Comments on: A Thank You To Sen. Russ Feingold…

By: boogiecheck

boogiecheck — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:40:34 +0000

I called Feingold’s office to thank him for his efforts. The guy answering said that Feingold “has not made a statement” whether he was going to filibuster or not. I thanked him and said if he does, to please bring up the connection between illegal wiretapping and the Nixon Administration and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Christy, thank you for your efforts, as well. Wishing good health to you and yours.

By: libbyliberal

libbyliberal — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:31:47 +0000

Feingold is my Frank Capra real life hero!

By: MatthewGrimm

MatthewGrimm — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:39:13 +0000

sigh indeed. just on the merits of where he has stood in these dark times, and that he stood firm and unwaveringly, i’d been urging Feingold ‘08 on my site.

nobody has been a greater defender of what the party is supposed to stand for — in fact nobody has been better, PERIOD — than Russ. i know he’s not Mr. Charisma or anything, but vote-by-vote, there is no better representative of the people in the U.S.

back when I lived in New York and my senators were persistent dicks, I used to write him on policy and draconian “national security” matters as if my own senator, because it seemed he was a lonely voice still speaking for us.

By: TheRealityBasedDave

TheRealityBasedDave — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:06:36 +0000

Feingold - one real liberal senator. The rest of the dems? spineless jellyfish. Worthless blood-suckers.

sigh…

By: dakine01

dakine01 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:06:04 +0000

Jane’s a couple three flights up with Bob Barr

By: ubetchaiam

ubetchaiam — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:39:49 +0000

“Obama Does Not Support Return Of Fairness Doctrine”
http://www.mediachannel.org/wo.....-doctrine/

By: cboldt

cboldt — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:26:02 +0000

Heh – the House is adjourning at the end of today – that augurs for “no amendment will pass in the Senate” … or else this is deferred to after recess.

If an amendment is passable, Reid won’t hold the Senate in session through the weekend. I wouldn’t speed up complete passage anyway, so why tinker with the recess.

By: ubetchaiam

ubetchaiam — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:24:45 +0000

Warner arguing for ‘trust the government’ is amazing given he’s a Republican; and none of those speaking about citizen’s not being prevented from suing by HR6304 is so disingenous as to be laughable. NO mention of ’state secrets’ or ’standing’ by proving ahead of time harm done or the difference between civil and criminal findings of ‘guilt/culpability’.
And yet they think this is more important than helping poor people get health care.

By: angie

angie — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:15:01 +0000

How I wish he would have spoken about our human rights and our ~~dictator~~ President.

By: SunnyNobility

SunnyNobility — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:10:37 +0000

Christy, as always your close attention to this is deeply appreciated. You go above and beyond.

Russ Feingold didn’t hit my radar until his sole vote against the (then shocking) patriot act. Clearly brilliant and a man of true conviction.

A look at his financial statements convinced me he’s an honest man :-). One of the few critters whose financial statements indicate that he doesn’t run with the big dogs - moderate credit card debt and home mortgages - just like constituents with houses and kids to educate.

He’s beautifully educated (Rhodes scholar if memory serves) and started his career with a fine regional law firm. No doubt he could be a rich man if he’d so chosen. Definitely one of those elusive better democrats.