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pstans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-15-05 07:52 PM
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Feingold now has numbers on his side
Edited on Thu Dec-15-05 07:53 PM by pstans
He was a minority of one four years ago, when the Wisconsin Democrat cast the lone Senate vote against the USA Patriot Act in the traumatic weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks. The law, he said then, gave government too much power to investigate its citizens. Ninety-nine senators disagreed.

Now add more than two dozen senators to Feingold's side, including the leaders of his party and some of the chamber's most conservative Republicans, and the balance of power shifts.


Feingold finds himself with some unlikely allies, including the Christian Defense Coalition. Notably, the National Rifle Association has not endorsed the Patriot Act renewal that was personally negotiated by Vice President Dick Cheney. The NRA's non-position allows its Senate supporters to oppose renewing the law in its entirety. "Folks, when we're dealing with civil liberties, you don't compromise them," said Sen. Larry Craig (news, bio, voting record), R-Idaho, an NRA board member.



Entire article is here...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051216/ap_on_go_co/patriot_act


http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/RussforPresident
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-15-05 07:54 PM
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1. YES!!!!!!
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-15-05 07:56 PM
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2. Didn't he also vote against the IWR?
Edited on Thu Dec-15-05 07:58 PM by LSparkle
That's the kind of candidate I want in '08 -- someone who voted against BOTH the Patriot Act AND the IWR. (How about a Feingold/Kucinich ticket?)
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pstans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-15-05 08:00 PM
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4. Yes, he voted against the Iraq War
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 12:52 AM
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10. Go Feingold!
Yes! I'm so excited!
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Pachamama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 11:34 AM
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16. I want Feingold for President...but I'm afraid our "Not so open minded"
country might not be ready for a Jewish President (especially in light of how we are all supposed to be a X-tian nation and such).

But I will say that I have been impressed with Feingold for a very long time. My guess is that we need to have a strong candidate for President and have Feingold as the running mate.

Thoughts?
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pstans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-15-05 08:00 PM
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3. The end of the article is great too!
Whatever happens with the renewal, the mere debate is a boost for Feingold and any presidential aspirations he may nurture after next year's midterm elections — a development that carries some irony.

"People don't go to the well of the Senate and become the only senator to vote against something called the 'USA Patriot Act' five weeks after 9/11 because they're trying to get ready to run for president," Feingold said.

But four years later, during visits to the presidential proving grounds of New Hampshire and Iowa, Feingold says there's evidence his position has resonated with more than just the Democratic base.

"It's something that people like about me," he said. "We'll see where it goes."




http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/RussforPresident
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Pithy Cherub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-15-05 08:10 PM
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5. Senator Feingold understands leadership! Good man!
Standing on principle and sticking with it for years and now more people are willing to join him for the good of the American public. Go Senator:yourock:!
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pstans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-15-05 11:40 PM
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6. After reading this article closer, the reason it is a positive
is that the NRA did not issue a statement one way or another on it. That allowed Senators to actually vote their consciuos and represent the people in their states instead the special interests.
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radio4progressives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-15-05 11:43 PM
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7. Or it could be that Feingold doesn't ask for endorsements
dunno for sure, but this guy seems so principled to me that it would not surprise in the least, if the NRA WANTED to endorse, but was rejected. Feingold is not anti-gun - i'm a progressive and neither am i.

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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 12:54 AM
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11. Right
He does what's right period. Al Gore said a great quote in his 2000 address: "Sometimes you have to do what's right and not what's popular."
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pstans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 09:33 AM
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14. Feingold has been pushing this from the get go
However, people like Senator Craig from ID, who is a NRA board member would have not supported it if the NRA released a statement about it.
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radio4progressives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-15-05 11:45 PM
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8. I have been paying some attention to Feingold and I like what i see
as a Democratic Presidential candidate.

progressive populist, yes that's what what this country needs right now...

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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 12:55 AM
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12. That's what's going to be hard about 2008
There's going to be some tough competition in 2008 and to choose from. Right now I'm probably going to support Kerry (if he runs again), Warner and/or Feingold. So tough to choose from and who knows who else will pop up in the race later on as well.
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Nutmegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-15-05 11:48 PM
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9. I'm impressed
Go Feingold! :patriot:
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ProudBlue08 Donating Member (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 01:09 AM
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13. Way to go
Keep up the hard work Senator Feingold! You're awsome.
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rniel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 10:51 AM
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15. This guy seems good
He'll probably get my vote for president.
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:30 PM
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17. They'll infirtrate his staff and then begin the 'swift-boating' process
Edited on Fri Dec-16-05 02:34 PM by EVDebs
Their insiders, NSA politically-correct neocons, and at CIA/FBI (with it's Mormon hiring preferences, see Aug. 4, 1997 Time Magazine 'Kingdom Come' article by David Van Biema, page 52: "The FBI and CIA, drawn by a seemingly incorruptible rectitude, have instituted Mormon-recruitment plans" ) just are setup to do in anyone who dares speak truth to power.

This stuff has been going on for quite awhile. Let's hope Feingold can root this evil out.

PS: although I'm a big fan of the show, a few episodes ago NCIS (on CBS) did a storyline that had domestic 'terrorists' looked into. I don't know about you but the thought of a repeat of the MLK military intell spying sent chills up my spine. The storyline implied that NCIS could do this as a routine matter without warrants etc. and those other civil liberty 'niceties' that just get in the way of vigilante-ism.
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radio4progressives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:43 PM
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18. Robert Byrd is on the floor now giving Washington HELL for their
anti-American, anti-Constitituional actions.

Feingold is a leader for American Principles and I'm throwing my support towards his candidacy for 2008..

i don't give a goddam about today's Gallop Poll showing HRC as 40% (+) support from Democrats - no one called my house and i don't trust Gallop anyway - they're about anything advancing the Right Wing agenda.
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 05:26 PM
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19. Feingold has my support too. HRC went with the flow on Iraq etc.
Edited on Fri Dec-16-05 05:29 PM by EVDebs
And had her finger in the air instead of showing leadership. Feingold knew what was right and DID it. I could care less if he's been divorced, which is the first thing the neocon rightwingnuts will throw his way.

I hope Feingold's are brass and he fights back, something Kerry SHOULD HAVE done in '04.

He did the right thing and had solid reasoning behind everything he voted on. More than others can say.
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