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Aide: Baucus nominated girlfriend for US attorney
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Dec 5, 9:39 AM (ET)

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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus was romantically involved with a former staffer when he recommended her earlier this year to become the next U.S. attorney for Montana, a spokesman said.
The Montana Democrat and his former state office director Melodee Hanes began their relationship in the summer of 2008 after Baucus separated from his wife, Ty Matsdorf told The Associated Press late Friday.
Baucus nominated Hanes for the U.S. attorney post in March. But she later withdrew, saying she had been presented with other opportunities she couldn't pass up.
The Senate leader who's been a major proponent of Democratic health care legislation had submitted six names to a third-party reviewer, who whittled those to Hanes and two others. Matsdorf said the senator sent the three names to the White House with no ranking to select a nominee.
Matsdorf said Baucus' relationship with his girlfriend had nothing to do with his decision.
"Senator Baucus recommended each of the three candidates based solely on qualifications, and merit, knowing whichever one the White House selected would serve Montana well," Matsdorf said.
The spokesman said Baucus and Hanes decided during the nomination process that she should withdraw her name because the couple wanted to live together in Washington, which they later did.
Matsdorf declined to say why the senator was just now disclosing the circumstances surrounding the nomination.
Baucus and his ex-wife Wanda announced last April that they planned to divorce after 25 years of marriage, his second. In a joint statement, they said they had "parted ways amicably and with mutual respect."
Hanes started working for Baucus in 2002 and was his state director before leaving his office earlier this year for a position in the U.S. Department of Justice.
"Mel is supremely qualified and she got to her current position based solely on her merit," Matsdorf said.
President Barack Obama eventually nominated Helena attorney Michael Cotter for the U.S. attorney post, which supervises prosecutors of all federal crimes committed in Montana and the state's seven Indian reservations. Cotter is awaiting confirmation.
Word of Hanes' nomination follows other recent disclosures of romantic liaisons by political leaders, including South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., and two-time Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards.
Sanford faces a possible impeachment following his affair with a woman in Argentina. Ensign, who has acknowledged in June to having an affair with a former member of his campaign staff, has made it clear he intends to serve out his second term. Edwards' political career was damaged when he acknowledged last year he had an affair with a videographer in 2006. The admission came just months after Edwards dropped his second presidential bid.
Baucus was elected to the Montana House in 1973 and to the U.S. House in 1974 and 1976. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1978 at age 36, and his current term runs until 2014.
The senator has played increasingly visible roles in Congress, sometimes willing to buck his Democratic Party on certain issues. He seems to take the position that the state that sent him to the Senate for five terms is fundamentally conservative and its voters want someone willing to vote outside the party line.
Most recently Baucus has been at the center of an effort to move sweeping health care legislation through the Senate with a bill aimed at meeting Obama's goal of overhauling the nation's health care system to cover 48 million uninsured Americans.
On Friday, Baucus went against his party and backed a Republican effort to eliminate a long-term care insurance program to help seniors and the disabled. Republicans argued that the new plan would be a drain on the federal budget.
The Democrat has also been in the middle of other congressional battles: He played a key role in 2003 legislation adding a prescription-drug benefit to the Medicare program and enactment of President George W. Bush's tax cuts in 2001.
(This version CORRECTS that Edwards dropped out of the presidential race before acknowledging the affair).)
 
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Faster horses said:
Absolutely not okay with me. But then, I never was a Baucus fan. NEVER, EVER.

OT, where are you?

Yep- I saw this yesterday in the Tribune- never was a Baucus fan either...I voted for the 85 year old Green Party/Parliamentarian the Repubs ran- Kelleher..
Just like Burns was a crook , liar, and cheat bought out by the lobbyiests-- so are Rehberg and Baucus..
 
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hopalong said:
Faster horses said:
Absolutely not okay with me. But then, I never was a Baucus fan. NEVER, EVER.

OT, where are you?

Probabally with his head in the sand.

Sorry to disappoint you Ed- I read this yesterday morning in the paper--but like I do in every day life I chose not to associate with frauds, fakes, and cheats which seem to try and dominate this forum- and don't want discussion of issues- just backslapping of their beliefs...

