I happened to catch a story in the Billings Gazette regarding the Republican primary for U.S. Congress. It’s one of those races in which one candidate (Mark French) says the other (Denny Rehberg) is not conservative enough, yada, yada.

Let’s just hope they kiss and make-up after the primary is over. It may be tough.

It seems “Constitutional” Republican Mark French had called the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) unconstitutional, but was accepting farm subsidies from the USDA. At first he said it was not him getting the subsidies, but later confessed that he was. You can read the story HERE.

It appears Rehberg supporters discovered the error on French. That’s great research and shame on French for not telling the facts.

But, it’s also too bad that the Rehberg campaign manager got involved in the melee by saying French was “not honest” and a “hypocrite.” Rehberg may need French’s votes down the road in a close race with McDonald or Gernant, and the manager certainly burned some bridges with those immature remarks.

After reading the story, I headed over the French’s campaign website to see if there was any additional information about this issue. I found none, but noticed a photo of him in front of the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management office in Malta. I doubt the Feds would want their logo used for campaign purposes, but that’s only a hunch.

Nonetheless, the primaries will be over on Tuesday. Interesting races. Make sure you vote!