Posted on 03/08/2010 6:33:42 AM PST by MsLady
Here is information about the man that will be running against Bart Stupak.
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
Paid for by Benishek for Congress
I always support good conservative candidates, but if Stupak kills Health Care, he will be my hero.
Stupak is OK as far as democrats are concerned but this Benishek sounds like someone worth watching.
I second the motion. Stupak has a lifelong ACU rating of 20. Better than a lot of RATS but nothing to write home about.
I’m glad stupak is being challenged. He represents a conservative district and it is time a 100% conservative gets elected. I know he has been as principled as he can given he is a Democrat but other than that the guy most certainly is not moderate. I support his effort but this is a case of where we can choose a candidate that would never support socialist leftist policies or we can choose a liberal who happens to be prolife. Thatis a good thing but other than what has Bart Stupak ever did for us? Nothing.
Ditto that. This Wykon will send some $$.
My problem with that is, yes, like you I truly would appreciate that. But, I’m telling you, from hearing directly from Stupak, he WOULD vote for health care bill if abortion was taking out. So to me that doesn’t work. He will most assuredly vote for almost everything the left votes for. He needs to go.
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Thank you for posting this information. I just joined his facebook page so that I can follow him and make sure to get his name to others up in his district.
I’m just hoping Benishek can somehow, someway court the unions in Mqt. County. With the Empire and Tilden Mines out here, the union votes is pretty big. A lot of them just vote of what the union sends them and do not study any other options.
Do you know him at all?
Thank you!!! That’s exactly how I feel too. He’s starting to make his rounds in the UP, but, he could use all the help he can get. 8 months isn’t a very long time to get your name and position out there.
No, he’s 5 years older than me. I’m not even familiar with his family.
Ms.Lady, I’m also a member of I-caucus and posted Dan’s information and a link to this posting there. Thanks for the heads up. I’d love to see Michigan go Red especially up in the Northern Sphere of the state.
Me too. I don’t think it would be to hard to get the UP red. Stupak had a town hall meeting at Tech this winter. The room was so crowded there was standing room only left. Probably 200+ in the room. I didn’t hear many happy sounds that night. In fact I’m surprised that Michigan is a blue state. Could it just be the Detroit and Flint area that’s blue???
I'm thinking I would too. I'll have to ask my relatives "back home" about this guy.
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