Culture Of Corruption

Firebrand Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer bragged to a convention of trial lawyers to have rigged the 2006 Montana’s elections in favor of the Democrat Party.

From The Great Falls Tribune:

Critics of Gov. Brian Schweitzer are taking aim at remarks he made at a trial lawyers’ convention earlier this year in which he implied that he used his position as governor to influence the outcome of the 2006 mid-term election.

Schweitzer, speaking at the American Association for Justice annual convention in Philadelphia on July 14, told a room full of convention-goers that he helped “turn some dials” to get fellow Democrat Jon Tester elected to the U.S. Senate.

In his speech, Schweitzer claimed he played a role in removing GOP poll watchers from Montana’s Indian reservations; that he influenced the timing of the release of election results in Butte-Silver Bow County; and that he pressured the Associated Press to call the race for Tester on Nov. 8.

On Wednesday Schweitzer backed off those remarks, saying his speech at the trial lawyers’ convention was meant to be humorous and that many of the comments weren’t actually true.

“You know, humor can work sometimes and sometimes it can offend, and this time around it offended some folks,” Schweitzer said Wednesday afternoon.

Schweitzer’s speech was recorded and recently posted anonymously on the Internet, where conservative bloggers were quick to attack the remarks. By Tuesday, news of the speech had traveled throughout Montana’s political circles and was causing a mild uproar among some Republicans.

t/b: Hot Air

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