Remembering Senator Russ Feingold

I just got done reading Russ Feingold’s book, “While America Sleeps”. It is a worthwhile read, its main point being that we in the US need to pay more attention to what is going on in the world, and encourage our government to do so as well, so we don’t continue getting blind-sided by events like 911.

The book brought back memories of how great it was to have a Senator who held listening sessions in every county of the state every year, and had office staff dedicated to helping citizens with any issues they had with the federal government.

I know of a case where a person who did everything by the book had their application for US citizenship “lost” by the INS. They only got the matter straightened out with a lot of help from Feingold’s Milwaukee office. Don’t go expecting that kind of help from Senator Ron Johnson!

Has Ron Johnson held even one listening session or town meeting? Not counting campaign events with Walker or Romney, has he been back to visit our fair state since he bought the senate seat?

We now have 2 multi-millionaire Senators who bought their way into Congress with their own money. And it appears that retiring Senator Herb Kohl will just be replaced by a multi-millionaire of the other party.

Senator Feingold, I miss you for your mainstream (non-millionaire) Wisconsin values. We didn’t deserve you, and I don’t know if we’ll ever be able to overcome the huge financial advantages of the millionaire candidates and their millionaire and corporate donors to elect another like you.