Olbermann: Feingold bashes both parties over Iraq

Russ Feingold came out swinging tonight on Countdown. He was livid that nothing concrete is being done about the war in Iraq except for empty gestures and Republican filibustering. He says we need to speak out and contact our representatives.

Howie Klein was on a conference call with him: What Russ said is needed now is a clear direction from Democrats so public pressure will build and effect change. "This is not a time to finesse the situation." And finessing the situation is exactly what he feels the Warner-Levin bipartisan, nonbinding symbolic resolution is. "It's loaded with language that blocks-- or at least makes more difficult-- the logical next steps" as well as endorses escalation in al-Anbar Province. To Senator Feingold the Warner-Levin resolution "looks more like a reauthorization or more like the Gulf on Tonkin Resolution" than something he could support. "Let's support binding legislation to end the war. He told us that too many of his colleagues are "afraid of criticism from the White House... They're trying to have it both ways... People who know better are trying to take the easy way out." He recalled that he had introduced legislation 2 years ago that called for a 15 month timeline for ending the way. It would have been over last year. "Now even Hillary Clinton is talking about a timeline." And now Senator Feingold has moved to the next step-- the Iraq Redeployment Act of 2007.

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[llegnig]

This man is a true American patriot.

[nytonks]

I wish he would have run for president... His advice was to vote for a candidate that was anti-war from the beginning - so I guess that's Obama.

[PNACATTACKdotCOM]

YEAH...

[hiwaymanx]

Yeah, I can see this guy as Prez - WI is a cool state. He has his flaws, but, all in all he's one sharp young dude who does not come across as overbearing. 12Russ - print the bumper stickers!

[Sajan87]

lol

[BmwBoy318]

Yeah he's a good Jew :)

[stealthwalnut]

The terrorist love Feingold. He's a do nothing pussy. Biggest cry baby in the senate. How this terrorist sympathizer got into any office is way beyond me. I shook his hand about ten years ago. Mr limp wrist. It was like shaking the hand of a twelve year old girl.

[1gregmichael]

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[killerbred69]

GOOD FOR FEINGOLD,,,,,About time a democrat came out of the closet on this war,,,,Our kids are dying now,,,how long will it take

[CamelDrive]

why American should wait till 2008?

Evil Democrats and republican should go.

Congresss is timid becasue congress has non american agenda..a everyoen is afraid, NEO-CON is watching them