Keenan is totally dependent on Schweitzer

It is unfortunate the Sen. Bob Keenan has chosen to allow his "passionate intensity" to define his public service by initiating a crusade against Governor Brian Schweitzer. If the media stories are accurate, they suggest that Sen. Keenan has become co-dependent or counterdependent, living only in reaction to Governor Schweitzer. His new negative identity was created quickly and probably feels sort of like life. Sometimes being over and against is a lot easier and more satisfying than being harmonious and amicable.

The irony, of course, is that Governor Schweitzer, in one of his first official acts, distinguished himself as a courageous and compassionate leader by opposing the slaughter of buffalo near Yellowstone Park, while Sen. Keenan and his colleagues remained conveniently silent. Or worse, perhaps they agreed with former Republican congressman Ron Marlenee, who during his service distinguished himself by supporting the slaughter—regretting only, as he told reporters, that official business prevented him from joining in the fun with his .44-magnum pistol.

Bob Muth

Kalispell