I was looking for material for Harry Welty to use in his debate with Rod Grams and Jim Oberstar on Almanac on Twin Cities Public TV on Friday, October 13. I think he should be taking the high ground instead of all the finger-pointing that is going on. Although they are striving for a seat in the House of Representatives (8th District, Minnesota), they should keep in mind the idea that the U.S. Senate has been called the "greatest deliberative body in the world". You can't deliberate if you take fixed positions and put down those who have other positions.
The first quote I looked at was by Sen. Margaret Chase Smith in June 1950. Although her words apply to the witch hunts that had already started against citizens, they apply equally to the blame against members of the opposition parties.
