Senator for Saginaw Chippewas

Newsflash: Jason Klindt is a &^!@

November 6, 2006

In a perfect moment summarizing the the way that the Bush Administration and his rubber-stamp Congress think, Jason Klindt lost his temper today when a newspaper had the audacity to print a poll: Jason Klindt first said Monday that the Great Falls Tribune would not be allowed to attend, before changing his mind later in [...]

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Things I Enjoy: Conservative Columnists Telling Us What Plays Well in Montana

November 3, 2006

In an article that otherwise could very well be comprised entirely of the scraps of a Jason Klindt press release, the National Review’s Byron York explains what issues play well in Montana: On Thursday, Burns got the biggest help of all, when President Bush visited Billings, drawing a big, enthusiastic crowd. The president got a [...]

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The Media, Part 1: The Montana Standard Gives Up Its Last Shred of Credibility

October 29, 2006

You have to give Gerry O’Brien from the Montana Standard and Lawrence Farrar, the President of Resodyn, credit for one thing: they have no shame at all. No worry about public scrutiny, no concern about the appearance of partiality, and no regard for the truth. I’ve always wondered how a Senator could sell his integrity [...]

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Conrad Burns: A D+ From American Veterans

October 24, 2006

Conrad is all talk when it comes to supporting veterans. The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association, a non-partisan group of veterans of both wars, has given the Senator a grade of D+ for Veteran and solidiers affairs. It’s no small sample: The IAVA looked at over 300 votes in the past five years to detemine [...]

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Why Democrats Lose Elections, Part 1,432,112

October 21, 2006

Democrats lose elections because each of the constituent groups in our big tent sometimes lose sight of the fact that, while a Democratic candidate may not be perfect, he or she is certainly better than the Republican option on a broad array of issues. A recent editor to the Helena IR illustrates this problem: I [...]

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An Open Letter to Charles Johnson

October 21, 2006

Dear Chuck: Look, I feel badly for Senator Burns, too. No matter how despicable his politics have been and how shamefully he’s conducted himself, both as a Senator and a candidate, he’s probably actually a decent guy, who thinks he’s doing right. It’s got to be hard, watching your political career end before you are [...]

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Tester-Burns Debate in Great Falls, Part 1

October 20, 2006

Wow. This is amateur hour in Great Falls. I bet the kids at C-Span are impressed with this show. Perhaps finding someone who knows how to use a microphone might have been a good strategy for the moderator. The panelists look terrified as well, which is fun. Burns Opening: Conrad pointedly doesn’t thank Tester in [...]

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Conrad’s Officially Losing It: A Secret Plan To Win the War!

October 17, 2006

Senator Burns may finally have crossed the line from a lovable idiot to a full-blown conspiracy theorist. Pressed to reconcile his belief that the war in Iraq is going well and his new position that we need to make changes to win the war, Burns offered this defense: “He says our president don’t have a [...]

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