Someone's Not Telling The Truth

Someone’s not telling the truth.

The question is, is it Montana’s Rep. Denny Rehberg or Republican allie and Idaho Gov. Butch Otter?

Rehberg told a Safari Club International audience in Missoula last week that he likes what he described as Otter's plan to make Idaho a “sanctuary state,” where game wardens ignore the requirements of the Endangered Species Act as it relates to wolves.

Rehberg said he’s heard stories of Idaho game wardens visiting hunting camps and telling hunters that wolf regulations won’t be enforced in Idaho.

But Idaho officials denied any awareness of such a policy, which begs the question: who’s not telling the truth?

In recent months, Rehberg misled Montana voters with talk of “death panels” and federal land grabs, neither of which were true.

And he never told a Ravalli County business owner that he wouldn’t have to provide health benefits to his employees under new rules since he has less than 50 workers. Instead, Rehberg told the employer to look at the resulting “fine” as a tax on his business.

“Rehberg hasn’t told the truth on a number of things, including why he changed his vote from lifting the Cuban Trade Embargo to a vote to enforce it,” said congressional candidate Dennis McDonald. “He misled voters on the health care bill, national monuments, and now he’s misleading Montanans on wolves.”