Word on the street from Kalispell is: at a recent Flathead Republican meeting, gubernatorial candidate Neil Livingstone took a few hard swings at his opponent Rick Hill.

Livingstone supposedly made reference to “values,” and said that Hill has proven in his past that he doesn’t have good ones; and he described Hill is a “failed businessman” who is not qualified to be Governor.

Livingstone knows about business, having made a fortune charging foreign governments (and dictators) for expertise on terrorism and international relations, whereas Rick Hill charged the state of Montana a fortune for inflated rental space.

But Livingstone might also have trouble with the GOP values police: not long ago, he split from his longtime spouse, trading her in for a newer model, a “young blond dish.” So values might not be his card.