Burns, Tester square off in front of packed house
2006-09-11
Source: Missoulian
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rss feedRepublican Sen. Conrad Burns told a boisterous crowd in Hamilton on Sunday that he's the candidate for U.S. Senate who is not "a lawbreaker."
Members of the audience took offense and shouted "psycho" and booed as Burns claimed that Democratic Senate candidate Jon Tester has an illegal slush fund, has taken "unreported" trips to Taiwan, and made illegal phone calls to raise campaign funds.
The accusations came after Tester accused Burns of no longer representing Montana values.
"I believe in light bulbs and sunshine," Burns said. "You know everything about me because it's all out there on the Web site."
Under attack by the incumbent senator, Tester chuckled, then defended himself by citing a lengthy, rapid-fire list of out-of-state and out-of-country trips taken by Burns, and the multinational corporations from which Burns has taken money.
The two were in the Bitterroot Valley on Sunday afternoon for a 90-minute debate at Hamilton High School, an raucous event punctuated by heckling from a lively overflow audience.
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