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Whalen to open Rapid City office

Bruce Whalen, Republican Candidate for U.S. Congress, will officially open the Rapid City Headquarters with a ribbon cutting at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday the 14^h of September. The Rapid City Campaign Headquarters is located next to the Robinsdale Bowling Alley: 837 E. St. Patrick St.. The ribbon cutting will be held at 11:10 with light refreshments served afterwards. This open house is open to the public and everyone is encouraged to attend.

Bruce will also attend a backyard picnic hosted by Elli Schwiesow at noon on Thursday the 14^th of September. He will meet with supporters and discuss the issues facing the nation today. The Picnic will be held at 1711 West Blvd, Rapid City from noon until 1:30 p.m.

Mr. Whalen will attend the Stockgrowers Convention at 3:00 p.m. in Spearfish, SD on Thursday the 14^th of September. Bruce will speak with attendees in the Willow Room of the Spearfish Holiday Inn Convention Center.

Whalen speaks from the heart

{Bruce Whalen speaking at the South Dakota Right To Life convention with those born after Roe v Wade on stage]

Congressional candidate Bruce Whalen spoke Saturday at the South Dakota Right To Life convention in Sioux Falls. He stated that the Lakota are pro-life people. And instead of speaking toward his pro-abortion opponent, Representative Stephanie Herseth, he spoke about Cecilia Fire Thunder, the impeached President of the Oglala Sioux. Whalen spoke in large detail to the reaction his people had toward Fire Thunder’s plan:

"I will personally establish a Planned Parenthood clinic on my own land which is within the boundaries of the Pine Ridge Reservation where the State of South Dakota has absolutely no jurisdiction."

Not only did that lead to her impeachment, it also lead to the banning of abortion on the Oglala Sioux Reservation. Note that that ban did not result in a court challenge due to sovereignty. Amazing how the Native Americans have more freedom than the rest of us in South Dakota.

After Whalen spoke, Brock Greenfield noted the way Whalen spoke from his heart. At least in some way, there was reconciliation within the pro-life movement with the Oglala Sioux.

Whalen to open Sioux Falls office

Bruce Whalen, Republican Candidate for U.S. Congress, will officially open the Sioux Falls Headquarters with a ribbon cutting at noon on Wednesday the 6^th of September. The Sioux Falls Campaign Headquarters is located on the second floor of the Southway Center: 2127 S. Minnesota Ave. The Ribbon cutting will be held at 12:10 with light refreshments served afterwards.

Herseth still chicken

From the Whalen campaign:

Bruce Whalen, Republican Candidate for U.S. Congress, will hold a candidate forum on the Freedom Stage at the State Fair. He will meet with supports from across the state to discuss their immediate concerns for South Dakota. This debate was confirmed with Ms. Herseth months ago and once again, she canceled. Just like Dakotafest, she is citing scheduling conflicts for this cancellation. When will Ms. Herseth debate Mr. Whalen? Why is she hiding from open debates on the issues?

The forum will be held at the Freedom Stage from 11:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. on Saturday September 2 2006. Mr. Whalen will make a few short remarks before taking questions from the crowd. This forum will precede the gubernatorial debate from 12:00-1:00.

Mr. Whalen will be available for interviews after the forum.

Coat Hangers At Dawn

C.H.A.D.

Makes you think…don’t it.

What would you expect from the Shadow Party?

UPDATE: Based on Schuldt's reaction, I may be on to something here.

Another update: Now Schuldt is getting paranoid.

Bruce Whalen: de-fund Planned Parenthood

Bruce Whalen, Republican Candidate for U.S. Congress will join Bound4Life in a Prayer Siege on Planned Parenthood.

Candidate Whalen will join an expected crowd of a thousand Christians and anti-abortion advocates Friday from 11:00-1:00 at 6511 West 41st Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57106.

"We can pay for 143 miles of the Lewis and Clark pipeline by federally de-funding Planned Parenthood. The Lewis and Clark Pipeline has a price tag of $1.9 million a mile; currently the Planned Parenthood receives $272 million a year from the government." Said Bruce Whalen Republican Candidate for U.S. Congress (http://www.ksfy.com/Stories/Story.cfm?SID=8017 and www.all.org)

Planned Parenthood has a four-pillar business plan. First, they teach school age children that homosexuality and underage sexual activities are acceptable. Second, they distribute condoms to further encourage sex with minors. Third, they sell abortions to terminate pregnancies that are a result of the first two programs. The forth program is the most appalling, some of Planned Parenthoods facilities sell the aborted baby parts on the open market for profit. All of this happens with $272 million annually in federal funding. (http://www.all.org/)

Mr. Whalen is a Republican, Christian, and Pro-life candidate that stands for South Dakota values. Ms. Herseth spokesperson recently stated, "There’s no confusion about Herseth's position on abortion, which remains pro-choice" Rapid City Journal article 9 August 06. Ms. Herseth supports abortion even the extreme partial birth abortion procedure. She has also voted in Congress to allow underage minors to be taken across state lines by a stranger to have an abortion, with out parental consent. "This is wrong and way outside of the mainstream of South Dakota. Being a husband and father of three, I would never vote to endanger the security of our children. Ms. Herseth should provide an answer for her extreme liberal votes in Congress on this moral matter."

