Why in the world would MJ Hawkeye post a blog on Bobby Schilling? It's an easy answer. The newly elected congressman from western Illinois has made this old man proud. Bobby was a student of mine in 1981. He earned a solid B grade in my American History class. He also was a wide receiver on our state-playoff football team at a parochial high school in Rock Island, Illinois.
He's come a long way since those days. This may read weird but he started out as a union steward for a paper company then was a union organizer for an an insurance firm as well as one of their top salesman. A few years ago Bobby and his wife of 24 years along with their ten children decided to open their own business, a pizzeria, in Moline, Illinois.
Jump forward to the summer of 2010. The Representative from Bobby's district, a liberal Democrat named Phil Hare uttered these words to the news world: "We don't care what the Constitution says. We're(Democrat controlled congress) going to do what we want anyway".
If you concentrate on the map of Bobby's district notice the irregularities. It was gerrymandered over the years to make certain the Democrats maintained control. It is a blue collar district. Guess what? Bobby defeated Hare by 15% points. Schilling is a staunch conservative. He has promised to serve no more than three terms and he's out.
The Illinois legislature has made it their top priority to gerrymander again to make certain Bobby is a one term guy. If it happens so be it. Bobby and the people of Illinois' district 17 have made their point. Besides, the Ohio legislature has promised to do the same with Dennis Kucinich. Wouldn't that be a wonderful thing?
Personally, I couldn't be more proud of any of my students than I am of Bobby; Pro-life, Pro-gun, term limits, conservatism. I wish I'd known what he was going to do in life thirty years ago. I'd have floated him an A.
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