The Misled Philosophy Of Compromised Montana Republicans

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There’s a fashionable phrase in Montana politics: “We need a bigger tent.”

Ah yes—The Big Tent.

It sounds warm and wholesome. Unfortunately, this tent has a hole in it so large you could drive a Democrat-funded campaign bus straight through it.

The idea behind these “Big Tent” Republicans—better known as Republicans In Name Only—is that Republicans must become more appealing to Democrats.

Funny, because Montana is moving right, not left.

In 2024, virtually every county increased its Republican vote over 2020. Donald Trump carried the state overwhelmingly. Montanans are not sitting around wishing Republicans were more like San Francisco.

Quite the opposite.

Yet here come the Big Tent philosophers insisting Republicans need to soften, moderate, and compromise. No thank you.

When Ronald Reagan reached across the aisle, Democrats like Tip O’Neill still believed in America, capitalism, and common sense.

Today’s Democrat machine is socialism with better branding—and sometimes outright communism dressed up as compassion.

And somehow Republicans are told to move toward that?
That’s not strategy. That’s surrender.

Communism gave us Soviet Russia, Cuba, North Korea—disasters all. Democratic Socialism gave us Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Detroit.

Nothing says “successful governance” like stepping over human feces while paying impossible rent and taxes.

And this is the direction we should move toward and cohort politically with?

Here in Ravalli County, Dave Bedey, Michelle Binkley, and Wayne Rusk seem enchanted by this compromise-first philosophy. There is a reason why the names DIRTY DOZEN or NASTY NINE came about.

They call it moderation. They call it pragmatism.

Usually that means conservatives should stay quiet while they negotiate with people who hate conservatives.

Meanwhile, Kathy Love, Kim Dailey, and Ken Allen understand the assignment. They support constitutional government, real conservatism, and the idea that Montana should remain Montana.

Montana does not need a bigger tent. It needs stronger stakes.

Because if your philosophy requires becoming more like California, maybe it belongs in the trash, not on the ballot.

The Big Tent sounds lovely.

But if the roof is missing, and it is not staked to true Eternal values, it’s just bad camping.

Bill Lussenheide
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