Thank you, Senator Feingold...

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“Tonight, the President ignored the recommendations of members of both parties, military leaders, foreign policy experts, and the will of the American people by announcing that he intends to escalate our involvement in Iraq by sending more troops there. Congress must bring an end to what has been one of the greatest foreign policy mistakes in the history of our nation. The President continues to deny the devastating impact that keeping our brave troops in Iraq is having on our national security. The American people have rejected the Administration’s Iraq-centric foreign policy. It is time to bring our troops out of Iraq and refocus on defeating the global terrorist networks that threaten this country.”

He then added, "My Author of liberty can beat up your Author of liberty."

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The Arrogant Capitol's Pravda Media

If you don't do anything else today, read this Glenn Greenwald post on the idiocy of the super-sophisticated, super-clueless, super-arrogant SCLM. Feingold was so, so wrong to propose censure of Bushnev over eavesdropping last spring, don't you know. Why, it doomed the Dems to electoral massacre in November. And he couldn't have possibly done it because he believed in what he was doing, because he thought the program needed to be stopped. No, no, it had to be because he was cynically angling himself to run for president. Only he wasn't. And the Dems? Uh, . . . well, the Dems must have followed Amy Sullivan's advice, right? Jeez, how ridiculous do these people have to be before we just write them off completely, stop watching their shows, reading their papers? Let Greenwald convince you.

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