Hows them white cows doing, Ed- or aren't you getting this cold down there?
 

hypocritexposer

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but like I do in every day life I chose not to associate with frauds, fakes, and cheats which seem to try and dominate any forum- and don't want discussion of issues- just backslapping of their beliefs...

Sounds like a description of obama.
 
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Oldtimer said:
hopalong said:
Faster horses said:
Absolutely not okay with me. But then, I never was a Baucus fan. NEVER, EVER.

OT, where are you?

Probabally with his head in the sand.

Sorry to disappoint you Ed- I read this yesterday morning in the paper--but like I do in every day life I chose not to associate with frauds, fakes, and cheats which seem to try and dominate this forum- and don't want discussion of issues- just backslapping of their beliefs...

Hows them white cows doing, Ed- or aren't you getting this cold down there?

Sure sound a little bit bigoted to me ot. By the way just for the heck of it. How many times have you refused to hear a case because of prejudice or anything an honest judge would excuse himself for. Or how many times period have you withdrawn from hearing a case for any reason?

Remember you brought up the word honesty and your claims to just how honest you are. I mean surely a setting judge would on more than one occasion have to excuse himself.

i will help you on the honesty a bit and how deceitful you have been. Remember you posted how you had tried running people off from the forum and had played devils advocate all the while being a MODERATOR. I highly doubt your scruples are any better when you wear the robe. I mean a moderator after all is a judge of the forums he is moderating!

So the only honesty you are guilty of is admitting you were a snake in the grass all the while playing moderator.

Better yet ot is deceit and dishonest moderating only wrong if its a politician. Wait you have been a politician also.

SO WHO IN THE CRAP ARE YOU TO ATTACK HOPY OR ANYONE BEING AS YOU ACTED IN DECEIT AND AS A FRAUD?

Maybe you will understand it better this way who are you to call the kettle black with your own character not in question but the schemes and such you admitted to. Get off your high horse or podium because at the end of the day your character is flawed by your own admission.

One last thing hopy apologized for his faults. All you ever did was admit yours and never apologized to the forum. So take your high horse and take a hike with your self esteem that you only fool yourself with. :wink:
 

Lonecowboy

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Oldtimer said:
Faster horses said:
Absolutely not okay with me. But then, I never was a Baucus fan. NEVER, EVER.

OT, where are you?

Yep- I saw this yesterday in the Tribune- never was a Baucus fan either...I voted for the 85 year old Green Party/Parliamentarian the Repubs ran- Kelleher..Just like Burns was a crook , liar, and cheat bought out by the lobbyiests-- so are Rehberg and Baucus..


oltimer wrote: September 5 2008

the only thing the Repubs in Montana could dig up for a candidate to run against Baucus this year was an 85 year old, half dead old codger that had ran for President before on the Green Party and Parliamentarian tickets


Hmmmmmm.......

http://ranchers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27904&highlight=baucus
 
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Lonecowboy said:
Oldtimer said:
Faster horses said:
Absolutely not okay with me. But then, I never was a Baucus fan. NEVER, EVER.

OT, where are you?

Yep- I saw this yesterday in the Tribune- never was a Baucus fan either...I voted for the 85 year old Green Party/Parliamentarian the Repubs ran- Kelleher..Just like Burns was a crook , liar, and cheat bought out by the lobbyiests-- so are Rehberg and Baucus..


oltimer wrote: September 5 2008

the only thing the Repubs in Montana could dig up for a candidate to run against Baucus this year was an 85 year old, half dead old codger that had ran for President before on the Green Party and Parliamentarian tickets


Hmmmmmm.......

http://ranchers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27904&highlight=baucus

All from the mouth of an honest judge via the fingers on the net :lol:
 

hopalong

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Oldtimer said:
hopalong said:
Faster horses said:
Absolutely not okay with me. But then, I never was a Baucus fan. NEVER, EVER.

OT, where are you?

Probabally with his head in the sand.

Sorry to disappoint you Ed- I read this yesterday morning in the paper--but like I do in every day life I chose not to associate with frauds, fakes, and cheats which seem to try and dominate this forum- and don't want discussion of issues- just backslapping of their beliefs...

Could that be because you ARE one??? Richard, or would you rather be called DICK which fits you :D :D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hows them white cows doing, Ed- or aren't you getting this cold down there?


