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> We definitely need to support someone who actually has a track record for this. Ahem. Russ Feingold is best known for his collaboration with John McCain on c
by jkestner 13y ago
> We definitely need to support someone who actually has a track record for this.
Ahem. Russ Feingold is best known for his collaboration with John McCain on campaign finance reform, but was the only senator to vote against the Patriot Act the first time (joined by a few others the second time). Voted against the Iraq war. One of 3 Democrats to vote against Geithner as Treasury secretary. Fought pork, returned his raises to the government. Voted against dismissal of impeachment charges for Clinton, brought a resolution to censure George W. Bush for illegal wiretapping. After losing his seat to a Tea Partier, he formed a PAC, Progressives United, which has opposed Citizens United, Wall Street and SOPA, and calls out the Democrats when their spine softens, but was just shipped off to an African ambassadorship.
Etc. I love this guy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Feingold http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Feingold
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- rdl 13y agoWatching him argue against the Patriot Act in 2001 on C-SPAN is pretty interesting: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/appearance/596265765 http://www.c-spanvideo.org/appearance/596265765 Essentially every bad thing he hypothesized has come to pass.