Posted on 04/07/2005 11:21:54 AM PDT by neverdem
Democrats show surprising strength in a red state.
HELENA, Mont.--Tribal flags billowed next to the Stars and Stripes, the smell of burning sweetgrass hung in the air, and the drumbeat from a half-dozen tom-toms was a tad insistent. Scores of Native American tribal members dressed in full war bonnets and chest-length braids intoned powwow tunes while modern-day cowboys and cowgirls, decked out in rented tuxedos and full-length gowns, bounced like pogo sticks in a traditional Native American victory dance.
A loopy "re-enactment" of the past by some society of weird history buffs? Plausible, but incorrect. It was, in fact, freshman governor Brian Schweitzer's inaugural ball, on Feb. 12. Even while Democrats across the country were licking their wounds from November's crushing presidential defeat, there was celebration in Montana.
Not only had the citizens of the nation's fourth largest state elected a Democratic candidate as governor for the first time in 20 years, they'd also rolled back GOP dominance to a 50-50 split in the state House, taken a 27-23 majority in the Senate, filled virtually every position of real authority in the state's higher offices with Democrats, and defeated referendums on re-allowing cyanide leaching in mining (despite millions of dollars of industry lobbying money promoting the idea) while approving of the medical use of marijuana.
The only victories of consequence for the GOP were the re-election of Republican Denny Rehberg to our state's single seat in the House of Representatives and the passing of an amendment that defined marriage to be a contract made exclusively between a man and woman. Oh, and the re-election of President Bush.
Red, blue or purple--color-coding Montana's patterns of voting is just too simplistic, and Brian Schweitzer fits the non-conformist mold to a T. A prosperous farmer/rancher from the area of Whitefish in the tony...
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"You wanna play rough? Ok. Say hello to my little friend".
One of my friends is dating an Anthony Montana. He refuses to respond to anyone calling him Tony. I suspect because of the movie, though I've never asked him.
what are you kidding
i would love that name
be telling people to call me that and using that accent
"I kill Communists for fun. But for a green-card, I gonna carve him up real nice."
And how many got elected by acting like republicans?
Im sure the NY Times will print the same article about us in MN or WI in tomorrows paper
Say hello to da bad guy
My favorite: "The only thing that gives orders is balls"
Much of that movie was actually filmed in LA, although I have eaten at the restaurant where Tony and Manolo work at the beginning of the movie (it was one of the few restaurants that remained open during Hurricane Floyd). It was also cool to see a pre-gentrified South Beach (where they ogle the girls and get attacked by chain saws).
LOL..One of my favorite bad guys movie!
I agree! Tony is a great name!
That chainsaw scene was ROUGH!
Hey, mang grab tha yayo.
Source is misidentified. It's from today's Wall Street Journal.
The fact that traditional marriage and President Bush carried the state tells me that the Republicans are definitely underachieving. I have anecdotal information which suggests that numbers of Green Party-type scum (having befouled their home states to the point of "unlivability" with the pollution of Liberalism) have moved to Montana, but if the President could carry the state, the rot can't have spread too far.
HUH?!
"Fourth largest" measured by what? empty space? mooses (meece?)? prarie dogs?
Talk about wishful thinking!
I know! I'd be quoting the movie every chance I got.
"I bury those cockroaches"
Greatest line ever. I howl with laughter every time I hear that line from the movie. I know how he feels.
:o)
It'Definetly a Man's Movie!
I used to think of watching that movie again and this time keep track of every time he uses the "F" word. It's got to be up in the hundreds. Has anyone actually ever counted?
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