There is a growing enthusiasm for the Lauren Hager for State Senate campaign. A large group of supporters gathered this week to receive campaign updates and to volunteer for the various subcommittees.
Campaign Chair Pauline Repp kicked off our meeting with information about Volunteer cards and our upcoming spaghetti dinner fundraiser. This event will be held Thursday, October 8 at the Knights of Columbus hall at Ravenswood and Range Roads, Kimball. For more information, people can email 
HagerForSenate@comcast.net.
Senator Jud Gilbert spoke of the important work the State Legislature is doing right now, and gave many reasons why we need to send to Lansing good strong legislators who aren’t afraid to do what’s right.
Cherry Morris, Chair of the Events Committee reported about plans for a bake sale and silent auction at the upcoming spaghetti dinner. Betty Maxwell, Chair of the Friend to Friend Committee and Paul Ask, Sign Committee chair gave updates on the great progress they’re experiencing.
I’m honored to have such a dedicated, hard-working group of people working on my behalf with the goal of sending me to Lansing as Senator for the 25th District.
Mr. Hager,
I received this from a friend and wasn’t sure of the best way to deliver it to you. So I’ve added the email’s contents to your “comment” page.
It does not hurt to read this several times.
Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning last November’s Presidential election:
Number of States won by: Democrats: 19 Republicans: 29
Square miles of land won by: Democrats: 580,000 Republicans: 2,427,000
Population of counties won by: Democrats: 127 million Republicans: 143 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Democrats: 13.2 Republicans: 2.1
Professor Olson adds: “In aggregate, the map of the territory Republicans won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country.
Democrat territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in low income tenements and living off various forms of government welfare…”
Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the “complacency and apathy” phase of Professor Tyler’s definition of democracy, with some forty percent of the nation’s population already having reached the “governmental dependency” phase.
If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal invaders called illegals and they vote, then we can say goodbye to the USA in fewer than five years.
If you are in favor of this, then by all means, delete this message.
If you are not, then pass this along to help everyone realize just how much is at stake, knowing that apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.
Dan, This article raises some interesting points. Professor Olson’s conclusion is certainly discouraging. Although we are facing numerous challenges as a nation, I am more optimistic than he is. We are a resilient people and our roots in a government by the people and for the people run deep. We need to hold President Obama and the national House and Senate leadership accountable. It is up to us Republicans to study the issues and educate the electorate about the path to socialism the President is leading us. We need new leadership in Washington (and Lansing). The November 2010 election is crucial.