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Steve Deace: “I will vote for Funk on Tuesday”
In a blog post today, Steve Deace announced he will “vote for Funk on Tuesday.” We want to express our gratitude to Steve for allowing us to frequent his radio show and participate in the candidate series he put together. This is meaningful because Steve, like most of our supporters, has taken a thorough look at the field to determine who he will vote for based on policy and principle.
Steve took the field and did an analysis based on a subjective and objective view of each candidate in the race. This was based on how closely a candidate understood and applied the word of God, the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution.
After vetting each of us he clearly came to the Funk camp and has decided to “vote for Funk on Tuesday.” You can read Steve’s blog post here.
Having spoken with many of you that will be voting tomorrow I know you’ve gone through a very similar process. I’m grateful for your continued support as well and anxiously wait for our chance to unseat Leonard Boswell by voting Dave Funk as the Republican nominee.
From Steve’s blog:
“This has been a tough race for me because the overall quality of the candidates is pretty high, and I also knew two of the candidates before they got into the race. In a perfect world we’d merge what I like best about Gibbons and Zaun and go destroy Leonard Boswell this fall, because their worldviews are close enough to Funk’s but they each have intangibles I like and would vote for either if they win the nomination, but we don’t live in a perfect world. Therefore, I will vote for Funk on Tuesday because he has most consistently applied my worldview this campaign while also showing he doesn’t shy away from a fight.”
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Gibbons Fails to “Run to the Fight”
Des Moines, IA — Once again, Coach Gibbons refuses to live up to his promise to “run to the fight.”
Today, just like when he refused to appear at the Des Moines TEA Party debate, Coach Gibbons refused to show up to Steve Deace’s WHO Radio show to face questions from the voters and compete with the other Republican candidates in the arena of ideas.
Coach Gibbons says he wants to take on the champ – Rep. Boswell. In politics, just like in wrestling, you have to show up to earn the right to advance to the final stage of competition. If he is unwilling to compete in the first stages of the competition, then he does not have the right to compete at a higher level.
In 2006, Kim Schmidt symbolically carried around a cardboard cut-out of Congressman Boswell because Rep. Boswell refused to debate. Voters might be disappointed if Rep. Boswell has the opportunity to carry around a cut-out of a still-absent Gibbons.
Coach Gibbons repeatedly says he is “running to this fight.” However, it appears that he is repeatedly running away from the match when it comes to wrestling his opponents on public policy issues.
Read more about the Funk for Congress campaign at: www.CongressNeedsFunk.com.
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Israeli Response Justified on All Accounts
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Recent accounts attacking Israel for action taken toward “humanitarian activists,” as they like to call them, have been all but factual. Israel has been victimized by anti-Semitic activists sent to “break” the barrier for the passage of weapons (likely originating from Iran) to the Gaza strip. With outside help, these terrorist groups, including Hamas and Hezbollah, have been able to launch attacks on innocent Israeli citizens and IDF troops including over 12,000 small rockets.
One accurate report said it best: “Under international law, Israel has the right to protect the lives of its civilians from Hamas attacks, and, consequently, has undertaken measures to defend itself, including the imposition of a maritime blockade to curb Hamas rearmament. Under international maritime law, when a maritime blockade is in effect, no vessels can enter the blockaded area.”
Israel’s IDF forces did the same thing the United States of America would do in similar circumstances: they fought to ensure the safety of their country and its citizens. They defended themselves when attacked on the flotilla after giving multiple warnings international maritime law requires. These armed activists had ample warning and acted defiantly, trying to ensnare Israel into a trap. Video accounts demonstrate that these terrorists were just that—and can be found at CongressNeedsFunk.com in the news page.
It is our obligation to stand with Israel, our ally, and to defend the only democracy in the Middle East. Quite different from President Obama’s strategy thus far, we must stand with our allies and support the IDF’s actions.
We live in complicated and dangerous times. Countries in the Middle East are choosing sides, and most are explicitly or implicitly falling in line with the radical Islamic terrorism that is increasingly being supported by Iran. Dave Funk is the only candidate in this race that has the experience, temperament and background to help lead during times like these. Defending our nation and our allies is one of the primary roles of the Federal government. Congress needs to deal with these terrorists and tyrannical governments. To support our allies and help defend our country, there is no one better in Iowa’s Third District than Dave Funk.
For more information; contact Ryan Rhodes @ 515.441.0173 or Ryan@FunkForCongress.com
One accurate report said it best, “Under international law, Israel has the right to protect the lives of its civilians from Hamas attacks, and, consequently, has undertaken measures to defend itself, including the imposition of a maritime blockade to curb Hamas rearmament. Under international maritime law, when a maritime blockade is in effect, no vessels can enter the blockaded area.”
