Clear choice

A few things I look for in a political candidate are character, principles and the desire to work for the people they represent. I believe the 2nd District was denied that when Jim Leach lost in the 2006 election. Whether you agreed with him or not, there was no doubt that Jim was a man of character who knew what he believed and why while working hard for the constituents. In 2008 we can return that kind of person to office by electing Mariannette Miller-Meeks to represent us in the U.S. Congress. No one can question her work ethic. Twenty years in the military and becoming a doctor aren’t accomplishments that come without a lot of hard work and discipline. As a physician practicing in Ottumwa she has among many things been cited as one of the country’s best 100 doctors, served as the first woman President of the Iowa Medical society, and organized a physician recruitment and retention effort to help bring physicians to southeast Iowa.

She believes in the same things we do. Individualism, hard work and perseverance in achieving goals, the sanctity of life from birth to death, the importance of family in our social fabric, free markets, the power of American ingenuity to solve problems are all part of who she is and what she stands for.

The short version of her political views is that the government needs to follow the Constitution. If the government has no business in it then it needs to stay out, if the government is screwing it up then it needs to get out, and bleeding our tax money to give to an ever growing bureaucracy to dole out is not the solution. From health care to taxes to energy independence, Mariannette believes the government needs to stop creating problems by unnecessarily obstructing the citizens and the free market.

Tuesday, June 3 is the Iowa primary. I urge Republicans to vote for the candidate that will represent who we are and work for us in Congress in the 2nd District, Mariannette Miller-Meeks.

MATT GREEN

Donnellson

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