Russ Feingold’s Hail Mary Pass

IBD's Capital Hill ^ | 10/5/2010 | Sean Higgins

[Duke Nukum]

I so can’t wait for next month when I can vote for Ron Johnson!

[justiceseeker93]

[Feingold] has decided to hit his Republican opponent Ron Johnson where it hurts: calling into question his support for Wisconsin's own Green Bay Packers.

I'm not a Feingold fan, but this insinuation of Johnson's disloyalty to the Packers, as claimed in the posted article, is a bit of a stretch. The video snippet of Randy Moss's celebration in the ad does not show any opposing players at all, so we don't know that the Packers were the specific opponents who would be offended by his antics. (The other two film snippets shown were not of NFL games at all, as can be determined by the uniforms of the players. They are probably taken from films of college games, even though Feingold refers to "pro football.")

As to Feingold acknowledging he's behind, notice that the scoreboard behind him with the "Feingold" sign on it shows the "Home Team" (presumably Feingold himself) tied 10-10. So what Feingold is implying, if anything, is that the game is even at this point.

Feingold the narrator makes one noticeable gaffe in the audio, referring to himself in the the third person.