Montana Dem Gov is spanking the republicans

[Jesus Saves]

"Republican legislative leaders were furious at Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Wednesday when he turned a meeting they requested into a 25-minute filibuster without letting them get a single word in edgewise.

A frustrated Schweitzer spent much of the meeting criticizing Republicans in the evenly divided House for not supporting some of his top priorities. These included bills to offer tax breaks for attract movie and television productions to Montana, promote ethanol production, strengthen the state's stream-access law and fund a commission to find waste in state government.

Without asking the Republican leaders what they wanted to talk about or if they had any reaction to his comments, Schweitzer abruptly terminated the meeting."

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"Interviewed later, Schweitzer expressed surprise that the GOP legislators hadn't said anything at the meeting. He said he mentioned most of them by name to give them an opening to talk. 'They all just sat there,' he said.
'I didn't know why they didn't step in with anything.'"

http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?ts=1&display=rednews/2005/03/10/build/state/25-schweitzer-meeting.inc

[grasswire]

1. wow

He's even more of a firebrand than the last Dem governor, Ted Schwinden.

I'm trying to figure out where that photo was taken. It can't be Reeder's Alley. Got an idea?

[Jesus Saves]

2. I don't know

I know Montana well but I don't recognize it.

[sandnsea]

6. I like him

I thought he might go a little more to the right, but all of those things sound like good Montana policy to me. I am really cheering for him to turn things around up there. I think most Montanans were really blindsided by Racicot and Martz.

[hatrack]

3. Can you guys spare him?

We sure could use a governor like him in Missouri!

[CottonBear]

7. Send him south to Georgia!

Can ya'll spare him for a road trip through the southern states?

[Warpy]

4. Dunno, but Schweitzer is a Democrat in

an overwhelmingly Repug state. He ran on a platform of economic populism.

I hope the pro DLC types are paying attention.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

5. This Schweitzer fellow could make a good President.

Imagine him politically "spanking" the Rethugs in Congress!!!

:kick: