Even Feingold chastizes McCain campaign

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Feingold chastizes McCain campaign
By Craig Gilbert
Monday, Oct 13 2008, 07:47 PM
Washington -- In a brief statement released Monday evening by his political committee, Senate Democrat Russ Feingold took his longtime friend and colleague John McCain to task for the "tactics and rhetoric" of his recent campaign, an apparent reference to ads and statements from the McCain camp aimed at Obama's character and personal associations.

Feingold is an Obama supporter, but unlike many Democrats, he has by and large avoided taking shots at McCain during the campaign. In fact, he took flak from liberal activists and bloggers after he praised McCain's independence from President Bush and the GOP in an early August interview with the Journal Sentinel. The two worked closely for years on a major bipartisan overhaul of the campaign finance laws.

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"In a closely fought campaign like the Presidential race, elements of either side can get caught up in the emotions of the contest. This is especially true during stressful economic times. I heard Senator McCain help tamp down the rhetoric at a recent town hall meeting.

"Regrettably, he needs to do more of that. An energetically waged campaign can all too easily slip over into something hateful and dangerous, and everyone from the candidate on down needs to do whatever it takes to stop that. It won't seem credible for the John McCain I know to say his campaign should be respectful, while seeming to look the other way as his campaign employs certain tactics and rhetoric which apparently are intended to appeal to the fears of some Americans."



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