His life and his memory were the overriding influences that made so many of us believe in public service. I experienced these influences as a child and a teenager and regret that the young people of today do not have a John F. Kennedy to let them see a future beyond the range of negative influence and role models that they confront every day. I am grateful for the hope and the direction that President Kennedy gave so many of us when we were young.
His brother, Robert F. Kennedy often spoke of politics as an honorable profession and when Bobby memorialized his brother at the Democratic Convention he chose a passage from Romeo and Juliet that spoke so beautifully to what honor JFK brought to our profession:.
So many of us in our generation wished only to be like one of those little stars helping to illuminate the legacy of President John F. And so we must strive to give today's younger generation some sense of the value of public service that this award symbolizes.
But it would not be right to suggest that there are no role models of courage for the youth of today. I am so honored to be associated with such a person. I give you my colleague, my friend, and my co-conspirator, Senator John McCain. It's a special honor to be here today with my two colleagues from the Senate who so eminently deserve this year's John F.
This is the tenth year of this annual award. It was instituted a decade ago by the Kennedy Library Foundation as a memorial to my brother, and as a way to encourage contemporary political leaders to be more willing to take on the tough issues, and to demonstrate the quality of political courage that my brother so admired and that is all too rare in public life today.
Our goal in these awards is to honor political courage in contemporary elected officials, at whatever level of government they serve -- federal, state, or local. By doing so, we also hope to encourage the American people to value political courage more highly in their elected representatives.
As a young Senator in the 's, President Kennedy won the Pulitzer Prize for his book "Profiles in Courage," which recounts the stories of famous Senators and other elected officials in American history who demonstrated political courage to an unusually high degree, by challenging their party leaders and powerful special interest groups in ways that often risked their own re-elections and careers.
President Kennedy would have been especially proud of this year's award. The recipients are two especially courageous Senators, and the goal they have sought so courageously is at the heart of the integrity of our democracy — election campaign finance reform. As Mark Twain once said, we have the finest political system that money can buy -- and it's a disgrace to our democracy.
Money is the root of all evil in politics today, and it is responsible in substantial measure for the widespread and increasing alienation from the political process of citizens of all ages and in all parts of the country. John McCain and Russ Feingold had the political courage to face that challenge head-on, and to demand that Congress take a stand for principle and for clean campaigns, regardless of intense pressures from party leaders and special interest groups.
In the McCain-Feingold Bill, these two impressive Senators insisted that it is time to close the most scandalous loopholes festering in our election laws, and end the corrosive and corrupting power of big money in federal elections. In a sense, the former Prisoner-of-War and the former Rhodes Scholar are the odd couple - but they are making common cause for true reform. And in doing so, they are bringing us a giant step closer to the ideal of clean elections, and a democracy that fully and fairly reflects the will of a free people.
They are true profiles in courage for our time. I'm honored to be here with them today, and I wish we had more like them. Remarks of Senator Edward M.
Skip past main navigation. Award Recipients. Bridges George H. Russell Feingold. Remarks of U. Kennedy often spoke of politics as an honorable profession and when Bobby memorialized his brother at the Democratic Convention he chose a passage from Romeo and Juliet that spoke so beautifully to what honor JFK brought to our profession: and, when he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will he in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun So many of us in our generation wished only to be like one of those little stars helping to illuminate the legacy of President John F.
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In a rematch of the election, Johnson topped Feingold for a second time to retain his Senate seat. Johnson, who trailed in the polls for most of the election, was able to tighten the race as Election Day neared by producing ads that showed his personal side.
According to The Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel , Johnson and his brother Dean, a co-host and the executive producer of the PBS series "Hometime," "brainstormed ideas that would turn into personal and effective ads that showed Johnson in a favorable light. As the race grew tighter, Johnson was also able to attack Feingold in the final weeks of the election with the help of national Republicans who initially thought that the seat was a lost cause.
When asked about the last minute outside helped, Johnson said, "I wish I would have had the cavalry show up in June, July, August when Feingold was using his little moneymaking machine to out resource me. I guess, better late than never.
Johnson, who defeated Feingold by three percentage points, said that he "was surprised" by his victory margin.
In his victory speech, Johnson said, "I believe America has given us a chance, an opportunity to put this nation on the right path. It's exactly what I intend to do. The following issues were listed on Feingold's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here. The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Russ Feingold Wisconsin Senate. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.
Russ Feingold - Google News. What's on my ballot? Elections in How to vote How to run for office Ballot measures. Who represents me? President U. Russ is the Honorary Ambassador for the Campaign for Nature which is a global effort calling on policymakers to commit to address the growing biodiversity crisis. The Campaign seeks a science-driven, ambitious new deal for nature at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Kunming, China, in Russ holds a B.
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