Brad Molnar takes on convicted felon as his campaign manager, spokesman

September 30, 2008 -- Brad Molnar has created for himself a "dream" campaign team. Don Cyphers, a self styled journalist who only blogs on a website called MontanasNewsAssociation, has apparently now become the chief spokesman and campaign manager for Brad Molnar. But Donald J. Cyphers is much more than a journalist. He pleaded guilty to two counts of felony theft in 1999, after being accused of bilking two women of more than $10,000 by pretending he was a lawyer. In one instance, he overheard a woman at a barbecue talking about a motor home accident she'd been in. Cyphers sidled up to her and offered his services, bragging that he'd gotten a $10,000 settlement for another "client" who sprained her finger. Cyphers was sentenced to three years on each count and District Judge G. Todd Baugh suspended both sentences to put Cyphers on probation. In the sentencing document, Baugh referred to Cyphers as "a con-artist/thief and an individual not to be trusted." As described by a legitimate Billings Gazette reporter, "He [Cyphers] was a pretend lawyer then, and he is a pretend journalist now..."The MNA loves to call itself the "Conservative Christian Media," while referring to The Gazette as "the local liberal hardcopy newspaper," but except for some pharisaic symptoms of sanctimony, there is nothing remotely Christian about the Montana News Association." Gazette reporter Ed Kemmick wrote, "It is unfair to Christians and to conservatives to assume that Cyphers is part of any movement. He is a lone wolf who picks his enemies seemingly at random, then attacks them unmercifully, without regard for truth, fairness or even manners. He has stuck cameras in Tussing's face before, and while that technique may be common in big cities, it is still rare in Montana. "Cyphers used the same ambush techniques against Catherine Truman, a former Musselshell/Golden Valley county attorney and now a prosecutor for the state attorney general. Once, with his camera on his shoulder, Cyphers chased Truman through the courthouse in

[Mike IIeatu]

Good job Cyphers you helped Brad Molnar win his campaign. At the same time you were able to deliver a sound defeat for Ron Tussing. I would hire you as a campaign manager anyday because you get positive results.