Friday, January 18, 2008

Russ Feingold--An Elitist Who Hates Working People

That's the only explanation for it, isn't it? Senator Russ Feingold, once known as a progressive champion for leading the fight against the war in Iraq, torture, and government corruption, is obviously really an elitist who hates working people.

He isn't yet endorsing a Presidential candidate:

I'm having a hard time deciding between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, as are many people. Those are the two I take the most seriously.

I go back and forth, to be honest with you. I'm torn on this whole issue of who's more likely to be progressive and really seek change vs. who's ready to do the job today. It really is a true dilemma in my mind.


But what about Edwards? He's progressive, isn't he?


The one that is the most problematic is (John) Edwards, who voted for the Patriot Act, campaigns against it. Voted for No Child Left Behind, campaigns against it. Voted for the China trade deal, campaigns against it. Voted for the Iraq war … He uses my voting record exactly as his platform, even though he had the opposite voting record.


When you had the opportunity to vote a certain way in the Senate and you didn't, and obviously there are times when you make a mistake, the notion that you sort of vote one way when you're playing the game in Washington and another way when you're running for president, there's some of that going on.


Oh, come on Senator! You know that any discussion of the discrepancies between Edwards' rhetoric and his voting record is just snobbery on your part! Of course he's made the change from conservative Southern Democrat to the Second Coming of Huey Long in only a short time, politics had NOTHING to do with it!

Well Senator Feingold, I guess we'll just have to add you to the list of people who are involved in a massive conspiracy to suppress THE PEOPLE and keep John Edwards from the Presidency!

3 comments:

LeftWingCracker said...

And he's a commie bastard, too....

Obviously you didn't see the Chris Bowers post at OpenLeft stating that the longer Edwards stays in, the more it helps Obama.

GoldnI said...

No, I did see that, but I don't check OpenLeft 100 times a day the way I do with Daily Kos.

I've never said, at any point during this, that Edwards ought to drop out. I never bought into the "Edwards = Nader" argument (if for no other reason than because Nader has been way more consistent over the years). I don't particularly care for Edwards, and some of his supporters (not you, others) pretty much set themselves up to be made fun of. But I'm well aware that he hurts Hillary more than he hurts us.

That being said, if he does get enough delegates to make a difference at the convention, I do hope he wouldn't screw over Obama just out of spite.

Sean Braisted said...

Goldni,

This just shows what a misogynistic sexist you are. Clearly, you hate John Edwards because he is a man...there is no other logical reason for it.