Mont. Senator in Fight of Political Life

[NVMojo]

CONRAD, Mont. (AP) -- In this small farm town on the prairie, rebuilding a highway span that passes over a busy railroad track costs millions of dollars. Getting the money for that project and others is a big reason Sen. Conrad Burns remains popular.

"Conrad Burns is like a neighbor," said Cynthia Johnson, a Republican county commissioner who credits the three-term GOP senator with securing millions for the state.

Burns, in the fight of his political life against Democrat Jon Tester, has been citing such home-state money and projects to try to convince voters that they should re-elect him. For many people in this expansive state, it appears to be reason enough.

Yet not everyone is on board.

Across town, at the Home Cafe on Main Street, 80-year-old Gordon Matheson says Burns is not honest. Matheson mentions Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist from Washington, D.C., who was convicted on federal corruption charges this year. Burns took, and has since given away, about $150,000 in campaign contributions from Abramoff.

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[rsmith6621]

1. Anyone have Video of Burns Dissing Tester...

Last week in Bozeman after the debate???

[skipos]

2. "Conrad Burns is like a neighbor." Yeah, a neighbor that few like.

Hence he is getting his ass voted out of office in a few weeks.

[Straight Shooter]

3. I once had a neighbor like Conrad Burns.

Thank God and Greyhound he's gone.

[DURHAM D]

4. Everyone should get a copy of the new Vanity Fair w/Clooney

on the cover (November issue) when it hits the stands. A very interesting article entitled "Letter from Montana" - includes info on Burns and his secret activities intended to kill all of the horses and burros remaining in the wild.

It will make you really hate him.

[mhatrw]

5. Yes, and if you visit you neighbor he says, "Release the hounds."

[badgerpup]

6. I have the privelege of voting AGAINST him...

...so be nice to me when he gets tossed on his out on his ass, cos I helpeded, I did. :crazy:

:popcorn:

[yellowcanine]

7. Well there are good neighbors and bad ones. Note that he did not

specify which kind of neighbor he was talking about. Seems like kind of a lukewarm endorsement to me.

[gratuitous]

8. Burns fights for his political life

While the victims of the policies he helped to enact are fighting for their physical lives. I'm guessing Conrad prefers his position.