A Giant Handicap for State Democrats

The sad reality of the 2010 Montana elections is this: if the Dems can keep control of either chamber of the state legislature, it will be an astounding triumph.

Why? Put aside the obvious reason that Obama and the Washington …

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Zac Perry: Education, Community, Commitment

Guest Post by Barry B. Conger, Columbia Falls

Dear House District Three Voters:

Election day looms near. There is an awful lot of noise out there right now about national races, but in the end, what really effects our everyday …

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MT TEA Party Lawsuit Part of National Religious Right-Wing GOP Strategy

The Helena IR reported yesterday that the Billings “Montana Shrugged” TEA Party faction is suing the state to invalidate Montana laws that regulate sunshine in campaign  spending and reporting in politics.

The lawsuit, filed with the help of the James

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In Spite of Ruling that It Broke Montana Laws, Sinrud’s Western Traditions Partnership Keeps Attacking Democrats

The Billings Gazette reported this week that John Sinrud’s so-called “Western Tradition Partnership” broke state law and should have to pay a civil fine because it failed to report its donors and register as a political action committee.

As previously

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Prominent Local Republican Fails to Endorse Right-Wing Radical in Op-Ed

The highly respected State Senator Ryan Zinke did not use his recent op-ed to endorse TEA Party Republican Derek Skees for the Whitefish house seat.  James Conner at the Flatead Memo has the story.

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Hardhitting Mailer: Bigot in Bozeman

A mailer in Bozeman has surfaced, calling Tom Burnett, the Tea Party Candidate, a bigot because he told gay people that they are the equivalent of people who practice beastiality, incest, and pedophilia. (What is pictured here is not the …

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Pro-Rehberg Garbage In the Mail

Thought you might like this mailer that landed last week from the Safari Club. (Apparently they like to shoot gorillas and polar bears and have the taxpayers subsidize their hunting trips with a tax write-off, according to their Wikipedia listing

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Courage Under Fire

Three cheers to Flathead County Commissioner Joe Brenneman for not taking the bait offered to him by Chuck Denowh’s Better Government PAC. When Denowh paid close to $5000 to five different Flathead Valley radio stations to attack Brenneman in his …

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Slime in the Flathead

Here it is.

The biggest piece of slime that slithers across the state moving and laundering money and attacking democrats with lies.

These guys raise massive among of corporate money and funnel it into various dishonest activities.  Here’s what happened …

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Billings Republican Appears to Have Broken Own Law

Roy Brown Attack Side 2Roy Brown attack side 1The irony is hard to miss: Montana State Senator Roy Brown, a co-sponsor of the so-called “Clean Campaign Act“, appears to be violating that very statute with his most recent attack on Kendall Van Dyk.

Senate Bill 279 …

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The Montana GOP Hypocrite of the Week Award Goes to…

Travis Kavulla, MT GOP Hypocrite of the Week…Travis Kavulla, Republican Candidate for the Public Service Commission.

There was a time when all candidates running for an elected position would take seriously the Oath of office to act with fidelity–an obligation to be honest and to not purposefully …

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MT TEA Party Republican Makes National TEA Party Exposé as “One of the TEA Party’s Most Radical Candidates”

Today’s exposé of a secret TEA Party mega-millionaire donor in Mother Jones also reveals that the secret donor is a supporter  of Derek Skees:

Thompson is also active in Montana politics, where [he] has supported one of the tea party’s most

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Perfect Choice for GOP Leader

The bad news about the infamous attack mailers coming from Republicans, desperately trying to link state Democrats to Obama with no evidence, is that politics has degraded into a zero-truth game. Say anything, facts are optional.

The good news is …

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