Back on the 8^th of April, I commented about the Montana GOP filing a complaint with Montana’s Commissioner of Political Practices contending that Governor Brian Schweitzer violated MCA § 2-2-121(4) by doing a Public Service Announcement for the Montana Department of Agriculture after he filed for reelection.

Today we find out through the Great Falls Tribune that the Governor has asked the state commissioner of political practices to dismiss the complaint. Schweitzer contends that using state e-mail, state equipment, and state employees to do the Public Service Announcement after he filed for office does not exactly mean he used state funds. Uh huh.

Is that your story, governor?

It looks like Schweitzer also hired a lawyer. In keeping with the Montana Democratic Party theme from the 2006 elections when a certain senator hired a lawyer, then Brian Schweitzer must be guilty. If Schweitzer really believed he’d done nothing wrong and this was all just politics, he wouldn’t have hired a lawyer, would he? Will he use campaign funds to pay for his lawyer? Maybe he should just step down…

Funny how things work out, huh?