After
hopscotching between Montana and North Dakota,
Meagan, my oldest, and her clan of mini-Kimmels put
roots down in Great Falls. Finding a rental house
for a large family is challenging, but prior to
their move Tim scoured several Great Falls
neighborhoods and scored a nice one within minutes
of a “For Rent” sign appearing in one front yard.
The house was in a new subdivision and it appears to
have been built on a bed of clay because foundation
cracks, heaves and sinks became common place over
the years they lived there. Apparently, Tim had made
off-hand remarks about being glad the settling
problem was not his as it was a rental. His words
popped up later when Mae, their six-year-old,
violated some family rule. Mom delivered an academy
award winning lecture about integrity, family and
honesty and she closed her riveting diatribe by
asking Mae, “Now, why don’t we lie in this house?”
Mae thought hard before seriously answering,
“Because it’s a rental?” Meagan choked back a
chuckle and tried to think of a different way to
make her point. Some issues are too important to
skim without being certain the lesson has been
learned. This is especially true in politics because
leftists utilize confusion and catchy sound-bites so
voters never learn their hidden agenda. As such, I
need to make another run at a point I made several
months ago. If the dangerous Dark Money Initiative,
I-168, makes the ballot and slips past unsuspecting
voters, Montana will be controlled by progressive
radicals for the rest of my life. Here is why.
Business owners tend to be conservative and they
voluntarily enter the political arena only after
exhausting all possible excuses to not do so.
Everything they own is placed at risk and they know
they will receive relentless, unmerciful attacks the
instant they express political beliefs contrary to
progressivism. According to Rule 13 of Rules for
Radicals, Saul Alinsky advises activists to pick a
target, freeze it, personalize it and then polarize
it; suggesting it is easier to attack and destroy
people rather than institutions. The most recent
example of Rule 13 in action is the ceaseless media
attacks of Governor Chris Christie. The success of
his destruction was evident in his swearing-in
speech where his “working together” theme equated to
the grade school rule of crying “uncle.” Now
leftists will increase the attacks thereby rendering
him a useless has been. Had Governor Christie owned
a successful business prior to entering politics,
his name, his brand and his business would be
forever tainted because of Rule 13. Politics is a
blood sport.
Rule 13 is never used by conservatives to attack
progressives for two reasons. First, leftists tend
to not be entrepreneur business owners, so they
place nothing at risk by being an extremist. Most
are either spoiled trust funders protected by secure
family fortunes, or community organizers being paid
by non-profits to be activists. Second,
conservatives, especially Christian conservatives,
mold their lives after the Golden Rule rather than
Rule 13. Rather than fight in the public spotlight
with leftist extremists hell-bent on personally
destroying them, the successful prefer to remain in
the shadows and fund groups advancing America’s
founding principles. From personal experience, they
know it is liberty, not subsidy, which affords the
greatest opportunity for the poor and middle class
to garner wealth; something they truly desire. This
is good.
Senate Bill 375, the Montana 2013 legislative
version of the Dark Money Initiative, originated
from Governor Bullock’s office and was introduced by
a liberal Republican Senator. After a thorough
hearing and examination it was tabled by the Senate
Judiciary Committee, only to be forced back into
consideration thanks to the 9 liberal Republican
Senators voting with all the Senate Democrats. The
House Judiciary Committee studied SB375 and tabled
it as well. Fifteen liberal House Republicans joined
with every House Democrat to blast the bill back to
the floor. They fell five votes short. Do you see
the pattern? The only thing preventing the left from
garnering total control of your life is a handful of
Christian, conservative, patriots in every state
legislature and Washington DC. Many may or may not
have been elected into office had it not been for a
successful American businessman writing an check to
a liberty group but choosing to do so anonymously so
as to avoid the extremists attacks from Rule 13. The
Dark Money Initiative is a brilliant, but
intrinsically evil euphemism. If you value your
freedom you must reject I-168.
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