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  Rudy Boschwitz - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Rudolph Eli "Rudy" Boschwitz is a United States politician, former Republican US Senator from Minnesota.
Boschwitz is well-known in Minnesota for operating an "All You Can Drink" Milk booth at the Minnesota State Fair.
Boschwitz is a member of the neoconservative organization Project for the New American Century.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Rudy_Boschwitz   (206 words)

  
  Rudy Boschwitz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Boschwitz was born in Berlin, Germany, November 7, 1930.
Boschwitz was elected as an Independent-Republican to the United States Senate in November 1978 and was subsequently appointed on December 30, 1978, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Wendell R. Anderson.
Boschwitz is well-known in Minnesota for operating a "Flavored Milk" Milk booth at the Minnesota State Fair.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rudy_Boschwitz   (395 words)

  
 Rudy Boschwitz -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Boschwitz was elected as an Independent-Republican to the United States Senate in November 1978 and was subsequently appointed on December 30, 1978, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Wendell B. Anderson.
Boschwitz is well-known in Minnesota for operating a "Flavored Milk" Milk booth at the Minnesota State Fair.
Boschwitz's campaign attempted to smear Wellstone with the nickname "Senator Wellfare," a tactic which would be repeated six years later during Norm Coleman's election campaign.
www.southasiagrid.com /mediawiki/index.php/Rudy_Boschwitz   (272 words)

  
 RUDY BOSCHWITZ: An Inventory of His Papers
Rudy (Rudolph Eli) Boschwitz was born in 1930 in Berlin, Germany.
In 1978 Rudy Boschwitz was elected to the United States Senate, where he served two terms.
Rudy Boschwitz married Ellen Antoinette Loewenstein in 1956; they have four sons.
www.mnhs.org /library/findaids/00013.html   (695 words)

  
 MDO - Boschwitz' downfall: an `un-Minnesotan campaign' - 11/07/1996
Boschwitz trailed throughout the race and never led in any media polls during this election year.
Boschwitz's rhetoric hit a new low Friday when he accused Wellstone of being involved in a flag-burning incident during the 1960s.
Boschwitz served 12 years in the Senate, but this year voters scarcely heard about what Boschwitz did for Minnesota in the past.
www.mndaily.com /daily/1996/11/07/news/rudy   (624 words)

  
 U.S. Mission To Italy
Boschwitz urged delegates from the commission's 51 member states not to leave Geneva without adopting a strong resolution on the situation in Sudan.
Boschwitz and other members of the U.S. delegation spoke at a March 31 press conference in Geneva, where the 61st Session of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights is in the midst of its annual six-week session.
Boschwitz said he saw some evidence that “hopeful” developments in the Middle East are also beginning to also have an impact at the commission.
www.usembassy.it /viewer/article.asp?article=/file2005_04/alia/a5040105.htm   (5498 words)

  
 Battlegrounders on National Review Online
Republicans Dave Durenberger and Rudy Boschwitz were elected to the Senate from Minnesota in 1978, the year of the "Minnesota massacre" of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party.
Boschwitz was a party-builder and gregarious battler for Republican causes.
With the election of Ronald Reagan as president in 1980, Boschwitz was perfectly positioned to contribute his personal background as a refugee and his business background as a successful entrepreneur to the advancement of the Reagan revolution.
www.nationalreview.com /battleground/2004/battleground200410301852.asp   (1224 words)

  
 IDT Europe - Corporate - Press Releases
Senator Boschwitz is a leader in the fight against world hunger, while Eric Cosentino is ministering to his congregation and running a nursery school for his whole community.
Rudy Boschwitz was first elected to the United States Senate from Minnesota in 1978.
Sen. Boschwitz is currently Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Center for Global Food Issues, and a director of the U.N.'s Friends of the World food program, the Hudson Institute, and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.
www.idteurope.com /corporate/press/releases/318.asp   (691 words)

  
 U.S. Delegation to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights
Rudy Boschwitz was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1930.
Rudy was President Bush’s emissary to Ethiopia in the spring of 1991.
Rudy and Ellen and their four sons, Gerry, Ken, Dan and Tom are all actively engaged in operating the family business, now called Home Valu.
www.humanrights-usa.net /2005/bios/boschwitz.htm   (488 words)

  
 Rudolph (“Rudy”) Boschwitz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz was born in Berlin, Germany on November 7, 1930.
Boschwitz was admitted to the New York bar in 1954 and the Wisconsin bar in 1959.
He was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in November 1978 for the term commencing January 3, 1979, and subsequently appointed by the Governor, December 30, 1978, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Wendell B. Anderson for the term ending January 3, 1979.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Boschwitz.html   (175 words)

