Montana deserves better than attack ads and political junk food

By: Doug James

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: January 24, 2026

Words: 796

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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Let’s talk about attack ads. You know the ones—ominous music, grainy photos, and a narrator who sounds like they gargle gravel for a living. We’ve all seen them. We’ve all heard them. And at this point, we’re anesthetized. Political Novocaine.

Enough.

Montana deserves better than campaigns that treat voters like raccoons rummaging through ideological trash cans. We deserve ideas, not insults. Debates, not drive-by smear jobs. Sunlight, not sludge.

And that brings us—unavoidably—to incumbent Sen. …

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