MsCunt (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

I LOVE FEINGOLD!!!!!

entity3sf (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

I am not as liberal as Feingold but this guy is really impressive. He says and votes his conscience, no matter what the party or anyone else thinks. I can think of no other Politician about whom I can say the same.

echatterwa (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Well, Feingold is as effective as he can be, but effectiveness ultimately depends on the will of other senators to cooperate.And Wellstone, though a great progressive, wasn't any more effective than Feingold. He wasn't able to stop the Iraq war authorization from passing, and he actually voted for the Patriot Act. Would you call him the "Robin Hood of the Senate" as well?

WarzSchoolchild (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

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solcitynavigater (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Yes, he's a special guy, but he's no real threat to the Neo-Con agenda. If he was as effective as Paul Wellstone he'd fly into a hillside too.Have you been keeping track of the Obama airplane anomalies? Mechanical trouble, flying in to the wrong airport? That's funny, right?He's the Robin Hood of the senate. His rebellion is enough to keep us contained by making us feel we're being represented. It's a role he plays very well, as you so accurately pointed out.I'm underwhelmed.

echatterwa (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

And I may add that Feingold advocates all of these progressive positions not as a senator from a safely blue state such as New York or Vermont, but from a swing state like Wisconsin, where Gore and Kerry each won by less than half a percentage point.Now that's what I call a truly principled and courageous progressive.

echatterwa (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

(continued from last post)Feingold was the first senator to introduce a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq, pushing the Senate to adopt timelines and to defund the war with several bills he introduced. He was the first senator to call for censure of Bush after the illegal wiretapping program was revealed. And of course, he has a 100% progressive record on economic and social issues as well. As you can see, Feingold has not only consistently voted like a true progressive, he is also a leader.

echatterwa (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Please check the Senate record. Feingold was the absolute staunchest opponent of the FISA bill and he led the filibuster of it. Unfortunately, the filibuster collapsed in the cloture vote by a margin of 72-26. And before you snidely insult Feingold, please educate yourself about his Senate record. Feingold was the only member of the Senate to vote against the Patriot Act, at great risk to his political career. He has been consistently the staunchest opponent of the Iraq war,

rye419 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

I <3 Feingold. one of the last true representatives of THE PEOPLE.

decieveusnot9 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

The smirking chimp and his telecom friends are so happy, they can hardly contain themselves. If this immunity bill doesn't enlighten the electorate as to corporate ownership of government, nothing will. If I understand this, we pay the telecoms for their services and pay taxes to run the government. The government then pays the telecoms, with our tax money, to spy on communication, that we have paid the telecoms for. We shouldn't be shocked, we have been paying for our destruction for years.