Video: Montana Republicans Behaving Badly

How to prove you have integrity: tell your governor to "stick it up his ass".


Via the AP:

Republican House Majority Leader Michael Lange made the comments Wednesday after leaving a meeting with Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer. Lange was speaking to a room of House Republicans, with reporters and a television camera present.

He said Schweitzer could "go straight to hell" and called the governor an "S.O.B."

The tirade attracted more than 17,000 views on YouTube and stalled talks to draft a state budget.

"I'm pissed off at that S.O.B. on the second floor that thinks he is going to run this state like a dictator," Lange said after comparing Democrats to "Communist Russia" and "Red China."

Lange, waving his arms with his face turning red, then shouted: "My message to the governor is stick it up your a--."

I think he was trying to channel Howard Beale but it obviously came out as a pale imitation of Howard Stern instead.
 

Montana Votes to Abolish the Death Penalty

It was a very close vote with what looks like quite an interesting debate:

After a lengthy debate in which lawmakers quoted Jesus, Thomas Jefferson and Ted Bundy, the Senate voted 27-22 to approve the measure.

Yet, the Democratic-controlled senate decided to go against public opinion that favoured the death penalty by moving to abolish it.

Onward, Montana!

(I think the fact that Montana borders Canada has something to do with it. Next thing you know, they'll turn into a haven of that dreaded "socialism" we have here too. This isn't your daddy's wild, wild west anymore.)

h/t JJB