Posted by
KsReaganite on Thursday, March 05, 2009 7:34:32 PM
Rarely do I have reason to admire Democrats; rarer still is an occasion where I compliment a liberal Democrat. A piece of news today, however, reminded me why Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) is a lib Dem worthy of respect, if not admiration. In the last eight years, Feingold has twice done the things that, in the context of time and his constituency, were very courageous and very honorable. In 2001, he was the only one of 100 men and women who stood up against the Patriot Act in the Senate, objecting to its provisions that threatened civil liberties. Mind you, that was in the aftermath of 9/11 attacks when even so called liberal 'lions' like Kenendy and Leahy were meek domesticated felines when it came to civil liberties. Fast forward to today, Feingold became one of two Democrats to openly oppose the pork laden 2009 budget of a very popular president of his own party, citing the financial irresponsibility of the same. Even some Republicans-namely RINOs like Susan Collins and Arlen Specter-have not had the guts to oppose this Presiden't financial overreach.
Russ Feingold..liberal or not..Shakespeare would have said 'here was a man'. Political courage...what a novel idea.