I AM THE FORCE

Could we have two U.S. Senators more unrepresentative of real Wisconsin than Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold? Feingold is an elitist lefty opportunist who has never been about anything but himself. Herb Kohl is a simple, wealthy "bachelor" that likes being a senator but is nothing more than an empty suit. Can someone please tell me how these guys keep getting re-elected?

The truth is that both were originally elected by people that liked their TV ads, and disliked their opponents. Wisconsinites didn't know Kohl or Feingold when they were first elected to office, and they haven't really gotten to know them since. They've each been allowed to slide with immature opponents, and a Wisconsin populace that seems content with the shallow idea of a maverick and a Bucks owner for senators.

I hate to use this again, but you cannot envision either of these guys wearing blaze orange. Why haven't the stellar Republican operatives out there ever run a campaign that gets this extremely relevant point across? These two guys are different from regular people -- and I'm not even talking about religion, patriotism, or sexual orientation. They are just not the common man, and a Tommy Thompson could have crushed them.

Their support is soft and shallow, and they are taking us all for fools. I guarantee you that Russ Feingold privately laughs at the real people of Wisconsin (because I've seen it,) and that Herb Kohl couldn't care less about them. We would be significantly better off if our neighborhood barber were senator from Wisconsin. At least, he would be real and represent actual cheesehads.

These guys have built up an aura of inevitability, but they can be beaten. Get enough money into the hands of people who aren't afraid to tell the truth about these two frauds and the whole world would start to think about them differently. Take the gloves off, help people get to know these guys more intimately, and I guarantee you they could be bloodied and beaten.

We should really put a stop to this debacle.