Comments on: Analysis: Rehberg Underreports Lobbyist Cash
By RIGHTOFCENTER on 02-05-12
The bottom line is that this really doesn’t matter. What matters is how the Tester/Obama liberal agenda has destroyed our economy, over regulated business and destroyed our respect in the
world.
Tester said he was going to take Montana values to Washington D.C, but instead has shoved
Washington D.C. values on Montanans that don’t want Obamacare and the Tester/Obama big
government agenda.
We all know that Tester has been nothing but a “rubber stamp” for the Obama anti-freedom, big
government big spending, taxing agenda. Jon Tester and his flat top haircut will not be able to fool
enough Montanans to hide his liberal job killing/freedom killing agenda.
By Craig moore on 02-05-12
Reading the whole of the article including the last line, why doesn’t the header say, “Testerand Rehberg Underreport Lobbyists Cash.”
Matt Gouras, the author of this article, also wrote about this last October.
http://mtstandard.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/tester-s-landmark-ethics-pledge-put-to-the-test/article_2f3909a8-f86f-11e0-84a4-001cc4c002e0.html
In that article he wrote:
===quote===
So far this election cycle the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics has found that Tester
took more campaign cash from lobbyists than any other members of Congress.
The GOP also made hay earlier this year when it was revealed that big banks dumped money into
Tester’s campaign coffers as he took their side in opposing the congressionally mandated caps on
debit card swipe fees.
Rehberg, the Republican, has also taken campaign money from lobbyists — just not as much as
Tester. While Tester topped all of the Senate and the House with more than $200,000 in such
donations, Rehberg was sixth among House members with his total of $58,350.
Republicans note a big difference: Tester was the one who promised in his successful 2006
campaign “to put an end to the culture of corruption in Washington” and trashed former U.S. Sen.
Conrad Burns’ “K Street cronies.”
His Republican opponent, U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, remembers the criticism of his friend Burns
well. Rehberg openly scoffs at the notion that Tester never specifically promised in his ethics
pledge to refuse campaign donations from lobbyists.
Rehberg cites hypocrisy
“He can deny it if he wants. But he was number one in receiving money from lobbyists. That is a
fact,” Rehberg said. “For a guy that went into the last campaign saying ‘not me. Not going to do
it,’ but then to be number one out of 535, it is hypocrisy.”
===end quote===
By RIGHTOFCENTER on 02-05-12
Craig moore, you are right. I remember the Tester campaign smearing Burns and tying him to lobbyists, now we find out Tester is the KING of taking lobbyist donations. You know the
Obama/Tester agenda is bad for Montana and bad for the United States. Jon Tester will need more
than a flat top haircut to fool enough fools to get re-elected to the US Senate. It is time to send
Tester and Obama packing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By fourweight on 02-06-12
HOLY COW….Denny Rehberg got big $ from oil companies and then tried to hide it….no way! We should alll be shocked.
Come on - the guy is an unapplogetic shill for every big extracive company in exisitance. If he
could, he’d give everything to SHELL, BP and HALIBURTON in 2 seconds. Denny is a throwback
to the fools of 100 years ago who wanted to sell off every acre to big timber and mining. He cares
nothing about our rights to protect public property (thank goodness hes just too dumb to have done
anything in congress).
If he’s not drinking BP coolaid then he’s voting to lessen regulation on wall street. That was
genius! Only cost the US homeowners and economy a few trillion in blown up housing markets
and foreclosures.
He is a heck of a funny guy when he goes boating or horseback riding. 17 Scotch and Waters and
he’s a riot! I just wish he would stick to boating tricks!
By RIGHTOFCENTER on 02-07-12
The biggist HYPOCRIT of all in this is Jon Tester who relentlessly attacked Burns for taking donations from lobbyists and now we find out he is one the the biggest lobbyist recipients of all
time. That flat top hair cut is not going to fool enough of us this time to hide his liberalism or his
support of the Obama/Tester Big Gov’t agenda or his hypocrisy.
By fourweight on 02-07-12
RightofCenter…..To be fair to Tester, I remember that most of his criticism was aimed at uncle Conrad for ties to
Jack Abramoff - not just any lobbyist! (a now convicted felon who has admitted to outright bribery
as a matter of course…..I don’t think you can equate ol’ Jack with all of them!)
I wish like hell that we lived in a world without lobbyist and that money did not play the role it did in
politics but neither side seems to really have the stomach for that (and certainly not the Repubs
who LOVE LOVE LOVE the Citizens United decision….which allows unlimited corp money flows!)
If a guy is going to play in the game, he has to play until the rules are changed for everyone.
By RIGHTOFCENTER on 02-07-12
Now we find out that Obamacare/Testercare is now given Obama the care to wage his war on Christians by requiring the Catholic Church to pay for Birth Control including the morning after pill,
which is against their religion. Not only is this an attack on their “Free Exercise” of religion it
shows the lies of when Tester and Obama shoved Obamacare down our throats.
Remember Bart Stupak in the House who held out until he was assured that Obamacare would
have no effect on a Woman’s Right to Choose? Well, now we know that was a lie. Again, it is
going to take more than a flat top hair cut to fool enough people into voting for Tester again.
