CONGRESSMAN MARLIN STUTZMAN RAPE QUESTIONS

burn a copy of this- and badger stutzman over "question 17"- then bore in on the "richard mourdock question"- aka "the "kitty dukakis question"( from a previous presidential debate: congressman stutzman- lets take a hypothetical scenario- lets say your wife or daughters or some other female family member or friend was gang raped by thugs, and became pregnant. would you force that woman to carry her rape baby to term? do you agree with richard mourdock that as he said --quote" rape is a gift from god"? then let him twist in the wind.. hell weasel around it, then "re-direct"- get some national media embarassing "killer" sound bite; and stutzmans toast.. page 1:http://www.ichooselife.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/candidate-survey-fall.pdf

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  David Legalize Marijuajuana Roachpage 3- question 16... http://www.irtl.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/50440-IRTL-VotersGuide-FINAL.pdf

STUTZMAN SAID" ABORTION SHOULD NEVER BE LEGAL; LIFE OF THE MOTHER ONLY- AND "NO" FOR RAPE AND INCEST"- so- a bunch of inbred children; and rape babies- women FORCED to keep their RAPISTS OFF SPRING, AND CARRY TO TERM? so visitation from prison? and child support on prison work detail wages.. hmm- interesting follow up questions to THAT ONE.. http://www.irtl.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/50440-IRTL-VotersGuide-FINAL.pdf

ANSWERED "  NO"

14. Will you endorse, financially support, or in any way work to elect any
candidate of any party who supports abortion on demand for any reason
and at any stage of pregnancy?
___Yes ___No ___Unsure


ANSWERED  A + B
16 Under what circumstances do you believe abortion should be legal?
__A__ Abortion should never be legal
__B__ Life of the mother only
__C__ Rape and/or incest
__D__ Other:________________________ 

__E__ Abortion should be legal in all cases

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VOTE FOR JUSTIN KUHNLE FOR CONGRESS THIS NOV 4TH( JUST VOTE "STRAIGHT DEMOCRAT TICKET. VOTE ONE AND DONE( (DEMOCRAT).. AND VOTE NO FOR "UNIGOV SCHEME BY CORPORATIST SCHEMERS..)..
FCK THE TEA PARTY, AND STUTZMAN( SOUDER REDUX..)-

Gina Burgess

MY CONGRESSIONAL PICK – JUSTIN KUHNLE (D): My vote for Justin Kuhnle (D) is more a referendum on incumbent Marlin Stutzman and is a specific vote against him.

Mr. Stutzman is a career politician and a Washington D.C. insider and has been active in D.C. politics since 2005, nearly a decade. During his tenure, he has managed to falsely portray himself as a both a farmer and a small business owner. He is neither. He has an ownership interest in a commercial agribusiness that was started by his father and is operated by his father and brothers, not by Stutzman.

Stutzman’s “work” on the family farm consists of photo shoots to portray himself as a “family farmer” and to procure farm subsidies. He claims to own Stutzman Farms Trucking, which is not a business entity registered with either the Indiana Secretary of State nor the Michigan Secretary of State—meaning it does not legally exist. From all accounts, Stutzman Farms Trucking is merely a tax write off to claim transportation related expenses that the agribusiness known as Stutzman Farms is not able to specifically write off.

Stutzman attempts to portray himself as being pro-veteran, pro-small banker, pro-infrastructure, etc, but he says one thing and then votes the opposite of what he says. During last night’s congressional debate, he touted the need for more infrastructure in Northeast Indiana, but earlier this year, he voted against that very infrastructure. (See HR 5021 Highway and Infrastructure Funding Act of 2014 )

He sat on one of the subcommittees of the Veterans Administration this year, during the VA scandal which revealed systemic and systematic failures causing delayed treatment to veterans and subsequent deaths. During his stint on the VA committee, he did NOTHING to engage in this topic---not even a formal or public statement acknowledging the event and what he was going to do to make sure such travesties do not happen in the future. Instead, he sat there in his subcommittee and passed legislation that would make it possible for Vets to get more post-war job training…by for-profit educational institution that was, itself, embroiled in scandal from offering programs that essentially scammed veterans out of money and did little in the way of securing jobs.

Stutzman likes to portray he is for small bankers, like the kind found in small rural farming towns, but the reality is that he is backed by Chase Bank and Goldman Sachs and others responsible for the 2008 financial meltdown that led to unprecedented numbers of foreclosure. Stutzman has never publically spoken out against his financial bankers or sought to hold them accountable as people in his own district were losing their homes in the aftermath of the meltdown.