Whalen rejects the Shadow Party’s socialism

Black Hills Portal has coverage of Howard Dean’s visit to Rapid City last week. But the Native Americans were not happy about Dean’s demand that he speak with Native Americans behind closed doors:

Dean met behind closed doors with several tribal leaders after the brief press conference. Before going into the room, he said he looked forward to "very frank discussions" with the Native American officials.

A Native American man in the crowd, Duane Martin Sr., who represents the Strong Hearts Civil Rights Movement, challenged Dean to hold meetings that were open to the public. Martin said Sen. John Thune held open meetings on Native American issues.

Dean seemed taken aback by the question and, after a brief pause, said he felt meeting with elected leaders was a start in the right direction. He said he has tried to involve more Native Americans with the national party.
Dean said he wants people to have not just than "a seat at the table but a place on the ticket." More and more Native American candidates are being recruited and trained, he said.

He said the Indian Health Service has not been properly funded, treaties have been ignored and trust fund land issues are still to be correctly dealt with by the American government.

"Things have not gone right for a long, long time," Dean said. But that can change, he said.

He attacked one Native American politician, U.S. House candidate Bruce Whalen for employing "gutter politics" in his race against Rep. Stephanie Herseth. Whalen, a Republican, has not repudiated an e-mail sent by his campaign manager to reporters and bloggers that called Herseth "a homewrecker" and directed people to a Web biography that contained false information.

"I think the public doesn't like that kind of politics," Dean said.

Bruce Whalen responds via a press release:

RAPID CITY – "Indians are calling for job creation in place of more federal bureaucracy as envisioned by Howard Dean", said Bruce Whalen.

Democrats for years have not put words to action in Indian Country. South Dakota became a state in 1889 and since then the Democrat Party has not sent an American Indian to Congress. In 1961, the South Dakota Republican Party sent Rosebud Sioux Tribal member Ben Reifel to congress and currently supports me as its candidate in 2006 for United States House of Representatives. This fact tells me the Democrat Party lacks sincerity toward supporting American Indians for congress while cajoling them for votes.

The fact is that five of the poorest areas in the United States are associated with South Dakota and Indian Reservations. Democrat leaders have done little in the federal arena to improve quality of life and meaningful employment on Indian reservations except to further dependency on federal programming. Howard Dean promotes this type of socialism to advance commanding control over American Indian voters of South Dakota. Indian Country wants change and this is proven by the support it gave to Republican Senate Candidate John Thune during the 2004 election cycle. "Indians are calling for job creation in place of more federal bureaucracy as envisioned by Howard Dean", said Bruce Whalen.

South Dakota voters see the wisdom of sending Bruce Whalen, who was born and raised on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Oglala Lakota College, to represent Indian Country and South Dakota family values in Congress. "My story is one of success. I survived Howard Dean's dependency model on federal programming and reject his future vision of socialism for Indian Country and South Dakota families. Miss Herseth will do disservice to South Dakota citizens in continuing to support Dean's plans to socialize this great state" said Bruce Whalen.

And I wonder if the South Dakota Drive-By media asked Dean about these statements:

After several seconds, a booming voice cut through the noise. It belonged to Brian Wilson, a Fox News correspondent who was standing in the middle of the crowd. He asked Dean "if people are focused on the other things that you've said about hating Republicans, about Republicans being dishonest and then this latest comment about the Republican Party is full of white Christians. You say you hate Republicans -- does that mean you also'' hate white Christians?

Dean didn't respond and Reid talked about having a "positive agenda."

Howard Dean says the Republicans are a bunch of white Christians, and the Democrats are open to Native Americans. But it is the Republican who has a Native American on their ticket. And what does Dean do? Repeat lies made by Bill Harlan of the Rapid City Journal against Whalen’s campaign manager. I bet Harlan did not ask Dean the kind of questions Brian Wilson would ask. And I bet the Whalen press release will not get media coverage neither.

UPDATE: Here is the promotional job Kevin Woster did for the Howard Dean visit.

Herseth chickens out again

From the Bruce Whalen campaign:

RAPID CITY – Whalen issued unprecedented debate challenge to Herseth while in Pine Ridge Agency on Sunday and once again, she refused to debate.

After marching in the Oglala Nation Pow Wow Grand Entry Sunday afternoon with Ms. Herseth, Mr. Whalen met her with the Pow Wow Committee in the Announcer’s booth and cordially shook her hand.

