big sky democrats

For a long time now, we've heard denial after denial from our junior Montana Senator, assuring us all in that drawn-out, sweet-tea-sippin' Missouri accent that votes he cast against...then for....(or was it the other way around) the Marianas island trade agreement and the Michigan Saginaw Chippewa gaming go-ahead and...well, who knows how many others...were completely on the up and up. "Pay no attention to the campaign donations behind the curtain!" as they shooed us away and poo pooed any and all eyebrow-raising when more and more details came to light that made us scratch our heads just a little bit about why - I mean WHY ON EARTH - would Conrad Burns DO some of this stuff?

We were treated to a smidgen of enlightenment when Casino Jack Abramoff started singing like a well-fed canary. We really started to get it when he assured reporters that what Jackie wanted, Jackie got when it came to Montana's Senator Burns.

"NO PROOF!" they cried. "LIES! SLANDER! SHOCKING YOU'D EVEN CONSIDER CONNIE WOULD DO SUCH A THING! LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS! CLOAK AND DAGGER! BLAH! BLAH! BLAH!"

Today, that crazy-assed liberal media source, the Associated Press, tells us that e-mails have been discovered placing actual price tags on the sort of favors expected of the White House. Most of the prices mentioned were in the $100K range, which makes me a little bit more embarrassed for our dear Mr. Burns - he only warranted $5K! BARGAIN!

What completes the chapping of the hide for me is the fact that NOT ONLY were money and resources that could have come home to one of our several tribes right here in Montana granted to an extremely wealthy Michigan tribe, but THEN these corrupt scumbags (I know, it's overused, but I can't really find a synonym that fits any better) secured a 100K donation to a group who makes it DOUBLY difficult for our Indian brothers and sisters to educate, medicate, and house their own.