Defense

I find <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/08/16/news/state/62-schweitzer.txt"><a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a>'s defense</a> of Republican criticism about the way he hired a new intern very interesting. Schweitzer never says what he did was right, he just points out, that in his opinion, a earlier Republican did the same thing so why should they criticize? So, two wrongs in this case make a right? I don't think so. <br />n<br />nThe Governor was really big the whole Legislative session about the budget and only doing things that are budgeted for correctly. Why the 180 degree turn on budgeting when it comes to this one intern? Why is her willing to bypass the normally budgeting procedure for this, and nothing else? As a citizen of the state I would really like to know. Don't cloud the issue by pointing your finger like a little child and saying "he did it first." Stand up like a man and defend your actions. It's the right thing to do.<br />n<br />n<strong>The time is always right to do what is right. Martin Luther King, Jr.</strong>