GOP Legislature Poised to Overturn Citizen Initiatives for First Time in State History

GOP Claimed to Support Will of Voters Before They Opposed It

FLIP: Before the election, GOP leadership claimed they supported ballot initiatives as the will of the voters.

Senate GOP Leader Jeff Essmann, speaks about the sanctity of the ballot

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Montana Democrats Get Some Game

Rep. Betsy HandsRep. Dick BarrettIt’s a proud moment for Montanans.  Democrats in the Montana House of Representatives took the opportunity, during a debate of a prominent piece of the GOP agenda,  to masterfully expose the Republicans for who they really are.  The Montana Lowdown

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Montana Republican Says Drunkenness is “Way of Life”; Opposes DUI Laws

TEA party legislator Alan Hale yesterday made an impassioned speech on the floor of the Montana statehouse for the elimination of all DUI laws.  Intelligent Discontent has the story and the must watch video.

Alan Hale, a frosh legislator from …

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Even Fox News Mocks Montana Republican for Kooky Bill

Remember way back a long time ago earlier this session when the GOP tried to portray themselves as the party of the Constitution, even hosting a “seminar” about the Constitution from the conservative National Center for Constitutional …

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FACT CHECK: Republican Misquotes Party’s Founder

In today’s Twitter frenzy of enlightening and intelligent statements by Representative Derek Skees (R Whitefish Kalispell), this statement appeared:

If Republicans can't even get quotes from their own founder right, what else are they getting wrong?

However, according to the book They Never Said it: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, & Misleading Attributions, these words …

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The Worst Kind of Hypocrites

Republicans are keeping up their track record of doing absolutely nothing on job creation, ostensibly what they were sent to Helena to work on, but they are doubling down on looking out for numero uno: Gutting health care benefits for …

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Bloom is Coming Off the Tea Party’s Rose

They were a national sensation, but they are fading away one by one. The crazy bills that the Montana GOP introduced upon taking office–encouraging global warming, funding militias, giving sheriffs autonomy over the federal government, and many more–in the Montana …

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Rick Hill Fundraiser: 90% Lobbyists

Hope Rick Hill Isn't Laughing at one of Conrad Burns racist jokes.Former lobbyist, insurance-executive and gubernatorial wanna-be Rick Hill got some of his closest friends together to raise some dough – and 90% of the listed guests were registered lobbyists.

The invitation for the fundraiser, held at the offices of a …

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Montana’s GOP Leader Melts Down

Montana's GOP Leader Melts DownTwice in the last two days, the Republican president of Montana’s Senate has broken down and sobbed during a session of the Montana Senate because he was unable to muster enough votes for his preferred bills. (March 22, 23,

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GOP Leading Man is a Bit Crusty

The Republican party’s leading man is a bit crusty, to the point that he’s all excited about the fact that he has sent out an email.  From that email:

When I last ran for public office over ten years ago,

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Warburton Admits Abortion Ballot-Measures are Designed for Political Purpose: Did She break The Law?

Wendy Warburton's behavior should be investigatedWendy Warburton, tea partyist legislator from Havre, made the mistake of admitting to Emily Ritter, Montana Public Radio that the reason she has introduced two anti-abortion constitutional amendments is that these two measures, if they appear on the ballot, will …

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Senate Republicans Lash Out At Montana Voters

We know that the Republicans in the Montana legislature must have been humiliated by the poll results showing only 24 percent of Montanans approved of their performance in the Montana legislature.  Who wouldn’t be embarrassed at being exposed as so …

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Poll Contains Bad News for the Legislature

Montana Republicans can no longer hide the fact that they are stuck in a quagmire of their own creation.  Republicans rocketed into power in state legislatures across the country after voters reacted to the unpopular  actions of the U.S> Congress.  …

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