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24 June 2008
I ♥ Russ Feingold
I ♥ Russ Feingold, here speaking at the New America Foundation:
Why couldn't he be our president? I suppose the country would sooner vote for a black centrist in progressive clothing, a woman centrist in center-right clothing or an intellectually bankrupt senatorial hack who's spent the last thirty-five years dining out on his wartime captivity and unrepentent warmongering than for a scrupulously straightforward, maverick Jewish liberal.
Update: If not Feingold, how about this guy? Chris Dodd is another hero of mine. He and Feingold are pledged to filibuster the FISA abomination. The latest has Reid suggesting that he may push consideration of the bill to after the 4th of July recess. If so, patriots have more time to push back against Dems determined to sell out their constituents and our Constitution. Let's get to it.
Posted by Chiaroscuro _ on June 24, 2008 at 11:57 AM in Congress Watch, Election '08, Scoundrel Time, War of Words | Permalink
Comments
Why not Russ Feingold, indeed? He is the best of the best. Maybe too smart, too sane and far too practical to swim in those muddy presdential waters.
Posted by: Ellen Dana Nagler | Jun 24, 2008 11:06:17 PM
Also, maybe he puts the needs of his country before the needs of his ego. Just sayin' ---
Posted by: Ellen Dana Nagler | Jun 24, 2008 11:08:20 PM
"Also, maybe he puts the needs of his country before the needs of his ego."
Bingo.
Supposedly he had toyed with the idea of running and rejected it, for whatever reason. Dodd ran, but I don't think he expected to be a top contender. Neither of them demonstrate the overweening ego that is the first qualification for a successful presidential run.
Posted by: Chiaroscuro | Jun 25, 2008 1:12:46 AM
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