Stutzman does a really good song and dance about how he is against “Obamacare.” However, this past September at a candidate forum in DeKalb County, he admitted to being financially backed by some of the biggest insurance companies in North America—insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, and hospitals/health networks are the biggest beneficiaries of “Obamacare,” which artificially inflates the cost of medical care and keeps those costs artificially inflated.

At last night’s debate, Stutzman finally got caught up in his own lines at one point saying that he was for the U.S. being independent when it came to oil and then later, not even realizing his contradiction, he made statements encouraging the U.S.’ continued dependency on foreign oil. Ironically, Stutzman’s flip-flop does not come at a surprise. You see, he voted in June of this year to manipulate gas prices so gas prices would be lower this fall, right before the elections. (See HR 4899 Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014)

Stutzman is an ambitious, self-serving, flip-flopper who raises money to fund other, out-of-state campaigns for the purpose of securing a more visible leadership role in Washington.

In addition to being beholden to big banks and insurance companies, Stutzman is beholdened to Keith Busse/Steel Dynamics and Charles Henry/C. Henry Steel. These two Northeast Indiana companies would love to see certain environmental policies eliminated, such as cap-and-trade. Actually, Busse/Steel Dynamics would like to see the EPA dismantled and eliminated. Stutzman’s public policy on environmental matters confirms this as does that of fellow Republican, Mike Pence.

Stutzman recently tried to portray himself as the single most effective Congressman from Indiana. In fairness, to his credit, there is some truth to that. According to a study performed by Vanderbilt University, during the 2011-2012 legislative session, Stutzman ranked 66th in Congress (out of 245 who were ranked) and that ranking did make him the #1 legislature in Indiana. (Interestingly, Mike Pence was also scored and he came in as 208 out of 245.) The question that must be asked here is why is Stutzman, in 2014, now touting a study performed in 2012? The answer is that its just another example of smoke and mirrors in a long-line of examples of how this career and self-dedicated politician behaves either in his own best interest or in the best interest of those he is beholden to, and NOT in the best interest of his constituents.

Something else that really bothers me about Stutzman, and again this came from last night’s debate, his stance on the cost of education and how he felt about loan forgiveness programs. His response was that these programs could….emphasis on “could”….work. That bothers me because he should have taken the approach of “yes, these programs are working” or “no, these programs are not working and here’s how we need to fix ‘em.” Its like he didn’t even know that the programs being asked about were already in existence.

Also, I found it really interesting that at the DeKalb County forum, Stutzman was all about getting rid of the Department of Education but last night was quiet as a librarian on the topic, probably setting the stage for another flip-flop. I’m also disturbed by another Stutzman flip-flop. In DeKalb County, he was against Obama’s call for airstrikes and instead was all for putting boots on the ground in terms of how to deal with ISIS. Last night, however, he was in favor of Obama’s call for airstrikes and silent on the matter of boots on the ground. Which is it Mr. Stutzman? Personally, as someone from a military family, I have no respect for a legislator who has never served his country as a member of our armed forces and believes they have the right to decide what is best in military matters. I base that premise on his voting to keep troops in Iraq ten years after the original invasion.

That’s the problem with Stutzman’s foreign policy. He lacks the necessary experience to make good judgment in foreign affairs matters but is too egotistical to own that shortcoming. That’s the sort of policy-maker that gets people killed.

This brings me to another matter regarding Stutzman, he is not “pro-life.” I know he has been endorsed by Indiana Pro-Life….and really, surprise, surprise…he’s a Republican for goodness sakes and that endorsement doesn’t mean a hill of beans in a Congressional district that lacks an abortion clinic. Really, how hard is it to be pro-life in this district?? Mr. Stutzman isn’t pro-life. He is pro-birth. Once a child is born, he has no care or concern for that child’s well-being. He doesn’t care if that child has enough food to eat as evidenced by his cutting back on the food stamp program (an indirect form of farm subsidies that benefit food growers, like small and real farmers). He doesn’t care if that child has an education—primary or secondary—as evidenced by his willingness to glut the public school system of funds in favor of vouchers that go to homeschoolers like himself. He doesn’t care about that child when he’s sending him or her off to war at the age of 18 and he doesn’t care about that child getting buried in a pile of educational debt to get a minimum-wage paying job.

At the end of the day, Stutzman is about Stutzman. Pure and simple. He is the worst kind of politician---ambitious, money-grubbing, and self-centered. He’s part of a status quo that truly needs to go.

Stutzman has two opponents this year, Libertarian Scott Wise and Democrat Justin Kuhnle.

