FeedPolitics: Reagan’s ag secretary to stump for Callahan
September 5, 2008 in Politics Tags: Colleen Callahan, John Block, Orion Samuelson
(press release)
Former GOP Ag Secretary headlines Callahan fundraiser
Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture John Block, a Republican who served under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1986, will headline a slate of guests at the Callahan Ag Coalition hog roast Monday, Sept. 8 from 6-8 p.m. at the Meils Brothers Farm in rural Varna.
Cost is $50 per person and $75 per couple and proceeds will benefit the Congressional campaign of Democrat Colleen Callahan of Kickapoo. The farm is located at 608 County Road 1900 E. in Varna.
Featured guest emcee will be legendary farm broadcaster Orion Samuelson of WGN-AM radio in Chicago. Included among the guest will be state Sen. John Sullivan, D-Rushville. An auction of cuts from the Illinois State Fair Land of Lincoln Grand Champion Barrow 2008 will take place following dinner. Meat for the hog roast will be provided by Raber Packing Company.
Callahan has garnered great support among farmers throughout the region. She was the recipient of the 2005 Illinois Farm Bureau Eagle Award for Excellence. The award is given for bringing agriculture’s powerful message to the public on the state and national levels. Callahan was nominated for the award, and described as “a powerful advocate for agriculture and trailblazer for Illinois agri-women.” Callahan is a past president of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters and two year ago accompanied former U.S. agriculture secretary Ann Veneman on an official ag delegation to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Individual and federal PAC contributions will be accepted. Corporate contributions are prohibited by federal law. All checks should be made payable to Citizens for Callahan.
Please RSVP to Anthony Rantisi of the Callahan for Congress Campaign at (309) 826-9900.
September 5th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Its a little late to act like your running a campaign now…
I soooooo wanted an alternative to Schock, maybe next time.
September 5th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
You’re not going to actually vote for him anyway, are you?
September 5th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
It’s a tough call post, I don’t really have confidence in either of them. I also don’t believe anything the Green Party puts out. That’s why I was pushing for a write in campaign for Billy for the 18th District.
I really don’t know what I am going to do, I suppose I could just not vote for that race but I don’t know how I feel about that.
September 5th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Oh, let’s not start THAT up again.
My spelling is too bad to be in Congress.
September 5th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Bravo — I know how you feel; we’ve got Rod on our ticket. Come 2010, I’m almost undoubtedly going to be voting for anyone who has a chance of winning against Mr. Chicagovich.
Bill, make education reform your platform and nobody will notice.
September 5th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Nice to see Reaganites (by which I mean Republicans who are sane, middle of the road type people who are lovely to have a debate with vs. the fundamentalist, negative, “my way or the highway” neo-Republicans) supporting Callahan - she’s got my vote for sure!
September 5th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Yet didn’t the Illinois Farm Bureau vote to endorse Representative Aaron’s candidacy after interviewing both candidates?
But this press release states “Callahan has garnered great support among farmers throughout the region…” If there is such great support, why didn’t the IFB endorse her?
September 5th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Pez, not every farmer is active in the Farm Bureau. Its quite possible that she has the support of a lot of farmers.
Really though, it doesn’t matter either way we’re going to get a completely clueless and incompetent Congressman/woman no matter who wins…
September 5th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
11Bravo……good point. Maybe one of them should utilize the slogan “I’m not as inexperienced as the other candidate.”
I think what we have to consider when choosing is who has the greatest potential to grow in the office and do a decent job….despite my reservations about some of Aaron’s comments in the past … he is a smart guy and has a lot going for him. I think he has the greatest potential to grow into a good Representative.
I’m hesitant to hold the campaign against either one since they are both running poor campaigns (Schock by allowing his spokesperson too much air time responding for him… and Callahan by failing to indicate anything she is for but focusing on negative half-truth attacks on her opponent).
September 5th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
The IFB doesn’t speak for it’s constituents in many cases. This, I think, is one of them.
I spent five years in the 80’s in Iowa, when their county and state Farm Bureaus were telling them to “vote republican” despite the fact family farms were getting foreclosed upon left and right. The Reagan years were not a great time for small farmers.