If you were as smart as your think you are DICK you could see what the weather is here in AZ, so much for your dectective skills?

But if you are really concerned the are doing great :D :D But so are the herfords :D :D OPPPS MISSED that one didn't you Richard/Dick :D :D

Must have been because your head is in the sand :D :D
 
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Lonecowboy said:
Oldtimer said:
Faster horses said:
Absolutely not okay with me. But then, I never was a Baucus fan. NEVER, EVER.

OT, where are you?

Yep- I saw this yesterday in the Tribune- never was a Baucus fan either...I voted for the 85 year old Green Party/Parliamentarian the Repubs ran- Kelleher..Just like Burns was a crook , liar, and cheat bought out by the lobbyiests-- so are Rehberg and Baucus..


oltimer wrote: September 5 2008

the only thing the Repubs in Montana could dig up for a candidate to run against Baucus this year was an 85 year old, half dead old codger that had ran for President before on the Green Party and Parliamentarian tickets


Hmmmmmm.......

http://ranchers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27904&highlight=baucus

And Palin doesn't surprise me- the only thing the Repubs in Montana could dig up for a candidate to run against Baucus this year was an 85 year old, half dead old codger that had ran for President before on the Green Party and Parliamentarian tickets

So- lonecowboy- was I wrong....Did I Lie....McCain/McBush-Palin was a joke the Repubs ran after Bush bankrupt the country--just the same as Palin was a joke candidate McCain brought in as a desperate move to pick up the right wingernuts....
Kelleher was even more than a joke in Montana- and I'll bet you more than half the Montana Republicans didn't even vote for the old codger...

Like I've said for several years- the Montana Republican party keeps shooting itself in the foot- and really showed it- when all they could come up with to run against Baucus was an 85 year old crackpot- and then finished when they decided that the Montana voters don't count for the Presidential election and that only the party leaders should decide who is the party nominee for the state... :shock: :???:
Keep that up- and the Repub party will be dead.... :(
But just like I couldn't vote for Rehberg after he sold out years of Montana Agriculture Groups working to establish trade agreements with Cuba (that he had previously supported) so that he could get $10,000+ in lobbyiest money from a Florida based pro Cuban Embargo group- I also could not vote for Baucus because of his sellouts to Big Money Lobbyiests.....
The only national representative we have left-- that I have not seen sold out to any major lobbying groups- and who has been overly open with who he meets with (putting his meeting schedule on his web page)-- and who as a true Ag producer represents agriculture is Senator Tester...

But just like the rest of your anonymous buddies - the Pig Farmer (?) and the fakes and frauds like Hoppy and Hypo- you keep on blindly supporting those folks cause they have an (R) by their name.... :roll:
 

Steve

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OldTimer said:
was I wrong....Did I Lie....McCain/McBush-Palin was a joke the Repubs ran after Bush bankrupt the country-

you get caught, and it's Bush, Palin and McCain's fault ???
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Oldtimer said:
Lonecowboy said:
Oldtimer said:
Yep- I saw this yesterday in the Tribune- never was a Baucus fan either...I voted for the 85 year old Green Party/Parliamentarian the Repubs ran- Kelleher..Just like Burns was a crook , liar, and cheat bought out by the lobbyiests-- so are Rehberg and Baucus..


oltimer wrote: September 5 2008

the only thing the Repubs in Montana could dig up for a candidate to run against Baucus this year was an 85 year old, half dead old codger that had ran for President before on the Green Party and Parliamentarian tickets


Hmmmmmm.......

http://ranchers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27904&highlight=baucus

And Palin doesn't surprise me- the only thing the Repubs in Montana could dig up for a candidate to run against Baucus this year was an 85 year old, half dead old codger that had ran for President before on the Green Party and Parliamentarian tickets

So- lonecowboy- was I wrong....Did I Lie....McCain/McBush-Palin was a joke the Repubs ran after Bush bankrupt the country--just the same as Palin was a joke candidate McCain brought in as a desperate move to pick up the right wingernuts....
Kelleher was even more than a joke in Montana- and I'll bet you more than half the Montana Republicans didn't even vote for the old codger...

