What Coalition?

<blockquote>Some Democrats have been able to position themselves as libertarian-minded protectors of Western values. <br />n<br />n<a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> in Montana, for example, has built a coalition of ranchers, hunters and environmentalists who want to protect hunting and farming land from those who would develop the West's wide-open spaces.</blockquote><br />n<br />nI won't comment on the gist of the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/10/16/build/nation/55-mountain-west.inc">whole artice</a>, but I will say I don't know a single rancher that is part of "the coalition of ranchers, hunters and environmentalists" spoken of. <br />n<br />nAll the ranchers I know in this area don't buy Schweitzer's smooth talking line of bull that he appears to be successfully feeding the Montana public. He talks way to much like a professional con man for most of them. Most ranchers recognize bullshit when they see it and anytime Schweitzer speaks that's what seems to burst forth and contaminate the Montana landscape. But, not much I can do about the situation, the media loves him so he will keep getting the attention his massive ego requires to make him feel important.