CNN's Soledad O'Brien Calls Russ Feingold "Crazy"

Don't forget that her mother is Cuban..............and most all of them are Dumbya and Jebby supporters. Feingold has a lot of courage to do what he is doing................even though with a Repug Congress, he's going nowehere with this censure thing.

for having a job on CNN.

I'M SO SICK AND TIRED OF THESE MORON REPUGNANT (W)ITCHES THINKING THEY HAVE A BRAIN !!
SHE'S AS BAD AS THAT DUMB UGLY BLONDE THING WHATS HER SNAKE NAME OH YES ann coulter. THE FACIST PIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Feingold's censure resolution is a start. EVERY DEMOCRATIC SENATOR should be immediately e-mailed and asked to support Feingold's resolution. Here's a copy of my e-mail to my Senators, Boxer and Feinstein:

Dear Senators Boxer and Feinstein:

I urge you to support Russ Feingold’s resolution for censure of President Bush. Bush, so far, has gotten away with “murder” with respect to the illegal wiretapping taking place in the recently discovered NSA program, and, other than the party line vote in the Intelligence Committee last week, the Democrats in Congress have shown little interest in pursuing an investigation.

Democrats, for the last 34 years, since McGovern’s loss in the 1972 election, have been running from the right wing’s mantra of “don’t trust the Democrats on national security.” As a result, over the last 15 or so years, the Democrats have attempted to position themselves as “the same as the Republicans on national security.” Witness Bill Clinton’s aggressive use of military power during his Presidency.

9-11 did change the world, at least insofar as American politics is concerned. For the Democrats to say that “we’re the same as the Republicans” on national security, is to concede the issue entirely to the Republicans. That position will NEVER win an election for Democrats. If “Joe Voter” is most concerned about national security, he may as well vote for the party that has sold itself as the “national security party,” the Republicans.

There’s no question that as long as Karl Rove is around, the Republicans will make EVERY election about national security, regardless of the economy or other domestic issues.

The Democrats need to take a stand on the “War on Terror,” in a way that clearly differentiates them from Bush and the Republicans. Here’s my suggestions on the stand:

First, yes, 9-11 was a terrible thing. But to fear 9-11 is to give short shrift to the far greater threats that this nation faced with World War II and the Cold War. Al Gore stated this in his speech on MLK day, far better than I could. The Democrats need to get the nation beyond infantile fear of 9-11.

Second, the Democrats should emphasize that failure in Iraq is due solely to Bush’s incompetence in conducting the War, especially with respect to troop levels and failure to involve other countries in the post-invasion reconstruction.

Third, as they have recently with the Dubai ports deal, the Democrats need to emphasize that protecting America from another 9-11 is more than just fighting wars in Iraq and perhaps Iran; it’s protecting our borders, our sea ports, our trains, and our nuclear power plants. Diablo Canyon, a nuclear power plant, has no greater protection than any ordinary power plant. What’s to prevent a terrorist from loading a boat with a massive amount of ordinary explosives, and bringing it up the coast, to explode it next to the nuclear plant, perhaps causing a massive radiation leak?

Fourth, the Democrats should come up with a unified strategy for Iran that involves all nations of the world and the U.N., not just a pre-selected “coalition of the willing,” as was done with Iraq.

Fifth, the Democrats need to urge that they are the party that will restore the world’s confidence in the United States as a true beacon of liberty, not the false one that Bush has created. “Winning” the “War on Terror” means holding true to the ideals that made this nation great, including respecting the constitutional right of privacy that the FISA law was meant to protect. The Democrats need to hammer the Republicans in Congress for their blind support of the idiotic and destructive policies of “their” President, in dismantling the prior 50 years of alliances and trust that many Presidents, both Democrat and Republican, had built upon since World War II, and Bush’s dismantling of our Constitution by his illegal acts, including the runup to the Iraq War and the NSA illegal wiretapping.

Democrats cannot simply say on the issue of national security, “we’re the same as Bush and the Republicans.” Nor can they simply ‘nuance’ the discussion, as Kerry attempted to do in the 2004 election. He lost (assuming he did lose, more below) because he failed to articulate a national security position that was truly ‘different’ from Bush.

Obviously, the Democrats should also talk about the domestic issues that the Republicans have made such a mess of, including, in order of importance, health care for all, deficits caused by tax cuts for the wealthy, the flight of manufacturing jobs from the U.S. because of laissez-faire trade policies, and the Republican corruption scandal.

