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Sen. Russ Feingold Tells It Like It Is

Lately, my outspoken opinions about the U.S. Democrats have been scathing, referring to them as "spineless" and "incapable of finding their voice" (and a few more, less than complimentary comments). However, there is one Democrat whom these descriptions do not fit: Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin. During the Gonzales hearing on February 6, Feingold grilled the Attorney General for misleading the Senate during his confirmation hearings last January. But he didn't stop at Gonzales.

The following day, this intrepidly vocal Senator went after Gonzales' boss, the Prez himself. On the Senate floor on February 7, Feingold said: The NSA “program is breaking the law, and this President is breaking the law. Not only that, he is misleading the American people in his efforts to justify his program.”

And he took this accusation to its logical conclusion, or at least partly there: “When someone breaks the law, when someone misleads the public in an attempt to justify his actions, he needs to be held accountable. The President of the United States has broken the law. The President of the United States is trying to mislead the American people. And he needs to be held accountable.”

Read the rest here, also the full text of Senator Feingold's speech:
"Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold on the President's Warrantless Wiretapping Program"
(As Prepared for Delivery from the Senate Floor)

From Matthew Rotschild, Editor, The Progressive

posted by Annamarie at 3:12 AM