Rival raps Rehberg (R-MT) over meat ban | Billings Gazette

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Rival raps Rehberg over meat ban

Associated Press

HELENA - Democratic U.S. House candidate Tracy Velazquez on Friday attacked Republican incumbent Denny Rehberg for opposing a Bush administration ban on meat from cows that cannot walk or stand.

That position sides with out-of-state meatpacking interests and betrays Montana ranchers and consumers, Velazquez said in her first political assault on the two-term lawmaker since she launched her campaign last week.

"His insistence that the ban on 'downer cows' is not good for Montana's agricultural economy shows where his true interests lie," she said in a news release. "The only group that opposes a ban on downer cows is the out-of-state meatpacking industry."

The ban was announced by Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman on Dec. 30, a week after news broke about the first mad cow case to be diagnosed in the United States.

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1. Dinoboy, what do you know about her?

I read a bit about her when it was reported that she was running...I think it said she's from the Bozeman area and that's where you are isn't it?

[Ediacara]

2. Well... as you know the Bozo Chronicle is quite possible the worst paper..

on Earth.

What I know is that she's a local business woman, been in Bozeman for about 20 years, but grew up in the midwest IIRC, no political experience that I know of.

I think (hope) the state party may view her as more of a real candidate than Steve Kelly, and *gasp* might actually help fund her campaign!

Other than bashing Rehberg on the downer cow issue, I don't know much about her stands on the issues, although if the downer cow issue is any indicater, I'd say her stands are good :-)

Sorry I can't be of more help, she doesn't even have a website as far as I know!

[Frangible]

3. Wow

That's pretty sad when you're more to-the-right than Dubya.