Right-Wing Extremists in Montana File for Legislative Races as Democrats

[Tx4obama]

Right-Wing Extremists in Montana File for Legislative Races as Democrats

Democratic primary voters in some Montana legislative districts will see new and unfamiliar names on the ballot this year. That’s because at least eight Democratic candidates are actually far-right “constitutionalists” and Tea Party activists. One of them is the current Republican vice-chairman for Sanders County. Two of the others have turned out to be homeless.

Most of the activity has occurred in Gallatin County, where Bozeman is the main population center and county seat. The county is home not only to Montana State University but also a variety of extremist elements. Key members of the radical Montana Freemen group were active there in the 1990s.

Chief among the new crop of candidates is Michael Comstock, a well-known local Tea Party activist and antigovernment “Patriot” movement organizer who has run previously as a Republican. This year, he filed to run in the Democratic primary for the state Senate seat in District 24, a seat currently held by Republican incumbent Roger Webb, who is running for re-election.

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Full article here: http://splcenter.org/blog/2014/03/19/right-wing-extremists-in-montana-file-for-legislative-races-as-democrats/

[yeoman6987]

1. How weird

What are they up to? Are they going to get elected as Democrats and immediately change to Republican? Why not just run as Republicans? So weird.

[pscot]

2. It's called rat fucking

Donald Segretti went to jail for that kind of thing back in the day.

[yeoman6987]

4. They should today

If they get away with this then I hope Democrats do this too. I don't advocate such things, but if we either don't stop this or do it too then we are going to end up with 435 Republicans…..I never thought Republicans would be this shady…..stupid me!

[pscot]

5. Have you ever read Nixonland?

It's by Rick Perlstein. It's a horror story. Segretti was a dirty trickster paid out of a Whitehouse slush fund. That was where the Republicans started to go bad.

[yeoman6987]

7. I haven't

However, I will. I never was crazy about him but it seems like he started to ruin the Republican Party which is a shame. I mean I never was a Republican, but I do understand that they were not alway bat "shit" crazy like today.

[Nay]

3. How is this legal? Where is the Montana Democratic Party? Or the national party? nt

[2naSalit]

6. Maybe beacause

this...

Montana Ranks 3rd Nationally in TEA Party Members Per Capita
http://mtcowgirl.com/2014/01/30/montana-ranks-3rd-nationally-in-tea-party-members-per-capita/

A lot of the folks up this way caint spell too good neither if you catch my drift...