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Jeff Ward, president of the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans, tells Huckleberries that his organization invited Walt Minnick to address a meeting on health reform before the Democrat congressman announced his own townhall meeting at North Idaho College. In an e-mail this afternoon, Ward said:”We invited Rep. Minnick via his http://minnick.house.gov site on 8/19/2009 (letter attached). I believe on 8/21 he announced his own forum and Marie Hathaway (sic) , a Minnick staffer contacted me on the same day. I commented on my take on this process in a letter to the CDA Press (attached). I also got to invite him personally at the forum on the 24th. That night I told Marie that the invitation still stood.” You can read the Ward’s invitation to tonight’s 7 o’clock meeting at the Coeur d’Alene Resort here.
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nic on September 03 at 4:56 p.m.
If it looks like/smells like/acts like gotcha politics…
Phaedrus on September 03 at 5:00 p.m.
I’ve been asking this all day but nobody has bothered to answer: did the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans, all 40 or 50 of the, invite Crapo and Risch to this event and are those two Senators attending? Anyone?
Kage_Mann on September 03 at 5:10 p.m.
nic on September 03 at 4:56 p.m.
If it looks like/smells like/acts like gotcha politics…
That’s right Nic, they’re trying to paint him into a corner and it’s a no- win situation for him.