…to stop his family turning America ‘into a second rate welfare state’
David Martosko
The Daily Mail [UK]
13 September 2013
This is not your typical political dynasty-in-the-making: A second cousin to Barack Obama is considering a run for U.S. Senate, and he’s a fire-breathing conservative.
Milton Wolf, whose mother’s cousin was also Obama’s grandmother, is a Kansas radiologist who writes columns for The Washington Times and produced videos for The Daily Caller last year.
Neither publication is known for its patience with the president, and Wolf fits right in with their politics. He is gauging support among conservative leaders for a primary challenge to Sen. Pat Roberts.
‘They say you can’t choose your family,’ Wolf said in one Daily Caller video, ‘but I say you can choose to stop your family from turning America into a second-rate, European-style social welfare state.
‘The current Republican establishment has become a mere speed bump on the Democrats’ road to a government-run social-welfare state.’ Wolf writes in his most recent Times column. ‘As President Reagan described the Republicans in Congress in his time, and it’s equally true today, “We had rabbits when we needed tigers.”‘…
This completely unbiased article continues, with video, at The Daily Mail…
Related: Also from Kansas, Army National Guard Member a Unique Miss America Contestant
…”I was bullied when I was a kid. It got so bad that I nearly took my own life … My dad [an Army dentist stationed in Germany] took me hunting with him and it saved my life. Ever since then, I’ve been an outdoors girl,” she says. “My passion is empowering girls through male-dominated outdoor sports.”
She adds, “I want to help them develop confidence, to let them know that they have what it takes to accomplish anything they want to accomplish. I know many young girls look at beauty candidates and think, ‘What a perfect life they have.’ But I want them to know that I haven’t led a perfect life. And that beauty comes from the inside.”…
Sgt. Theresa Vail. AP photo
