Sen. Russ Feingold continues to drool all over McCain

Thanks for all your help Russ! Do you mind keeping your mouth shut until after November?


http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=781576

"I think the guy calls 'em as he sees 'em, and as president would call 'em as he sees 'em, and would make people mad all over the place because it wouldn't fit anybody's playbook," said Feingold, who teamed up with McCain to rewrite federal campaign laws.

"He would be very original," Feingold said.

Those are not exactly Democratic talking points.

In fact, while Feingold supports his fellow Democrat Barack Obama for president, he continues to express (when asked) his affection and admiration for McCain, even in ways that deviate from his party's core strategy against the Arizona Republican, which is to paint him as a clone of President Bush, and a "maverick no more."

Feingold calls McCain "very original" and a "maverick by nature." McCain's own TV ads call him the "original maverick."

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I guess it's the clubby Senate thing.

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The stated goal of the Obama campaign and DNC is to refute that?

Not good.

I can see that him and McCain are friends. No one is asking Feingold to go kamikaze on McCain, but just refrain from praising the Dem's opponent! It's almost like he's countering all of Obama's ads.

All we need is for McCain to capture Feingold on tape drooling all over him, then put out a commercial with Feingold talking about how great McCain is.

we're supposed to be casting out Feingold because he refused to betray his friendship with McCain.

We have bigger problems.

there are a few asses that need to be kicked to the curb.

Feingold is one of the few Democrats that are actually worth a damn. Man, the Democratic Party blows from every direction...

The McCain of 2000 is not the same McCain of 2008. So which McCain is Feingold referring to? McCain has no principles. He's flipped on practically every issue to satisfy the wingnuts. And he's supposed to be a maverick and an "original"? Gimme a freaking break!!!

Feingold knows (as most everyone knows) that the Democrats and the republicans are not far apart on every issue (they aren't far apart on very many issues). The voters are whipped into frenzies against the other parties candidates, but the professional politicians all belong to the same club - regardless of Party affiliation. That is why, so often, the real group that seems to be opposing what is best for the citizenry is the group known collectively as "elected officials" of any stripe...

feather and tar him. Stone him as well, just to make sure.

Feingold very well. A very reliable democrat and if you think he should be kicked to the curb because of his friendship with mccain, it's your problem, not his.

Yes, I'd rather that Russ be a little harder on McCain, but the two of them do have a history together.

and 100% negative for any challenger?????

That is why hannity and limbaugh sound so ridiculous - there is absolutely no room for anything positive for a challenger or any criticism of the nominee.

Why is any semblence of objectivity met with vitriol, insults, and the like?

Can you not come up with one positive thing to say about mccain and still vote for obama?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=6621104

And the DNC for good measure. They're trying to sabotage this election for some reason, and it stinks to high heaven. Feingold is a real disappointment.

He didn't take a stand in his own state primary (even though Hillary crapped all over his campaign finance reforms before she held her nose and voted for them) and he's still hedging his bets.

"I'd rather have Obama for many, many reasons," Feingold said, citing his deep differences with McCain over foreign policy, health care and civil liberties, and his belief that Obama could be an inspirational president"

That sounds like McCain would favor the party-line Repukes over most of his views.

by Obama (never mind that it is seriously flawed, and McCorpse is circumventing it himself), and so he's being jealous and petty, extracting a little revenge.

from the DC press. Gee - wonder why the mediawhores would do that when Mc-Fein was just a series of compromises that ended up so diluted they have little muscle against the corporate election machines.

you have to wonder if he really supports Obama.

people are trashing Obama for voting for FISA, which CAN BE CHANGED!! We are stuck with Roberts for the next 30 years at least!!

So now Obama goes against the Establishment's grain by refusing to take lobbyist or PAC money! His plan is democracy in the making.

I have to wonder whether Feingold is a little jealous just like the rest of him. Here it is Obama putting Feingolds words to action, and he goes and praises McSame who is the biggest violator of campaign finance laws and the biggest gift to lobbyists?!?!?

Come on, Russ! I'm disappointed in you!!!

Thank you, that is all.

manage to dig dirt up on them as if to try to disquaify them. I've seen it with pretty much every name mentioned for VP.

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Good lord. You must be getting whiplash from the knee-jerking.

I for one would LOVE for Feingold to be the VP choice, but then again I am an unabashed Liberal. You did hit the nail on the head with your comment though, this discord follows on the heels of the previous weeks postings regarding Feingold as a potential VP pick. Too many DUers were for such a pick so this is the "have to circumvent that movement" crew coming on with their rebuttal.

Is this not really, really important, Russ?

Feingold is a great Democrat and no matter how much you morons jump up and down and scream about his tepid description of McCain being a "sellout", it isn't. I have no doubt that some of these posts are from idiot Freepers.

Anyone trashing Russ Feingold as not a good democrat is a moron - pure and simple.

Do you have a DEM Senator who has gone against Dubya for almost 7 years? I do and that man is Russ Feingold!

I do not like the Russ has said this, but people have a right to like or dislike others and say so. His not trashing McCain DOES NOT AFFECT HIS VOTING!!!

Why don't you spend your time trashing your Senators and helping to get DEMS elected to YOUR STATE!

This article doesn't say these quotes came from a new interview. I have seen a couple of articles from different writers in the last couple of days that mention compliments from Feingold about JSM III.

Those compliments could easily have been compiled from statements made within the last ten years. None of the quotes mention a particular time, nor are they "in response to my question he said."

I think the RNC wanted to slip some "Democratic leaders compliment JSM III" into the media now to complement their ad of HRC saying JSM III has the experience and BHO just has a speech from 2002.

I'm sure Feingold said lots of nice things about JSM III when they were trying to get McCain Feingold passed.

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Russ beats to his own drum. That's a problem with him sometimes. Honestly, I see him as seeing his legacy tied to McCain in jeopardy with the McCain-Feingold legislation... which McCain has tossed down the toilet.

be careful how you use the word, "maverick" to describe someone you admire. Although it often can be, it doesn't have to be a compliment at.all. Be aware of that Senator Feingold or you'll sound foolish.