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Rusk vs Manzella – Past Acts & Present Integrity

May 28, 2024 by Guest Post

by Steve Hall, Florence

My following of political candidates has brought Wayne Rusk to my door in the previous state election and again this year as he is challenging Theresa Manzella for the state senate seat.

I have found Mr. Rusk to be an attentive listener and one to bring forth intelligent thoughts and willing to look for practical ideas for the betterment of our Great State of Montana.

Although Wayne’s ideas will not be agreed upon by all our voting community, his civil and pleasant nature have placed him head and shoulders above his competitor.

In visiting with Ms. Theresa Manzella, I have repeatedly found that disagreeing with her brings her to ongoing rude and disparaging remarks as she tries to shove her ideas down my throat, becoming increasingly insulting as the conversation moves along. I have let her know via text messages exactly what my impression of her behavior is.

More than a decade ago Wayne had legal issues, and bringing those up to date, Wayne has been an exemplary person in all aspects of his life and has proven himself a true statesman. Theresa has attempted to exploit these age-old problems, so I only feel it appropriate to ask questions of her and HER jaded past.

Theresa, please answer some easy questions:

1) You have been accused of animal cruelty to your horse/horses by valley residents. Would you explain each event as best you can?

2) Would you explain your patronage, and any ownership and or patronage your family may have had with the Rocky Knob Bar?

3) Did you kill a horse outside of Darby as it blew apart on the highway unrestrained in the trailer? Were you drinking that day, and if so, where and how much?

4) Would you explain your version of the incident? 

a) Some rumors are that you had tied the horse to the trailer to give it water and became intoxicated while showing off the horse, driving off and dragging the horse to its painful and bloody demise. 

b) Others say that you neglected to secure the trailer door and the horse fell out of the trailer, blowing it apart into a bloody mass. 

c) I have also heard that the trailer door latch was faulty and your neglectful action of not tying the horse securely and tying the door closed on the trailer allowed it to fall to the bloody death previously described.

Theresa – simply answering these few questions honestly might get some of the “pigs out of the creek.”

 

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  1. Bob Fifield says

    June 3, 2024 at 9:59 AM

    Why ask the ownership question on The Rocky Knob? What is your problem with Rocky Knob?

  2. Bob Fifield says

    June 2, 2024 at 7:35 AM

    What is the problem with The Rocky Knob?

  3. WMA says

    May 30, 2024 at 4:42 PM

    WMA is not Wayne Rusk. WMA is a fire-breathing, tree-hugging, bunny-loving bleeding-heart liberal Democrat.

  4. John Grant says

    May 29, 2024 at 7:31 PM

    Won’t it be a relief to get past June 4th so Republican and Democrats can engage and let us know how they actually intend to improve government in ways that matter to US.?

    Hopefully it will close the ugly period of Republicans of the extreme right shooting at fellow Republicans who understand that governance is actually hard work including collaboration and collegiality.

    • hsabin says

      June 2, 2024 at 7:32 AM

      AMEN John – hopefully folks will wise up and vote out the extremists and the birchers such as Manzella, lackey, Bohn and others. Reagan kicked the birchers out of the GOP in 1960(62?) but they have come sneaking back. And BTW Manzella list of bad girl behavior where she was ratted out by her neighbors is making the rounds on the net. She is such a phony……

  5. Hsabin says

    May 29, 2024 at 4:28 PM

    Manzella has never been honest nor ethical. She is a hard right extremist who wants to control everyone and make them follow her way or take the highway. Hey Theresa, we want answers. Either admit it or deny it. You don’t have a middle road on this one.

    • Debra Cooper says

      May 30, 2024 at 12:14 AM

      Hsabin; if you stood face to face with “honesty and ethical” you would not recognize them. Your endorsement of Hills pathetic hit piece only reinforces the point.
      Your endorsements of your close companions , the progressive Uniparty RINO’s is but further proof.

  6. WMA says

    May 28, 2024 at 11:11 PM

    Excellent questions. Of course she will never answer them, honestly at least.

    • Lance E Broshar says

      May 30, 2024 at 11:12 AM

      Is WMA also known at Wayne Rusk?

  7. Patricia Hascall says

    May 28, 2024 at 10:01 PM

    I am saddened that this paper issued such a vile diatribe . His speech is more vile than any untruth he has accused Theresa of. Theresa was found blameless in this heartbreaking incident. She has the paperwork to prove so. That she welcomes anyone to study. In addition, Steve Hall, any horseman can tell you that it a long standing debate whether trailering untied is beneficial to the horse mental adjustment to the stress of trailering. Every horseman has a story supporting their choice; straight load, slant head forward/backward, horse facing backwards, or loose to choose their own position. If you are aware of this you have chosen to deny this to the public to SLANDER Theresa.

    Now, on to Mr. Rusk. He has somehow managed to hide his felony convictions. If you want transparency, encourage Mr. Rusk to open his convictions for public viewing as Theresa has offered do with her evidence of innocence.

    My opinion is that Mr. Rusk clearly has a poor voting record along with several others siding against issues that would have helped Montanans. But the worst is voting to allow undocumented citizens to vote, followed closely by voting against removing the Social Security tax which would have certainly helped so many fixed income families.

    You should be charged with slander, forced to take out a full page retraction and apology.

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