Dems - Attack Allen-Burns close Senate ties. Burns' anti-firefighter rant

[blm]

directed at the Virginia firefighters who went to Montana to help has LEGS.

Use Burns against Allen at every opportunity. Firefighters make the best endorsement - that's why corpmedia refused to cover the speech Kerry made to the Firefighters Convention in August 2004.



HELENA, Mont. -- Sen. Conrad Burns' verbal attack on a firefighting team for its work on a Montana blaze angered some firefighters, drew harsh criticism in newspapers and has left the Republican scrambling to repair the damage.

Burns, one of the most vulnerable incumbents in the fall elections, confronted members of a firefighting team at the Billings airport July 23 and told them they had done a ''piss-poor job.''

The Hotshot crew had traveled 2,000 miles to help dig fire lines and was awaiting flights home when Burns made his comments. The senator said he was expressing the frustration of ranchers who were critical of the way the fire was handled.

The report by the state Department of Natural Resources and Conservation said Burns pointed to one firefighter and said, ''See that guy over there? He hasn't done a g-- damned thing.''
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2760219

[eShirl]

1. say goodnight, Gracie (n/t)

[blm]

5. Only if Virginia Dems work that angle - it's a gift they shouldn't ignore

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[havocmom]

2. Link takes me to a reply to your post form

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Burns is running againt Democratic candidate Jon Tester in the Montana senate race.

OP sorta makes it sound like he is opposing Allen. Mildly confusing to the casual observer, or one low on coffee ;)

[blm]

3. oops - fixed the link

wanna share that coffee?

[havocmom]

4. Sure. You want hot or iced?

milk? :D