The State of Montana Paid for 43 Teen Births Last Year

October 28, 2010 in 2010 Election, Conservatism, Montana, Montana Republicans, Planned Parenthood

by jhwygirl That’s because the state’s low income health insurance plan for children through the age of 19 covers prenatal care, delivery and postnatal care for teen moms. The cost? $720,000. Yesterday, Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against the State of Montana for its selective policies regarding denial of birth [...]

The Robo-Calls and Dirty Tricks Continue…

October 28, 2010 in 2010 Election, Missoula, Montana, Montana politics

by jhwygirl …but are they all from the GOP? I wrote a post the other day about HD63 GOP challenger Tom Burnett making robo calls in the Bozeman area. Thing is, not only are the calls automated and recorded, they’re recorded by Tom Burnett. Pogo Possum had a comment in that post that suggested Bryce [...]

Media matters

October 28, 2010 in 2010 Election, Dennis McDonald, Denny Rehberg, Media, Montana

by Pete Talbot Commercial irony Challenger Dennis McDonald’s latest TV commercial has drawn the ire of Congressman Denny Rehberg. Jhwygirl has a post up on it. Rehberg’s outrage is hypocritical. He and the Republican party having been running negative hit ads for ages. Two wrongs don’t make a right, though. I hate this kind of [...]