Republicans attack Russ Feingold for teaching in California while Ron Johnson fundraises in Beverly Hills

When former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold announced he would be challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Ron Johnson in 2016, Republicans were quick to attack Feingold, asserting Feingold wasn’t even in Wisconsin when he made his campaign announcement. That assertion was quickly debunked by PolitiFact, which gave that lie a “Pants on Fire” rating, but Republicans have continued their feeble attempts to attack Feingold for supposedly not spending enough time in Wisconsin. In fact, they’ve taken to following Feingold around Stanford’s campus while he fulfills his teaching obligations.

Curiously though, Republicans don’t seem to have any problem at all with Sen. Ron Johnson spending time in California (Beverly Hills no less) Sunday to hobnob with Hollywood types and raise some money.

Now the Republican Jewish Coalition, with its roster of influential donors and board members, is looking to raise the profile of Hollywood conservatives at their annual gala Sunday night in Beverly Hills.

Arizona Sen. John McCain, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson will be the featured guests at the gathering, but the Republican Jewish Coalition is also hosting its own red carpet to draw attention to more conservative actors and studio executives including Raquel Welch, Angie Harmon, Jeremy Boreing and Nick Searcy.

What’s truly galling about the Republican attacks on Russ Feingold is that they conveniently ignore instances of their own Republican elected officials engaging in the very behavior they’re attacking, whether it’s Ron Johnson raising money in Beverly Hills or Gov. Scott Walker travel across the nation as he readies himself for a 2016 presidential campaign.

That’s hypocrisy for ya, plain and simple.

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  1. It was really heartbreaking to see someone like Russ Feingold voted out. I really hope he can rejoin the Senate. I had assumed he would not be running again, and I really worry if the fact he’s a former senator will hurt him in the polls, but he has my complete support.

    He’s one of the few politicians that matched the vast majority of my views when I first came of voting age and looked up up political stuff around the turn of the century. Supporting him (almost) makes up for my voting for Paul Ryan when I lived in his district, when he first ran no less. On the bright side, my vote wouldn’t have made any difference in Paul Ryan’s district.

    Needless to say I don’t ask my brother who to vote for anymore, aside from non-partisan issues at least. He agreed with this blog about the Cudahy Mayor a few years back for example.

    I was so naive back then I thought many of the conservative positions that popped up in the “help you decide” polls I was taking were jokes at first. Boy were the next few years after my first time voting a wake up call…

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