Feingold on "cut and run".
Russ Feingold was on blistering form on Face The Press when he said that the American people and the goverment of Iraq all realise that a timetable for the troops to leave is necessary and that Bush and Cheney are only arguing that the US must stay in order to justify their original mistake.
"The worst thing we could possible do is what Vice President Cheney and President Bush did which was take us into an unnecessary war — that had nothing to do with 9/11 — on false pretenses. They have done the worst thing that has ever been done in this regard."
On a Bush Censure for Wiretapping:
"I’m very afraid that we are just going to have a blank page in terms of the history of this country and when the President assert and outrageous grab of executive power we did nothing."
"The extreme claim that, under Article Two of the Constitution, the President can make up whatever laws he wants is what of the greatest threats to our system of government… when the founders wrote the words ’High Crimes and Misdemeanors’ they weren’t particularly interested in break-ins at the Watergate Plaza or presidential personal misconduct. What they wanted was a different system of government than they had under King George III and that’s what this is all about."
"The President is asserting claims that have, frankly, I don’t think have ever been made in the history of this country."
The Democrats have a great Presidential candidate right in front of their noses in Feingold. I'd vote for him in a nano-second.
Crooks and Liars have the video here.
2 comments:
Feingold is a defeatist. He doesn't have a chance in hell with the American public. I doubt he has a chance in hell even within the Democratic party, what with Hillary and all.
Well every opinion poll says that the US public agree with his position rather than Bush's.
I'm not sure that Hilary will prove to be the automatic choice that many think.
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