You know, I was actually saddened by Paul Wellstone’s death (and not just because it probably increased the probability of the Democrats retaining the seat).

I just listened to excerpts from the “memorial service” on Fox News, and heard his son speaking.

This thing doesn’t sound like a service to honor the dead. It was more of a cross between a campaign rally and an awards ceremony. The son spent several minutes thanking all the people who made it possible, and how important it was to uphold Senator Wellstone’s ideals next week, and it was hard for me to discern any sense of grief in his voice as he spoke.

It was spooky, and not in the literal sense. Is this what the Democratic Party has come to?

It’s particularly disgusting in the wake of the Democrats’ charges that the Repubs are playing politics, when Coleman has basically shut down his campaign.

I also hear that they’re playing games to put Mondale on the ballot as late as possible. There seems to be a pattern here, from Florida and Missouri in 2000, to New Jersey and Minnesota this year.

The Democrats win elections the old fashioned way–any damned way they can, and to hell with the law or decency…

[Update a couple minutes later]

Instantman shows that those Dems sure know how to partythrow a wake.

[Update at 10 PM PST]

It occurs to me that Dick Cheney must be wiping his brow in relief that he didn’t have to attend this macabre Demfest.