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[redqueen]

Sorry
*sigh*

[IndianaJones]

1. his recent statements are strange to say the least. what is he trying to pull? nt

[Yael]

15. Attention ho'ing

[Lautremont]

2. Did he mean the Bush Administration was a mistake?

[redqueen]

4. I edited the OP to include the quote.

*sigh*

:(

[fenriswolf]

3. a mistake implies that the action was not done on purpose.

[redqueen]

5. Does he think those 935 lies were accidental?

[fenriswolf]

7. why would he refer to them as mistakes otherwise?

they accidently didn't tell us the truth 935 times.

[no name no slogan]

6. I guess it's more polite than "major-league fuck-up"?

Id' say they're MUCH more than "mistakes".

[MADem]

8. Maybe, just maybe, he's an adult.

And the lawyer in him isn't going to call anything a crime without a conviction?

He's been in the Senate long enough to understand what a blowback effect "intemperate language" can have. He's a pro, not a piker.

[redqueen]

9. Yeah sorry...

I'm just really burned about that 'y'all are bein taken in' shit.

Sorry.

[PeaceNikki]

10. Thank you!

Russ is a highly intelligent man - and a real friend to the progressive movement. The attacks on him for stating his opinion and then picking apart his words are silly.

[PeaceNikki]

11. redqueen

Read this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Feingold-Democratic-Sanford-D-Horwitt/dp/141653492X/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201310190&sr=8-1

Seriously. This is a good man and one of the best friend's to the progressive movement that we could dream of.

[redqueen]

12. I know he is Nikki...

and I'm sorry for my overreaction...

[PeaceNikki]

13. And I think that's why

it kinda hurts that he's harshly criticizing a candidate you support. Because he is intelligent and he is a true progressive in a world where there are few...

Honestly, that book is an amazing read. The first 2 sentences are quite literally "Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was livid. Her face turned red and her angry words were aimed directly at Russ Feingold."

[redqueen]

14. That just makes it harder to take... why does he consider Clinton

more of a safe bet for progressives than Edwards?

It just doesn't make any sense at all...

[PeaceNikki]

16. I don't think he is excited about ANY of the potential nominees at all.

And I don't think he'll even endorse anyone in the primaries.

The issue in the book that pissed Clinton off was campaign finance reform. Clinton and the Democratic party was addicted to "soft money".

Feingold believed so strongly in changing the system that he called "legalized bribary" that he risked his Senate seat in 1998 by following a self-imposed ban on soft money and gave his opponent a HUGE advantage. But he won by 35,000 votes anyway.

[redqueen]

17. I admire his actions throughout his career...

I just wish he could have restrained himself from trashing Edwards... the guy's polling at what... around 12% nationally?

What's the fucking point? Why do that? Do we really need more pols alienating dem voters? Whether it's pols implying that some candidates are racists... or some supporters are being fooled... it's just fucked up.

I know we'll all unite in the end... but this sucks... it really does.