Posted on 03/21/2010 4:50:21 PM PDT by MsLady
Hi, I am Dan Benishek. I am running for U.S. Congress in Michigan’s 1st District and would like your support.
I was born in Iron River, Michigan. My mother was of Polish descent and my father of Bohemian descent. My father worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps and then in the iron mines of Iron County. He died in a mining accident in 1957 and my brother and I were raised by my mother, with the help of family. I graduated from West Iron County High School in 1970. I earned a B.S. in Biology from the University of Michigan in 1974 and graduated from Wayne State Medical School in 1978. I have served as a general surgeon in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula since 1983. My wife Judy and I live in Crystal Falls. We share five children and two grandchildren. I am an avid hunter and fisherman and an NRA member.
I have never held political office but I feel compelled to seek a position at this time because of disturbing developments in our nation’s capitol. I have watched with horror and disbelief as congress has voted to spend trillions of dollars on legislation that no one even read. I very much want to serve my country and the citizens of the 1st District and to provide better representation and leadership on important issues such as:
· Job Creation. Our best hope lies within the private, not public, sector. In particular, we need to support small business, which creates the bulk of new jobs. Government should step aside and let the free market work by reducing burdensome regulation and taxation.
· Fiscal Responsibility. Government is out of control and is squandering our children’s future! I say no to more government bail-outs, business takeovers, and growing entitlements. It is time to make drastic cuts in spending, balance our budget, stop printing money and start paying down our ballooning national debt.
· Lower Taxes. I believe that a government which governs least is a government which governs best. We need a government of the people, by the people and for the people. We need to reduce oppressive taxation and allow individual citizens to keep and invest more of their hard-earned money. We need to shrink the size and scope of our government to be in line with that envisioned by our founding fathers.
· Secure Borders. Immigration must be legal and regulated and our borders must be secure. Uncontrolled access to our country increases entitlement expenses, decreases available jobs and renders us vulnerable to terrorists who want to destroy us.
· Health Care. America has the best health care system in the world – a system which needs fine-tuning but definitely not a government take-over! We need to focus on free market reforms which will increase competition and decrease costs. A good place to start would be to allow health care insurance to be tax deductible, portable and sold across state lines. Additionally, we must pass tort reform to rein in skyrocketing costs associated with frivolous medical law suits.
· Energy Independence. Radical environmentalism has rendered energy development next to impossible. While we must be good stewards of the earth, God gave us this earth and all its resources for our needs. America has huge coal, natural gas and oil reserves. We need to responsibly tap into these reserves and stop relying on other nations to supply our energy. In addition, we need to vigorously expand our use of nuclear power as a safe, clean and efficient source of energy.
· National Defense. It is a primary responsibility of our federal government to provide a strong national defense to protect our nation, our liberty and our ideals. We should honor and respect our armed services and veterans, not undermine their strength and dignity. Additionally, we must aggressively pursue the war on terror and we must try prisoners of war in military tribunals, not as citizens in our civilian courts.
· Second Amendment. I believe in the individual’s right to self defense. The right to bear arms secures other rights such as freedom of speech, freedom to assemble and freedom to practice religion. If we allow disarmament of our citizens, we render our nation vulnerable to tyranny.
· Right to Life. I believe in the inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Paramount is life. From conception to death, all human life must be considered sacred and must be protected.
If you believe in personal responsibility and limited government, please support me in my effort to change the status quo in Washington and return responsible representation to the 1st District of Michigan. If you feel powerless as you watch our government take your hard earned money and spend it foolishly, choose me. If you want an honest, hard working congressman who will answer your letters and phone calls, choose me.
As a surgeon, I have 30 years experience dealing with and solving serious problems. I don't have all the answers to our nation’s problems but I will enthusiastically apply my skills and work with you to find them! Let us start here and work together to return our government to the people. Join my campaign and stand as a citizen of our great republic with your vote for me.
Sincerely, Dan Benishek
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Thank you everyone for your support!
I joined on facebook. I was #418, 3 hours later he was 4500 and growing fast. Another Scott Brown, AND a Surgeon to boot.
Too bad I don’t live there just to vote for anyone over Stupak.
I don’t live there, so I can’t vote for him; but he sounds great and I wish every district in the country would produce someone like this for the next election.
Stupak already made arrangements this afternoon for his post-congressional jub, or so he thinks.
You can vote for him. Take a $5, a $10 or a $20, wrap it up in a couple of sheets of paper, and mail it to: Benishek for Congress 802 Pentoga Trail Crystal Falls, MI 49920.
Conservative republican, Tim Walberg is leading Marxist Mark Schauer by double digits in Michigan’s 7th district. We’re trying to take Michigan back but could use some help.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Walberg
http://www.walbergforcongress.com/Home.aspx
Is Benishek a Republican, or is he just another baby-killer running for the Democrat nomination?
mail it to: Benishek for Congress 802 Pentoga Trail Crystal Falls, MI 49920.
I can see this in my immediate future.
5,032
I’m crafting a letter to my marxist congressman telling him to prepare for a retirement from public life. Any appointment he thinks Obama can give him will stumble over his money laundering and campaign finance violations of the past.
http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2009/2/25/95012/4337
In short, he needs to spend the rest of his life looking over his shoulder and wondering who he can trust.
But, if you have any money that you could donate, any amount, that would help.
Yep, this just keeps smelling like a dirtier rat all the time. It would not surprise me that one of his 30 pieces of silver for this deal was some kind of non-elected lifetime high paid position. He usually marches in many of the holiday and festival parades in his district in the election years. It’ll be interesting to see if I can call him a judas bastard from the sidelines at any of them this year or if he’ll be otherwise occupied this time.
Republican, he’s a surgeon and pro-life.
Man..will you please read the article? Its says that Life begins at conception..
He has a R/W/B elephant on his campaign banner.
I just talked to the good Drs wife and advised her to get something up and running. She told me that they had a web site all ready to go and had it in place and they had to take it down because of rules...I think she said FCC.
Anyway, they need volunteers! To do minor things and of course money. Web site volunteers would be the one real good thing because you could do that from a distance.
I am going to get a small group of Loggers together as she said he wants to talk to us before this gets really going. So that is my first assignment.
You guys who are good at digging up dirt from the web start doing it because she said Stupak has a ton of power and organization behind him. One being the (no doubt) Michigan States Trooppers as he was one.
The Dr works Tues, Wed and Thursdays at his office yet..
LETS ROLL!
wait for his website to get online (got a feeling he will have one in a few days), then donate $10 or $20 to his campaign. Thousands will do this and it is going to make a difference.
Vote with your wallet.
5,294 just the other day it was in the 100’s.
Apparently there is another pro-life candidate running. Is this guy a Johnny-come-lately or the best candidate for the job?
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