What I challenged you on was not your choice of canidate, but the attempt to say the "Republicans only" paint him as a liberal.. Even the liberals do... To make a point saying Feingold is not liberal is wrong. Prove me wrong....... No where do I ever make the accusation that liberalism is evil......I do not agree with liberal politics, but I do not demonize them.slovakguy said:...just wonderful. i agree with the policies of the man i helped re-elect & don't care for your insinuation that i am an ignorant voter. i do not agree with your attempt to lump progressive liberal democrats (they that share a common thread with the politics of bob lafollette) with the boogey-man liberal cooked up by the limbaughs of talk radio. now be a good poster and tell everyone who helped found the a.d.a. and what their spooky liberal agenda amounts to. and thank you for adding paul wellstone to the mix. it was a loss to the entire nation when minnesota's senator died on the way to a funeral instead of a fund raiser. (if anything, i should thank you for helping bring these names forward so others can research them and decide for themselves how evil they are.)
as before, you use the tactics of the right with your use of liberal as a demonising label. feingold, like wellstone and simon, is a progressive liberal. your deft use of innuendo is impressive. so gay-baiting is accepted in iowa? do you folks still burn witches when the pigs die mysteriously?
and lim, he's a principled man in the senate who tried to reform campaign financing (mccain-feingold), urged his party to refuse the soft money which finances far too many campaigns (for its corrupting influence on the government) & against sending the troops into iraq. so republicans don't like him because they can't say "well, you voted for the war." i only wish there were more liberals such as he, and fewer the political opportunists.
The ADA is a barometer of liberalism...... It takes the voting record of an individual and compares it to liberal issues. Feingold scored high So if his voting record supports what the liberals want, I would say that makes him real liberal..... That is the true and only definition of a liberal in politics....
So you need to explain to me why Feingold is not considered a extreme liberal, instead of attempting to tell me what I believe and what I don't...
But you need to point out to us "Stupid" Iowans as to why Feingold is not a liberals liberal...
No one pointed out any evil in any of these people...... I do not look at a individuals political opinion or electability in terms of good vs evil... The point of the post is explaining why Feingold has no chance of being elected. But I did as a Catholic, challenge the voting record of Feingold
Gay baiting ???? Not at all. But when same sex marriages are part of your agenda as they are Feingold's you must also deal with the individuals who do not agree with you in your own party. In this thread we are discussing an individuals ability to get votes, not if you agree with him or not....
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You posted........
" i do not agree with your attempt to lump progressive liberal democrats (they that share a common thread with the politics of bob lafollette) with the boogey-man liberal cooked up by the limbaughs of talk radio." End post .....
You need to explain to me what you mean by your statement. I am familiar with Bob Lafollette. I did a paper on him in college. And I am from a town the UAW built.... Union politics are very important to me....
The reason Republicans do not like him is because
1....... He believes in abortion.
2....... He is for same sex marriage
3........Voting for increase of immigration visa's.
4....... Federally funded universal health care......
These are the bases for liberalism along wit the war effort.
That is why the Republicans are not fond of him....... And these issues were around before the war in Iraq was an issue.... And the Republicans would prefer to run against an anti war individual then a a individual who voted for the war........