Four stooges vs. Feingold

[sybylla]

http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/may04/229834.asp

Republicans say senator's iconoclasm a burden, not virtue
By GRAEME ZIELINSKI
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Posted: May 15, 2004

La Crosse - The Republicans hoping to unseat U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) come November said at a party-sponsored debate Saturday that the two-term incumbent's iconoclasm was more a burden than a virtue for Wisconsin voters.

"Does Wisconsin and the people here want someone that prides himself so strongly on being an independent maverick or would they elect someone that wants to get something done?" asked Russ Darrow.

The West Bend car dealer has made the case that campaign finance reform pushed through by Feingold and U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has been part of ploy to get national attention. The three other Republicans, too, sought to neutralize the appeal of Feingold's independence.

"There's a difference between being a good independent and being a little bit on the defiant side just for political grandstanding," said Bear Creek lawyer Robert Gerald Lorge.

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So the worst skeletons they could pull from his closet are campaign finance reform and the fact that he actually has a spine. This may turn out to be a very entertaining political massacre. So far, they appear to be quite inept.

[shraby]

1. Feingold was

the only one to vote against the Patriot Act. Nuff said.

[mb7588a]

2. Mavericks get more done than any other kind of Senator,

and are generally much more respected.

[theshadow]

3. In my bones...

... I feel that Feingold will beat the GOP contender by a better margin than last time. The strongest candidate seems to be Michels, and he's bought into the hard-right Republican philosophies. It plays well with the zealots, but not statewide. Welch is damaged goods from last time and Darrow is an idiot. People will confuse Lorge with his brother. Michels has some good credentials as far as military service, education, business. Too bad he's turning into one of the zanies.

[saigon68]

4. Lorge the brother was arrested for some nasty thing

can't remember off hand what it was

[sybylla]

5. Robert Gerald Lorge was on WPR this morning

That man wouldn't know a fact if it was carved on a stick and he was beat with it. :wtf:

Had to turn it off 15 minutes before the end of the show, but at least his idiocy filled me with certainty that he hasn't a shot against Feingold.

[saigon68]

6. Good analysis

I've heard he's dumber than a box of rocks anyway !!!!!