made more sense to adjust the tax structure so that the companies wouldn’t’ve _wanted_ to move off shore. But that was his way of thinking all along: I know better what to do with your money than you do. Gimme. Over the top and around the bend liberalism like his has already led this state to be called Mommysota. Maybe his death will begin the rebound to some semblance of adult leadership rather than the paternalism he espoused so vociferously. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-senator-wellstone/133865/25 "2002-10-26T06:10:25Z")
Red McCombs? ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-senator-wellstone/133865/26 "2002-10-26T06:11:41Z")
That is, somebody mentioned the Vikings and that got me wondering if a Texan could be appointed for the two month lame duck period. Don’t know how popular he is up there, though? ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-senator-wellstone/133865/27 "2002-10-26T06:14:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rysdad \* > \*\*Well, regardless of who the DFL comes up with, _and_ regardless of who wins (dem or rep), I think the state will be better represented. > > I’ll grant that Senator Wellstone was a devoted campaigner/staunch democrat/voted his conscience, etc., but I think it says something that his “conscience” was the least original, most party-line, anti-business, get-into-your-billfold voice in the Senate. > > Rather than sponsoring legislation to get companies that moved their headquarters off-shore banned from doing business with the government, I think it would’ve made more sense to adjust the tax structure so that the companies wouldn’t’ve _wanted_ to move off shore. > > But that was his way of thinking all along: I know better what to do with your money than you do. Gimme. > > Over the top and around the bend liberalism like his has already led this state to be called Mommysota. Maybe his death will begin the rebound to some semblance of adult leadership rather than the paternalism he espoused so vociferously. \*\* I think you should open a Pit thread. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-senator-wellstone/133865/28 "2002-10-26T15:24:01Z")
There is already a Pit thread. Also threads in IMHO and MPSIMS. The Pit thread is an inappropriately placed condolence/mourning thread wherein anyone voicing anything less than Wellstone idolatry are eviscerated. So, I said what I said here as it regards what I think the effect of any Wellstone replacement would be. On a related note…the name I’m hearing most now is Walter Mondale. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-senator-wellstone/133865.md?page=1)