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Why the Republican Party is fractured

by Dr. Ed Berry

Everyone knows the Republican Party is fractured. Some people propose to glue the Party back together, as if it were a broken Humpty Dumpty. But before you can solve a problem, you must understand the problem. Very few people understand the problem. And that’s the problem.

Until you understand why the Republican Party is fractured, all the king’s horses and all the king’s men, can’t put Humpty Dumpty together again.

Henry Olsen‘s “The Four Faces of the Republican Party” helps us understand the problem. According to Olsen, Republicans fall into “four rough camps,” with approximate composition shown in parentheses:

Somewhat Conservatives (40%) are not vocal but always back the winner. They like cautious conservatives and don’t like radicals.

Moderates to Liberals (30%) prefer secular, less fiscally-concerned conservatives. They oppose overtly religious candidates. If their candidate is weak, they will back the Somewhat Conservatives candidate.

Very Conservative but Seculars (10%) like urbane, fiscally oriented men. When their candidate loses ground they will back the Somewhat Conservatives candidate. (For fair disclosure, I fit best in this camp.)

Very Conservative Evangelicals (20%) prefer candidates “who are very open about their religious beliefs, place a high priority on social issues such as gay marriage and abortion, and see the United States in decline because of its movement away from the faith and moral codes of its past.”

Some facts about Very Conservative Evangelicals  [Read more…]

Who will control Montana’s Republican Party?

by Dr. Ed Berry

On June 27, some 300 representatives of Montana’s Republican Central Committees will meet in Helena to elect the next Chairman of Montana’s Republican Party. They have three choices for chairman:

  • Will DesChamps, Chairman since 2009
  • Jeff Essmann, Representative from Billings
  • Dan Happel, former Madison County Commissioner

Here are some facts about the candidates. [Read more…]

Tea Bags attack scientist over Chemtrails.

by Dr. Ed Berry

Yesterday, Jim White of Kalispell, Montana, and his friend, Dane Wigington, released a personal attack on my professional credibility.

Clearly, White and Wigington were not pleased with my article “Chemtrail Delusions vs Scientific Method” where I revealed their idiocy about chemtrails.

We climate scientists are used to personal attacks by leftwing wackos. Now, Jim White proves rightwing radical tea party wackos are as irrational as leftwing wackos.

White’s and Wigington’s mockery

White’s and Wigington’s ad hominem attack on me mocks America’s national defense. It mocks my past participation in America’s defense. It mocks true atmospheric science. It mocks your and my search for truth.

What their attack does not do is show my article about chemtrails is incorrect. No. They think their personal attack on me proves my article is wrong. They thereby reveal they are morons.

Wigington’s attack reveals nothing new about me. Everything he uses about me he stole from my website here and here. Wigington simply interjects and intertwines his own delusional beliefs about climate and America’s national defense with his extracts from my bio.

Wigington is not even clear about what parts of his page are his and what parts he stole from me. And, like all yellow-bellied, know-nothing radicals, Wigington is afraid to put his own name on his work. But for White’s email (below), no one would know who wrote this attack on me.

Why Jim White thinks Wigington is a climate expert.

Here is Jim White’s promo of Wigington’s utter nonsense about climate. It includes White’s reason to claim Wigington is a climate expert: [Read more…]

The Four Faces of the Republican Party

by Dr. Ed Berry

Henry Olsen of the Ethics and Public Policy Center wrote an insightful article “The Four Faces of the Republican Party” in February 2014. His review of the national Republican Party helps us understand the Montana Republican Party.

According to Olsen, Republicans fall into “four rough camps,” with approximate composition shown in parentheses:

  1. Somewhat Conservative (40%)
  2. Moderate to Liberal (30%)
  3. Very Conservative but Secular (10%)
  4. Very Conservative Evangelical (20%)

While the group percentages vary slightly among the states, they have been very consistent over many presidential elections. Each group supports very different types of candidates. [Read more…]

Congressman Ryan Zinke votes NO on Boehner’s cave-in to Obama

by Dr. Ed Berry

The Blaze reported 75 US House Republicans (see below for their names) voted with 182 Democrats to pass the US Senate’s “clean” version of the DHS bill without the provision to defund Obama’s unconstitutional immigration plan.

The final vote was  257 to 167. The 167 were all Republicans. Montana’s Congressman Ryan Zinke was among them.

Now I get to make a point to Montana’s Tea-Party Republicans: I told you so.

I told you before November’s election that Ryan Zinke would be the best conservative Congressman Montana ever elected. But you would not support Ryan Zinke because he “was not good enough” for you. [Read more…]

Tea Party Libertarian Thinking

by Dr. Ed Berry

EXB150… Or why conservative Montana has two Democrat US Senators and a Democrat Governor.

Ele added comment @8 on PolyMontana article Chuck Baldwin is wrong about Ryan Zinke:

@Ed

I spoke with Zinke earlier this year about the CSKT water rights compact and how it would affect MT water rights. He had no clue as to what I was talking about.

BTW Those who ARE in the know regarding our water rights are voting Libertarian. [Read more…]

Chuck Baldwin is wrong about Ryan Zinke

by Dr. Ed Berry, NewsWithViews (2000-word version), 2800-word version below

Pastor Chuck Baldwin’s “Ryan Zinke: The Greater Evil” rejects accepted Christian theology, supports Alinsky-trained Obama and his plan for America, and tells you to vote for an unqualified Democrat rather than for highly-qualified Navy Seal Commander Ryan Zinke for Montana’s sole seat in the US Congress.

Baldwin refers to me as “a local online Republican hack”. I am editor and publisher of PolyMontana.com and I will reveal the truth about Chuck Baldwin and correct his lies about Ryan Zinke.

Baldwin writes Republican Ryan Zinke is “a big-government, pro-war, pro-Police State Neocon” but provides no evidence to support his claims. The fact is Ryan Zinke is just the opposite of Baldwin’s claims. Baldwin is delusional. [Read more…]

Generals and Radicals

by Dr. Ed Berry

Mitt Romney’s 2012 “Plan for America” counters the rightwing extremist claim that there is no difference between Rs and Ds. The voters who rejected Mitt Romney should realize what they lost. When will they ever learn?

The same people who preached Romney was no better than Obama are still out there today preaching there is no difference between Republicans and Democrats. The interview with Generals Paul Vallely and Tom McInerney absolutely proves these anti-American extremists are not only wrong but they are a danger to America.

As unbelievable as it sounds, Oath Keepers National Chaplain Chuck Baldwin is out telling his delusional followers to vote for the totally unqualified Democrat John Lewis over very qualified Republican Navy Commander Ryan Zinke, using arguments that could not pass muster in the third grade. [Read more…]