Israel’s IDF forces did the very same thing the United States of America would do in similar circumstances. They fought to ensure the safety of their country and citizens and defended themselves when attacked on the flotilla that was offered multiple warnings as obligated under international maritime law. These armed activists who are borderline terrorists had ample time and warning and acted in defiance to try to ensnare Israel into a trap. Video accounts demonstrate that these terrorists were just that and can be found at CongressNeedsFunk.com in the news category.
It is our obligation to stand with Israel, our ally, and defend the only democracy in the Middle East. Quite different from President Obama’s strategy thus far, we must stand with our allies and support them in the action taken by the IDF.
We live in complicated and dangerous times. Countries in the Middle East are choosing sides and most are explicitly or implicitly falling in line with radical Islamic terrorism that is increasingly being supported by Iran. Dave Funk is the only candidate in this race that has the experience, temperament and background to help lead during times like these. Defending our nation and our allies is one of the primary roles of the Federal government. Congress needs to deal with these terrorists and tyrannical governments and there is no one better in the third district to support our allies and help defend our country.
9.12 Patriots for Action Endorse Dave Funk
Des Moines, IA— 9.12 Patriots for Action, a conservative grassroots organization, announces its endorsement of congressional candidate Dave Funk in Iowa’s Third District Republican Primary.
In light of the recent upsets in primaries around the country, the effect of grassroots endorsements takes center stage in the final days of this hotly contested race.
Funk says, “I’m proud to have 9.12 Patriots for Action endorse my campaign. Working together, ‘We the People’ can take back our liberty and stop the liberal agenda.”
Read more about the Funk for Congress campaign at: www.CongressNeedsFunk.com.
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Rep. Dawn Pettengill Endorses Dave Funk for Congress
Des Moines, IA — Rep. Dawn Pettengill, of Mt. Auburn, is proud to announce her endorsement of Iowa’s 3rd District Congressional Candidate, Dave Funk
In her statement Rep. Pettengill said, “In the past, I have not given out endorsements during primaries. But, I am proud to offer my endorsement to Dave Funk, who has spent a lot of time talking to the people in my district. If a candidate doesn’t want to come while they are campaigning, how in the heck will we get their attention when they are the Congressman? His doing the work now, tells me he will do it later.”
Funk says, “I’m humbled and honored to receive Rep. Pettengill’s endorsement. She is universally respected for defending Conservative principles and fighting for the people of her district. The Funk campaign is about getting our country back to the roadmap given to us by the Framers and listening to the people of Iowa’s 3rd district rather than the power brokers in Washington D.C.”
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Dealing Effectively with Iran
Tehran has been taking lessons from Saddam’s old playbook. AP reported, “UN nuclear inspectors revisiting an Iranian laboratory suspected of involvement in a nuclear weapons program discovered that equipment has been removed, diplomats said Friday.”
The IAEA discovered that Iran has been running pyroprocessing experiments. This process purifies uranium metal for use in nuclear warheads. While Iran is claiming they backed off experiments back in March, they have removed the equipment for the inspection sites. In the mean time President Obama is allowing Russia to sell Iran the S-300 surface to air missile systems. Iran has been nothing but deceitful in their actions towards the world. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has publicly called for the destruction of Israel and they have enough nuclear materials for two bombs.
We need leaders in Congress and President Obama to do something real against Iran. Allowing the sale of advanced defensive weapons is not real. It is not even remotely tough. Obama continues to demonstrate in the past year that the US is unwilling to stand up to the Mullahs.
Here is how we can have effective sanctions to shut down the Iranian Regime. Start with all of the Gulf States cutting off all trade with Iran, and then they should up oil production to drive down the price to bankrupt the regime. Lastly, set up a naval blockade and prevent Iran from importing anything, including refined gasoline, further crippling the regime.
Acts of war you say? Iran is already in a covert war with many of its Arab neighbors, Israel and the United States; it’s time we as a coalition fight back effectively with out of the box ideas.
What reason does Tehran have to comply with the demands to disarm by the world? At this point, they do not really have any. More and more they will continue to build up both an offensive and defensive arsenal placing them in prime position as a nuclear power just crazy enough to possibly use it. The concept of Mutually Assured Destruction will not work with Iran, Obama and the Democrats need to face reality or the end of the world as we know it is a lot closer than we think.
Funk Responds to President Calderon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 26, 2010
CONTACT: RYAN RHODES
(515) 441-0173
Des Moines, IA-Recently, Mexican President Calderon gave an address to the U.S. Congress.
Though Dave Funk supports President Calderon’s remarks about curbing drug trafficking, he condemns President Calderon’s attempt to inject himself in our lawmaking process. Funk believes President Calderon took a hypocritical stand against United States immigration law and proposed the reinstitution of the failed Clinton “Assault” Weapons Ban –another liberal gun-grab. Funk calls on Rep. Leonard Boswell to condemn these remarks.
Funk said, “I fully support Arizona’s right to enforce national immigration law to protect its citizens and uphold the rule of law. Rep. Boswell and President Obama’s failure to immediately reject President Calderon’s statements is further proof of how out of step both of these men are with the American people.”
