Feingold was a hero when he voted against the Patriot Act,

[LittleClarkie]

a villain when he voted for Condi, a hero when he suggested a timetable for getting out of Iraq, and now a villain again for his vote for Roberts.

"But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away..."

[Richard Steele]

1. Feingold should ditch expediency and grow some PRINCIPLES!

Edit because I forgot THIS: :sarcasm:

[Zynx]

3. I do hope that was sarcastic.

You find a more principled senator. I dare you.

[LittleClarkie]

5. Double dog dare

A-yep. He's a maverick. He marches to his own tune. Which means sometimes he follows his own beat and not even the parties.

Expedient would have been a vote AGAINST Roberts, not for. Expedient would have been a vote AGAINST Ashcroft as well, at least as far as the liberals and progressives in his party would be concerned.

[Richard Steele]

8. Sorry, I forget the sarcasm smiley sometimes!

[Nederland]

2. The problem is that Feingold

is an independent, and people here want him to be a lockstep Democrat.

[serryjw]

14. Feingold, Boxer, DK .....and of course

Wellstone all have integrity and vote the way we like but most of OUR leaders marches lock step with the DLC and they like being wealthy, Feingold doesn't care that he isn't.

[KitchenWitch]

4. The heroes and villains around here change like Minnesota weather

It is really hard to keep up.

[LizMoonstar]

13. all too true.

it breaks my heart some days that nothing and no one is ever good enough for people around here.

[KitchenWitch]

18. Me too

Like any of us is perfect.

[Qibing Zero]

6. The problem is simply that he's too trusting of people.

If you listened to him during his ending statement on Roberts, you'd realize just how much of his decision was done on a personal basis.

It's not any of this 'party lines' bullshit, because honestly most of us here are outside the Democratic party lines as the big shots see it. =P

[LittleClarkie]

9. Definitely not a party line guy

Whatever he based his decision on, it wasn't necessarily politics. The Pat vote should have proved that.

[LynneSin]

7. Don't forget he voted for Ashcroft too

Sorry, I'm sick of this "Feingold's shit doesn't stink let's make him president" crap.

I've gotten more crap about my senator Joe Biden about anything and everything and yet Joe has voted against the radical Bush nominees AND stuck with all the filibusters against radical judges.

Btw, personally I don't want Biden as president either but I'm just saying!

[LittleClarkie]

11. I don't see that phrase anywhere in my post

I'm not saying his shit doesn't stink. And I'm not saying let's make him president (I'm a Kerrycrat, actually). But I'm sick of the vote rollercoaster. He's up, he's down, he's up, he's down. He'll be up again, I'm sure.

And when Joe is a good boy, as with Roberts, Joe gets a cookie. At least from me, anyway. And when he's a glory hound, he doesn't get a cookie.

I am alittle partial however, as he is my Senator, and he shares the bumper of my car with ol' Johnny.

[LynneSin]

12. I'm not saying you in particular are saying this stuff

I'm just saying that over the years I've been hearing it about Feingold but when we needed his vote we didn't get it. I say it's time to get him off the judiciary committee and get someone on there that will stick with the democrats when it comes to radical appointees

[zapp]

10. The problem with most dems in the congress is that they have no balls!

Russ is ok, but the reality is that we are not fighting the GOP like they fought us! They were united in opposition to Dem actions. We have to be united in oppostition to them!

[incapsulated]

15. It's not that simple

I had a good deal of respect for Feingold because of previous principled stands. I never made him a "hero", though.

But I do draw the line, a deep, hard line, when it comes to lifetime appointments to the SCOTUS, especially as Chief Justice. There is no excuse to me for this, I don't want to hear any bullshit about "strategy" either. A vote on an Act that can be overturned, a Cabinet position that will eventually be vacated, these things aren't in the same league. Not to me. I won't forgive or forget anyone, even those I have had respect for, that votes for this POS.

[pstans]

16. Feingold's vote for Condi, Roberts, and Ashcroft are all on principles

He believes that the President should have the right to nominate the people he wants for the job.

I really like Feingold and support him in 08, but I do not agree with him on that. I think after the failure of Brown and FEMA you should be a little harder on the nominees and if you believe that the President should have the right to nominate the people they want for the job then Feingold should have called Kerry or Gore and asked them.

You do have to repsect him for being a principled leader, though. I would compare this aspect of Feingold to Bu$h himself. Bu$h said that you might not agree with his policies, but at least you know where he stands on the issue. The same could be said for Feingold, but I usually agree with him on the issues.


http://www.russforpresident.com/

[gumby]

17. I will not vote nor work for Feingold again. Period.

The thing that makes me the angriest is his "principled" stance that the Resident has privilege on his nominations. I call Bullshit!!

Does Feingold think that Bush actually "won" in 2000 or 2004? If he does, he is stupid beyond belief. If he knows Bush didn't "win" and still defers to the office, then he is betraying The People. Phooie!