TESTIMONIAL RE. EXCELLENCE OF CURRENT HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Rebecca Kleefisch is running for WI Lt. Governor, along with Scott Walker for Governor. This is her story. It is a testimonial on why the government should keep their crummy Obama hands off of our health care system. Very interesting and uplifting. Under Obamacare she may not have lived.

Dear Friends,

About two and a half weeks before I became Scott Walker’s running mate, my life changed. No doubt my life changed the night of the primary, too, but what happened before is something I want to share with you.

Statewide campaigns are a rigorous business. I had traveled Wisconsin time and time again getting to know you. I was eating on the run, drinking a lot of coffee, and keeping a demanding schedule. My excuse for exercise was 8 consecutive Independence Day parades!

That’s why, when I started having stomach cramps and feeling tired, I blamed it on my schedule. I went to my doctor a couple of times and he agreed that I probably needed a lifestyle adjustment after the election.

A few weeks before the primary, I told my doctor that I was sick. Not just campaign-sick. Really sick. He ordered some blood tests and called me with the results. He wanted to know how I was feeling. “Fine,” I told him.

The test results were not as fine. He said that I was bleeding somewhere, that I might have an ulcer and that I needed an endoscopy right away, and probably a blood transfusion. I hung up the phone and got back behind the camera to shoot my “Mom with a Minivan” ad. I didn’t want a blood transfusion. The next day, I had an endoscopy that revealed no ulcer, but instead of being excited, my doctor told me I needed a colonoscopy the next morning.

It was August 26th. Two and a half weeks before the primary I woke up from my colonoscopy to my doctor telling me, “Becky… you have colon cancer, but, 9 years ago I was diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer, and I’m here to tell you about it.” He was like an angel, giving me the bad along with hope. He refused to guess what stage the cancer was.

Eight years earlier, my dad died of pancreatic cancer, and I was so thankful the doctor hadn’t said “pancreatic cancer.” Regardless of the stage, I knew I could beat colon cancer. I went straight to get a CT scan and transfusion.

That weekend I researched my disease and the treatments available. I found the best colorectal cancer surgeon around: Dr. Kirk Ludwig. He was internationally renowned and taught others how to remove colon cancer laparoscopically. He was at Froedert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin…amazingly, just 30 minutes away.

I saw him Monday morning. My tumor was the size of a grapefruit, he said. When I asked whether he would still be able to take it out laparoscopically, he said it wouldn’t be a problem.
“And in ten years…?” I said. “In ten years, you’ll look back on this and say, ‘Oh, that wasn’t so fun.’ And that’s it.”

The next day when I went for genetic testing I started bleeding and was admitted Wednesday. Thursday morning, around the same time I got my diagnosis the previous week, the cancer was gone.

Dr. Ludwig sent my tumor to pathologists to determine the stage of the disease. After I had been home for a day, he called with the results: despite the fact that the tumor had broken through my colon wall and was creeping up my side, despite the fact that it looked like it had compromised lymph nodes, all the nodes tested negative. I had survived Stage 2 cancer. It was like a miracle.

Last week, the genetic test results finally came. “No mutation detected” they said. I will not pass this on to my daughters. Another miracle.

I’m telling you because perhaps you’ve been touched by cancer. If you have, you know that the stories of hope, of beating it, are the ones you hold on to. Just like my doctor awakened me with a story of hope, I hope you will share my story with someone who needs it.

My story also illustrates how dire my future might have been if we had socialized medicine. What if the government had told me I had to wait in a 6 month line to get a CT scan? Or that I couldn’t have Dr. Ludwig perform the surgery? That’s unacceptable to me and my family.

So please hug your family tonight and be thankful for your blessings. I have a renewed gratefulness for each day. And please join me in fighting for healthcare reform that keeps us in charge of our choices.

Rebecca Kleefisch

SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI, SORE LOSER

Alaska Sen. Murkowski, handily defeated in the Republican primary by Joe Miller, is refusing to go away. She has attacked Conservatives and Tea Party Express participants as "racist," "extremist," has called us "outsiders," and said we "hijacked the Republican Party." But I say if "hijacking" means saving the party from corrupt, failed, establishment liberals like her and Mike Castle in Delaware, then good for us!

This sitting U.S. Senator can call us anything she wants. I call us "We The People." We are loud, we are passionate, we are not going away, and we are not going to sit down and shut up.

