Posted: November 10, 2011 at 9:08 pm
Livingstone Hits Rock Bottom
The wheels of the strange campaign of Neil Livingstone for Governor are no longer turning and might soon come off the bus.
According to local Whitefish sources, Livingstone’s campaign bus, which has a giant photo of himself on the side of it, has been sitting still at Ryan Zinke’s house (Livingstone’s number two man) for several months.
Livingstone’s Facebook page and website have also been parked idle for a long while. As of this morning, the campaign hadn’t posted anything on Facebook since July 28th and as for Livingstone’s website, the last posting was from April 19th. The posting was a “weekly recipe” (Livingstone was once fond of regularly posting his delicious cooking ideas) and was “chile con carne“, presumably the Peruvian variety.
And the campaign was broke as of the last fundraising report (which is probably why the bus has been idle–no gas money).
It had once been assumed that Livingstone would put personal money into this race, given his supposed high net worth. But it now seems like either Livingstone’s assets are fewer than previously thought, or he has simply lost interest in the whole enterprise.
Nonetheless, there is one important piece of activity coming from Livingstone’s running mate Zinke.
Zinke, on his own personal Facebook page, has just today called for a rally to “Occupy Whitefish”. But not as an objection to big bailed out banks and fat Wall Street bonuses. Nor in response to a seven percent unemployment rate or the fact that middle class wages have been stagnant for a decade. No. It’s an “Occupy Whitefish In Support of the Jesus Statue” rally, scheduled for Friday, at the local Chevrolet dealership.
Unfortunately, I hear that Jesus is supporting Ken Miller.
I ain’t one to gossip, and you didn’t hear this from me, but I saw Neil Livingstone going into a local Helena restaurant a few nights ago with a MUCH younger woman. So he must not have totally abandoned his campaign, or else he would have been in DC with this MUCH younger woman.
Good for him! I hope they had sex. Nobody gets hurt! Everyone has fun, including the gossips.
after all, who wouldn’t want to have sex with the guy in this photo?
http://www.bodyguard-training.com/images/bookback1.jpg
If it was all about looks we wouldn’t be here. Attraction is complex. More power to him. Again, I hope he got laid and that everyone went home happy. Can’t believe this silly gossip going on!
I’m going to have to say “I wouldn’t” this is the guy dictators who brutalize their own people call in the U.S. for help “out.” Creepy.
LOL on Jesus supporting Ken Miller, thats funny. The last I saw of Neil Livingstone was when he was at the Montana Farmers Union Convention in Great Falls about a month ago. The Libertarian Party candidate was there dressed as John Travolta in Disco Fever, and he wanted to legalize hemp and require the farmers of Montana to grow atleast one acre of hemp, in order to start a hemp industry, and he said that if the feds opposed it he would put the national gaurd on the Montana border. The one next to him was Corey Stapelton, he looked like he was going to have a heart attack at the mention of the word hemp, he gave the most boring speech I’ve ever heard from a Republican, in fact he makes Marc Ratco seem like Mr. Personality. Then there was our man Neil, Neil is running to incress oil drilling in Montana and he wants to kill all the wolves, then there was another Republican candidate there, he was born and raised in Chicago and is a finnacial advisor and a member of Friends of the Northern Yellowstone Elk herd, he is running to kill all the wolves. Great candidates and they all make me want to move to North Dakota.
I did see Livingstone’s bus traveling south on Highway 93 toward the Bitterroot on Oct. 28. According to the Ravalli County Republicans, Zinke represented Livingstone at their fundraiser dinner on Oct. 29. http://ravcogop.com/2011/11/annual-spaghetti-dinner-a-big-hit/
How did Zinke get mixed up with someone like Livingstone?
They’re both counter-terrorism experts who probably met while Zinke was in the military.
Zinke and livingstone: Both men Know and like working for people like Muammar Gaddafi(Terrorists and dictators). Not something I think would be good for Montana! We Like our democracy Here!
probably was his girlfriend. he’s a single man. got divorced a few years ago.
Anyone who makes their chili by dumping the raw meat into water without browning it first will never be elected governor of Montana.
Ohio, maybe, but never Montana.
