Letters to the Editor
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My email to Tester
I was reading an article in Salon.com today about this race against Senator Burns. It speaks about his ties to Abramoff and his dismissal of its relevancy because he brings federal dollars to the state very effectively. Here is an excerpt from the article...
>>So what should matter to Montana's voters? The senator's yard signs and bumper stickers pretty much sum it up, at least from his perspective: "Burns delivers for Montana." Everywhere he goes, Burns talks about all the federal funding he's brought back to the state and how his increasing seniority in the Senate means that the gravy days are still ahead.
Now I don't know about you, but the irony of a Republican senator running on this record really strikes me. Here is Montana, probably full of libertarian-style economists (who in turn, vote republican or identify with the republican party); small government, low taxes, personal accountability (hey, this is a democratic principle too, but you have to admit, the GOP has hijacked it), anti-welfare; and yet they are totally pumped that Burns can bring a lot of federal taxpayer money to pump the local economy? How does that square with these sensibilities? Shouldn't this illustrate that Burns is actually a tax-n-spend Conservative?
Since this is about the only trick up his sleeve, here is a way to show he's got nothing. Work the irony into a commercial...ask Montanan's...Do we want to be relying on the federal government for money and jobs?? Or do we want to create our own jobs through our hard work and innovation. Because if you just want federal dollars to create jobs for you, then you just voted for a Tax-n-Spend Republican.