Author Archive: Dustin Krutsinger
Dustin Krutsinger is a 3rd year medical student at the University of Iowa. He met his wonderful wife at church when they were 16 and were united in marriage at 19. He is the proud father of one daughter, Abigail and a son Jacob.
He and his wife attended nursing school together before he started medical school. They plan on using their medical training to serve others overseas full time after his training is complete. In the mean time, they have gone on several construction and medical trips to South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Peru, and most recently Afghanistan in 2009. Once a month Dustin has the opportunity to lead the service and give a message at a local retirement home.
Dustin considers himself to be a “Christian Libertarian.” He is unapologetically, and absolutely 100% pro-life. Dustin is a Ron Paul supporter, and credits his run for revitalizing Dustin's interest in politics. He has recently been an activist for liberty in the Iowa City area with Campaign for Liberty.
He also ran for the Iowa House in 2010 as a Libertarian. It was a somewhat symbolic run, as no third party has ever been elected to the Iowa legislature, but it allowed him to discuss limited government solutions to our current problems as well as gave people another option, as the incumbent was running unopposed.
Speaking of Jesus by Medearis: FREE Kindle version today!
Speaking of Jesus is the latest book by one of my favorite authors Carl Medearis. Today Amazon is offering the Kindle version for free. Please take the opportunity to get a free electronic copy of this book. Even if you do not have a kindle, here is a way to view it on any computer: [...]
Rick Santorum Suspends Campaign
Rick Santorum, former PA senator and Republican Presidential candidate just announced that he is suspending his campaign for president. The announcement occurred at a press conference in Gettysburg PA. The announcement was unexpected. Although he has been receiving pressure from pundits, other campaigns and the establishment to drop out in an effort to unify behind Romney, there was not much recent [...]
Fuzzy Math in Media’s Delegate Counts.
Watching the news or visiting a main street media website could lead you into thinking the delegate count they have posted is the real deal. But in actuality, each is guessing as there is no official delegate count, at least not for many of the states that have already voted, Iowa among them. The following [...]
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul Detained by TSA
Details are still unfolding, but according to both social media accounts of Senator Rand Paul and his father, presidential candidate Ron Paul indicate that the Senator was detained this morning by the TSA at a Nashville airport. The first tweet and facebook post apparently came from Rand Paul’s press secretary. Ron Paul also posted about [...]
Huntsman Falls One Signature Short of Making the Arizona Ballot…His Own!
As I reported earlier late last week, several of the Republican candidates are struggling with ballot access. Today Arizona’s deadline came and went, and one candidate failed to make it on the ballot, Jon Huntsman. This is especially egregious because the only requirement to make it on the ballot was to sign this form. This ballot [...]
Why the Probable Vote Counting Mistakes in Iowa Caucus Don’t Matter
Several claims of discrepancies in vote counting and reporting of the results are surfacing including a error that results in 20 extra votes given to Romney. But it doesn’t matter and here is why. Remember the show Whose Line is it Anyway? The host Drew Carey would always start the show by saying “Welcome to [...]
Grading Ballot Access. Romney and Paul Make Honor Roll While Gingrich is Failing. (Updated)
Ballot access is one of the most important aspects in any campaign, if you can’t get on a ballot, you can’t win. Each state has its own rules, requirements, and deadlines. Some requirements are incredibly easy, others fairly hard. For instance in Arizona, you have to fill out a piece of paper, pretty simple. However in Virginia [...]
Perfect Storm for Brokered Republican Convention? Ron Paul May Play Kingmaker
A perfect storm may be headed towards the 2012 Republican Convention in Tampa Bay Florida. A combination of recent Republican Party rule changes combined with a stronger Ron Paul than 2008 may result in a brokered convention on August 27th 2012 to determine the Republican Party nominee for President. Let me start by saying this is [...]
Iowa Caucus: Another Contributor Prediction
Let me start by saying, I am just a contributor, this is not the official Caffeinated Thoughts prediction. For the prediction of the Caffeinated Thoughts founder and editor Shane Vander Hart, who is much more informed and in the loop than I, check here: Iowa Caucus: What to Watch For Tonight and My Predictions. I love [...]
Republican Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson Out, Will Run as Libertarian, Throws Support Behind Paul
Former two term New Mexican Republican Governor Gary Johnson who had been running for the Republican presidential nomination officially ended his campaign last week. He also announced he will be seeking the Libertarian nomination for president. In an email to supporters Johnson said: This morning, I stepped before the microphones at a news conference [...]
