Wednesday, February 3, 2010
1:24 PM
Limbaugh says latest bin Laden statement 'could easily be Russ Feingold'
The state Democratic Party is asking the GOP's two prospective U.S. Senate candidates -- Madison developer Terrence Wall and Watertown businessman David Westlake -- to indicate whether they agree with Rush Limbaugh after the conservative talk show host referenced U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold during his Friday broadcast.
Limbaugh, while going through the transcript of a recently-released tape from Osama bin Laden, paused during his reading of bin Laden's remarks about climate change to ask, "Does this not sound like an average Democrat? It sounds like this could easily be Russ Feingold, the Senator from Wisconsin."
"This isn't the first, and certainly won't be the last time Limbaugh has crossed the line," said DPW Executive Director Mike Tate in a statement. "Are Wall and Westlake going to follow him?"
Feingold's campaign sent out an email to supporters responding to Limbaugh's comparison, saying "(T)his is the sort of slash and burn politics that we are up against."
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