Read more about the Funk for Congress campaign at: www.CongressNeedsFunk.com.
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Precedence to Control Your Food
The FDA recently made the decision they are going to regulate what we eat. There has been talk for years about limiting the amount of salt and other ingredients in foods but now it looks like their oppressive agenda will be arriving shortly.
The Institute of Medicine has recommended the FDA should regulate and systematically reduce the levels of salt in our food. Or in other words, control our lives. Over the next 10 years the plan is to reduce the levels of salt to approximately 2,300 mg & 1,500 mg per day and set maximum levels of salt in food at restaurants.
This unprecedented move, if successful, will only be the first.
A professor of epidemiology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Michael Alderman, said “[O]ver the past generation, while sodium intake in the United States appears to be increasing, deaths from heart attacks and strokes have declined by half,” Alderman wrote. “It is also possible that a change in this single dietary element might disturb unknown nutritional interactions and thus generate other as yet unrecognized effects, good or bad.”
The issue isn’t that reducing salt levels will necessarily make us healthier but instead to set a precedent that the Federal government can control our lives.
It seems the executive branch of the government and the agencies that are accountable to it feel it’s in our best interest to control everything. Again, in an unprecedented move the FCC determined they would take control of the Internet to solve a problem that has been proven to have occurred only once, ever.
The propaganda and deceit is absurd. They ignore the will of the people and rule by oppression. How do they do this? They create precedence through small means that will allow larger changes come to fruition in the future when they seek to regulate more and more of our lives.
Global Warming Now a Religious Issue?
Recently, under direction of President Obama, there were recommendations made by the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, on a variety of issues. One of which just happened to be Global Warming.
According to the report, “The charge from President Barack Obama to the President’s Advisory Council on Faith- Based and Neighborhood Partnerships is, in part, to focus on how those partnerships can benefit persons and families who often experience barriers to full participation in the Nation’s abundance.”
They have created nine recommendations to involve the “disadvantaged” in community, faith based initiatives.
The first three recommendations are intended to promote energy efficiency and create green jobs. They think we should expand the EPA by adding employee representatives from the Council at the EPA and their regional offices. The next two recommendations are to start an environmental education campaign including utilizing Environment.gov to push this campaign. The sixth recommendation is about supporting sustainable community gardening and small-scale farming. The last three recommend implementing a task force to help with climate change adaptation.
President Obama has proven he will use any avenue he can to persuade Americans that Global Warming is, in fact, real. With recommendations from a faith-based council President Obama thinks he can sway moderate Republicans via “Global Warming” education, green jobs, and more government spending, or in other words, propaganda.
This will not work. We cannot let them spend more money on this baseless, politicized issue that NO ONE on the left is willing to vet. Countless times Congress and the President have proven that to them, ignorance truly is bliss. Never mind selling out our children’s financial future. Never mind destroying US manufacturing. Never mind tax oppression to pay for the obscene cost of government. Never mind the Constitution. Using religious leaders won’t sway the American people because we’ve been through this one too many times during Obama’s Presidency.
We know God obligated us to be stewards of this great planet of ours. It is not going to cost us billions of dollars and our future to fulfill this obligation. All it is going to require is us stopping this trillion dollar mistake and pay no attention to the smokescreens the Left is throwing our way and let the real conservationists meet that obligation.
Download the full report here. This section starts on page 53.
Dave Funk Comments on Pres. Obama’s Pick for SCOTUS
For Immediate Release
President Barack Obama has proven time and time again that he is more concerned with selecting those that will do nothing but promote his liberal and socialist agenda. The selection of Kagan for Supreme Court is likely to be no different. For this very reason Senate Republicans need to be very thorough in vetting Ms. Kagan’s past. Especially concerning her past statements that the Supreme Court’s primary role is to support “the despised and disadvantaged.”
With the 5-4 split decision in District of Columbia versus Heller in 2008 we realized that almost half of the Supreme Court justices don’t understand that their role is to uphold the Constitution – not pander to government officials and support the despised and disadvantaged. The Supreme Court was created for the purpose of enforcing the Constitution of the United States of America. Ms. Kagan’s experience and history offer’s no signals of devotion and understanding to the Constitution and it’s important she provide evidence to the contrary or Senate Republicans should stand against her nomination.
For more information contact Ryan at Ryan@FunkforCongress.com or 515.441.0173
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With the 5-4 split decision in District of Columbia versus Heller in 2008 we realized that almost half of the Supreme Court justices don’t understand that their role is to uphold the Constitution – not pander to government officials and support the despised and disadvantaged. The Supreme Court was created for the purpose of enforcing the Constitution of the United States of America. Ms. Kagan’s experience and history offer’s no signals of devotion and understanding to the Constitution it’s important she provide evidence to the contrary or Senate Republicans should stand against her nomination.