The blogo-sampler: Roger Koopman

by: Jay Stevens

Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 10:15:32 AM MST

Fringe Dwellers Sound Off. "Koopman [is] sometimes suspected of being a Democratic plant bent on making a mockery of the Republican Party..."

Flying the Koop.

"The Koop's position here is representative of a lot of what is wrong with the Montana GOP. Throwing up hyper partisan candidates against men such as Jones will not work, because the market of voters most assuredly won't want it. It looks to me like the state GOP Koopman thinks that their problem is with soft candidates, when the "problem," to the extent that any exists, is with the political opinions of their constituents, we Montanans."

Socialists! Run for the Hills!

"Koopman, known for his deep scientific knowledge, certainly understands politics. How long has taken for the elite, liberal media to expose the shameful Marxism of Dave Lewis and the other Stalinist-Republicans of the Montana Republican Party?

"Keep at it, Roger. You, sir, are an inspiration to Commie-hunters everywhere.

"P.S. Stay away from city water. I hear fluoride saps our vital fluids."

The Fringe with the Surly on Top.

"Koopman, I think by all standards and definitions, is a wingnut. He wiles away his hours in Helena proposing legislation that goes nowhere while at the same time alienating the people he has to work with to get anything accomplished. He's a classic crank. Even when he speaks in a friendly manner and tries to sound reasonable, I can feel the rage beneath. This is not a sane man."

Ted Washburn (or Clint Regenold) for HD 69.

"...Rep. Roger Koopman crossed a line when he created what amounts to an "enemies list" made up of his fellow legislators. It would be one thing if Koopman could rationally believe that conservative Republicans of his defined level of ideological purity could win a majority in the Montana House and Senate. But he knows good and well that they can't. Either that, or he is delusional."

MT GOP Purge.

"Resident lunatic state rep Roger Koopman wants to punish the not conservative enough from the MT GOP. He's using Natelson's voting index to pick the targets. Judging by that index (all of Montana's Democrats are labeled liberal, while the majority of the Republicans are moderate or liberal), we live in a socialist paradise.

"I must point out, though, Koopman registered a 98 on the 100 point scale. What's this 2% ideological infidelity? Doesn't he know that our very freedom is at stake here? There's no place for even the slightest waffling."

You'll notice that these posts come from all ideological corners of the blogosphere. That's a good thing. I think, as acrimonious as we all can be towards one other, there's an understanding that we're all here in the same state and we need tolerance and compromise to keep the wheels spinning, a fact that seems to elude Roger Koopman. I'm sure he deserves whatever political fate awaits him.