Rick Vandeven Endorsement

U.S. Congress
Missouri, 8th District
Rick  Vandeven
Rick Vandeven
Libertarian
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Rick Vandeven came to Rolla last Sunday to debate the other candidates for Missouri's 8th Congressional District and won hands down over all of them. Rick was the only candidate for the 8th District who understands that the economy will never turn around until we end our foreign military adventures. Besides demanding an end to our wars against Afghanistan and Iraq, he called for the closure of our foreign military bases that girdle the globe, and the return of $3,335 of war taxes to each individual man, woman and child. When asked what would constitute victory in Afghanistan and Iraq, he responded: How can you talk about victory in expensive illegal undeclared wars that have been so devastating to civilian populations?

By contrast, his opponents, Jo Ann Emerson and Larry Bill, offer little more than a continuation of the Bush/Obama perpetual war. Tommy Sowers is for continuation of these military adventures on the cheap, with a somewhat different military strategy which is no more palatable than the current strategy. Read the Interview with Tommy Sowers on Wired.com, where he speaks of his military strategy, which turns out to be little more than global terrorism.

On several occasions Rick pointed out that he was a practical person, and would not be a slave to his ideology. He came across as a caring person, who would try to do what is right even if it went against his Libertarian ideals.

Rick is a breath of fresh air in the polluted political discourse. Rick has received no funding from special interests, and some might say he doesn't stand a chance against the well-funded Emerson and Sowers political machines; but if enough of us vote for him, Rick Vandeven will win.

Let's ignore the nay-sayers and elect Rick Vandeven to Congress.

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