You’ve done this before so I’m guessing I’m not telling you what you don’t already know, but don’t work this race backwards if you really are in this to win. Campaign your district like a regular Joe, but work it like a politician.

Tony, this can’t be endearing you to Republicans in the 2nd CD.

Crown Point attorney Tony Zirkle — who is running for nomination to be the Republican’s candidate in Congressional District 2 which includes some eastern portions of Porter County — is reaching out to Democrats by advising them it is …

“Republicans don’t need a candidate who will advocate for Republican values vs. Democratic values, but More Freedom vs. Less Freedom.”

Sorry, Bud, but you cannot wrap yourself in any claim to value freedom. You have been campaigning against the freedom of fellow citizens to pass our lives in ways no impact on you whatsoever. It is clear to me that “freedom” for you is just another word the meaning of which you barely grasp.

Feel free to use “Democracy”, though. A rule of majority over minority without the restraints of a Bill of Rights… there’s no inconsistency there. You can claim an interest in that without appearing hypocritical. I recommend that approach for you.

The one billion limitation on wealth applies at inheritance, not during one’s life, so that one can only inherit up to one billion. If you hoard more than that up to your last breath, it’ll go to the estate tax.

On health care, my veteran military experience and the efficiency of social security has led me to ask the question as to whether or not health care is a “natural monopoly” exception to the invisible hand free market, which is my otherwise default position as an international economics major. Many in the public are calling for universal health care, but we can not afford it primarily because we ignore the social issues and tolerate drug dealers having children with 5 or more different women while they don’t even pay their $25 a week in child support, so the tax payors have to fund these deadbeats. If you want to cut taxes, look to the ignored social issues. I’m considering a plan that would provide it to those who have 3-4 generations of in-wedlock birth.

I’ve been campaigning for 8 years now. Hopefully, Mr. Puckett will be the first who will debate me publicly. If he doesn’t, he’ll have difficulty getting the name recognition by the fall to beat Mr. Donnelly. Call me names all you want. It gives me good links to my Web site and gets my message out. I can take the heat, so turn up the furnace!
Tony Zirkle

Greg Goode seems to be a top tier candidate. http://www.greggoode.com

As soon as we hear any developments we’ll get it posted.

Time is wasting and Donnelly is gathering big war chest and if we don’t knock him off this time he is going to get more entrenched.

Any news on Elrod and how he is doing? Any signs of whats happening in district cause almost month till election day?