Feingold on Honesty
"They're not very good at running the country," [Russ Feingold] said of the GOP, "but they're brilliant at intimidating Democrats." As for his fellow Democratic contenders for the 2008 nomination, he suggested that many of them are still dominated by fear of a Rovian attack on their patriotism or national security credentials.
Feingold argued that reluctance to be baited on national security cost Democrats the Presidency in 2004, and that "most Democrats don't know how to talk straight to the American people about what they believe."
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"Just tell people what you believe," said Feingold. "They may or may not agree with you, but they'll respect you."
[R.J. Eskow, "Feingold And the 'Foxhole Democrats'", The Huffington Post, 24 April 2006.]
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Entirely too true.