By bocephusj57 on 02-07-12
RightofGenghisKhan: The new rule simply requires employers and insurers to include prescriptioncontraceptives without cost-sharing, carving out an exemption for religious institutions. It
exempts churches that are actually functioning houses of worship from. It exempts religious
non-profit organizations whose primary mission is to serve people of faith. Twenty-eight states
already have this insurance requirement. It’s just smart policy that makes the lives of millions
of Americans just a little bit simpler.
But for a tiny sliver of the population whose primary goal in life is seeing women punished for
having sex, it’s the end of the world.
Of course, in the name of equal treatment, we could just remove stiffy-pills from insurance
policies for men.
Bart Stupak was very opposed to women having a ‘right to choose’. Like you, he’s a vagina
vigilante who thinks they can tell the ladies what they are allowed to do with their lady parts.
By RIGHTOFCENTER on 02-07-12
Why is the Federal Government requiring us to buy anything or mandating what we have to have included in the healthcare we buy. All it does is run up costs. This is the whole point,
Obamacare/Testercare is government run healthcare or socialized medicine. Again getting a flat
top haircut is not going to hide the disaster that the Obama/Tester team has been.
By bocephusj57 on 02-07-12
Earth to OffCenter: What do you think Medicare/Medicaid and the VA are?A. Gov’t run healthcare
B. Socialized medicine
C. Both
Requiring health insurance and preventing insurance companies from denying coverage due to
pre-existing conditions will ultimately drive costs down.
Tester’s future is up in the air, to be sure. But who ya got that can defeat Obama?
A. The father of Romneycare
B. Mr. marries his mistresses
C. A racist, bigoted obsessive of irrational monetary policy
D. A prig with an unhealthy obsession with what other people do with their naughty bits
Good luck with that.
By RIGHTOFCENTER on 02-07-12
Any one of the R’s can beat Obama and you can have your gov’t run Healthcare, everywhere else in the world it has been tried it has lead to rationing and denied coverage. As for the tremendous cost
of healthcare today in the Country it has been caused by the government meddling with programs
like medicare and medicaid. Before the government got involved in healthcare in the Country, there
was no problem getting coverage and no problem affording healthcare when you needed it.
FYI, Health Insurance annual premium for employer sponsored family coverage cost in
2008=$12,680 - 2011=$15,073. Medicaid Recipients 2008=42,831,000 - 2011=48,580,000 Looks
to me like Obamacare/Testercare reign of terror has made healthcare costs go up considerable.
By bocephusj57 on 02-07-12
Those are your beloved Free Market solutions at work. The Medical-Industrial-Complex sees theirmoney pot running dry so they’re free to gouge the market while the gouging’s good.
By RIGHTOFCENTER on 02-07-12
And we all thought Communism was thrown on the “trash heap” of history with fall of the Soviet Union.
By bocephusj57 on 02-07-12
Nope. It’s alive and well in the imaginations of rightwingnuts.
By RIGHTOFCENTER on 02-07-12
Nope, it’s alive in the actions and beliefs of the leftwingnuts.
By DanglingChad on 02-07-12
Poor Bo Bo. No imagination, no creativity -only the same old worn out accusations you lefty loons resort to when your arguments have no substance.
At least one good thing has come out of reading your posts - I no longer have insomnia. I don’t care
what those others say, I don’t think you’re a complete failure as a human being if you can provide
the cure for insomnia.
By RIGHTOFCENTER on 02-08-12
Ya know you can put lipstick on a Pig and it is still a Pig and you can put a Flat Top haircut on an Obama rubber stamp liberal like Tester and he is still an Obama rubber stamp liberal.
By JosephineDoody on 02-08-12
@ROC
I agree. Trying to portray Tester as anything other than what he truly is (an Obama Zombie) is
like trying to pick up a turd from the clean end.
By Gabby Johnson on 02-08-12
New poll out today: A roaring 10 percent of the American people think Congress is doing a good job.Denny Rehberg picked a bad time to ask for a promotion.
By RIGHTOFCENTER on 02-09-12
Hmmmmmm!! Definition of Congress, “National Legislative Body consisting of the House of Representatives and Senate”. Isn’t Jon “Obama Rubber Stamp” Tester in the Senate??? I would
say this is the perfect time to replace Jon Tester, because it is him and his liberal leftist policies
along with his partner Barrack Hussein Obama that have destroyed our economy.
By mooseberryinn on 02-10-12
All indications are that Tester is not trustworthy, and “reports” dug-up on opponents may be highly suspect.
By RIGHTOFCENTER on 02-10-12
Continuing on the them of 10% approval poll on congress of which “Obama Rubber Stamp” Tester is a member because he is a US Senator———Isn’t it the Democrat controlled Senate that hasn’t
passed a budget in over 1000 days? Wasn’t it the Democrat controlled Senate including “Obama
Rubber Stamp” Tester that voted completely in a partisan way to shove Obamacare/Testercare
down our throats without one Republican vote?
By Yudamni on 02-11-12
When Tester’s single vote gave us Obama Care, 67% of Montana people were polled to be againstit. If he represents us, where is the representation? Lets get rid of him!
By mooseberryinn on 02-12-12
Amen. Tester is not listening to Montanans. He should not be re-elected.
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