Feingold Leads Bipartisan Group of Legislators in Opposing Afghanistan Escalation

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Thank you, Senator Feingold. :patriot:

[LakeSamish706]

1. Thank you indeed Senator Feingold! Now I hope you can stop the funding. n/t

[Thrill]

2. Who are the Republicans on board with him?

[undeterred]

3. So far there is one that I know of:

Senator Feingold was joined by Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA), Walter Jones (R-NC) and Barbara Lee (D-CA) in voicing opposition to a troop increase for Afghanistan.

[Thrill]

12. That is about as bipartisan as it gets these days

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[xiamiam]

4. good for Feingold..I hope this can be stopped..he calls it an error..I agree

Obama didn't do himself, or us a favor with this move... most Americans dont want to nation build in Afghanistan...we want jobs and food and to be able to keep our homes...

[swilton]

5. YES!

:bounce: :applause: That's what a spine lookl like!:woohoo: :kick:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

24. they may classify it as a UFO

[Jefferson23]

6. Glad to hear this! K&R

[midnight]

7. Thanks for posting this undeterred. Right on Sen. Feingold....

Considering the grave domestic problems in this country, going after 100 Al Qaeda with 30,000 troops is not in our National Securities best interest.....

[xiamiam]

8. k

[rtassi]

9. K

[democracy1st]

10. K & R

[ChiciB1]

11. Thank You So Much Senator Russ Feingold! You Hold Our Wishes In

your hands and so many of us are behind you! Much luck, and again thanks for the SPINE!!

[debbierlus]

13. Thank you Senator Feingold. You just earned a campaign donation.

[Dr.Phool]

21. He was my first choice for president.

Then he decided not to run. Shame.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

14. Agree with you

Senator Feingold - please keep speaking out.

K&R

[Mithreal]

15. K&R. Maybe an unspoken goal is to destabilize Pakistan?

[midnight]

18. I would love to hear more about this issue. Anyone have info.?

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[Andronex]

19. Destabilize Pakistan...

Start regional wars, play one country against another, get these nations in increasing debt, sell more weaponry, control the flow of oil, get oil producing regions to secede under western protection for western interest, get the Russian involved in this self destructive exercise, and finally mission accomplished. Yes sounds crazy unless you know a little about history, it's all been done before.

[ima_sinnic]

28. so what? I'm tired of their stinking "goals" in the Middle East that involve bloodshed

what about the GOAL of stabilizing the United States? Our "president" doesn't seem to notice that people are unemployed, dying without health care, losing their homes, driving on decaying roads and bridges, and becoming more dumb and ignorant with each passing day because of media consolidation in the hands of right-wing loons and impoverished schools.

Why the hell should any of us get behind "destabilizing" Pakistan? Would you volunteer for service in the military to do that?

[Mithreal]

30. I think you misunderstood my comment. I stand with you.

I put the question out there because whenever it is mentioned that our actions are destabilizing Pakistan, it seems the powers that be shrug or we get crickets for a response.

Maybe we are asking the wrong questions.

Again, I stand by your comment. And I misread comments regularly so I can understand.

[ima_sinnic]

38. oops, I apologize

the craziness is making me crazy :blush:

[Mithreal]

39. s'ok

[MissDeeds]

16. K&R

Thanks for speaking up, Senator Feingold.

[valerief]

17. Thanks, Senator. You're fine and golden! nt

[L. Coyote]

20. A sign of sanity inside the beltway! Wage Peace, not War.

Peace can be achieved in a day. War cannot be undone in a lifetime.

[ShortnFiery]

22. Senator Feingold is also looks out for Americans' Civil Liberties. He's a keeper :-)

[AtheistCrusader]

23. Too little too late.

But a nice gesture.

[lumpy]

25. kick

up

[laughingliberal]

26. Very well done. Thank you, Senator Feingold!

[chill_wind]

27. Speech, priorities and a record all too rare in the Party. K & R.

eom

[ima_sinnic]

29. why does he hate Obama?

a hearty recommend for another voice of sanity, along with that of Bernie Sanders, in opposing these godawful, stupid, but undoubtedly politically "convenient" decisions. I mean, bucking the string-pullers must get too uncomfortable. It takes guts to fight for real change, and I guess that's simply lacking where we need it.

[aldo]

31. We must claw the party back from the War Profiteers

There is no opposition party if the Dems are also a War Party. Forget Obama, it's all grassroots now.

[pjt7]

32. COURAGE & PRACTICALITY!

GO RUSS!

[pleah]

33. Feingold voted against the amendment for women's health care.

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/144353/what_to_make_of_feingold's_nay_on_the_women's_health_care_amendment/#more

[undeterred]

36. Thanks for pointing that out.

I found this explanation:

Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold on his Vote for Fiscal Responsibility in the Health Care Bill

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold released the following statement today after voting against an amendment offered by Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), which cost $940 million over ten years:

“I am disappointed that the Senate health care debate has gotten off on the wrong foot. The first amendment voted on would add almost a billion dollars to our budget deficits over the next 10 years. We should make sure health plans cover women’s preventive care and screenings, but we should also find a way to pay for it, rather than adding that cost to the already mountainous public debt. At a time of record deficits, Americans expect fiscal responsibility from their representatives in Congress.”

http://feingold.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=320403

It surprises me that he voted against it. :shrug: A billion for womens health care doesn't seem that unreasonable.

[pleah]

40. I was very disappointed.

:(

[undeterred]

41. Feingold is a progressive

but he is also consistent about being a fiscal conservative. That helps him get votes from conservatives.... and he's up again next year.

[pleah]

42. So that equals throwing women under the bus?

Sad.

[undeterred]

44. He probably knew it would pass anyway

But it isn't a good vote.

[pleah]

45. I hear ya. n/t

[Blue Owl]

34. Thanks Russ!

Russ Feingold makes me proud to be from Wisconsin!

[sallyseven]

35. Take 30,000. troops out of Iraq and send them to

Afghanistan for 1 year and if we need more take another 30,000 out of Iraq until there are none left in Iraq or Afghanistan. Declare victory to pacify the repuks. Then kick Rham Emanuel and the rest of DLC out of the WH. Put everyone on Medicare. Problem solved a lot cheaper.

[cascadiance]

43. THIS is an example of why I wanted Russ to run for president...

... way back when before the primaries started. The man has such a sensible skill for judging issues properly!

[slipslidingaway]

46. knr nt