Russ Feingold has been unsupported by DC-area democrats as he tries to get a Censure resolution passed in the Senate.
I don't know why that is.
He is intelligent, capable, and makes morally and legally sound arguments. For instance, read his statement on the call to censure:
Constitutionally Correct
If you think about it many Americans have little in common. Life in Alaska, say, is very different from life in Florida. The people are different, the environment is different, the landmass isn't geographically continuous, and the culture is very different.
What unites them as Americans is the Constitution of the United States and Bill of Rights. In Alaska as well as in Florida you may speak freely, worship freely, carry guns, and peacefully assemble.
When the president breaks the laws unchallenged how can he expect to hold this nation united? When he does so he assaults social cohesion itself. He also sets the unpatriotic example that our democratic principles are worthy of contempt.
That DC democrats would abandon Russ shows an acquired lack of understanding of their purpose (which is to promote Justice).
A hero is not a man that engages a fight only when overwhelmingly confident of victory. A hero is a man that does what is right, prospects be damned.
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