Published: Friday, October 26, 2007
New filers hope voters swing right
By KEVIN LANDRIGAN Telegraph Staff
klandrigan@nashuatelegraph.com
CONCORD – Two fiscally and socially conservative Republican businessmen filed for president here Thursday.

Vern Wuensche, 61, said he's a pro-free enterprise, anti-abortion candidate who founded Houston's third-oldest residential construction business, now known as Woodmark Kitchen & Bath.

He created a Web site, www.legalreform-now.org, as part of his crusade for liability reform after his business endured numerous lawsuits for damages.

"I did this so Americans could see for themselves the self-serving nature of a closed system of lawyers and judges, most of whom in administering the legal process ignore their responsibility in obtaining justice," Wuensche said.

Daniel Gilbert of Arden, N.C., said he's running as a first-time candidate for any office to try to inspire conservative businessmen like himself to try to reclaim Congress from the Democrats.

"The politicians are not doing what is best for the country. Conservative statesmen are what we need," said Gilbert, a father of two children.

Gilbert said he used to admire President George W. Bush, but "he's gone left on us" by endorsing a legal path to eventual citizenship for illegal aliens.

Gilbert, 61, said he retired nine years ago after selling off a successful business that made music software for use in elevators.

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