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May 12, 2007
Nancy Boyda, our Congressional Representative
John and I are in the 2nd Congressional District of Kansas. For some years, Jim Ryun (yes, the runner) had held that seat. Ryun is a Republican and Boyda is a Democrat.
Seeing as I am somewhat on the conservative side of Attila the Hun, I was quite concerned when Ryun lost to Boyda last November. I was more concerned because Republican losses like that are what caused *spit* Nancy Pelosi *spit* to be the Speaker of the House.
Jim Ryun was not a great representative. I tend to email my elected officials, or send letters, and Ryun had a staff who apparently just stuck my address on to the same basic reply each time. Nine times out of ten, Ryun's reply had absolutely nothing to do with my question or comment. So he deserved to lose. I hope he does not get the Republican nomination, because he just doesn't do anything that makes me want to vote for him.
Okay, back to Nancy Boyda. Both John and I have emailed her on several occasions, and Ms. Boyda's staff apparently read what we wrote because her replies actually made sense and related to what I had written - even if I didn't necessarily agree with her opinions.
When I was in St. Louis for a class a few weeks ago, John went to the Dole Institute for a dinner followed by a program, and Ms. Boyda was in attendance, also. John talked to her afterwards, in the parking lot, for quite some time about different subjects.
Anyway, since we were going to DC for a long weekend, we decided to see if we could meet Mrs. Boyda at her office. One of her staffers emailed and confirmed the appointment - 3:00 pm on a Thursday for 30 minutes.
I could not have been more surprised. Nancy Boyda is a lovely, gracious woman with a good sense of humor and some definite political skills. Our 30 minutes with her turned into a couple of hours, and we had a great discussion.
One of my biggest concerns is the whole abortion on demand, no matter how late in the pregnancy for any reason demands that extreme leftists claim is a woman's right to choose.
Personally, I don't like abortion at all for any reason, but I realize that stopping late term abortions will save thousands of children who lose their lives even if they are viable. I asked Ms. Boyda what her thoughts were on abortion.
I was amazed - even though Emily's List had given her campaign money her first go-around a few years ago, Nancy is not for abortion on demand at any time. Nancy would like to eliminate all abortions after 90 days except to save the life of the mother (not the so-called 'mental health', but the life). She also told me that the parents of minor girls should be notified and that minor girls should not be taken across state lines for abortions. I really should not be all that surprised, there used to be a lot of Democrats in Kansas who were pro-life. Joan Finney, our first woman governor in Kansas, was pro-life and a Democrat. She was, unfortunately, not a very good governor, but that's neither here nor there.
Since the left has pretty much taken over control of the Democrats, any pro-life or even semi-pro-life voices in that party have been stamped out. It was nice to see that in this day of Michael Moore, George Soros and Moveon.org, there can be a reasonable Democrat who is not shrilly demanding that the entire country take a very sharp left turn.
Now, we have our differences. But, I believe that all of you should make a point of contacting your legislators. Let them know what you think - because believe me, all the lobbyists and people with crazy causes are contacting them on a daily basis. It a good thing to remind Congress that they are there to serve us, not the other way around.
By the way, Nancy is extremely supportive of Valour IT and Soldier's Angels, and she and John had a long discussion about that and other ways of assisting our veterans.
Posted by Beth at May 12, 2007 7:14 PM
Comments
There are a few more such (D)onks who were just elected. They are loosely known by the press as the "Blue Dogs", but they are far from a solid group, nor do they ever caucus. They play their conservative cards so close to the vest that the fact that they hold such conservative values as you describe is almost undetectable.
OTH, Madam Pelosi DID get elected Speaker because of them, and look at all the damage she's caused so early in her Speakership.
The litmus test may very well be a gun control bill such as HR1022. If that piece of second-amendment-busting trash makes it to the full House, we will indeed see what the Blue Dogs are made of.
Posted by: Rivrdog at May 13, 2007 9:49 AM
And Ms. Boyda and I discussed that, and will continue to do so, Rivrdog!
Posted by: John of Argghhh! at May 13, 2007 10:47 AM