FEINGOLD: "I Will NOT Vote For Anything That President Could Read As Authorization To Continue War"

[kpete]

Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold
On the Current Democratic Proposal to Repeal the Iraq War Authorization
February 27, 2007

“I am working to fix the new proposal drafted by several Senate Democrats, which at this point basically reads like a new authorization. I will not vote for anything that the President could read as an authorization for continuing with a large military campaign in Iraq. Deauthorizing the President’s failed Iraq policy may be an appropriate next step if done right, but the ultimate goal needs to be using our Constitutionally-granted power of the purse to bring this catastrophe to an end.”

http://feingold.senate.gov/~feingold/statements/07/02/20070227.htm

[phantom power]

1. The country wants this. Why won't the other Dems get behind Feingold??

I just don't get it.

[Vidar]

7. No bribes or corruption involved.

[goddess40]

16. There is the two divorce thing

not that it would matter to the Dems but the right wingers would make a huge deal out of it, though it wouldn't matter if it was Rudy!

[LSK]

2. K&R

Why couldnt Russ be running for Pres....

[goddess40]

3. I'm going to a steering committee meeting for Russ in two hours

Is there anything you want me to bring up?

I'm torn on the Russ for President - I love having him as our senator!

[Horse with no Name]

10. The one thing that Russ has

The ground he walks is golden. He has a high horse that he alone can ride because HE WAS ALWAYS AGAINST THE WAR.
It would excite me if he would run for President ALMOST as much as it would excite me if Gore would run.

[kiahzero]

11. Could you ask him how he plans to get 50 - 60 votes?

I'm all for bringing this war to an end as soon as possible, but I'm against letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.

[cascadiance]

15. Make sure he's available to be Mr. Gore's running mate after the primaries!

That way he can both be a full time senator the next two years AND be in a position of leadership in 2009 where we need him!

[MessiahRp]

4. Damn the other Senate Dems who are helping Bush with this

This is exactly why so many people DON'T vote Democrat. We're viewed as the party without a spine. Either you're a Republican or you're not. To the average voter that's how black and white it is. When you go with the right wing on a very unpopular war how are you different to the non-political than the Republicans who would do the same thing?

Might as well vote for a real Republican than.

People went to the polls to vote against this war and instead we're giving them DINO shit.

Rp

[CrazyOrangeCat]

5. K&R

[Hubert Flottz]

6. K&R for

Gore/Feingold 16 years of democrats in the White House might repair the harm Bush has done.

[montanacowboy]

9. I second that

Gore/Feingold the only two men of real integrity who can clean up the shit storm that the repukes have brought down around us

And they can do it; all we need is for Al to run and ask Russ to be VP; everything will be history after that.

Can anyone imagine Rudy or Mr. Morman beating this duo? or, laffable, Newt? and forget lump faced McCain

[kimmerspixelated]

8. Russ Rocks!

[DianaForRussFeingold]

12. K&R,Thank You for posting this! I really love Russ Feingold! I hope he knows he is our HERO!

This video shows the joy of troops arriving in the arms of their loved ones after the short Iraq war in 1991. Set to Bette Midler's "Wind beneath my wings' I THINK OF RUSS FEINGOLD EVERY TIME I HEAR THIS SONG, This is what I want to see for our troops! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYHcY-oH12M

[left is right]

20. I don't know if I have ever seem RF,

If this is him, he is an absolute hunk!!! We could put out a calendar: "The Men of the Democratic Party." The only problem would be deciding whether RF or Wes Clark should be Mr. January. Just goes to show you that the sexiest men are men of great character, as well as smart.

[mmonk]

13. That's what I'm talking about.

Go Russ.

[spanone]

14. YES! Senator Feingold. YES!

:argh:

[madrchsod]

19. here`s another guy who would be proud of russ

http://www.fightingbob.com/aboutbob.cfm
Fighting Bob - about us

[madrchsod]

17. russ rules!

maybe a good vp canidate for obama?

[johnnydrama]

18. Feingold is the answer

Russ Feingold is the answer to all the crap you hear from Congresspeople.

All the junk about the war authorization, if I knew then what I knew now...I was lied to...

Russ Feingold knew!

Everything about the Patriot Act. I didn't know what it was until it was too late...

Russ Feingold knew!

Or even, I had to vote for it, because everybody else did.

Russ didn't.