Russ Feingold Is Still an Idiot

During the John Roberts confirmation hearings, I was moved to comment on the idiotic behavior of Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold. That post is still drawing (lots of) hits in search engines, and Feingold's behavior this week has provided further ample evidence of his disconnect with sanity.

Feingold's solo effort to censure President Bush for trying to protect us from terrorists by listening in on calls from Al Qaeda operatives is certainly illustrative. There is certainly a clear political intent in his action. There is only room for one candidate to Hillary's left in the Democratic primary in 08. Kerry, Gore, Edwards, and Dean are all swimming in the water Feingold wants for his lane. He has to do something to distinguish himself from the pack. I think that is his goal, as he must surely know there is zero chance of a censure motion even being voted on (the Democrats will do everything in their power to keep a vote from happening.)

But on another level, this is a sad sign. If there were not a large pool of voters to be swayed by such a foolish action, Feingold would not be doing it. The reality is that there is a significant minority of moonbats who really believe President Bush is a threat to our liberty; that we are living on the verge of, if not already in, a police state; and that the mainstream media is right wing!!! It almost makes one wish for some test demonstrating at least a minimum grasp of reality prior to voting.