Feingold and Johnson Debate: Tea Party

Right now, Russ Feingold is appealing to "Tea Party people."

He's talking about how he and the "Tea Party people" are on the same page. Feingold was happy to address the "Tea Party people."

What a hypocrite! What a liar!

When speaking to a New York Times reporter, Feingold mocked Wisconsinites involved in the Tea Party movement.

He suggested that the Tea Party was a construct of "certain groups" bent on destroying Obama, not a grassroots movement.

The New York Times' Jeff "Enchanted" Zeleny did a Q & A with Russ Feingold.

Check it out, Wisconsinites. Feingold mocks you.

Q. What explains the difficult political climate for Democrats, considering that President Obama has implemented many policies he campaigned on?

A. “There are two primary reasons. One is the economy. Human nature is such that people are going to say, ‘I’m frustrated.’ That creates an environment that whoever is in office, whoever is doing anything, is potentially vulnerable to people being unhappy. There’s a second factor that’s more cynical. A conscious decision was made by certain groups to destroy this presidency the minute it started. People say it was the health care bill – no, it wasn’t. I go to every county every year and hold a town meeting. Within days of the president being sworn in, I had people showing up at my town meeting with hats on, with tea bags coming out, saying this is going to be socialism.”

Very revealing.

He's exaggerating. The Tea Party movement didn't begin "within days of the president being sworn in."

That inaccuracy aside, Feingold belittles his constituents.

Rather than granting legitimacy to their opinions, Feingold plays the "vast Right-wing conspiracy" card, claiming that a "conscious decision was made by certain groups to destroy this presidency the minute it started."

"Certain groups"?

That's an insult to his constituents, especially those individuals making the effort to attend his "listening" sessions so their voices can be heard.

Feingold is playing Mr. Nice Guy tonight. He keeps giving a dopey smile.

This isn't the real Feingold.

Don't be fooled by Feingold, Tea Party patriots.

He's reaching out to you tonight, but he mocks you when he's in his comfort zone, among the liberal elite.

Feingold is not a champion of bipartisanship. He's a liberal rubber stamp. When he disagrees with Obama and Democrat legislation, it's because Obama and his Dem army are not being liberal enough to suit Feingold.

Feingold is lurching so far to the middle tonight he's unrecognizable. He's misrepresenting his positions and the realities of legislation he backed, like ObamaCare.

Feingold is a fraud.