Please
allow me to say thank you to those in the
Third
Congressional that cast your vote for me.
THANK
YOU!!!
The
election has come and gone. Dennis Moore has been sent back to
Washington for another two years. Kris Kobach finally had to admit that
he had not won the election. He had to admit admit that he was a loser.
Speaking
of winners and losers, lets take a moment to review who and what.
The
winners in this race were:
Dennis
Moore - he gets to keep his job for 2 more years.
Joe
Bellis - yes - me. When I enetered this election, I set my goal at
winning more than 7 votes (immediate family members). I surpassed that
vote by quite a bit. To me this means that the people of the Third
Congressional District do want a voice other than the Democrats and
Republicans.
Mike
Domer of Overland Park told the Kansas City Star he voted for me
"because of Kobach's efforts to appeal
to Christian conservative voters. Domer, a Republican, said he was
unimpressed with Kobach."
This
election had laid the groundwork to build upon for 2006. Clearly over
2% of the voters preferred someone other that Moore or Kobach. This is
a victory.
The
losers in this race were many:
Unfortunately,
the people of the Kansas Third Congressional District are the real
losers. Once again our voices will not be heard on the issues that
affect us, our families and businesses.
All we have to look forward to is two years years of the same old thing
from Dennis Moore.
Secondly,
the Johnson County Republican Party is finally put into its grave. It
is a crying shame that a county dominated by Republicans the way
Johnson County is can't even field a candidate that can carry the
county. Yes, once again I am referring to Mr. Kobach.
Kris
Kobach is the biggest loser in the race. He attempted to go too many
different ways in the campaign and lost as a result. He can now go back
to teaching about the Constitution that he knows nothing about.
Finally,
those that contrbuted to Kobach' campaign. They lost lot in the
influence that they were trying to buy.
How big
did Kobach lose? One way to look at this is dollars spent in the losing
effort. Kobach garnered 141,302 votes and spent (according to
opensecrets.org) $940,225. According to the Kansas City Star, the
National Republican Congressional
Campaign Committee spent about $728,000. This totals over 1.6 million
dollars or almost $12.00 per vote.
On
the flip side, this campaign spent $76.00 or just over two and one half
cents per vote.
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Both parties promise to lower taxes and reduce the size and influence
of the federal government while increasing the number and scope of
government programs is about to be prove yet again to be nothing more
than political lies. The increases in budget size and additional
programs are staggering. Fortunately for the voters in Kansas'
District3, the campaign for freedom and constitutional government is
not over.
The
time has come to take hold of the reins on Washington and force this
out-of-control juggernaut to a stop! With spiraling welfare, social
security, foreign aid, and health costs, Washington answers the
people's calls to action by throwing money--our money--at its
problems.Americans have never been so heavily taxed. Corporations are
failing by the score under the burden of high taxes and trade
restrictions. The Internal Revenue Service recently announced they
would begin 50,000random audits of honest citizens in order to hone
their skills for catching the few who commit fraud. The burdens on the
American people are crushing us all. Our economy is not in a state of
recovery. How can you be recovering with an eleven-digit Federal
deficit?How can any country without free trade, with high taxes on
earned wages, and ever-increasing violations of civil rights be
recovering from anything--except, perhaps, democracy?
Click here to see more of
the outrageousness that happens daily in Washington.
Click here for
any
interesting article on the history of the income tax.
The time has come to recover our civil rights. The time has come to end
governmental intrusion into our private lives and let us live as free
people with a government fully constrained by the Constitution. The
time for fence sitting is past. You are either in favor of minimal
government and maximum personal freedom, or not. You are either ready
to stop giving away half of your earnings, or not. You are either ready
to stand up and be counted, or not. The time to vote for your libertys
now. The candidate to vote for in Kansas' District 3 is Joe Bellis.
This campaign needs your help to spread this message. You can help by:
Sending a link to this
website to all you know.
Registering
to vote and casting your vote on November 2.
Volunteering
to help this campaign.
Please accept my thanks in advance for all your help.
Best Regards

Joe Bellis
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