The Bridges of Madison County (and a Tea Party Imbecile)

Montana Representative "Birther" Bob WagnerRepublican Bob Wagner, legislator from Madison County and a half-literate rube Tea Partier who likes to draw national attention to himself, is in the news again.

You will recall that as a legislator, he sponsored a “birther bill” to prevent …

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Trampling on Our Rights

This week’s must read is a guest editorial in the Bozeman Chronicle by Blaine County Commissioner Vic Miller.   The well-written piece explains how Congressman Rehberg’s federal land grab bill amounts to trampling our rights to declare a police state …

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Right Wing Pastor Caught Filching Victim Out of Life Savings

A Montana pastor renowned for his bigoted attacks on women and gays will be arrested for setting up fake companies to steal hundreds of thousands from a local man, the Missoulian reports.  Pastor Harris Himes is facing several felonies for …

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Delusional

In its ever-delusional idea of its own moral authority, Montana Roman Catholic Bishops are hosting a conference on “abortion, ‘assisted-suicide’ and euthanasia,” the AP reports today.

As you probably already know, 34 Montanans have recently filed a lawsuit against the

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This Year’s Worst Political Ad

This is so random, so bizarre. It’s best just to watch.

After watching this, I can’t decide if TEA Party Republican state legislator Derek Skees is running for a statewide office (charged with regulating the insurance industry), or launching a …

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Montana TEA Party Leaders Call for Violence Against Political Opponents

The leader of the Billings Montana Shrugged TEA Party and a TEA Party Republican state lawmaker have been caught posting remarks online that imply support for shooting their political opponents.

The incident comes on the heels of another Montana TEA …

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This Week’s Worst Political Ad

It’s hard to believe this has already started.  Ten months out from the primary election and one GOP primary candidate for Governor is already on the air.  The extreme earliness is part of why this Corey Stapleton ad is a …

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A Look at 2012′s Packed Ballot

There are no less than five citizen initiative proposals that Montanans are trying to get on the ballot though signature gathering campaigns.  This is in addition to the five bad ideas that TEA Party Republicans sent to the ballot to …

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Stunning Poll Results, From A Ten-State Survey

I received the following chart today, which gives the results of a recently completed survey of voters in ten states.  It was commissioned by a consortium of groups, including the Montana Policy Institute, a conservative group based in Bozeman. …

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Montana GOP Campaign Gimmick Backfires

A Republican Party campaign stunt designed to make Montanans think Senator Jon Tester was hiding his position on an issue has had some unintended consequences.

The MTGOP sent out an email saying they were offering a $100 dollar prize to …

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This is Why Young Women Rock

You know when you have to go to the hospital that it isn’t going be cheap, but what you probably didn’t know that hospitals charge the highest prices to those who can least afford it.  That’s why it’s so great …

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Something Fishy

Congressman Rehberg is trying to hide his wealth from Montana voters.Rehberg tries to "write down" his wealth so he won't have to run as one of the world's richest congressmen.One of the Richest Members of CongressAfter months of waiting for a funding bill from Rehberg’s appropriations committee in the House, the Senate was forced to give up and started work on its own funding bill for the coming year for Labor, Health and Human Services …

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Convention Notes

Dems rallied the faithful this weekend in Great Falls at the annual convention, with many speeches by the many state-wide candidates. Mostly, just a lot speechifying. The top ticket candidates did not disappoint. Tester and Bullock gave great speeches, whipping …

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