Media smearing Tea Party

I don't know if any of you were

watching the news coverage last

week about the protests in

Washington D.C., bit it was

reported that the protesters spit

on Georgia Senator John Lewis,

and yelled racial slurs.

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I too was willing to accept that

a bad apple had gotten into the

protest, after all, the media reported

that the offender had been arrested,

and that the Senator generously

decided not to prosecute.

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There is a slight problem though - it never happened.

Over at The American Thinker, Jack Cashill has exposed the hoax,

(or libel) as he calls it - here's the link;

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http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/03/a_closer_look_at_the_capitol_s.html

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So now, being a vocal protestor of our Government isn't a noble cause, like when the Dems were protesting President Bush, it's a movement to be attacked.

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Why isn't this fraud in the news?

Campaign starting off well.

If you live in the Billings

area, my gorgeous red,

white, and blue signs

are spreading out.

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And as I've been getting

them out, I'm being reminded

who my friends are because

the phone is ringing, with

friends getting me sign

spots, and asking how they

can help.

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I've just gotten started knocking on doors, and I've discovered that people are in the mood to talk this election cycle.

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I've even gotten signs on the lawns of Democrats.

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The toughest question people ask me is "Why should I vote for you instead of the other guy?"

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And that's a fair question.

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First, this is a primary - myself against another Republican. It was President Reagan that said you should never speak ill of a fellow Republican. So I won't. And I really couldn't anyway, because I don't really know the incumbent, and few people I talk to know him either.

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I do know that I can improve the level of customer service down there. Because I've worked for businesses in Billings, dealing with the public for about 30 years, and I've improved the service everywhere I've been. Everybody who walks through that door, will be greeted, and if we know their name we'll use it. The phone will be answered on the second ring. And if we don't know the answer to a question, we'll find it for them.

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That's something I KNOW I can do.

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Also, from 1990 until now, look at how much the world has advanced in regards to handling, storing, and transferring information. One of my goals will be to bring that office out of the electronic stone ages.

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And lastly, as a fiscal conservative, my goal will be to make sure that we are efficient as possible, and that no taxpayer funds will be wasted. I know I can do that too.

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So, if you are in Yellowstone County, please vote in the primary on June 8th!

Let the Games Begin - Tomorrow

Today is the
LAST filing day
for State & County
elections.
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So the campaign
begins tomorrow.
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You will be seeing
my red/white/blue
campaign signs
sprouting up around
the county.
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Still some open elections, without a challenger though.
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There are Challengers for Sheriff, County Attorney, County Commissioner, County Clerk, and there is a challenger for one Judge position too.
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Still nobody running against the County Treasurer, County Auditor, or the other Judge position either.
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So if you are willing to serve, todays your day to file, or forever hold your peace - LOL
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(Or at least until the next election)

Democrats getting desperate.

I see that the Unions have came out
and picked the Democratic challenger
for Denny Rehberg, and it is none
other than Dennis McDonald.

Here's the link;

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_060a22be-2e28-11df-be7e-001cc4c03286.html

To put it bluntly, McDonald is a poor candidate for them. They couldn't find anybody better than a rich, California lawyer, who put on a cowboy hat and is now a Melville 'rancher'?

Especially since The Great Leader, President Obama is systematically tearing his own party apart with his mounting failures and clumsy politics.

How do the Montana Dems react now?
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Their first impulse (dumb) is to start the smearing, and mud-slinging. They hope they can diatract the voters from what a poor candidate McDonald really is.
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They are now going after Randy Vogel, a longtime Rehberg supporter, who is now on Denny's staff. Here's the link;
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http://www.billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_95a8f88a-2d58-11df-aa2f-001cc4c03286.html
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His staffer, is accused of accidentally shooting a spike bull elk last fall.
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No witnesses of course.
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And they waited months to go after him, until the day after it was announced he was going to work for Rehberg full time.
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Boy, what a key political issue!
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Does it smell bad to anybody else?

Montana Shrugged

In case you're wondering

who's standing on the corner

of 24th & King every Wednesday

at lunchtime, it's the Montana

Shrugged group and their

supporters -

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http://www.montanashrugged.com/

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In case you don't know what

they mean by Tea Party, they are

a conservative group who believe

that we are Taxed Enough Already.

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I was out there, along with Eric Olsen and his group, another conservative candidate, Jerry Prouse, and a crowd of other vocal conservatives, including my City Councilman for this ward, Rich McFadden.

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I was real original - my sign simply said TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY -

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I like campaigning, because it generally restores my faith in people.

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Today was no different. Lots of honks, lots of waves, and there were a couple of cowboys who drove by yelling "Obama Sucks!" as loud as they could.

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There were some liberal, Obama supporters who drove by and gave them a thumbs down, or yelled out saying we were racist, or uneducated, but I'm thinking less than 1/10th of a percent.

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My sign was really racist, right? "Taxed enough already"

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Are those people still in the Obama-trance from over a year ago?

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All in all, a good day. So check out their website. The 'meet' every week, letting their voices be heard.

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Is the TEA Party a third party, looking to disrupt the electoral process? No.

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They are rock-solid conservatives. They are just more vocal about their views.

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It's about time.

What part of NO don't they understand ?

The yard signs are already

going up on the lawns of the

teachers, the liberals, and all

the people who have a financial

interest in passing the school

mill levy.

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The BEA (Teachers Union) has devoted a chunk of their web page to it - here's the link;

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http://cu.imt.net/~beabillings/

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Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against the teachers earning a living, and I'm generally a union supporter, because I think this town needs every decent job it can acquire.

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The Billings Gazette website has attracted a lot of comments, and I'm not to popular over there.

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Why?

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Because for me, the answer is no.

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I will not support this levy.

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And I will give you my reasons for that;

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(1) We have been deceived in the past. The 'For the Kids' money didn't go to the kids.

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(2) The 'Hope & Change' economy we got from The Great Leader, The Messiah, The Protector of the Poor, President Obama has forced most of us to cut back, and we'll be in survival mode until we get him out of office, and until we can undo some of the damage he's causing. The community cannot afford it, especially my retired neighbors who are on fixed incomes.

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(3) When the board has very good advice, from financial guys like Jerry Hansen, they ignore it. I'm sure Mary Jo Fox considers herself a lot smarter than the board members, but IMO that has yet to be proven.

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(4) They claim to be out of money, and cut classes like Debate, and Latin. Yet they keep the pushover classes. Do our kids need to be taught 'Single Survival' or 'Lifetime Activities'?

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So, No means No.

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Here's the other side of the coin;

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My kids have never had a bad teacher at SD2. Especially at Broadwater Elementary.

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The teachers and staff have been great.

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I have graduated two now, with two more left to go. In my observations as a parent, I have noticed just one similarity among the students that do well - they have parents that take an interest in their education. Having HS classes that teach how to balance a checkbook, instead of advanced language classes seems like a district with it's priorities out of whack.

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Come on lurkers - time to step up - are you for, or against the levy, and why?