Republican candidates ‘hiding’ behind curtain
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Editor,
As James Steele, Chairman of the Montana Democrat Indian Council, noted at the recent Democrat Nominating Convention, Montana is not the Land of the Wizard of Oz. However, Steve Daines and Ryan Zinke appear to think that we live in the Land of Oz. Daines, and until recently, Zinke, have been reluctant to participate in debates prior to the distribution of absentee ballots. This tactic prevented many Montanans from seeing “behind the curtain” to try and understand the candidates’ stance on issues important to working class Montanans.
Is this indicative of how cooperative they would be in Congress? As we all know, lack of cooperation has resulted in this Congress failing to do its job. Many of our elected representatives would rather sabotage the process than give the other party the possibility of getting any credit for passing needed legislation. In this campaign, our two Republican candidates for Congress have not shown the leadership, nor the consideration, for Montana voters that we deserve in Washington.
Why would a sitting congressman refuse to debate his opponent, Amanda Curtis, a 34-year-old teacher from Butte, who has only been campaigning since mid-August, prior to the release of absentee ballots? It is not because he needs to raise more money; I think it is because he does not want to have to answer the hard questions that Montanans need answered.
So much for the individual freedom of being informed. On another aspect of our Republican candidates’ refusing to participate in additional debates, it has been very interesting that, to my knowledge, no Republican voters have been willing to openly suggest that their candidates, especially Steve Daines, should debate Amanda Curtis prior to the Oct. 20 debate. Wizard Steve Daines, what is behind your curtain?
Craig McClure
Polson
