By FCRCC Member, Joe O’Rourke Republicans reside in a castle with many rooms. While all Republicans share a love for life, freedom, individualism, truth and justice, there will always be competing priorities and points of view. Inevitably, there will be disagreements. Acknowledging that differences exist and that diversity can make us stronger is an essential element in winning public support … and elections. However, in the heat of the battle, Republicans with differing priorities can grow to see each other as wrongheaded, corrupt and evil. Sadly, while these intra-family battles rage within ..read more

Happy New Year! As we enter 2024, we bring with us hopes, dreams, and resolutions for the new year – spending more time with family and friends, eating healthier, taking more “me time”, and of course exercising more! How we take care of ourselves is critical to our health and well-being, and our personal futures. The future of the United States of America also requires attention to ITS health and well-being. It requires every citizen to play an active role in building a healthy country. It is easy to get lost in our daily lives, to assume someone else is doing the hard work, hoping that we wil ..read more

— by Joe O’Royrke School Board elections are coming. The filing deadline for candidates is March 24 (March 31 for write-in candidates). The election date is May 3. Now is the time to enlist candidates who will respect the rights of parents to be fully involved in their child’s education. It is well past time to remove school board members whose loyalties lie with the progressive educational establishment and their ‘woke’ mentors. There has been a lot of attention paid to the educational scheme known as Critical Race Theory or CRT. But have you heard about a curriculum that is in our schools ..read more

Mixed with the aroma of Springtime flowers is the sweet smell of Republican victories wafting out of Helena. However, Senate Minority Leader Pat Flowers (yes, Flowers), a Democrat from Belgrade MT, could no longer tolerate the stinging pungency of resounding Democrat defeats. On May 3, 2023 Sen. Fowers brought forth a sine dine motion abruptly ending the 68th Montana Legislature, leaving some unfinished business. Of the 4,643 bill requests drafted at the beginning of the session, 1,698 bills were introduced, of which 788 (over 46%) successfully passed through the Legislature to the Governor’s ..read more

Dateline: January 20, 2037 Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez will be sworn in as President of the United States today as America completes its historic transition to 1-party rule. With the Democrats now holding super majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the long-term goals of the radical-progressive wing of the Democrat Party will certainly be achieved. Within a matter of weeks, legislation will be approved adding 7 new Justices to the Supreme Court. Shortly after that, approval will be granted to add Washington DC and Puerto Rico as the newest states in the Nation. The southe ..read more

By Carmen Cuthbertson Rumor has it that many of the Covid refugees who have fled American cities and suburbs to settle in the Flathead have brought great wealth with them. Nothing wrong with that. Good for you, I say. By all means, enjoy your moolah. While you’re at it, though, don’t lose sight of the fact that money can’t buy everything. It can’t, for example, get your deck fixed when every contractor in the Valley is booked solid for the rest of the season. According to a friend of mine, who interacts with many financially successful newcomers, some expect the almighty dollar to remove ever ..read more

Opinion Article by Community Member By Charles Garner Have you heard? Justice Breyer is retiring. Joe Biden made a campaign promise, “If I have the opportunity to appoint a nominee to the Supreme Court, it will be a black woman.” Can we say discrimination? How about affirmative action? Or the prejudice of low expectations? We are going backward, not forward. We are judging someone on the immutable and superficial characteristics of skin pigmentation and gender. Somebody go check Martin’s tomb to see if he’s rolling over in his grave. Let’s do simple math— (All population numbers used reflect 2 ..read more

By JOE O’ROYRKE This past year has been long and difficult. History shows that when happy, confident, and trusting Americans are first thrust into war, the early results are often disheartening. Since the national election on November 3, 2020, there has been a string of defeats for those who love the USA. The same Americans, who were shell shocked by the 2020 election and the ensuing cultural decay, hastily regrouped, established a defensive position and even notched a few early victories. Citizen activists quickly lifted the veil of complacency from their eyes and focused a bright light on th ..read more

By Joe O’Rourke I was at Republican Central Committee recently where the following question was asked (and I paraphrase) “Republicans control the Executive branch of state government and the legislative branch. Why does it seem that the Democrats still control the state?” I think that part of the answer to that question is that many local and state-wide elections that are labeled and conducted as “Non-Partisan“ contests. Doesn’t that sound good? It gives the impression that coarse, petty political motives and tactics have been removed from the election process so that only public-minded candid ..read more