Wise is a former tea party Republican who converted over to Libertarians upon not winning races in the GOP. Wise has a lot of good ideas, but so many of his ideas are extremes of what is currently happening in D.C., that I don’t think he is going to be able to get them implemented. In giving Wise the benefit of the doubt and assuming that he could get policy changes implemented, I’m not so sure he knows how to go about actually doing that. For example, like Stutzman, he has talked about eliminating the Department of Education. He basis this decision on the Department of Education not being listed as a provision in the Constitution and that it should be a matter left to the state and local governments. Technically, Wise is correct in this ascertion. However, if Wise were able to magically erase the Department of Education, then how would that federal void be filled by the states? Would it be a gradual reduction of federal authority coupled with a gradual increase of state authority? Who would handle existing federal loans, Pell grants and other financial aid resources?

It’s a noble thing to say there is no Constitutional authority for this department, but without a clear plan of action to dismantle and make up for the dismantling….all we are left with is talk.

To Wise’ credit, he does bring with him some real moments of common sense brilliance, especially as it pertains to letting free markets determine costs in the fields of health care and education. Regrettably, that common sense is not backed up by any clear, logistical plan capable of converting that common sense into action.

Something else that disturbs me about Wise---whom I have personally met and had the chance to talk to, and, for the record feel he is a really good guy---but he has ran this race two other times and each time, has been asked how he is going to accomplish anything in Congress as its sole Libertarian. To which Wise responds, by building a coalition. The problem here is that Wise has had multiple chances to build coalitions for his campaign and has seemingly failed to do so. It’s one thing not to have the financial backing of the big boys. It’s another thing not to have access to the same resources as the favored candidates do of either the Republican or Democrat Parties. But when you don’t have money and you don’t have resources, then you’d better have a coalition of volunteers. I have yet to see this from Wise. If he can’t muster a volunteer coalition here at home to help get him elected, then how can we be expected to believe he will fare better in Washington D.C. as the lone voice advocating for a change that very few people in Congress want.

Democrat Justin Kuhnle is not without his flaws. Matter-of-fact, he probably has the most outward flaws of all three candidates. He tenses when he gets nervous, uses hand gestures when he speaks that are irritatingly distracting, and is just not generally the most polished candidate in this field of candidates. Like Wise, he does not have the money that this sort of campaign requires and the local Democratic Party has written him off as a “has been who never was.”

But what Kuhnle has is heart and a deep-rooted desire to do good by his community, a desire recently elevated by the birth of his first-born child. He has a willingness to roll up his sleeves and get the job done even when the odds are against him. Unlike Wise, he has built a coalition of support.

Unlike Stutzman, he is well versed on all the issues and has demonstrated a willingness to acknowledge when a public policy plan is good, when it is bad, and when it needs tweaked, regardless of who proposes or sponsors it. Whether the issue be education, health care, infrastructure of ISIS, he knows that there is no such thing as a perfect plan but he chooses not to buy into the rhetoric of all-or-nothing, either-its-Republican-or-its-Democrat paradigm. For example, with regards to Affordable Health Care (aka “Obamacare”), he knows all-too-well through first-hand experience just how flawed the system is and readily admits that it needs work.

Kuhnle’s approach is different from both Stutzman and Wise, who are both for dismantling the Department of Education, in that he’s willing to first recognize that a problem exists and second is agreeable to finding points of agreement in an effort to build upon that agreement. On the topic of ISIS, he is agreement with Obama’s first strike initiative because he doesn’t want America embroiled in another war. Unlike Stutzman, he feels there should be some sort of exit strategy and that there should also be an overall strategy that prevents this regional conflict from being another American war.

Does Kuhnle know as much as Stutzman? Originally I would have said no, but after listening to last night’s debate, I’m not sure. But for argument’s sake, lets assume that Kuhnle doesn’t….but in fairness, let’s also assume that Stutzman didn’t either before he entered his first term in office.

Now, I know there are some folks out there that feel voting for a Democrat in a Congressional race in this district is tantamount to throwing away a vote, but that’s simply not true. Allen County holds the key to the Congressional Third District race as it has the Lion’s share of registered voters of all the counties that make up the Third District. Also, this year, there is an anti-incumbent mood among most voters who are tired of the same ol’ same ol.’ Remember, this is the historic year that Eric Cantor, a sitting majority whip was voted out of office in a race where all the polls showed he was ahead and where he had outraised and outspent his opponent…..only to lose to an underfunded school teacher who was supposedly behind in the polls, much like Kuhnle.