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Feingold Floor Statement Today on NSA Surveillance Program

By Jeralyn, Section War on Terror
Posted on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 01:25:31 PM EST
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Senator Russ Feingold will be delivering this statement in about five minutes on the floor of the Senate concerning Bush's warrantless NSA electronic surveillance program. Audio will be available later today here.

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    Feingold Floor Statement Today on NSA Surveillance Program | 18 comments (18 topical)
    Re: Feingold Floor Statement Today on NSA Surveill (none / 0) (#1)
    by desertswine on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 01:44:07 PM EST
    A brave and powerful statement. Tomorrow the Republicans will smear him as a traitor.

    Re: Feingold Floor Statement Today on NSA Surveill (none / 0) (#2)
    by Edger on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 01:55:09 PM EST
    desertswine: A brave and powerful statement. Very much so, yes... Now we need some "brave and powerful" listening, and actions.
    Congress has lost its way if we don't hold this President accountable for his actions.
    Re: Feingold Floor Statement Today on NSA Surveill (none / 0) (#3)
    by phat on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 02:07:53 PM EST
    Oh. My. God. Incredible. This man has guts. He's going to get attacked so hard right now. And this speech alone tells me he has the strength and integrity to endure these attacks. I haven't seen anyone do anything this fearless in politics in a long time. He asked a lot of good questions yesterday. We all know none of them were answered well. Now he's just going on record. I wonder what Specter's going to say? How about Reid? phat

    Re: Feingold Floor Statement Today on NSA Surveill (none / 0) (#4)
    by Edger on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 02:14:58 PM EST
    I haven't seen or heard many aatacks on Feingold so far from the administration. have they been unable to find any cracks to start chipping at?

    Re: Feingold Floor Statement Today on NSA Surveill (none / 0) (#5)
    by phat on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 02:28:11 PM EST
    I haven't seen or heard many aatacks on Feingold so far from the administration. have they been unable to find any cracks to start chipping at?
    I've wondered about that too. phat

    Re: Feingold Floor Statement Today on NSA Surveill (none / 0) (#6)
    by Edger on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 02:34:26 PM EST
    I just did some quick googling on this. Nothing, no negative attacks, no smears. It's like he's more than made of teflon, nothing is even being thrown at him, much less sticking. Twilight Zone almost. Interesting.

    Re: Feingold Floor Statement Today on NSA Surveill (none / 0) (#7)
    by phat on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 02:37:02 PM EST
    He did have a campaign ad that said he had no skeletons in his closet. phat

    Re: Feingold Floor Statement Today on NSA Surveill (none / 0) (#8)
    by Edger on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 02:39:52 PM EST
    karl must be gnashing his teeth and yanking his hair out over Feingold then. Good for karl. ;-)

    Re: Feingold Floor Statement Today on NSA Surveill (none / 0) (#9)
    by Che's Lounge on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 02:54:49 PM EST
    He comes from my home state, which by the way, also gives us Jim Senselessbrenner. Funny.

    Re: Feingold Floor Statement Today on NSA Surveill (none / 0) (#10)
    by Edger on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 03:11:24 PM EST
    Che, it's been said that roses grow best where there is lots of manure around... ;-)

    Re: Feingold Floor Statement Today on NSA Surveill (none / 0) (#11)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 03:34:05 PM EST
    Perhaps attacking Russ for his divorces is too obvious, or maybe since the Democrats have done their (apparent to me) best to keep him under lock and key while promoting others hasn't made him an obvious threat to the Republicans?

    Re: Feingold Floor Statement Today on NSA Surveill (none / 0) (#12)
    by Edger on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 03:41:58 PM EST
    Seems funny though, noonan. I'm sure rove has contigency files on everyone, even the remotest of threats...

    Re: Feingold Floor Statement Today on NSA Surveill (none / 0) (#13)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 03:56:43 PM EST
    ...the President openly acknowledged that he has ordered the government to spy on Americans, on American soil, without the warrants required by law.
    Great speech. I'm guessing that Feingold isn't being attacked yet because he is not yet a household name, and attacks against him could do less to discredit him than to build his stature as a significant critic of the president.

    Re: Feingold Floor Statement Today on NSA Surveill (none / 0) (#14)
    by Pete Guither on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 04:59:21 PM EST
    Can I vote Feingold for President now?

    Re: Feingold Floor Statement Today on NSA Surveill (none / 0) (#15)
    by Che's Lounge on Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 11:41:57 PM EST
    Edger, Can you imagine what the WH rose garden looks like these days? Just add water and get back!

    Re: Feingold Floor Statement Today on NSA Surveill (none / 0) (#16)
    by Edger on Wed Feb 08, 2006 at 02:43:23 AM EST
    Can you imagine what the WH rose garden looks like these days? Just add water and get back! What was the name of that old science fiction classic B movie with the giant flowers that ate anyone who went near it? "Little Shop of Horrors"? or "Whores"? Or something? ;-)

    Re: Feingold Floor Statement Today on NSA Surveill (none / 0) (#17)
    by Che's Lounge on Wed Feb 08, 2006 at 07:12:05 PM EST
    Edger, That was the updated version with Rick Moranis. Do you remember the original B&W version, with Jack Nicholson in a cameo as a dental patient? He was so in love with the drill that he kept begging the dentist to keep drilling something, anything! The other one I remember is "Work is a Four Letter Word", where all the players discovered huge mushrooms that they ate like ice cream cones and got ripped.

    Re: Feingold Floor Statement Today on NSA Surveill (none / 0) (#18)
    by Edger on Wed Feb 08, 2006 at 07:31:50 PM EST
    Yes I do... Wow, that goes back aways! I remember watching a horror movie series saturday nights when I was about 9 or 10, called Shock Theatre. Great stuff! The "B"-est of "B" movies.

    Feingold Floor Statement Today on NSA Surveillance Program | 18 comments (18 topical)