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greendog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 07:49 PM
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Montana Republicans have an "interesting" candidate for U.S. Senate.

Bob Kelleher

Of six possible choices in Tuesday's Primary they chose Butte Attorney Bob Kelleher. He received 26,789 votes. His closest competitor, Michael Lange got 16,986 votes.

Bob's #1 issue is poverty.

Bob favors "socialized medicine".

Bob would like to see the U.S. adopt a European Parliamentary style government.

Six years ago Bob was the Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate.

............................oops!

I'm guessing that voters confused him with Bob Keenan, a moderate Libertarian from Bigfork. Two years ago Keenan challenged Conrad Burns in a friendly Republican Primary contest. He wasn't on the ballot this time.

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angstlessk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 07:51 PM
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1. I recon in Montana put out a populist message and an R by your name
and viola..you are elected!!!
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ingac70 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 07:51 PM
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2. Cool!
If they had more candidates like that, I would actually vote Repub! :evilgrin:
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Happyhippychick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 07:52 PM
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3. Are you serious?
:rofl:
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greendog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 07:55 PM
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6. Yeah, I've been laughing about this all day.
:rofl:
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ingac70 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 08:00 PM
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9. It won't hurt my feelings if he won in Nov.
:evilgrin:
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PM7nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 07:52 PM
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4. LOL. He sounds a lot more liberal than Baucus. nt
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greendog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-06-08 08:06 AM
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11. Hopefully, they'll get to debate. n/t
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pbca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 07:54 PM
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5. It also doesn't hurt that
He lives in a place where 26,789 votes will get you a SENATE nod.

Good for Bob, may he become the new leader of the Republican Party!!
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greendog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 08:11 PM
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10. The leaders of the Republican Party aren't too excited about this.
I don't expect they'll be helping with the campaign. :-)
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 07:55 PM
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7. I love Montana. n/t
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 07:55 PM
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8. Pwrhaps they confused him with Bob Keeshan


TV Party
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-06-08 11:59 AM
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15. He looks more like Mr. Green Jeans..
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-06-08 08:15 AM
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12. Yep. I heard Rachel Maddow talk about him
Edited on Fri Jun-06-08 08:15 AM by mmonk
while traveling in my car yesterday. Who could imagine they would pick someone with those stands? Anyway, I heard he has run under different parties (many times) and believe party name doesn't mean anything nor has he felt bound by party or platform.
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greendog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-06-08 11:40 AM
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13. This is his 16th run for office since 1964.
He's lost every time but one. In the 70's he was elected as a delegate to re-write the state constitution.
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-06-08 11:52 AM
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14. Bwahaha!
Sounds like the sort of Republican that even I could tolerate!
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Indenturedebtor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-06-08 12:06 PM
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16. Seriously if the pukes were all like that I'd be a puke!
Gotta love the locomotive engineer hat :rofl:

You go you crazy old coot!
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xilet Donating Member (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-06-08 02:18 PM
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17. Daily Show
He was on the daily show back in 02 when he was running for the green party
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=117949&title=shirley-you-cant-be-serious">Shirley you can't be serious
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CanonRay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-06-08 02:20 PM
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18. Where's his choo-choo train parked?
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jakem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-06-08 02:22 PM
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19. leave Gandalf alone!!!
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