"Feingoldian backbone" I love it!

[Coexist]

http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=20485
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Is this motion a calculated political move by Feingold? Of course. But it's completely risk-free for him. Even if no other senator signs on, it makes Bush and Senate Republicans look bad, and it separates Feingold from other Senate Democrats, as did his attempted filibuster on PATRIOT. Feingold wants to be elected President in 2008, and to that end he is not only attracting publicity and gaining free media and name recognition, but he is doing something that John Kerry and Al Gore (to pick two random names) did not bother to do before their presidential runs: showing that he can lead, that he will take risky and potentially unpopular actions in service of something he believes is right.

But this is neither risky nor unpopular. On Monday, syndicated liberal talk radio host Ed Schultz, who tends to appeal to a male, red-state Democratic listener more conservative than the audiences of Thom Hartmann or Air America, estimated on air that 90 percent of his listeners would support this. Polls by Zogby -- the only major polling firm that has bothered to ask the question -- have consistently shown that more than half of Americans believe that if Bush broke the law (which he clearly did) he should be impeached. That's a far higher percentage than ever supported the impeachment of Bill Clinton, and rivals the numbers that wanted to impeach Richard Nixon.

For endless reasons, there is tremendous popular anger and frustration with George Bush. Remarkably, it's taken over five years for any Senate Democrat to try to tap into it. Now, one has -- a 2008 presidential aspirant, no less. The question now falls to other Senate Democrats: which side are you on? And so far, predictably, miserably, no other Democratic senator has announced support for Feingold's measure. Most of them have run like scared rabbits. As usual. Which is exactly why, unless there is a magical transference of Feingoldian backbone to his congressional colleagues, and soon, Democrats are not about to win back either house in 2006. Voters will choose incompetent, corrupt leaders over incompetent, corrupt followers every day of the week.

[Swamp Rat]

1. Call your sentators!!

:patriot:

STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT!!!

SUPPORT FEINGOLD!!!

:patriot:

[Coexist]

2. I like your style!

:patriot:

[understandinglife]

3. K&R!

Be The Bu$h Opposition - 24/7 -- I hope this is a simple enough message for those in the Senate and House desperately in need of a "Feingoldian backbone" transplant.

[Squeech]

4. Agreed

The way to make a mark as an opposition party is to oppose. Also, that's what both the base and the independents are clamoring for. What's not to like?

[KnaveRupe]

5. Senator Russ Spinegold. n/t

[EFerrari]

6. Yes!

K&R

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[wordpix2]

11. love it!

[blue neen]

17. That's a great name for him.

It's solid gold! :)

[dogday]

7. Someone has to be the leader

Someone has to have the balls to take a stand... Thank you Russ Feingold...

[Imagevision]

8. Feingold:"Democrats run and hide" when the administration invokes the war

on terrorism. "I'm amazed at Democrats ... cowering with this president's numbers so low," Feingold said.

[Joey Liberal]

9. I agree with Feingold

Why are the Senate Democrats being such wimps on the censure issue?

[Coexist]

10. as it says in the article

"Voters will choose incompetent, corrupt leaders over incompetent, corrupt followers every day of the week."

[Joey Liberal]

12. Yes, sad but true n.t

[jasmeel]

13. Done!

[number6]

14. Feingold a Great and Courageous Man

;) :thumbsup:

[WiseButAngrySara]

15. Precisely why the media is playing up the 'spineless' Dems right now.

They do need Finegoldian backbones. Good article. K & R.

[Trevelyan]

16. Why does the left blogosphere ignore the courageous Congresswoman

Cynthia McKinney? She lost her seat due to hard questioning of the 911 lies which the Repukes had striken from the Congressional Record and she had her comments on Impeachment striken from the Record after Katrina and is posting her censored speeches on RenseSense.com and Infowars and Bellacio. She has made many stands as courageous as Feingold, whom I am in love with but why is McKinney ignored?

http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ga04_mckinney/PrsRls_Vandalized.html===McKinney Returns from Sundance Film Festival to Home 'Toilet Papered' with Videotape

January 30, 2006

Washington, DC - Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney returned from Sundance Film Festival on early Sunday morning only to find that her front yard had been "toilet papered" with vcr tape. "Obviously, someone wants to send a message that they know where I live and can have access to my front yard to do unkind things," said Congresswoman McKinney. "Still, we are pleased with the success of American Blackout at Sundance Film Festival and hope everyone who cares about our country will make a point to see it," McKinney continued.

On Saturday night, American Blackout, which looks at the career of U.S. Representative Cynthia McKinney from Georgia and the historical suppression of black voters in the United States, won a Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award for Documentary Films. The film features interviews with: US Congressional Representatives, John Lewis, Cynthia McKinney, John Conyers, Bernie Sanders, and Stephanie Tubbs-Jones; former US Civil Rights Commissioner & Dean of UC Berkeley's School of Law, Christopher Edley; BBC journalist Greg Palast; and, Van Jones, Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center.

American Blackout is directed by GNN's Ian Inaba, the creator of the controversial pre-election music video for Eminem's "Mosh" (watch the video at:http://gnn.tv/videos/28/ ), and features music from: DJ Shadow, Soulsavers and Thievery Corporation, among others. The incident at McKinney's home has been reported to the police.
http://www.house.gov/mckinney/bio.htm

Left these comments in Cynthia's Guestbook:Thank you for standing up for human rights. I just saw the powerful video of your challenging rumsfeld and myers on 911, dyncor and human trafficking. Wow. If even half our dems were as courageous as you are, the bush regime never would have happened to this great country.

There is a powerful C-SPAN vid of McKinney bitch slapping Rumsfeld and Gen. Myers over 911, DynCorp human trafficking and lies that trillions have gone missing in the Pentagon because their computers "can't communicate with each other at InfoWars.com - can't find the exact address but worth seeing.

[Coexist]

18. I have been in several Cynthia McKinney threads on DU

they usually surface when she has the floor in the House.

Sorry you missed them. They are few and far between. When you get news like the above article, you should post a thread about it.

A lot of threads are started by news articles.

Peace.