And now she has announced that even though she lost in the primary, she is running as an Independent Party write in candidate for the Senate. Gee, Lisa, nice way to try to destroy the Republican Party that you've claimed to represent. You are a RINO and you just proved it.

When liberal candidates lose their primaries many leave the party and join the opposition or run as Independents. When conservatives lose their primaries they usually accept defeat and support the winner. Marlin Stutzman (IN) endorsed Dan Coats. Chuck DeVore (CA) endorsed Carly Fiorina, and Ovide Lamontagne (NH) endorsed Kelly Ayotte.

But when Arlen Spector (PA) was defeated he left the party. When Charlie Crist (FL) faced defeat he got in a snit, left the party and is running as an Independent. And now after being defeated Murkowski is having a temper tantrum and is running as an Independent. After her primary loss she stated she would not run as an Independent but would "return home." So much for her "WORD" meaning anything!

Murkowski's betrayal proves the voters of Alaska did the right thing by "Firing Her" the first time. And now they're going to have to do it again because apparently she didn't get the "YOU'RE FIRED" message.

I am confident that they will send Joe Miller to Washington because the alternative, sending Murkowski or some other liberal loon, is asking for more of the same big-government-spending-spit-on-our-Constitution government that we currently are stuck with.

ALASKA, WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU!

KARL ROVE HAS FOOT IN MOUTH DISEASE

Ye gads, I just saw Karl Rove bashing and trashing the GOP Senate primary winner from Delaware, Christine O'Donnell. Rove was absolutely apoplectic in his denouncement of her. He couldn't explain how a non-politician, who got into the primary race late, had a very small amount of money, could beat the great Mike Castle, who has been a RINO in Washington for 40 some years.

Well, golly gee, Karl, do you finally get it? This is a REVOLUTION. We are going to oust the political machine in Washington, Dems and Reps, who have been complicit in expanding government, growing our national debt pushing us towards bankruptcy, destroying our economy, but especially those who voted for the $787 billion stimulus bill that has failed to create any jobs.

So Karl, listen up! This isn't about a Republican majority in the House or Senate. A Republican majority won't do us any good if those Republicans continually vote with the Liberal Democrats. And that is exactly what Castle has done for decades.

Understand it, Karl. We Are Fed Up! And to the Republican Party, don't be such a sore loser. The people in Delaware have spoken loud and clear, as they have in many, many other states. It would be very wise for the "Party" to get behind her because she is going to be the next Senator from the Great State of Delaware.

And all of America is going to cheer her on to victory along with all of the other true Conservatives who will be joining her.

VOTE TOMORROW, SEPTEMBER 14

If you live in a state that has a primary tomorrow, September 14, you must get out and vote.

It's pretty clear that Americans have become extremely disillusioned with Obama and the leftist 'business-as-usual' that pretends to be "change you can believe in."

This year's midterm elections give Conservatives a chance to slam on the brakes and bring the big-spending, big-government, we-don't-care-what-you-want-we're-doing-it-my-way policies of Obama and the Liberals to a tire screeching halt.

To win a majority in the House Conservatives must defeat at least 39 sitting Democrats. This can be done, but it can't be done without YOU, the VOTER! Conservatives also have a chance to take the Senate. This can happen in November, but the first step is tomorrow's primary.

There are some great Conservative challenger candidates running for Congress and the Senate this year, people who are deeply committed to bringing about real "change" by restoring Constitutional government to Washington.

FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE IN YOUR DISTRICT AND THEN GO AND VOTE.

IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT WILL SAVE AMERICA FROM

A TOTAL FINANCIAL ARMAGEDDON

SUMMER OF ECONOMIC DISASTER

Obama's Summer of Recovery is turning into the Fall of Revolt and primary voters continue to point to the nation's distressed economic health as their top concern. Year-to-year economic growth is declining and unemployment is rising, not a good situation when you are trying to con the public into thinking this is what a "Recovery" looks like.

Not smart enough to see that his spending-taxing-regulation policies are hugely responsible for the economic mess we are in, what does the Beginner In The Oval Office do? He announces yet another 50 billion dollar stimulus package allegedly for "small businesses." It remains to be seen which "small businesses" will be the recipients of the latest money-give-away. Wanna bet it will be union companies that get the biggest breaks? He surely wouldn't want to break his streak of giveaways to the unions.

And of course, the Buck-Passer-In-Chief blames Republicans for holding up this spending bill that he believes will suddenly create jobs. Can the Chief Economic Destroyer in the White House be as stupid as he appears to be? I bet yes. November is just around the corner, thank goodness.