Why I’m Running
My name is Dr. Dan Eichenbaum, and I am standing for election to Congress. Like you, I believe that our country is in dire straits. In fact, we are on the edge of a financial abyss. Our federal government is controlled by an Administration that believes deficits don’t matter. They think that we can continue to borrow, print and spend our way to prosperity. I stand here to say that deficits and debts do matter. We cannot continue sacrificing our children’s and our grandchildren’s futures by mortgaging tomorrow to pay for today.
In 1787, the founders gave us The Constitution, a document that forever changed the relationship between man and government. They believed in Natural Law – that each of us is born into freedom and that the proper role of government is to protect and secure the rights of life, liberty, and property, not amend, abridge or restrict them. In addition, these rights are God-given and are not derived from any government.
Protected by these Constitutional guarantees, America became the land of opportunity for millions of legal immigrants who came because they believed that hard work and perseverance would lead to prosperity. The American Experiment, characterized by limited government and unlimited opportunity, has produced the greatest improvement in the human condition in the history of mankind.
About 100 years ago, my grandparents were legal immigrants to this county. They came with nothing but the desire to live the American dream. They enrolled in night school to learn English, went to work, and gladly became part of the great melting pot of our society, not to become hyphenated-Americans, but to become just Americans. They sacrificed not only for their own future, but for their children’s future, and for generations to follow.
Today, I stand for and live by the values that my parents and grandparents instilled in me as a child – always tell the truth, take responsibility for your actions, obey The Golden Rule, love God, and respect the sanctity of all Life. The Ten Commandments, God’s ultimate moral code, transcends any specific religion and applies to each of us. These are the very same Judeo-Christian values, the undeniable and absolute foundation of our country, that my wife Rhonda and I taught our own children to guide them toward successful lives.
After the 2002 election, for the first time in 50 years, Republicans controlled both the White House and Congress. The Republican Party could have been and should have been the guardian of the Constitution, the defender of limited government, and the champion of free markets and fiscal responsibility. Instead, we sought compromise and cooperation with the Left, and in the process, lost our way as a Party. If you are a person of conscience and principle, how can you reach across the aisle to work with those who have neither?
Now that the Democrats are in control of our country, the American way of life is under siege by progressive liberals who seek to replace individual rights with collective rights, property rights with so-called social justice, and American culture and history with radical multiculturalism.
In the past several months, we the people have begun to find our voice. Out of frustration and anger, a true grass roots movement is rising up all around our nation, growing larger and louder each day, demanding an end to business as usual and an end to the oligarchy in Washington. We see this movement here in Western North Carolina, stronger than anywhere else in this State.
In 2010, we have a real opportunity to take back the 11th District, and regain control of the House of Representatives. But to win, we must return to our Party’s principles – fiscal restraint, individual freedom, personal responsibility, and limited government. Voters are fed up with both parties, especially fed up with career politicians and party insiders. Members of the grassroots movement are mad as hell. They are not going to take it anymore, and, most importantly, they will vote.
So we need to give them what they want – a true grass roots candidate, unencumbered by political baggage – a leader who will be true to the principles of the Republican Party and our founding fathers. A Republican in name only, an unprincipled RINO, who goes along to get along, will not cut it this time.
Without question, I am that candidate. My education, intelligence, communication skills, and extensive life experience combined with my broad, genuine support from the grassroots movements in our district give me the advantage necessary to defeat Congressman Heath Shuler.
A RINO can’t beat a Blue Dog. The Democrats know that. But do WE?
I am Dr. Dan Eichenbaum and I am standing for election to Congress in 2010.
I ask for your vote.
I ask for your trust.
I ask you to Trust in Freedom.
