June 3, 2008
by Al Bregar
June 3rd is the day of reckoning for many politicians across our fair state. For those of you that are calender challenged or deprived, that is tomorrow. Tomorrow the fates of dozens of political candidates both Democrat and Republican will be decided. We will cast our ballots for the candidates that we feel would best represent the districts from which they come from. The polls open at 7 AM and close at 9 PM, so you don’t have an excuse to not vote in the primary. Of course before you head out to your polling place you had better make sure that it is in the same location because several polling locations have changed due to the flooding that is taking place around the state. You can check for you polling location at the following link: http://www.sos.state.ia.us/elections/VoterReg/PollingPlace/search.aspx
Now on to the rest of this post. I have made my decision as to who I am going to vote for, as well as explain who I hope you will vote for tomorrow. First the candidate for US Senate that I am going to vote for is Christopher Reed. I feel that he is the candidate that can beat Harkin in November, he has no baggage or record for Harkin to attack. I also feel that Reed is the candidate that will not shy away from taking shots at Harkin’s liberal record as our US Senator. Chris Reed has also been the most forthright and accessible candidate during this race which bodes well for his future in the US Senate. These are just a few of the reasons that I will be at my polling place at seven in the morning waiting for the doors to open so I can cast my vote for Christopher Reed for US Senate. This is the only Republican Primary that is taking place in my district other than for the Sheriff and I don’t like either one of them so I am abstaining from voting in that race.
Now I hope that I don’t start lecturing you, but I am going to throw out the candidates in other districts that I would vote for if I had the opportunity or those that I would ignore or abstain from voting for. The only Republican US House of Representatives primary this year is for the 2nd District where the winner will go on to challenge Loebsack in November. Of course I subscribe to the Operation Extinction theory that I will not support a candidate that shares not just my views, but my convictions. And to be brutally honest that does not exist in the 2nd District. All the candidates in this primary are clowns impersonating Republicans. Of course I know that not everyone shares my views, that is fine, but I intend to send a message to these morons that want to run our country. When Loebsack, Harder, Teahen, and Miller-Meeks wins the seat it will truly be a case of the inmates running the asylum. This primary gets an abstentions from me.
Then there is the Iowa Senate District 18. This is the District that kept returning the Queen RINO, Mary Lundby, to the Statehouse election after election. So it is obvious that these voters seem to be easy to fool. I hope that they don’t have the wool pulled over their eyes in this years primary. If they do then District 18 may be represented by an unresponsive candidate. In this race I support Joe Childers for the nomination. I feel that he has the right convictions and experience to help lead Iowa forward out of the nightmare that has overtaken our state.
In Iowa House District 41 I have to support Adam Vandall. His opponent Susan Schmidt is another unresponsive candidate that we just could not find much information on. Of course she probably likes it that way. Adam on the other hand has been very forthcoming and honest with our members that have contacted him. Based upon his answers and comments he is a true conservative that will fight to defend the values that we hold dear.
Erik Helland from House District 69 is another candidate that I wish I could vote for, but alas he’s not in my district. Erik is a great candidate that has been endorsed by a variety of solid conservative organizations, such as Iowa Right to Life Committee. Erik is a strong defender of good, honest, and moral values, convictions that he shares with us. For this he gets my nod for District 69.
These are some of the candidates that I will vote for or that I wish that I could vote for. For those that I cannot vote for, I hope that you will. We need these good, honest, ordinary, everyday Iowans in our government. We need them in Congress to turn back the liberal policies that are dragging our state and our country down the road to ruin. Please support these candidates as I do, so that they can go to Congress to do our bidding. Please vote for morality and decency tomorrow.
