Gianforte to donate $10mil

[Hawks86]

They will vote on it tomorrow.

[Hawks86]

Interesting. I think I need someone to explain this to me.

Cruzado said some have questioned the timing of the Gianforte gift. Cruzado said the announcement is happening now because when alumnus Norm Asbjornson gave MSU a $50 million gift to build a new College of Engineering building, he challenged MSU to raise another $20 million for the entire South Campus project, and the deadline to raise the $20 million is June 30. Of the $8 million from the Gianfortes, $2 million will go to meet the challenge, she said. Christian said that “challenge” is actually a requirement.

http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/ne ... 21725.html

[LTown Cat]

They will vote on it tomorrow.

It was approved.

[wbtfg]

Good deal. MSU has gotten some big-time donations over the past three or four years.


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[LongTimeCatFan]

Should have NEVER been an issue.

But a bunch of libtards got their envious panties in a wad....

[Joe Bobcat]

The same BS would have taken place if the donation had come from a Dem. Anyone who is unwilling to recognize the truth of that is blindly entrenched in the over the top partisanship that has a stranglehold on our country.
Thankful for the donation and decision to accept it.

[LongTimeCatFan]

The same BS would have taken place if the donation had come from a Dem. Anyone who is unwilling to recognize the truth of that is blindly entrenched in the over the top partisanship that has a stranglehold on our country.
Thankful for the donation and decision to accept it.

Bullshiit

Conservatives don't give a crap what you do with your money. If Bullock wants to donate to UM, why should I care? I don't.

Libs like to control others money because they believe it doesn't belong to you. "You didn't build that..." Remember that?

[allcat]

This happens to be coming down during an election cycle. What else can they use against him if they don't invent a problem. They would have praised the donation if it was last year, before they thought he was running.

[SonomaCat]

The same BS would have taken place if the donation had come from a Dem. Anyone who is unwilling to recognize the truth of that is blindly entrenched in the over the top partisanship that has a stranglehold on our country.
Thankful for the donation and decision to accept it.

Bullshiit

Conservatives don't give a crap what you do with your money. If Bullock wants to donate to UM, why should I care? I don't.

Libs like to control others money because they believe it doesn't belong to you. "You didn't build that..." Remember that?

There's no doubt at all if somebody on the other side had made a donation of this kind that some people on the right would have howled in faux outrage just like some on the left are doing so now. Anyone who thinks that one side or the other is lacking in hypocrisy is extremely delusional. Far too many in both parties place the good of their own silly political party (or whatever silly and vague label/ideology they identify themselves by and justify derision of all others by) above that of the city/county/state/country/world on a regular basis.

[SonomaCat]

They will vote on it tomorrow.

It was approved.

Excellent. One more mark in the positive column for MSU and the Montana economy!

[LongTimeCatFan]

The same BS would have taken place if the donation had come from a Dem. Anyone who is unwilling to recognize the truth of that is blindly entrenched in the over the top partisanship that has a stranglehold on our country.
Thankful for the donation and decision to accept it.

Bullshiit

Conservatives don't give a crap what you do with your money. If Bullock wants to donate to UM, why should I care? I don't.

Libs like to control others money because they believe it doesn't belong to you. "You didn't build that..." Remember that?

There's no doubt at all if somebody on the other side had made a donation of this kind that some people on the right would have howled in faux outrage just like some on the left are doing so now. Anyone who thinks that one side or the other is lacking in hypocrisy is extremely delusional. Far too many in both parties place the good of their own silly political party (or whatever silly and vague label/ideology they identify themselves by and justify derision of all others by) above that of the city/county/state/country/world on a regular basis.

The overall point you both are making (hypocrisy is equal on both sides), sure I can agree with, but the specific point of bitching about a donation is bullshiit and no conservative would give a shiit about it and both of you know it.

The quibbling over Bullock's use of the airplane is bullshiit too.

[SonomaCat]

To state the obvious, partisan hacks of any ideology will say absolutely anything if they think it will make an opponent look bad. It's not a matter of sincerely "giving a ******" about what they are speaking, it's merely a tactic to try to win elections by any means necessary.

If Jane Fonda ran for governor of Montana and offered to donate a bunch of money to MSU, resulting in her name being attached to a high profile program at MSU, I am certain that some "conservatives" would complain about it. And you know it.

Fortunately, we are in agreement that what matters is the good that the money can do and not getting hung up on the ideologies of the person donating the money.

[blueandgoldblitz]

Interesting. I think I need someone to explain this to me.

Cruzado said some have questioned the timing of the Gianforte gift. Cruzado said the announcement is happening now because when alumnus Norm Asbjornson gave MSU a $50 million gift to build a new College of Engineering building, he challenged MSU to raise another $20 million for the entire South Campus project, and the deadline to raise the $20 million is June 30. Of the $8 million from the Gianfortes, $2 million will go to meet the challenge, she said. Christian said that “challenge” is actually a requirement.

http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/ne ... 21725.html

So does anyone know if MSU has met the $20 million requirement yet?

[Hawks86]

To date, $18 million has been raised. Another $2 million is needed by June 30 to meet Asbjornson’s goal. With its many alumni and friends, MSU hopes to break ground this summer on the visionary project.

http://www.montana.edu/mountainsandmind ... icle=16145

Looks like this was published 12 days ago. Not sure if Gianforte's $2million is included or if it gets us to $20million.

[grizgirl]

I don't see what the liberals are worried about. Gianforte isn't electable. He's a Michele Bachmann-republican. The only office he could get is a U.S. House seat if he was in a district like Minnesota's 6th District, but even Bachmann had trouble getting re-elected there and eventually retired, probably because she thought she'd lose.

You can't be a creationist, think gays should get reformed straight, and support hate groups, then expect to be elected the governor of Montana.

[TomCat88]

I don't see what the liberals are worried about. Gianforte isn't electable. He's a Michele Bachmann-republican. The only office he could get is a U.S. House seat if he was in a district like Minnesota's 6th District, but even Bachmann had trouble getting re-elected there and eventually retired, probably because she thought she'd lose.

You can't be a creationist, think gays should get reformed straight, and support hate groups, then expect to be elected the governor of Montana.

Yeah I don't think he's even the republican nominee yet, is he? I'd be surprised if he gets that. A super rich guy with a wacky background will nev...waaaaait a minnnnnnute.