What did Senator Feingold 'Hear' Saturday at Listening Session in St. Germain?

A Message from Jim Mulleady, read to Senator Feingold while he was at a Listening Session in St. Germain, Saturday, March 20, 2010:


You are not listening.

Yes, you visit all 72 counties in Wisconsin every year. You should be applauded for that.

But, you are not listening.

70% of Americans do not want this.


We will not forget the “Cornhusker Kickback”. We will not forget the “Louisiana Purchase”, “Gator Aid”, deem and pass”, $100 M for Connecticut hospitals, special deals for Massachusetts, Montana and others. We will not forget the handing over of judge seats, NASA Directorships and the rest of the bribes given for this poor piece of legislation.

We certainly will not forget the way that Congress ignored Article 1, Section 7 of the Constitution.

We will not forget the $500B cuts to Medicare. We will not forget the CBO’s projection that this bill will cut the deficit by $13B.

We have not forgotten that stimulus plan of 2009 was to limit unemployment to 8%. We have not forgotten that Medicare costs 10 times what the CBO projected. Congress and the CBO do not have a very good record of forecasting.

We have not forgotten that the National Debt has risen by a factor of 3 under this President and this Congress.

You support this bill. You believe that this bill does not go far enough and that there should be a single payer option. This county, this state and the people of this nation disagree with you. It is private enterprise that built this nation. It was not the government. It was liberty that made this the most powerful nation the world has ever seen. It was limited government and a government by the people, for the people that distinguished us from the rest of the world.

Now we are facing an economic crisis far worse than anyone even realizes. We are close to Moody’s lowering our bond rating. The rest of the world has lost faith in our ability to pay our bills. When each living breathing American owes $40,000, I cannot blame the rest of the world.

And you have decided not to listen.

You and Washington do not know better than the rest of us. You and Washington have gotten us into this mess. You have the opportunity to stand up against the bribes, appointments, Chicago style politics of thugs and intimidation. You can stand up and say “I will not support the President. I stand against the status quo of closed doors, position giveaways and special interests.”

Nancy Pelosi said when she became Speaker of the House that she was going to “drain the swamp”. The process used with this bill and the promises made, positions granted will be made the focus of 2010 and 2012 elections and I will predict that this will make Watergate look petty. Are you going to put aside your personal views and vote the way of the people? Or are you going to be part of the swamp that is to be drained?


Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com