Conservative media invoke Wellstone memorial smear in predicting politicization of Kennedy's death

Following Sen. Ted Kennedy's death, conservative media figures have returned to the smear that the memorial service for Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-MN) became "a political rally" to suggest that progressives will excessively politicize

Kennedy's death. But as now-Sen. Al Franken documented at length, the claim that Wellstone's memorial was politicized is a myth based on distortions propagated by the conservative media.

Hannity on Kennedy's death: "a lot of this was the politicizing of -- remember Paul Wellstone's death?"

Savage fill-in Markowski on possible naming of health care bill after Kennedy: "It's political theater" like the "Wellstone memorial."

Lopez on Kennedy's death: Wellstone service "turned into a political rally."

http://mediamatters.org/research/200908270005

What a bunch of weasels.

:hi:

stations may televise completely.

been politicized? Politics is a toll that can be used for good or evil. Both he and Kennedy used it for good.


I'm sure Senator Kennedy would rather have a universal health care bill named for him and passed than an out-of-date airport representing a hazard to the nation's capital!

from greatest political family in our history...?

that's what really tees me off when they start in on this.

Paul and Sheila's funeral was a private, religious service held the day before. The memorial was a public event held to remember the public man (as well as all the others killed in the plane crash). Not mentioning politics at that would have been like not mentioning baseball at Kirby Puckett's public memorial at the Metrodome.

Senator Kennedy's funeral will be a Mass of Christian burial - for the most part the funeral will follow a strict pattern that every Catholic funeral follows. Even if the wingnuts weren't waiting to pounce, any politicking in the church will no doubt be kept very low key and I'll bet it will be limited to mentioning the issues that were important to the Senator.

Will that pass the con-servative sniff test?

immediately jump to use his death for political purposes, in trying to make it sound like they would have supported HCR had Teddy just been there in the Senate.

a good thing.

I don't care if cnn and all their whores declare it a political rally ..tough shite..the corporatemediaWhores are Through telling us how to mourn.

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Tough shit for Republicans its not only a week or so before the election. It is well over a year.

They had this smear ready to go for months when they knew Kennedy was dying.

I'd say shame on them but they know no shame.

No. There was nothing fucking wrong with the Wellstone memorial.

for Senator Paul Welstone. So were 10's of thousands inside and ourside. It was a huge ourpouring of love for Paul, Sheila and the rest of the Wellstone family.

Minnesota misses him.

It's kinda funny that you are 6 times as likely to die from flying if you are a dem politician than a repuke. And how did the FBI manage to drive 3.5 hours to a crash from their office in only 1/2 an hour? Makes ya' wonder, don't it?