Big Sky Cairn

In an effort to give Seventh String Hunt a fighting chance, Montana Democrats are going after Congressman Rehberg’s record in the House. In doing so, they appear to be willing to lie and distort the record at every turn.

First, they claimed that Rehberg is a puppet for President Bush, even though his voting record tells a different story.

Then they complained that he didn’t support an important and popular bill, even though he voted for it.

Now, Jack at Western Word points out that they are accusing him of not supporting the G.I. Bill even though he’s signed on as a cosponsor.

Of course, it did not take long for Montana Democrats to use veterans, once again, as a political tool. They sent out a “Demo Digest” e-mail telling folks that Rehberg did not support the bill “last year.” According to Senator Webb’s website, the bill in the House, H.R.5740, was only introduced in the House on April 9, 2008. Rehberg signed on as a co-sponsor April 24. Also, according to Senator Jim Webb’s website, the same bill in the senate, S-22, introduced on 01/04/07 was not co-sponsored by Senator Baucus until June 12, 2007, and by Senator Tester until March 22, 2007. So, it took Rehberg only 15 days to sign on as a co-sponsor of the bill, where it took Tester about 77 days and Baucus about 159 days.

Undoubtedly, Max Baucus’ army of campaign workers is digging through the thousands of votes looking for anything they can find to attack Rehberg. The best they can find so far, apparently, is that he doesn’t support the bills he votes for and cosponsors.

Attention Montana Democrats: Please stop lying to the people you hope to represent.

How else can they get power?