While shaking hands with Ms. Herseth he turned to the announcer and suggested to him, "Ms. Herseth and I could have a debate in front of pow wow attendees since we are both immediately present. I then turned back to Ms. Herseth and challenged her to a debate in front of pow wow attendees since there may never be a more opportune time or place for Indian people to see a Congressional debate". Mr. Whalen suggested to Ms. Herseth that we could express our opinions "right here and right now" so these people know where we stand on issues of local concern.

Before the pow wow announcer could offer a reply Ms. Herseth sharply declined by responding, "No, I told you we will debate later in the fall" before promptly exiting the building. "Prior to Sunday, I had not personally discussed a debate schedule with Ms. Herseth. Had she accepted my challenge it would have been a historical event to debate before the people of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation." Voter registration of Shannon County, where the Pine Ridge Village rests, is primarily with the Democratic Party. It seems that Ms. Herseth was not inclined to share her opinions with her party members.

This again shows Ms. Herseth’s unwillingness to debate. She has canceled all open debate forums, like Dakotafest and the State Fair, and will not step up to the challenge when asked to debate. Ms. Herseth has only agreed to closed studio, scripted debates. South Dakotans are asking for open forums where they can ask direct questions to the candidates. If Ms. Herseth cannot handle the heat, she needs to get out of the House!

Herseth chicken to debate?

Form the Bruce Whalen campaign:

RAPID CITY –Herseth Tramples South Dakota Tradition: Again, and Yet Again!

Representative Herseth is quick to point out her family’s political history in South Dakota and the tradition of family members holding office, but she refuses to join in the time honored South Dakota tradition of candidate debates at premiere public events like the Dakotafest Farm Show and the South Dakota State Fair.

Recently, Rep. Herseth’s office announced that she would not be participating in a debate with U.S. House candidate Bruce Whalen at the Dakotafest Farm Show in Mitchell. Her office cited scheduling conflicts as her reason for not being able to attend.

In response to Herseth’s announcement, Whalen stated, "I think the voters of South Dakota are extremely disappointed that Ms. Herseth will not show up and discuss matters important to the State. These events allow candidates to express their viewpoints on particular issues and explain their philosophical differences in a public venue."

Rep. Herseth was asked to move the debate to Wednesday the 16^th when she did agree to be on a farm panel at Dakotafest and she still refused to debate. "I will be at the Farm Panel at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning prepared to debate Miss. Herseth and I will be at the debate Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m. to talk with the gathered people and panel about issues important to South Dakota. I challenge Miss. Herseth to join me. What could be more important than the Congressional Debate at Dakotafest?" Said Whalen Republican Candidate for U.S. Congress

"Governor Round and Jack Billion have agreed to several joint appearances or debates. It is only fair that the voters would get the same chance to see their U.S. Representative candidates debate. I challenge Miss. Herseth to debate me on the issues pressing in South Dakota at the Sioux Empire Fair and every public event where we will both be present from now until Nov. 7^th."

Mr. Whalen will be at the following events over the next two months in South Dakota and ready to Debate Miss. Herseth: Sioux Empire Fair, Turner County Fair, Brown County Fair, Dakotafest, Riverboat Days, Central States Fair, Rose Bud Pow Wow, South Dakota State Fair, Gypsy Days, and many others.

What hasn’t yet been reported is that Ms. Herseth is also ducking the traditional congressional debate at the South Dakota State Fair. This is nothing new for Rep. Herseth as it was only two years ago that she ducked a debate with then-candidate Larry Diedrich at the South Dakota State Fair.

With an August recess being a tradition for lawmakers in Washington, and Dakotafest and the State Fair being annual events, citing scheduling conflicts seems to be a flimsy excuse for not showing up to participate in debates that have been confirmed for over two months and have been a tradition in South Dakota for generations.

"Ms. Herseth is quick to point out her farm background, yet she fails to show up and debate the issues in front of the men and women who actually raise the cattle and grow the crops," Whalen stated. "Instead, she would rather talk to them at staged events."

"Maybe she doesn’t want to explain to all the farmers and ranchers in attendance that she can’t get drought aid in the House, while the Senate seems to pass it each and every time," Whalen added.

When thousands upon thousands of South Dakotans make their traditional trips to Mitchell and Huron, they will miss the venue they have always enjoyed – the traditional Congressional debate.

Whalen challenges Herseth to debate

In toady’s David Kranz column, Bruce Whalen challenges Stephanie Herseth to a number of debates:

One of the things he depends upon are frequent debates.

"I would like to see debates several times a month if we can get them that we can show the contrast. Ultimately, she will have to accept debating," he said.

He says he recalls Herseth saying she would like to see more debates on the floor of Congress " 'but the Republican Party isn't allowing it.' "

Whalen says he would like to see Herseth take some of her own advice.