Montana gub debate debunked

The Flathead Beacon hosted the stream feed for last night's gubernatorial debate in Kalispell between Attorney General Steve Bullock and his opponent, earth hater Rick Hill.

ip's condensed version of Molly Priddy's very good recap for the Beacon:

Both candidates took the debate opportunity to aim barbs at one another, and Bullock wasted no time bringing up the news of the day that Hill’s campaign received $500,000 from the Montana Republican Party in the six days that the law constraining campaign donations was suspended by a judge and then reinstated by an appeals court. Bullock called the donation a crime.

Great Falls Tribune reporter, John S. Adams tweeted:

@TribLowdown: MT law caps contributions by individuals and committees @ $630 for gov, $310 for other statewide offices, $160 for all other offices. #mtpol

In an alternate universe Ms. Priddy's diligent digital digits and my tweets engage in a quantum interface as we co-describe the anomaly. RT @ larry_kurtz:

Hill on ethical slippery slope #mtpol Retweeted by one.

Bullock clearly smarter but Hill's lock on his ankle must be uncomforable. #mtpol #mtgov

Quoting South Dakota as a success? Hill wanders into the weeds. #mtpol 

Montana's in great shape all things considered: why succumb to red state myopia? #mtgov #mtpol

Hill adept at pushing earth hater buttons #mtgov #mtpol

Seems like a good time to endorse enlarging CM Russell Wildlife Refuge #mtgov #mtpol

Hill, the statist supports a federal judge #mtgov #mtpol 

rephrase: Hill the state's rights advocate invokes a federal judge to justify an unethical campaign contribution. #mtgov #mtpol

Despite his rhetoric, Bullock did not fight the federal government crackdown on medical cannabis #mtgov #mtpol

Bullock's enthusiasm for his state's future clearly eclipses Hill's #mtgov #mtpol Retweeted by two.

Hill is a slug suffering from short guy's disease.

Bullock is smarmy, conservative, and a poor choice to be our party's nominee: he won the debate in a mudslide.

This latter-day update comes on the heels of an announcement that another federal court of appeals ruled the Bush-era Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional; and, if the epidemic of judges overturning cases in Montana is any guide, the state's initiated law affirming DOMA is doomed to part of another appeal before the Supreme Court of the United States.

The Mountain West's future will be safer under:

Democrats 3 (21%)
Republicans 4 (28%)
The West is screwed regardless 7 (50%)

~sigh~