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The indisputable fact that many people despise the President and his men does not make them guilty of every imaginary crime. I remember Paul Wellstone very well, and he was the sort of politician Russ Feingold has always wanted to be--outspoken and effective. But he was also capable of the same sleazy behavior, and bedeviled with the same sort of ethical lapses, as so many other successful political leaders. Character is not a requirement for popularity. And it is now very easy to create, from whole cloth, an image of Paul Wellstone as he never was--after all, it would be unseemly to attack a dead man.

So I'll not lead such an attack. I'll simply remind you that populistamerica.com has its own agenda, and will readily distort any image to advance their illusions. They don't even have any respect for the late senator from Minnesota.