Big Sky Cairn

I wrote before on Tester’s public relations stunt to hunt out his own impropriety.  From the Gazette:

“We’re going to look and see what Judge Sheehy has to say about it, and we’ll respond from there,” Tester said. “If he finds problems, we’ll address them. If not, that’s good for us.”

Here’s my question.  Since Senator Tester has promised to make the results of the audit public, won’t be an awful lot of pressure to keep any “problems” out of the report.  I mean, I can’t see him publicizing a point-by-point description of his ethical lapses.  That would be sort of like doing opposition research for them.  For this kind of report to be helpful, Tester would have to keep the report private - at least at first - so that his auditor can be honest with potential violations.  Publicize that the audit is happening and take the results seriously.

Asked if he expected criticism because of Sheehy’s past political ties, Tester said, “I really don’t. Judge Sheehy was a very fair, honest guy and a distinguished Supreme Court justice.”

Hahaha.  Haha.

Okay, but seriously, I still think Sheehy is making in-kind contributions to Tester.

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