  
 Urtext v2.0 - There's just nothing like an original.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Written by a Boschwitz supporter who was also Jewish, the letter accused Wellstone, a Jew, of having 'no connection to the Jewish community,' and explicitly criticized him for having married a Christian.
Boschwitz conceded by 10.30pm, and before midnight, Paul Wellstone was the junior senator-elect from Minnesota.
Rudy Boschwitz was back in 1996, hoping to reclaim his seat from the impetuous interloper, and one of the ugliest campaigns the state had ever seen ensued.
www.urtext.org /wellstone.html   (1999 words)

  
 MDO - Boschwitz - 11/01/1996   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Boschwitz is trying to regain the seat he lost in 1990 to Wellstone.
Boschwitz has avoided labeling himself a conservative, despite his support for Bob Dole's $560 billion tax cut plan and capital punishment, and his opposition to abortion and gay rights.
Instead, Boschwitz has tried to cast himself as an independent, pointing to his support for several of President Bill Clinton's measures that Wellstone voted against, such as welfare reform, an end to farm subsidies, the death penalty and trade agreements such as NAFTA and GATT.
www.mndaily.com /daily/1996/11/01/voters_guide/rudy   (317 words)

  
 Rudy Boschwitz : Information and resources about Rudy Boschwitz : School Work Guru
Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz was a Republican US Senator from Minnesota.
He served in the senate from December 1978 to January 1991.
Boschwitz was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in November 1978.
www.schoolworkguru.org /encyclopedia/r/ru/rudy_boschwitz.html   (195 words)

  
 TPJ.org
Boschwitz was a U.S. Senator from 1978 to 1991, after he was ousted by poorly funded populist Paul Wellstone; the late Senator Wellstone beat Boschwitz again in 1996.
Minnesota voters were underwhelmed by Boschwitz’s record in the Senate, where he opposed minimum wage increases, abortion and tough environmental rules, while championing weaker corporate liability, unfettered global trade and a flat tax.
Boschwitz said of his fellow Pioneers in 2002 that, “We’re people who are well-connected and are willing to put in the time to raise a few dollars.” Incomplete Pioneer fundraising records from the Bush campaign suggest that Boschwitz was one of Bush’s top 2000 Pioneer fundraisers, raising $388,193 by an uncertain date in that campaign.
www.tpj.org /docs/pioneers/pioneers_view.jsp?id=219   (190 words)

  
 U.S. Mission To Italy
Boschwitz said that reinforcing positive developments in human rights is integral to the committee and added, “though some of you would prefer to dispense with Item 9, it is not sufficient for this body to condemn the abuses but shy away from naming the abusers.”
In his prepared statement, Boschwitz praised human rights and democracy progress in Afghanistan and the January 30 elections in Iraq, noting the courage demonstrated by voters in both those countries.
In addition, Boschwitz cited the poor human rights situation in Burma with the continued house arrest of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, detainment of political prisoners, and abuse of ethnic minorities.
www.usembassy.it /viewer/article.asp?article=/file2005_03/alia/a5032501.htm   (3226 words)

  
 AllPolitics - Minnesota Primaries Set Up Rematch For Wellstone, Boschwitz
Former Republican Sen. Rudy Boschwitz secured Sept. 10 the rematch he had been waiting for against Minnesota's Democratic Sen. Paul Wellstone, the upstart challenger who caused Boschwitz to be the lone incumbent senator defeated in 1990.
Boschwitz proved to be stronger among the state delegates than expected, however, and after taking several ballots the convention decided not to endorse either candidate in the primary.
Boschwitz's camp also says it will focus on spending and tax issues, noting in particular Wellstone's vote in 1993 for President Clinton's budget package, which included tax increases to help reduce the deficit, as well as his opposition to a balanced-budget amendment.
edition.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1996/states/MN/news/0924.shtml   (904 words)

  
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Like you, I can kid Rudy Boschwitz about his flannel shirts, but all of us who are Rudy's friends, and who are here tonight, are here because in our eyes he exemplifies something special about our way of life, something we like to believe is true about America.
Rudy has kept in mind what you and I should remember tonight: What happens to the economy in Minnesota is directly related to what happens in our nation as a whole.
Rudy's been a battler and a leader on the most important issue of the past few years -- that of returning America to economic growth and prosperity.
www.reagan.utexas.edu /archives/speeches/1983/60983c.htm   (2168 words)

  
 MPR: Mondale and Boschwitz ponder presidential politics
Former Republican Sen. Rudy Boschwitz says President Bush is vulnerable now; but Boschwitz says a year is a long time, and he's predicting the issues will break in Bush's favor.
Boschwitz said he thinks Americans across the board are benefiting from the Republican-backed tax cuts, and that the mounting deficits will begin to shrink as the economy recovers.
Boschwitz said Democrats have a relatively strong field of candidates, particularly his former congressional colleagues: Senators John Kerry and Joseph Lieberman and Representative Richard Gephardt.
news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/2003/11/03_zdechlikm_presidential   (785 words)

