Montana GOP

Beginning to Wonder About the Montana GOP

April 8, 2010

I’m beginning to wonder when the Montana Republican Party is going to come out against Social Security and Medicare. After all, they certainly seem supportive of the idea that the federal government has no role in health care. At the latest hyperbolically named “rally” of the curiously lightly employed Montana Tea Party, Montana Republicans were [...]

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The Continuing Ethics of Montana’s Premier Republican Astroturf Blog

June 26, 2009

Remember The Hardliner? A blog that is so transparently a GOP astroturf operation that it resorted to manufacturing comments to make it appear like it had a vibrant community reading it? And then banning my IP from the site when I called them out on it? Well, they are back to their old tricks. Yesterday, [...]

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Republicans On Meth

April 8, 2009

Oh, those fiscal conservatives in the Republican Party. At the same time, some Democrats objected to a piece of the Republican plan that sends another $500,000 to the private Montana Meth Project for a total of $1 million. Health care for kids? Socialist waste. Millions for an unproven scare campaign? Sensible policy. Sigh. Update: And [...]

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Is Liane Pronounced Lyin’? A Pathetic Defense of Dennis Rehberg’s Record

April 8, 2009

One would think that a five term Representative would have a better defense of his record than the one that appeared in the Independent Record today. The commentary, by Republican Party Chair Liane Johnson, demonstrates the paucity of achievements and ideas that have come out of Representative Rehberg’s office in five terms, while illustrating that [...]

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Why Pass Krayton’s Crazy Gun Bill?

February 12, 2009

While some (like county attorneys and sheriffs) have questioned the need for Representative Krayton Kern’s Wild West, Rootin’-Tootin Shooting Show gun bill (HB 228), the representative himself has finally offered a compelling reason: The thicker we can make Montana Code with laws that clarify and solidify our Constitutional rights the more difficult it will be [...]

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The NBA, Soccer, or the Montana Republican Party?

November 18, 2008

You decide: To the crack of the bat, the cadence of the quarterback and the thwack of a tennis racket, add a new element to America’s sports soundtrack — the shrieks, cries and shouts of N.B.A. players as they try to put the ball in the basket. In part, the emoting is designed to deceive, [...]

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Judge Donald Malloy 1, Jake Eaton 0

October 8, 2008

It’s too bad that wit is wasted on people like Jake Eaton. Judge Donald Malloy, today: A Hobbesian nightmare! Determined to prevent the Hobbesian nightmare sure to ensue if voters’ mailing addresses do not match their residential addresses, Eaton employed an auditor to pore over the United States Postal Service’s change of address registry, and [...]

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The Montana GOP Cuts and Runs on Voter Intimidation

October 8, 2008

Of course, they didn’t offer an apology. Instead, it was the media’s fault: Eaton wrote that the party launched the challenges in “good faith,” but media reports have since suggested the challenges were an effort to suppress voter turnout. I’m quite certain it didn’t have anything to do with a recently filed lawsuit that might [...]

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