Happy Roe v. Wade Anniversary Montana

Today is the 39th Anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision. It’s a good time to look at the state of the GOP’s War on Women.

We used to think that it was only guys on street corners …

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Political Quick Hits

 Pass the Caviar, Congressman Hill

We know that former GOP Congressman Rick Hill’s campaign for Governor has made some questionable expenditures. But champagne, really?

If this is how the campaign spends money, I’d hate to see what they …

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Political Quick Hits

Supporters Wanted

Behlmer honk and waveSupporters of the right-wing City Commission candidate Lorabelle Behlmer took to the streets in support of her candidacy this weekend–or rather a supporter did.   A Cowgirl tipster captured this photograph of Behlmer’s “Honk and Wave” event.  It …

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Rehberg Sets New Standard for Scumbaggery

It used to be that we thought of  a misogynist as that guy at the office who is always putting women down to feel better about himself. (After all, it is 2011.)

Apparently, no one told Republicans. They aren’t just …

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Butte Girl Plays Leading Roll In Wisconsin TEA Party Recall Election

The voters of Wisconsin go to the polls today to vote on the recall of six TEA Party Republican legislators who helped with Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s attack on unions. One of the leaders in recalling these legislators is Montana …

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Words and Actions

This week there have been a couple of  posts over at Intelligent Discontent about Jesse Laslovich and abortion rights.  One post, combined with some of the comments under it, says basically that a democratic primary “should not be about

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The More Information, the Better

Interesting discussion going on at Intelligent Discontent here and here about the choice voting record of Jesse Laslovich, a former legislator who is running for AG.  The issue was also mentioned in passing by a guest poster here a while …

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Conservatives Outraged at Rehberg, Hill

Please, Congressman Rehberg is the GOP Hypocrite of the decade.Social/TEA Party conservatives are outraged at  Dennis Rehberg’s dismissal of conservative Republican candidates and the GOP’s support for Rick Hill.  In an open letter posted on the TEA Party Blog PolyMontana.com, conservative movement leaders Roland Horst and Annie Bukacek explained

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Analysis: GOP’s “Get Your Women’s Health Care at Walgreens” Strategy Backfires

The national and state budget negotiations are shaping up to be a recipe for disaster for the GOP, largely because the  Republican Party is being held hostage by hard-line right-wing forces: the tea party obsessed with cutting the budget (even though …

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Poll Contains Bad News for the Legislature

Montana Republicans can no longer hide the fact that they are stuck in a quagmire of their own creation.  Republicans rocketed into power in state legislatures across the country after voters reacted to the unpopular  actions of the U.S> Congress.  …

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GUEST POST: Family services clinics do more to prevent abortion than the other side ever will

Planned Parenthood of Montana has been my primary care provider for the last thirteen years.  I’ve gone to them for contraception, annual exams, cancer screenings, anxiety and depression issues, digestion problems and more.

Family planning services around the country operate …

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Right-Wing Editor of the Daily Inter Lake is Way Far Gone

Are people paying real money for the Flathead Daily Inter Lake?A week after writing an editorial in which he offered an impassioned defense of birthers, birther bills and the birther movement, Frank Miele–the ultra-right-wing editor of the Flathead Daily Inter Lake–has outdone himself.

Miele’s latest column takes aim at …

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Cattle

Keith Regier is out of touch.TEA Party Republican Representative Keith Regier has been comparing women to cattle again in an analogy that he claims explains our “value.”

Here is the audio of Rep. Regier’s comments in the Senate Judiciary committee this week, but as you’ll …

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