Posted on 03/21/2010 2:42:50 PM PDT by jenk
Now 700 more. Dan Benishek's info--
Benishek announces run for Congress
IRON MOUNTAIN, Michigan, March 15, 2010 – Daniel J. Benishek, M.D. announced today that he is running as a Republican against Bart Stupak for Michigan’s 1st District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
At high noon, from the steps of the historic Dickinson County Courthouse, Benishek told a crowd of supporters that he has collected the 1,000 signatures needed to put his name on the August 3 primary ballot.
“I chose Dickinson County for my announcement,” said Benishek, “because this is where I raised my children and where I have been practicing medicine as a surgeon and small business owner for nearly 30 years … and because I wanted to announce in Michigan’s newest county my campaign to become Michigan’s newest member of Congress.”
Benishek is not a lawyer and has never before sought political office. “I feel compelled to seek a position at this time because of disturbing developments in our nation’s capitol,” said Benishek. “I truly believe the people in our District deserve better.”
Benishek is committed to principles of personal responsibility and limited government. He stands firmly with the people of America’s heartland, sharing conservative positions on key issues such as private-sector job creation, fiscal responsibility, tax-rate reduction, secure borders, free-market healthcare reform, energy independence, strong national defense, second amendment rights and, most important, sanctity of life from conception to natural death.
"I have received tremendous response from people across our District,” Benishek said, “but I will need lots more support in my campaign to restore the American dream.”
Benishek was born and raised in Iron River, a small mining town with a rich heritage and strong family values. He and his wife Judy live in Crystal Falls and share five children and two grandchildren.
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
***Sorry there's no online contributions site availiable yet. Please send any contributions to Benishek for Congress 802 Pentoga Trail Crystal Falls, MI 49920
Yooperland plus a few from “down below” for balance :)
We need to dig up the dirt on Stupak. The word is that he is collecting WC disability while he works for the district in Washington DC.
Throw the dirt, mud, crap or whatever at him.
We need more of them in DC to offset the crooked, scumbag lawyers there.
tell him to get a website and a Paypal account so we can contribute. It’s not brain surgery.
2,224 members now
We have been STOOPACKED!
Hey...they are at the grassroots level and it appears you are a computer wiz. Could you volunteer? I know you might have other obligations but this guy has just a couple of staff and they are getting overwelmed. I volunteered this past week and will be doing something soon.
LOL! Well, a doctor in congress is better for all of us.
Just passed 2500
I view this as sort of a poll where you get to say “I’m going to work to defeat Bart Stupid Stupak.”
So joining the FB page, following @Benishek on twitter, and contributing a few bucks in a spontaneous moneybomb is all a good way to thumb our nose at that cretin Stupak right now.
I call him Mr. Stupid!
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!
BTW...she knows my name because I have been putting Op Eds (6) in the Iron Mountain Daily News since last fall. You should see the flaming that goes on in the comments!
If you want to see them email me on here and I’ll give you my name and you can look at them. There is a search on the Op ed letter to the editor page up top to the right.
teh stoopak.
It’s now more than 5000!!!
they are working on it, patience my dear, patience.
check it out
Now more than 7750!!!
He’s not going to make 14,000 by 10pm. But he might make 10,000.
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