Daily Archives: October 23, 2008

"Hello, this is Nadia calling…"

There’s another update about the calls the Montana Democrats are paying for on behalf of their candidates. I commented about it earlier in a story called, Cheap, but Predictable.

The newest information in today’s Billings Gazette is that the calls are not coming from some back room in Helena, Montana, or even from the bowels of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C.

The calls are being made from Romania. Yep, the country, Romania.

Talk about sending jobs overseas. It appears the Montana Democrats are doing just that. They claim the calls are being made from the United States.

Sadly, the Commissioner of Political Practices has 35 complaints pending. That’s why it is so easy to cheat during campaigns. Most complaints won’t be decided until well after the election is over and done with. You’ve not heard of many do-over elections in Montana have you?

They should either put some teeth into that office, or do away with it. How about a six member board like the Federal Election Commission (FEC), only require them to act more quickly when they receive complaints? How about a 24-hour time limit to file an answer to a complaint that is filed within the last month before Election Day? Then within 24 more hours the board would be required to make a decision. Severe fines should be levied against those who break the law.

Until some changes are made, we may be getting more and more illegal phone calls from places like Romania…

“Hello, this is Nadia calling…”

Fox Gets My Vote

In 2004, the Republican Party failed to field a challenger to take on Attorney General Mike McGrath. This year with McGrath being term-limited, Montana Republicans have fielded a strong candidate in Tim Fox.

The Democrats have basically owned the Attorney General’s office in Montana for several years. Now they want to continue that trend by placing an insider in as Attorney General.

The bottom line is that it is time to clean out the office and bring in new energy and leadership. It’s time for a change. Tim Fox is the person for that job.

Fox is strong on several issues. As a parent, one issue that is very important to me is protecting my children from child predators. Fox pointed out that the current Attorney General was not keeping the registry up to date (he later updated it). I believe we can count on Fox to enforce the laws and provide Montanans with the tools they need to combat these predators.

Fox is 100% pro-second amendment. He received an endorsement from the NRA while his opponent did not. Fox received an “A” rating while his opponent received a “C” rating.

Currently, the Montana State Land Board has four Democrats and one Republican. When Fox is elected, you’ll see him actually push for more wind, water, natural gas, coal, and oil production in Montana, instead of just talking about it. We’ll see more energy jobs in Montana with Fox on the board instead of seeing those jobs go to Wyoming and North Dakota.

Over the last few weeks, we’ve also seen some indication that Fox’s opponent may be soft on his support of the death penalty, although he claims his words were misconstrued. Misconstrued or not, this is an important issue and we can’t elect people who won’t totally enforce the laws because of their personal views.

I also noticed Fox’s opponent is running a campaign ad that featured state employees on state property and with state equipment. That seems a little unethical, in my opinion, to use state resources for campaign purposes.

Over the past few years, I think there’s been a lack of enforcement of laws by the current Attorney General. We’ve seen him fail to investigate possible tampering with elections. We’ve seen him look the other way when illegal pre-recorded fundraising calls were being made. It appears Fox’s opponent is from the same mindset. I don’t believe Tim Fox will allow members of his party to slide when they may have broken the law. He’ll investigate and hold people accountable no matter who they are.

Tim Fox will be an excellent chief law enforcement officer and legal official for our state. He deserves our vote for Montana Attorney General.

You can visit his website HERE. I’m sure he would appreciate your donations to help him through these last few days.