Thanks for the note. Neil and I have been spending more time talking to people around the State than we have in the office. Good idea on updating Facebook for those that use social media. We are serious about creating an economic revolution in Montana and hope those who frequent Cowgirl will find us to be at least thoughtful if not reasonable in action. We are both from Montana and fully understand why all of us choose to live here. We can’t protect our legacy being poor and it’s time to use our resources for a better future. P.S. Neil’s Chili is good to go. All the best, Ryan
Senator Zinke, your vision for Montana, such as it is, smacks of crass opportunism, nothing more, nothing less. But here, allow me a suggestion. Go clean up the Berkley Pit, Zortman Landusky, the Mike Horse Mine, and get a few clear cuts to re-grow healthy forests, and THEN you won’t be talkin’ smack. But right now, that’s all you have is smack.
In case you haven’t noticed, Montanans have moved on. We’re no longer interested in nineteenth century solutions. Them days went the way of the buffalo. Kinda sad that that’s all you got.
But hey, I hear that Wyoming is hiring! They kinda like that crazy talk! And they actually kind of ENJOY living in a toxic crap hole!
DAMn Larry, that was……….. to lenient of you! Try harder PLZ! :-)
HEY, I’m trying to be nice to Sen. Zinke. He had the narlies to show up here, so he deserves an honest response. I gave him one. I hate to see him spouting nonsense. I think he’s better than that. And you know me, I’m a helpful kinda guy. I’m always glad to help. I’ll try to educate him a bit and help him along. Heck, he may decide to run on his own some day, and that would probably be a good thing rather than cavorting with the likes of Livingstone.
BTW, here’s some “economic revolution” using “resources” taking place IN Wyoming. I highly suspect that this is what the senator has in mind for Montana’s economic recovery. It ain’t a vision that MOST Montanans share with the senator.
http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/epa-identified-dangerous-chemicals-wy
Welcome Senator Zinke to the Montana Cowgirl Blog. Thanks for your comments. I can’t personally recommend dumping raw ground beef into a pot of boiling water, but I understand that a person’s tastes in chili are an intense and deeply personal matter. So if that’s what you like, by all means eat up.
Dear Mr. Zinke, Please address your campaign’s illegal use of the Montana State Seal on your campaign bus and website. Thank you.
Thanks for participating Senator Zinke and I commend you for defending our state’s Veterans Home from privatization. We appreciate your participation in this dialogue, and although it can be ‘edgy’, that’s the nature of Democracy as Churchill said it (Democracy) not the best, but the alternatives unacceptable.
Pubbly, Senator Zinke was a Navy Seal. He can take it. Look, REALITY is “edgy”. And the reality is that there are a HUGE number or past examples in this state where Sen. Zinke’s “vision” of resource extraction did NOT cure our economic ills, but rather simply left perpertually festering toxic dead zones for the REST of us to deal with.
Now, I don’t know about Sen. Zinke, but that is NOT the legacy that most Montanans want to leave their children and grandchildren, nor is it the “vision” that we have for our state. I don’t know where Sen. Zinke has been, but enriching ROBBER barons does little to actually help the people of Montana. I’m thinkin’ that he might not have paid attention in Montana History class!
You see, MOST Montanans are anxious and desperate for leaders who can offer up a BETTER vision for our future, one that does NOT include allowing every corporate polluter who wants to to come in and rape Montana again in the name of economic development. Look, I said it before and I’ll say it again SPECIFICALLY for the senator. Economic development must make economic sense! In other words, if it costs MORE in terms of money and environmental degradation to clean UP a project, (see Zortman/Landusky, etc.) that does NOT make economic sense! It’s cheaper to PAY THE WORKERS to stay HOME! It makes MORE economic sense to keep our environment healthy and clean, which thereby attracts the type of businesses and people we all want! THAT makes economic sense!
The senatore needs to understand that this is how MOST Montanans feel. Just look to I-137. The rape and run days are over. Never to return. So forget that.
p.s. There is a HUGE difference between vision and a dream, an industry wet dream that is. Any moron can say drill baby drill. Even someone as stupid as sarah palin. But it takes a REAL leader to present a vision of a safe, secure, healthy, environmentall sound future. THAT’S what I want from a leader.
Now, can Sen. Zinke do that? I hope so.