The “Good Guy” Running for U.S. Senate
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In front of the grocery I find an old fellow getting into the big Chevy pickup with the Conrad Burns sticker on the bumper. Burns, a gruff, conservative Republican and three-term U.S. Senator from Billings, is the one Tester wants to unseat. I figure this guy will surely have something to say.
His name is Fred Bitz. "I’m 77-years-old. I’m a Republican and live in the same place I was born. That’s the truth. And I drink beer every once in awhile." So what do you think about Jon Tester?
"He’s a Ted Kennedy liberal Socialist," Fred offers. What about Jon Tester, the person? "Oh, Jon’s okay," Bitz says with a smile. "I just don’t like his politics."
That’s about as close as I came to finding a Tester-hater, and that goes a long way toward explaining why Jon Tester has suddenly emerged as a man of the moment not just in Montana, but on the national political scene. For Democrats enamored with the success of Gov. Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat who has parlayed a folksy, down-home style and common-sense politics into electoral victory and sky-high approval ratings in a red state, Tester looks like a possible encore.
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http://www.newwest.net/index.php/main/article/the_good_guy_running_for_us_senate/"He’s a Ted Kennedy liberal Socialist," ---funny how now the pundits are talking about how conservative he is...
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