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In my experience there is also a very strong... hard to describe but I guess I'll just say "1950'ish" mindset amongst a lot of native Montanans. Even millenials.
They see the greater good and not the harm. If that makes sense. That, IMO is because a lot of real progressive issues take a long time to permeate MT culture. The culture where I grew up is pretty much the same as the 50s, thank God In 2009 we toured through Montana and Wyoming. There was a sense of something that I couldn't put my finger on, but it felt good. It took me a few days, but I finally figured it out. Montana and Wyoming reminded me of Alberta in the 70's and 80's when I was growing up. Because of the oil patch, we have had so much immigration from Eastern Canada, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and overseas, good old Alberta values have been severely watered down. Alberta's politics are not what they once were, they are inevitably sliding to the left. In actuality our politics are far to the left of what they once were. Disgusting. Don't ever think it can't happen to your state.
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Just as a point of how left Tester and the Dems are, don't forget, Rob Ament of Pearl Jam, which is a Commie rock band, is buddies with Tester, former student of Mister Music and fellow U of M ejecta.
Then, when we had the Senate race against Daines (not my favorite guy), Amanda Curtis ended up being the pick. She is really a piece of work, but the cute part is, her husband. He's actually a member in leadership of the Wobblies, International Workers of the World, which was big in Butte a century ago.
As for long-term Dems, the fact is, the FDR programs such as CCC and building of Fort Peck and the Bankhead Jones Act of the mid-1930s honestly saved eastern Montana from complete collapse in the Depression. Still a lot of people remember, and are grateful for it.
But that was a long time ago. The Dems haven't supported the working class one whit since at least the early 1980s. Yet these stooges just don't get it.
They might, if we didn't have such a Commie state/local news media. I guess they don';t want to be bush league forever, so to get noticed further up the food chain, they have to be more Marxist than the urban media. The Democrats of FDR are a long way removed from the Democrats of LBJ and even they are far removed from the Democrats who supported HRC for president in 2016. Montanans should hopefully realize that. The Democrats of today are similar to who the Cold War was fought against.
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It's my observation that new deal dems would be unable to recognize their own faces in a mirror if they had to deny they were democrats. It's almost like a family name and critical thinking is a non-possibility. My 93 year old MIL disagrees with virtually every dem plank but still votes and contributes dem. They are far worse than millennials on this issue.
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There are two types of Democrats in MT, idiots and those leaching off the system. Someone prove me wrong.
"Life is tough, even tougher if your stupid"
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I am MAGA.
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Did you ever wonder why there are NO Democrat Jeff Flakes?
Imagine a corporate oligarchy so effective, so advanced and fine tuned that its citizens still call it a democracy.
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There are two types of Democrats in MT, idiots and those leaching off the system. Someone prove me wrong. No truer words have been said.
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Look closely.... I was distracted by the greasy coat and didn't catch it the first time. ![[Linked Image]](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/montanasam/montanasam014/3ef900f6-0ee6-418b-bc24-a0dd62de82ea.jpg)
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I am MAGA.
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I am MAGA.
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Badge of honor. WTF is up with that rabbit?! Oh yeah, friendly little signal to his real fan base. I mean seriously.
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Badge of honor. WTF is up with that rabbit?! Oh yeah, friendly little signal to his real fan base. I mean seriously. The only thing Tester has killed lately is the all you can eat buffet. And his office char.
"Life is tough, even tougher if your stupid"
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There are two types of Democrats in MT, idiots and those leaching off the system. Someone prove me wrong. And Jon Testor is the later. A big fat Montana hog sucking off the Gov't teat.
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I think dat wabbit is PHOTOSHOPPED. Stands up too clearly in the stubble. Take a magnifier to that thing, Sam. I smell a wat.
Up hills slow,
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Tonnage first and
Safety last.
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Guarantee I'm not voting for the POS from Maryland!!! 5th generation Montana and the POS from Maryland will not get my vote. You transplants need to pay attention.
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Guarantee I'm not voting for the POS from Maryland!!! 5th generation Montana and the POS from Maryland will not get my vote. You transplants need to pay attention. If you don't like your tax cut, don't like your guns, hate big government, why on earth would you vote for Tester? Tester is a big government liberal, pure and simple. You must be on gov dole?
"Life is tough, even tougher if your stupid"
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Guarantee I'm not voting for the POS from Maryland!!! 5th generation Montana and the POS from Maryland will not get my vote. You transplants need to pay attention. If you don't like your tax cut, don't like your guns, hate big government, why on earth would you vote for Tester? Tester is a big government liberal, pure and simple. You must be on gov dole? Keep drinking the agenda 21 kool aid. When did you move here 1980’s?
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You are the 5th generation(non native) to be born in Montana?
How old are you?
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Tester is a f’n thief. Stole thousands of dollars when he was head of the Organic Farmers.
You closeted liberals deserve the POS.
I retired from the Johns Manville asbestos pop tart factory in ‘59, and still never made the connection.—-Slumlord
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