It will make the Tea Party look like a tea party. Russ Feingold More Quotes by Russ Feingold More Quotes From Russ Feingold I don't worry too much about what people think about my image, but I think I am pretty polite. My colleagues say I am a gentleman in my dealings with them, even when I disagree. I am difficult because I won't back off on things like the pay raise and the anti-terrorism bill. I'm not a go-along kind of guy. I do respect the institution. I do respect my colleagues. But I didn't go to Washington to make friends. That's not where my friends are. Russ Feingold worrypeoplethinking I believe in local control of education. Russ Feingold i-believe-ini-believebelieve If a senator or congressman notices 25 phone calls, on any issue, on any given day, it is noted. Russ Feingold phone-callsissuesphones I've been outspent by my opponents every time I've run for U.S. Senate. Russ Feingold senateopponentsrunning Jews know the Palestinians. And they know they're not really different. And they know they are from the same background. And they know if they coordinated that they could be an economic success and a real basis for a rebirth in the Middle East. Russ Feingold middle-eastdifferentreal I'm one of the only members of the U.S. Senate who isn't a millionaire. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with being a millionaire. But there ought to be a little economic diversity in the Senate and I try to provide it. Russ Feingold diversitylittlestrying Americans want to defeat terrorism and they want the basic character of this country to survive and prosper. They want both security and liberty, and unless we give them both, and we can if we try, we have failed. Russ Feingold givingcharactercountry Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security benefits are unacceptable, and they shouldn’t be put on the table by Democrats for any reason... Russ Feingold benefitscuttingtables In my opinion, we need to again consider the possibility of public funding of congressional elections, following the very successful experience with clean money systems in Maine and Arizona. Russ Feingold mainesuccessfulneeds We must let this town square, which has added a significant dimension to our political process, continue to flourish. Russ Feingold townspoliticalsquares We need to get rid of the Federal Elections Commission. It's a joke. It doesn't enforce the law. Russ Feingold electionlawneeds Instead of taking a very high-paying type of law job or something that I might be able to do, I have been a legislator. That's what I do. I think it's an honorable profession - if you're honest and have integrity and work hard. Russ Feingold hard-workintegrityjobs I believe that the Israelis and the Palestinians, by and large, want peace, they each want their own country, and they want to get along, and they are going to get along. I know it sounds unbelievable, but I know enough about this, having been there, that these are sophisticated people. It's not like in Pakistan, where people have been told about Jews for a thousand years but don't know any. The Palestinians know the Jews. Russ Feingold believecountryyears Tea Party people know that I stood against the Wall Street scam from Day One, that I voted against TARP, that I voted against repealing Glass-Steagall Act that kept these guys under some control. Russ Feingold wallglassesparty The conservative version of American exceptionalism has become a password of sorts for candidates who want to prove their credentials to a right-wing America. Russ Feingold wantwingsamerica He's got to do better than the shoddy piecing together of flimsy evidence that contradicts the briefings we have received by various agencies. I'm not hearing the same things at the briefings that I'm hearing from the president's top officials. Russ Feingold agencypresidenttogether I have long believed that Israel should seek to give up the so-called Occupied Territories in return for security, and that a Palestinian state should be established. I have felt that way all my life. I think it is unreasonable to ask the Israelis to do this in a context where there is no guarantee at all that suicide bombers will be controlled. Russ Feingold giving-upsuicidethinking It's time to refocus our global fight against terrorism. We must move away from the Iraq-centric policies that are draining our resources and focus on Al Qaeda and its affiliates who are reportedly operating in some 60 to 80 countries around the world. Russ Feingold fightingcountrymoving I rise to oppose the Central American Free Trade Agreement, known as CAFTA, the latest expression of the disastrous trade policies of this administration which are, unfortunately, a continuation of the disastrous trade policies of previous administrations. Russ Feingold administrationagreementexpression One can see the results of those policies in hundreds of communities around my State. As one might expect, our largest communities - places like Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay - lost thousands of jobs as a result of those trade policies, most notably NAFTA and permanent most-favored-nation status for China. Russ Feingold greencommunityjobs
