Russ Feingold: Fox News Follies

We now join Fox News Sunday, already in progress...

 

Senator Feingold, you claim to have broad support among Democrats for your resolution to censure President Bush.

 

 

That's right, Chris.

 

 

And yet, your own committee hearing this Friday was very poorly attended - in fact, here's a list of key Democrats who didn't attend that hearing.

 

 

As you can see, Senators Kennedy, Biden...

 

 

Chris, with all due respect, everyone knows that Friday hearings are always poorly attended, because Senators are very busy, but the fact is this resolution is supported almost across the board by my Democratic colleagues.

 

 

Well, Senator, we talked to a few of your colleagues, and here's what they had to say. Senator Mark Dayton of Minnesota said...

 

 

Feingold? That guy's a major a**hole.

 

 

In all fairness, Senator, he did add, "This is off the record, right?"

 

 

That doesn't surprise me; Mark's an old friend.

 

 

We also spoke with Representative Jane Harman of California...

 

 

Representative Harman told Fox News she saw you play in the Senate softball tournament, and that you "Throw like a girl."

 

 

I respect Jane's opinion, Chris, but I don't think it's fair of her to judge me based on my performance that day - my tennis elbow was really bothering me.

 

 

We also spoke with Senator Diane Feinstein, who said...

 

 

"Why are you asking me about Russ Feingold? Oh, I get it; it's because I'm Jewish, right?"

 

 

"I suppose you think we all know each other, right? Is that what you think? Is it?"

 

 

And Carl Cameron of Fox News spoke with Representative Cynthia McKinney of Georgia, and asked her opinion of your resolution.

 

 

Due to pending legal action we can't talk about what happened next, but needless to say, we all wish Carl a speedy recovery.

 

 

Thanks, Chris.

 

 

With all due respect, Senator, I think you'll have to admit that support for censure of President Bush is weak, at best.

 

 

Chris, I'm nothing if not flexible, so I'm willing to settle for a Presidential scolding.

 

 

I've never heard of a Presidential scolding - does that require a senate resolution?

 

 

No, as a matter of fact, I can do it right now.

 

 

Oh. Well, go right ahead.

 

 

You had better straighten up and fly right, mister.

 

 

Senator Feingold, I have to say that's a far cry from censure.

 

 

I'm not done yet, Chris.

 

 

I'm sorry - go ahead.

 

 

And I mean it!

 

 

...

 

 

I'd like to thank Senator Russ Feingold, and please join us again next...

 

 

Don't make me get out of this chair, Mr. President!

 

 

...next Fox News Sunday.

 

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Comments

[jc]

Incredibly funny, as always. But the funniest part, about Friday meetings not being well attended in the U.S. Senate, is not that funny just in the fact that this is what Feingold actually said on Sunday. That's pathetic.

[Crazy Politico]

Thanks for today's good belly laugh!

[Jenny]

Great stuff! LOL!

[Jeff H]

Strange--I've been circumcised, and I don't know Feingold or Feinstein either one.

[AnonymousDrivel]

Was that an official finger-wagging by Feingold? Holy cow! If I was Bush, I'd be concerned. That's aggressive posturing the likes of which few have ever seen.

Imagine... a scolding and a finger-wagging. Just brutal.

[Michael]

Surely the White House has got to fight back! You can't take a scolding and a finger-wagging without losing all your political capital.

[John from WuzzaDem]

If you ask me, Feingold's finger is shooting blanks, but I agree with AD and Michael - Bush can't let this go unanswered. I suggest a Presidential Brow-Furrowing.

[hunter]

And this is the week in which the dimohacks rolled out their big security plan: Pelosi held it upside down, McKinney beats up a cop and Feingold scolds the President most firmly.
The dim really care about America's security, they sure do.
Chris Wallace, by the way, should have asked Feingold,
"Sen. Feingold, have you in fact been briefed on this program?"
No.
"So Sen., are you saying the President deserves to be censured because he has done something wrong or because it was wrong for him to allow the NSA to condict this program and not tell you?"
And lastly,
"Sen. Feingold, if you were to become President, are you telling the America people right now that you would not pursue enemy combatants or their supporters by listening in on their conversations if they happened to be partially in the US and you could not get time to file for a FISA court order?"
That would pretty much end Feingold as a serious hopeful. Not that he was serious or hopeful except in his won delusions.

[Michael]

I suggest a Presidential Brow-Furrowing.

NOT GOOD ENOUGH!

In this kind of PR crisis, you have to take the gloves off.

It's time to unleash the Executive Eyeball-Roll!!!

[Smitty]

The bandaged Carl Cameron is what made it for me.

-cs™

PS Too bad you really can't too much about that jackass Cynthia McKinney.

Look up her past statements and who her buddies are.

[pappy]

Great stuff, If only I could borrow your creative genius for awhile.

[benny bird]

Russ Feingold only deserves to be censured himself and removed from office pernimatly