Fresh off of a fundraising trip back home in California, Senator Russ Feingold had his Hollywood friend Robert Redford make an indecent proposal with a plea for hypocrisy-soaked cash.
As the Associated Press reports, the out-of-state donor’s request for even more out-of-state donations "comes even as Feingold has been branded as a hypocrite…for breaking a 1992 pledge to take the majority of campaign donations from Wisconsin donors."
FEINGOLD FLASHBACK:
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In A Famous 1992 Campaign Ad, Russ Feingold Pledged “I Will Rely On Wisconsin Citizens, Not Out-Of-Staters To Pay For This Campaign.” (Feingold “Home Movies” Ad, 1992)
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In 1992, Feingold Said “I Don’t Think There’s Anything Wrong With Occasional Out-Of-State Campaign Contributions. But You Better Darn Well Make Sure That A Majority Of What You Receive Is From The People Whom You Would Represent.” (Russ Feingold, Democratic Senate Primary Debate, 8/28/92)
- Feingold Said “That’s A Pledge I’m Going To Keep. I’m Not Going To Get In There And Go, ‘OK, Where Are The PACs And Where Are The Out-Of-State Contributions?’ I’m Making A Pledge For The Future.” (Russ Feingold, Democratic Senate Primary Debate, 8/28/92)
For Mr. Clean – who dropped his 1992 Garage Door Pledge like a "Hot Rock," there’s "No Looking Back" to "The Way We Were" as "The Candidate" who would only rely on Wisconsinites for campaign contributions.
Instead, the "Truth" is that "All is Lost" in this "Love in the Time of Money."
Senator Feingold thinks that spending 12,405 days in politics is still "An Unfinished Life" in Washington.
An eighth campaign for political office, however, is just "A Bridge Too Far."