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September 17, 2009

Russ Feingold

The junior Senator from my home state has made the news a couple of times in surprising ways recently. First, he was willing to oppose Cap and Tax if Wisconsin was unfairly burdened by it (it would be) and now he's joined the Anti-Czar chorus. Well, maybe not the anti-czar chorus but definitely the not-anti-anti-czar chorus.

This reminds me that I've been meaning to say something about Russ Feingold for a while.

I like him.

Don't get me wrong, I disagree with him 99% of the time and don't even get me started on that ridiculous McCain-Feingold bullshit*. Just, he's something you don't see nearly enough of in politics: genuine.

No matter how vehemently you disagree with the man, you know what he's promoting and saying is his honest, deep opinion. He doesn't bullshit people and he doesn't angle for political advantage (generally). Sure, he's about as far to the left as you can be in American politics without being labelled a communist but guess what, he's not a communist. Unlike many liberals who try more moderate approaches to ease us toward their socialist goals, he isn't anything more extreme than he appears to be.

I guess what I'm saying is, if we had more like him on both sides of the aisle we'd be a lot better off. I'd rather have a bunch of people I know I disagree with tell it to me straight than a bunch of lying bastards I think I agree with blow smoke up my ass.

* - Of course, TWO OTHER BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT were supposed to stop that travesty from going into effect but didn't because... I don't know, they were retarded that day.

Posted by: Moron Pundit at 03:42 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
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1 You picked a hell of a day to quit drinking.

Posted by: EC at September 17, 2009 04:54 PM (iWj1i)

2 Just to be clear, I vote against him every time and even worked on the campaign of his opponent.

Doesn't mean I don't like him. I just don't want him to win.

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