Wednesday, November 13, 2002 :::
The Kitchen Cabinet publicizes the suggestion that Wellstone was murdered, with the professor at Buffalo State who has put forth this idea quoted as saying, "I felt that Paul Wellstone's life, more so than any other politician in Washington, was in danger." His reason for this speculation is only that Wellstone was a left-wing nut; the implication is that, rather than wait for him to lose his reelection bid, someone who had been patient for almost twelve years finally took it on himself to speed up his exit from the Senate by three months.
The history of assassinations seems to feature as many heretics as heathens (e.g. Gandhi, Rabin, Sadat), and I think McCain is the politician most likely to be assissinated by a lone right-wing screwball. A more organized attempt might see a different target, though.
::: posted by dWj at 12:21 PM
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