Posted on 12/29/2008 2:10:54 PM PST by chicagolady
I was born and raised in Chicago and have resided on the northside ..most of the time in the Illinois 5th Congresional district.
Rod Blagojevich and Rahm Emmanuel have BOTH been my congressmen.
Now because Rahm has announced that he is leaving and a special election will take place, I am considering throwing my name in for the special election. After all I reside here! Many of the Life-long Politicians who want the seat are just that, Life long politicians looking for another job.
So I am asking FReepers far and wide to put on their think caps and help me out. Give me some sound advice about what I should be considering.
For those of you on Freerepublic who do not know me, you can easily google my name and read up on what I have been involved in.
In 2000 I became an Election Volunteer coordinator for the National Rifle Association to help get out the vote. I did that along with promoting gun rights through the present day.
In the summer I organized a class for women who never shot a gun before. It was a hugh success and a lot of fun. I participated in IGOLD which was for Illinois Gun Owners who wanted to go down to Springfield and Lobby our General assembly. So all this to say I am a very active person politically. Many of you are aware of Chicago's murder rate and war on Gun Owners.
I was one of the "Original Minutemen". I served 3 tours of duty on the Arizona/Mexico border. I continue to lobby in Illinois for Enforcement of Immigration laws on the books. Curbing illegal immigration has been my passion.
The Chicago Media is Pro-Amnesty so you can imagine their SPIN on the subject and their Promotion of illegal aliens at every turn.
I have testified in Washington DC about illegal immigration destroying Illinois. The Illinois Taxpayers spend 3.5 BILLION dollars a year on services for Illegal aliens and we have the first SANCTUARY COUNTY in the NATION! COOK COUNTY>
Rahm Emmanuel was a great friend and promoter of illegal immigration.
I can only do what I can do, but I beleive you act and see what happens. MAYBE Folks in the Illinois 5th Congressional district have had enoungh of all this corruption. I am ready to bank on that.
I would need someone who could throw up a website and possibly help me do a you-tube..technology is important.
OK FREEPERS far and wide, Help me out and give me your best thoughts. Thanks In Advance!!
P.S. My "other" passion is Senior Citizen advocacy.
They fought for this country and built this country and past it off to us, hoping we will be good stewards.
I know I do not have all the answers, but then neither does Caroline! We both are about the same age.
You have my best wishes and prayers. Go for it!
Congressman, any advice for this FReeper?
John / Billybob
Rosanna, go for it! I’m behind you 100%, and will help in any way I can...materials for the web or print, commercials, a big mouth on the blog or on the streets...you know what we can do. :)
I’d vote for you, too, except that I’m in the 4to Distrito (that’s what you call the 4th District when your Congress critter is Luis Gutierrez).
What am I saying? District, schmistrict! We’re in Chicago, Illinois. I bet I’d be ENCOURAGED to vote out of my district. At least once.
She could raise that in one day if she got Sarah Palin to show up for a fundraiser.
If you run, please let us know where we can contribute to your campaign.
We need more like you to take on our ever more corrupt government.
The question you have to ask yourself is, given the degraded state of politics, especially in places like Chicago, are you willing to endure the crap (for lack of a better term) that a normal, sane person would have to endure to succeed in politics?
I do believe that alot of people all across America are ready for more normal, sane, intelligent, articulate Americans to step up and take the place of all the professional BS artists that have become life-long politicians. If you have the disposition to endure it, then you should do it.
It looks like another Freeper is campaigning for this seat as well!....
http://www.iowahawk.typepad.com
Scroll down - David Burge is suspending his presidential campaign and writing a letter to Blago...:)
Go for it!!
Seriously, you've got the fire, the passion, the patriotic zeal. And you've lived in the area your whole life. Could you garner enough support in your district? Those around you - are they encouraging you to run? Could you get enough organization together in the short timeframe? And can you, your friends/allies/supporters come up with a clever strategy to overcome Chicago's notorious political "machine"?
If so - and you seem to have some name recognition already - go out there and win the thing! :-)
Joshua 1:9
Good luck
Same with Youtube...Tell your grass-roots story and solicit funds...Not just one vid on You Tube...Flood the place...
Don't forget about God Tube and any other Tubes out there, LOL...
Solict all the Blogs you can find for free support on their sites...Try Drudge as well...
Hello Rosanna. I don’t think we’ve talked before but I’ve seen you around FR. I had no idea you were such a prominent activist.
I live next door to the 5th in the 4th home of the odious Luis Gutierrez.
If you can afford to(and/or fundraise, I’m sorry I don’t have a dime to donate) you should go for it. I wouldn’t bet on a Cao style upset but we really need a GOP candidate who gives a damn to take a shot here. I’m sick of seeing no conservative opposition in our fair city. The guy who Rahm crushed last month is running again and on his webpage he calls himself a “Liberal Republican” and likely has very little appeal to voters.
BTTT
Go for it!
Prayers up for ya.
I do graphic design. Glad to help should you need it.
Believe it or not, one of Sarah’s good friends and former Pastors from Alaka came to Chicago the weekend before the election and I took him out to dinner!
I may write him and ask for prayers and drop a note to Sarah!
Do it, I’d vote for you if I could...Hmmm, it’s Chicago afterall, maybe I can???
We NEED people who can ‘speak truth to power’, people who can actually THINK and have some intellectual HONESTY...this topsy-turvy PC world we live in today is a MESS. Bailouts for idiot CEO’s, globull warming crapola, open borders, you name it...the MORONS in Congross have almost killed this country with their idiocy.
DO IT!
Run. You are part of America’s finest. By any and all means, run.
Thanks for your activism.
Thanks very much for the ping, HiJinx.
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