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Talk of CNN: Minnesota's Senator Race
Aired October 30, 2002 - 06:14 ET
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Stand up for the people.
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Stand up, keep fighting, that seemed to be the message in Minnesota as thousands of people attended a memorial for Senator Paul Wellstone and those who died with him in a plane crash last week. It was an emotional ceremony that sometimes felt more like a political rally. And that tribute to the late Senator Wellstone and the person who would replace him are the subjects of this morning's "Talk of CNN."
Want to check in with "The Dave Ryan in the Morning Show," 101.3 KDWB, Minneapolis St. Paul -- good morning.
DAVE RYAN, "THE DAVE RYAN IN THE MORNING SHOW," 101.3 KDWB, MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL: Good morning, Carol, how are you?
ANGI TAYLOR, "THE DAVE RYAN IN THE MORNING SHOW," 101.3 KDWB, MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL: Good morning.
COSTELLO: Oh this memorial was just packed, 14,000 inside and thousands waiting outside.
RYAN: Thousands more people waiting outside. I was busy for part of it last night, but I got home and I watched it. And my wife was on the -- not even a Wellstone supporter, was on the couch crying watching this -- very emotional. And that's the way it started out.
COSTELLO: We've been getting a lot of e-mails this morning with some criticism of the memorial service and that Democrats are somehow using it to push their agenda for the upcoming election.
RYAN: Absolutely justified, Carol. I believe it was embarrassing after a while when Richard Kahn, who is such a big supporter, turned it in to a political rally. I guess the local TV stations here were swamped with phone calls from people who were angry because they had been sold a memorial service that had turned into a political rally. And I really thought that was kind of shameful. I really did.
COSTELLO: Yes, there was word that the family, the Wellstone family, did not want Dick Cheney to come because they didn't want it to turn into something political.
RYAN: Yes.
TAYLOR: That's exactly true. It -- they did not want him to come -- to come because of that very reason. But it was strange, I was telling Dave, when it first started the memorial service and the Clinton's walked in and Kennedy walked in, it just seemed like, you know, rock stars were walking into the building. And from that point on, it just seemed like a very politically driven funeral. It was kind -- it was kind of shameful in a way.
RYAN: I thought it was kind of like this, Carol, if someone died and I brought a bunch of people to the funeral and I closed the doors and started selling them Amway, and I might sell a lot of Amway, but I don't think that's appropriate at a memorial service.
COSTELLO: Oh, it makes you wonder if the Democrats will lose some support on this when they finally put Walter Mondale's name on the ballot.
RYAN: That's the speculation. Whether that's going to true -- be true or not we'll find out I guess in less than a week.
TAYLOR: Be an interesting election, that's for sure.
COSTELLO: Certainly so. Thank you for your input, very interesting this morning. And we'll talk to you again next week.
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Aired October 30, 2002 - 06:14 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Stand up for the people.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Stand up, keep fighting, that seemed to be the message in Minnesota as thousands of people attended a memorial for Senator Paul Wellstone and those who died with him in a plane crash last week. It was an emotional ceremony that sometimes felt more like a political rally. And that tribute to the late Senator Wellstone and the person who would replace him are the subjects of this morning's "Talk of CNN."
Want to check in with "The Dave Ryan in the Morning Show," 101.3 KDWB, Minneapolis St. Paul -- good morning.
DAVE RYAN, "THE DAVE RYAN IN THE MORNING SHOW," 101.3 KDWB, MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL: Good morning, Carol, how are you?
ANGI TAYLOR, "THE DAVE RYAN IN THE MORNING SHOW," 101.3 KDWB, MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL: Good morning.
COSTELLO: Oh this memorial was just packed, 14,000 inside and thousands waiting outside.
RYAN: Thousands more people waiting outside. I was busy for part of it last night, but I got home and I watched it. And my wife was on the -- not even a Wellstone supporter, was on the couch crying watching this -- very emotional. And that's the way it started out.
COSTELLO: We've been getting a lot of e-mails this morning with some criticism of the memorial service and that Democrats are somehow using it to push their agenda for the upcoming election.
RYAN: Absolutely justified, Carol. I believe it was embarrassing after a while when Richard Kahn, who is such a big supporter, turned it in to a political rally. I guess the local TV stations here were swamped with phone calls from people who were angry because they had been sold a memorial service that had turned into a political rally. And I really thought that was kind of shameful. I really did.
COSTELLO: Yes, there was word that the family, the Wellstone family, did not want Dick Cheney to come because they didn't want it to turn into something political.
RYAN: Yes.
TAYLOR: That's exactly true. It -- they did not want him to come -- to come because of that very reason. But it was strange, I was telling Dave, when it first started the memorial service and the Clinton's walked in and Kennedy walked in, it just seemed like, you know, rock stars were walking into the building. And from that point on, it just seemed like a very politically driven funeral. It was kind -- it was kind of shameful in a way.
RYAN: I thought it was kind of like this, Carol, if someone died and I brought a bunch of people to the funeral and I closed the doors and started selling them Amway, and I might sell a lot of Amway, but I don't think that's appropriate at a memorial service.
COSTELLO: Oh, it makes you wonder if the Democrats will lose some support on this when they finally put Walter Mondale's name on the ballot.
RYAN: That's the speculation. Whether that's going to true -- be true or not we'll find out I guess in less than a week.
TAYLOR: Be an interesting election, that's for sure.
COSTELLO: Certainly so. Thank you for your input, very interesting this morning. And we'll talk to you again next week.
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