Feingold's Mean Tweet

Russ Feingold and his team are launching nastier attacks against Ron Johnson as the end of the campaign looms.

Yesterday, this snarky remark was posted on Feingold's Twitter account:

Sadly, Ron Johnson considers this bad news http://bit.ly/9MMHqB

Here's the story of what Feingold's staff declares Ron Johnson to consider bad news:

Wisconsin unemployment rates improve

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development reported Wednesday that unemployment rates improved in 71 of 72 counties, was unchanged in one, and improved in 30 of the state's largest cities.

Beloit still has the highest unemployment of any city at 14.4 percent. That is down from 15.5 percent in August. Racine was second at 12.8 percent followed by Wausau at 10.5 percent.

It's hard to say what these numbers mean.

Do they take into account the underemployed or the people that have given up on trying to find work altogether?

In any event, I think it's wrong for Feingold's team to tweet that Johnson considers it bad news that some people in the state have found jobs, that he's wishing suffering on Wisconsinites.

"Sadly, Ron Johnson considers this bad news"

Did Johnson say he considers it bad news?

Unemployment rates higher than the national average being cited by the Obama administration certainly aren't good news.

If Johnson did comment on the story, the tweet provides no context.

The tweet is either extremely deceptive or a cruel lie. It's very sleazy.

Bottom line: It's irresponsible and shows a lack of civility for Feingold to have that statement on his campaign Twitter account.

Sadly, Feingold is going more and more negative.