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Ernst will protect rights of Iowans
J. Fred Doornbos
Jul. 16, 2014 6:04 pm
A recent TV ad of U.S. senatorial candidate left-wing politician Bruce Braley called his conservative opponent Joni Ernst a 'radical” for whom the 'evil” Koch Brothers are trying to buy a seat in the Senate.
Apparently, she is radical because she wants local governments to decide what kids are taught in school, wants to negotiate with all parties to try to save Social Security and Medicare, prevent the president from becoming a dictator, protect the Constitution and restore America to its former position in the world.
Meanwhile, lawyer Braley seems to be more concerned about protecting a legal advantage for medical malpractice plaintiffs lawyers than he is in protecting the rights of Iowans. He has voted a straight Democrat Party line vote regardless of how each bill effected Iowans.
He voted for Obamacare and the Dodd-Frank Bill and continues to support the Obama administration's enforcing only the laws that President Barack Obama likes, while changing others by executive order, and using the Internal Revenue Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Security Agency, Environmental Protection Agency and state department to suppress its opponents and control the government and the economy.
The November election will determine the course America takes for several years.
Our economy, our type of government, our freedom and our nation's role in the world are at risk.
We must elect Ernst to be the next senator from Iowa.
J. Fred Doornbos
Iowa City
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