Feingold vs the Crazies

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Thursday August 27, 2009 · 8:38 AM PDT

2009/08/27 · 08:38

Living in Wisconsin, I've gotten accustomed to having easy access to Senator Feingold at least once each year. He made a pledge in his first campaign to have a Listening Session in every county in the state each year. It's not always easy to go, as the sessions are often held on weekdays during business hours. But I always find a way to go, and I often go to sessions in other nearby counties. I don't always speak at the sessions, but it's so interesting to me to hear what's on the mind of my neighbors. Usually there's a mix of topics, with a few that are ever-present, like health care, Veteran's affairs, No Child Left Behind, abortion, and Iraq and Afghanistan. Generally, there's a mix of people, supporters, opponents, and people on a mission to deliver a message about their specific concern. But it's always been civil, and I leave with a good feeling about the state of our democracy. Until yesterday.

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Friday February 22, 2008 · 8:32 PM PST

2008/02/22 · 20:32

I just attended a conference put on by a software company. This software is used by banks and investment managers and other financial services companies. So you can maybe imagine the kind of crowd it was; I may very possibly have been the only person there who was not a Republican. The keynote speaker was some Wall Street type, in fact I believe he appears on Wall Street Week. I found his talk pretty offensive personally, with his assumption that everyone in the room must think as he does, that we are all fixated on money. He shared some real gems, like when he said that recessions are unpredictable because they can't be predicted. He said that the election would no doubt have a big impact on the economy, but didn't enlarge on that. During the Q&A session at the end, someone asked about that. He said that Obama is too inexperienced. Hillary, well, we don't want TWO presidents running the country. And McCain is just too old. The only thing that really matters is cutting corporate taxes. Then he went on this bizarre rant about his family and liberals. Riveting.

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