  
 The Paul & Sheila Wellstone Online Archive
With your endorsement I'll beat Rudy Boschwitz and lead the fight in the U.S. Senate for universal health care coverage.
Rudy Boschwitz is the Senator from Exxon; I am going to be the environmentalist Senator from Minnesota, from now on.
Boschwitz says we don't have the money to deal with education, child-care, health care, the environment.
www.wellstone.org /archive/article_detail.aspx?itemID=5419&catID=3605   (738 words)

  
 Boschwitz's Play for the "Jewish Vote" Costs Him His Senate Seat
The only incumbent senator defeated in the 1990 general elections was Rudy Boschwitz of Minnesota, a longtime supporter of the government of Israel.
Nervous nevertheless, Boschwitz authorized a last-minute broadside addressed: "To our friends in the Minnesota Jewish community." The direct-mail piece, signed by 72 Jewish Boschwitz supporters, charged that Wellstone, unlike Boschwitz, had "no connections whatsoever with the Jewish community or our communal life." A reference was made to Wellstone's wife Sheila's Southern Baptist upbringing.
The Boschwitz letter was a horrendous blunder in a state where religious pluralism and individual tolerance run high.
www.wrmea.com /backissues/0191/9101030.htm   (866 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Rudy Boschwitz
Rudolph Ely "Rudy" Boschwitz is a former Independent-Republican United States Senator from Minnesota.
Boschwitz was born in Berlin, Germany, November 7, 1930.
Boschwitz has had a number of major accomplishments since leaving the Senate.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Rudy_Boschwitz   (371 words)

  
 Rudy Boschwitz is Back, Unless We Stop Him
Although the Minnesota Republicans have not yet made their choice, Rudy’s a shoo-in to be nominated, thus putting him into a head-to-head confrontation with Wellstone for the next six-year Senate term.
True to his old form, Boschwitz once again is running more as a senator from Israel than as a senator from Minnesota.
But what Rudy has really grabbed onto as an issue is Wellstone’s serious criticism of Binyamin Netanyahu and the Likud coalition in Israel.
www.wrmea.com /backissues/0896/9608023.htm   (510 words)

  
 AllPolitics - Boschwitz Clears Another Hurdle As Rival McKasy Quits Race   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Comeback-minded former Minnesota Republican Sen. Rudy Boschwitz saw the only significant obstacle to his nomination cleared away Wednesday when former Commerce Commissioner Bert McKasy announced he was dropping out of the GOP Senate primary race.
Boschwitz now faces only token opposition in the state's Sept. 10 primary before he can formally turn his sights on Democratic Sen. Paul Wellstone, who narrowly upset Boschwitz in 1990.
Boschwitz, a former chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, was the only incumbent senator defeated that year in either party.
edition.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1996/states/MN/news/0726.shtml   (259 words)

  
 The HealthStore Foundation®
Rudy Boschwitz is a former U.S. Senator and, currently, chairman of Home Valu Interiors, a family business.
Boschwitz was President Bush's emissary to Ethiopia in the spring of 1991.
Boschwitz attended Johns Hopkins University and New York University, completing college at age 19, and receiving a law degree at age 22.
www.cfwshops.org /about_board_boschwitz.html   (197 words)

  
 George Bush Presidential Library and Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
And Arne, in introducing Rudy Boschwitz, referred to this, but after 10 years on the Budget Committee he is known in Washington and across this country -- Rudy -- as a tough fighter for lower taxes, a strong advocate of the spending freeze.
And while others were weeping because they didn't get it just the way they want, Rudy put the United States of America's interest and Minnesota's interest ahead of his own desire for this change or that.
Rudy, coming from this land of 10,000 lakes, has been a strong advocate for sound environmental practice.
bushlibrary.tamu.edu /research/papers/1990/90110202.html   (1906 words)

  
 Rudy Boschwitz
Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz was a Republican US Senator from Minnesota.
He served in the senate from December 1978 to January 1991.
Boschwitz was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in November 1978.
www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/r/ru/rudy_boschwitz.html   (148 words)

  
 The Jewish Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Boschwitz appointment may have political overtones, but the former senator — who lost his seat in 1990 to Paul Wellstone, a Democrat who is now in a tough race to hold on to it — has strong Holocaust credentials.
Boschwitz also served as President George H.W. Bush’s special envoy to the Jews of Ethiopia and played a significant role in their rescue and airlift to Israel.
Boschwitz, who is Jewish, was born in Berlin and fled Nazi Germany on Jan. 31, 1933 — the day after Hitler came to power.
www.thejewishweek.com /news/newscontent.php3?artid=6618&print=yes   (1959 words)

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