Finally, I contintue to urge that the Democrats need to fix the election system. I know that you are both co-sponsors of the Democrats’ election fix bill, which apparently has languished in committee. As members of the party out of power, you can’t control the agenda. But you need to make very public the issue of restoring confidence in the vote, by demanding a voter-verified paper trail for ALL ballots by this fall’s election. I have no doubt that Bush’s charlatans played with the electronic voting machines in Florida and Ohio, states critical to the Democrats regaining control of Congress and the Presidency, possibly causing Kerry to lose. Unfortunately, those two states, I believe, don’t have state laws guaranteeing a paper trail for ballots counted this fall.

Please support Senator Feingold’s censure resolution.

John Farbstein

I was born a Democrat and will die one, but I do have a right to my opinions and everybody has that right. A third-party is only a smokescreen set forth by people who are
Discouraged with politics or think something or a third-party will do better. The Democratic Party is a party for “ALL” the people; the people we elect are the ones who have strayed from our party beliefs. And to see our Democrat Senators telling us that Feingold is wrong at this time to introducing a bill to Censure Bush! When is a good time? These Democrats are in the wrong Party! I say we should stop donating money to these dead beats tell they start talk and acting like Democrats! And start doing something for the US Citizen for a change instead of just filling their pockets.

OK, people like you give good honest liberals a bad name....

#1: Soledad O'Brien did not even ONCE call Feingold "crazy." Yes, the word came up a couple times during the interview, and each time she made it VERY clear that she was quoting Bill Frist. In fact, she said that "crazy" is Frist's own word more times than she said the word "crazy." Did you actually watch the interview, or did you see someone else post this myth and decide it was juicy enough to spread and call your own?

#2: I am ashamed of everyone here. Did anyone bother to pull up the video of the interview? I doubt it, since my post is the first to make this correction. You can't believe everything you hear and read - especially on the Internet - even if you WANT to believe it. That's what the conservatives do, and we're supposed to be better than that. We're supposed to be the THINKERS. I'm sad to say that liberals are just as guilty of spreading propaganda as any neocon... those of us who care about truth and honor and CHANGE should check references. Frankly, none of us look good when caught spreading lies like this.

#3: People, we need to watch more Fox News. Why? Because you keep your friends close but your enemies closer. I watch FNC so I can intelligibly debate their neutrality with their "base." You never get anywhere or learn anything if you only surround yourself with the ideas you already agree with.

#4: Also, watch more C-SPAN (and C-SPAN2, and C-SPAN3...) Why? Let me put it this way: I'm a cigar smoker. If CNN is a political cigarette, C-SPAN is a political cigar. It's unfiltered, natural, flavorful, and it goes well with scotch. I'm a scotch drinker. Did ANY of you who actually support Feingold's proposed measure WATCH him deliver it? I did, and maybe farbie did. It was kinda sad watching the rest of the Democrats with their thumbs up their asses, and you'd only get that by watching it directly.

#5: To all those who wish to discredit me or attack me: Fuck you. We're on the same fucking side. Bickering like that is what makes us weak. Liberals of all shapes, colors and creeds need to unite to undo the damage that has been done. That means we have to stop tripping on our own words. We have to stop worrying so much about offending people. We have to grow balls and face down our distinguished colleagues on the other side of the aisle. Most of all, we have to stop telling people what they want to hear and just TELL IT LIKE IT IS. That's why I've always supported Feingold, even on the rare occasion that I don't agree with him. Hell, that's why I support Senator McCain, especially on the rare occasion that I agree with him.

#5: While I'm ranting.... people, let's stop with these smoking bans. If anyone here dares call Soledad O'Brien a fascist while supporting a smoking ban, I'll extend a virtual dick-slap through your monitor. Now, I'm not the kind of person who thinks laws should be convenient for businesses, but the hospitality industry is really suffering and people are losing their jobs. I just saw a commercial on TV that said restaurants in Madison, WI saw a 24% boost in business after the smoking ban went into effect... what they neglect to mention is that this doesn't include the restaurants (and bars) that went out of business. Across the board, they average around 35-45% drop in business, which means hundreds of thousands of dollars (and tips) not going to waitstaff. We are supposed to be pro-labor, and a smoke-free work environment is a good thing... but a smokey work environment is better than a smoke free unemployment office.

6: Lastly, Soledad O'Brien is a fine broadcast journalist. She should leave her husband and begin procreating a super-race with Stephen Colbert. They should wrap Bill O'Reilly in a cocoon and feed him to their spawn.