Posted by libertynow on 01/31/10

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So who is our C4L candidate???GOP Rep. Buyer, with wife ill, won't seek new term

U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer, R-Ind. announces he will not seek re-election because his wife Joni is ill during a news conference in Indianapolis, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/AJ Mast) (Aj Mast - AP)
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By MIKE SMITH
The Associated Press
Friday, January 29, 2010; 4:10 PM
INDIANAPOLIS -- Republican Rep. Steve Buyer announced Friday that he will not seek re-election this fall and will leave Congress after 18 years because his wife is ill.

Buyer choked back tears as he stood next to his wife, Joni, on Friday, saying she had been diagnosed with an incurable autoimmune disease.

"As part of her prognosis she has been advised to de-stress her life," he said. "Now is the time for me to step back. It's been an honor."

Buyer, 51, is the top Republican on the House Veterans Affairs Committee. He was the committee's chairman for two years before Democrats won the House majority in the 2006 election.

He has faced questions in recent months about a private scholarship foundation he created that had raised more than $880,000 since 2003 without awarding any scholarships. He has defended his handling of the foundation, but didn't mention it during Friday's announcement and didn't take any questions.

Buyer represents Indiana's heavily Republican 4th District, which stretches from the Lafayette area, through the western and southern suburbs of Indianapolis to Bedford. He won re-election in 2008 with 60 percent of the vote even as Barack Obama became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the state since 1964.

A possible Republican candidate for the seat is state Sen. Brandt Hershman, R-Wheatfield, who is Buyer's district operations director. Candidates face a Feb. 19 deadline to file for the May 4 primary.

Purdue University biology professor David Sanders, who lost badly to Buyer in the 2004 and 2006 elections, is the only Democrat to announce a campaign.

 
Posted by Jesse Benton on 09/10/09

Tune in to CNN after Obama's speech. Dr. Paul will be part of a panel analyzing the President's address and the state of healthcare legislation. Coverage should start around 9:00 pm ET.

Fellow guests will include Dr. David Scheiner (Obama’s former personal doctor), Dr. Nancy H. Nielsen (former president of AMA), and Sanjay Gupta, CNN chief medical correspondent.

Update:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bRyIUNINKc

 
Posted by libertynow on 08/23/09

Our district / region has 120 members which is the most out of all regions in the State! Great job folks but we are the least active on the C4L message boards :( 

Let's keep our lead and everyone have a friend sign up!!

 
Posted by rickw on 06/29/09

Buy Free Market

It occurred to me driving to work this morning how many police agencies purchase GM and Chrysler patrol cars.  State government purchases huge quantities of automobiles - universities, transportation department, and other public state and local agencies.

What would it take to pass state legislation to require all public funds used in the purchase of supplies for state (and local?) agencies to be spent only on free-market goods (if available)?  Nationalized automobile manufacturers, nationalized health care, or any other non-free market goods or services would only be available if there existed no free market alternative.

 
Posted by libertynow on 08/22/09
Last updated 08/22/09

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