Like I've said for several years- the Montana Republican party keeps shooting itself in the foot- and really showed it- when all they could come up with to run against Baucus was an 85 year old crackpot- and then finished when they decided that the Montana voters don't count for the Presidential election and that only the party leaders should decide who is the party nominee for the state... :shock: :???:
Keep that up- and the Repub party will be dead.... :(
But just like I couldn't vote for Rehberg after he sold out years of Montana Agriculture Groups working to establish trade agreements with Cuba (that he had previously supported) so that he could get $10,000+ in lobbyiest money from a Florida based pro Cuban Embargo group- I also could not vote for Baucus because of his sellouts to Big Money Lobbyiests.....
The only national representative we have left-- that I have not seen sold out to any major lobbying groups- and who has been overly open with who he meets with (putting his meeting schedule on his web page)-- and who as a true Ag producer represents agriculture is Senator Tester...

But just like the rest of your anonymous buddies - the Pig Farmer (?) and the fakes and frauds like Hoppy and Hypo- you keep on blindly supporting those folks cause they have an (R) by their name.... :roll:


I see you lacked the marbles or scruples to aswer my questions.

Man up ot. You attacked hopy over something he has apologized for. Yet you have never apologized to the forum for running people off while being a moderator as well as sowing discord at the same time you were supposed to be controlling in an unbiased way the threads.

You are only fooling yourself when you attack hopy and others. You constantly post about your judicial experiences and brand inspector escapades. You sure do gloat about your personal life all the while tearing down others. A typical snake in the grass I mean democrap. :wink:
 

hopalong

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He does the same thing on other forums he belongs to, seems he can only feel good about himself if he is accusing others of being like himself.

Fake, Fraud, imposter, liar, crrok, cheat etc etc.

Dis agree with Richard/Dick and feel his wrath, hear his accuasations, wait for the stalk.
 
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hopalong said:
He does the same thing on other forums he belongs to, seems he can only feel good about himself if he is accusing others of being like himself.

Fake, Fraud, imposter, liar, crrok, cheat etc etc.

Dis agree with Richard/Dick and feel his wrath, hear his accuasations, wait for the stalk.

Well Ed, Hoppy, memanpa, Loopy, Droopy or whoever you're posing to be today :???: :roll: -- since you guys brought me into this thread- I didn't want to miss the opportunity of reminding folks of what a charlatan, fake and fraud you and your little buddies on here are.... :wink: :lol: :lol:

Now you can go back to backslapping each other and kissing each others hindys... :lol: :lol:
 

hopalong

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Oldtimer said:
hopalong said:
He does the same thing on other forums he belongs to, seems he can only feel good about himself if he is accusing others of being like himself.

Fake, Fraud, imposter, liar, crrok, cheat etc etc.

Dis agree with Richard/Dick and feel his wrath, hear his accuasations, wait for the stalk.

Well Ed, Hoppy, memanpa, Loopy, Droopy or whoever you're posing to be today :???: :roll: -- since you guys brought me into this thread- I didn't want to miss the opportunity of reminding folks of what a charlatan, fake and fraud you and your little buddies on here are.... :wink: :lol: :lol:

Now you can go back to backslapping each other and kissing each others hindys... :lol: :lol:

No Dickypoo, you brought yourself into this thread by your past lies, innuendoes, acquisitions etc etc.
Makes no difference the thread you manage to try and make yourself the victim, not the agressor by never facing the fact you are full of crap.
Incidently you are the one who e mailed several others about my address and phone number, even then you didn't use your so called dectictive skills to get all the information needed to show. Get all the FACTS.
NOw sir you can kiss my hiney :wink: :wink:
 

Lonecowboy

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oldtimer wrote:

just the same as Palin was a joke candidate


Sarah Palin is doing a book signing in Billings today starting at noon.
hundreds of people are in line starting from 9 P.M. last night
they spent the night outside in below zero temperatures
just for the chance to meet a "joke candidate"??

Pull you're head out of your foxhole OT and look around--
the TEA party movement is huge in MT, people have had enough.
a Palin/Paul or Paul/Palin ticket would kick butt in MT and you know it.

Now back to Max- OT,would you sign the recall petition that's going around to get him removed from office?? Who would you support to replace him??
Krayton Kerns would get my vote!!
 
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