› Why I Joined the Funk for Congress Team

By Meghan Swella, Director of Communications for Funk for Congress

A year and a half ago, I wasn’t involved in politics, but I realized everything I love and appreciate about my country is under attack – the principles of limited government, personal responsibility, religious liberty, and American exceptionalism.   I resolved in my heart that I could no longer sit on the sidelines if I wanted to be able to pass freedom onto the next generation.

Shortly into my time as an activist, I realized that being an activist must be about more than attending rallies and being mad at politicians.  A crucial component of saving freedom is finding citizen legislators who do not see elected office as a career but rather a duty as our founding fathers did.

Those of us who are concerned about our country cannot simply run around, shaking our fists, and yelling “throw the bums out.”  In the representative republic, that we are trying to protect, when we throw the bums out we actually have to replace the bums with representatives who revere the Constitution, believe in the individual, want to shrink government, and think liberty should always reign supreme.

Replacing the poor representation of those who ignore our Constitution, is crucial in the 2010 elections.  My commitment to defend freedom is what made me put some of my personal plans on hold to join the Funk campaign.  I joined the Funk campaign because America needs real leadership, American needs leaders who will not compromise with tyranny, will shrink the size of government, and restore the country to a country committed to her founding documents.

Dave Funk will be a warrior for fiscal sanity, personal liberty, and returning the power to the hands of the people where our founders placed it in the first place. I joined the campaign because I want to be part of electing a man that promises to defend freedom and then personally hold him accountable as he serves Iowa’s 3^rd district.