tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post1301665356605171084..comments2024-03-28T06:28:54.708-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Why isn’t Darren Bailey ashamed?Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-79981752869413387492022-07-01T22:37:23.887-05:002022-07-01T22:37:23.887-05:00take a well deserved bow Neil. Look at what you wr...take a well deserved bow Neil. Look at what you wrought. Again, take a bow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-90800958799785315582022-07-01T17:56:35.853-05:002022-07-01T17:56:35.853-05:00I hope JB is right. I certainly don't want to...I hope JB is right. I certainly don't want to see this guy win. But you saw the woman Trump came in to endorse won quite big. Illinois is much different downstate than around Chicago. I do think JB is a decent politician. He does know how to win. I hope he gets this one right.Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406704590565406630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-91158262548147846322022-07-01T12:14:04.234-05:002022-07-01T12:14:04.234-05:00"Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury is know..."Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury is known for the burning of books in a dystopian future, to protect people from having bad thoughts. It's more than that though. One of the sequences in the book has a fake election between a handsome articulate man, versus a seedy looking man with a bad haircut who mumbles nonsense and picks his noise during a televised debate. The citizens are left with the illusion that they participated in a free and open election. Now it seems Pritzker read this book and didn't consider it a warning but used it as an instruction manual. By funding the worst possible candidate Hubert Hoag no wait I mean <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/29/democrats-stop-funding-right-wing-candidates/" rel="nofollow">Darren Bailey</a>, he set himself up as the best candidate. Now know I have a lot of hatred for Darren Bailey, enough to last at least two minutes, feel free to join me. Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157600812959885192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-45755642225355055742022-07-01T12:10:25.496-05:002022-07-01T12:10:25.496-05:00"Any strategy can backfire." Indeed. I..."Any strategy can backfire." Indeed. I recall in 2016, I was very concerned about Hillary's vulnerability in the election, primarily because of the quarter-century campaign that Republicans had conducted to demonize her and her husband. Especially after the "grab 'em by the pussy" tape came out, I was kinda relieved, thinking that the Biggest Loser was one guy who was so repellent that even misguided Americans would manage to choose Hillary over him. Though, at the same time, I also realized what a risky proposition it was -- yes, having the orange guy as her opponent should have assured her election, but what if, heaven forbid, he should "win"? <br /><br />Fast forward to today, and it's devastating to realize how vastly different things might look if the Electoral College had not enabled the least qualified, most mendacious charlatan imaginable to select 3 Supreme Court justices. Truly, an American tragedy. Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-24163049208120017022022-07-01T11:02:37.209-05:002022-07-01T11:02:37.209-05:00Given the utter hardball the Republicans are playi...Given the utter hardball the Republicans are playing, I think the Dem gambit of boosting Bailey because he's an — in theory — unelectable zealot is a sound one. Any strategy can backfire.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-18608717322667518422022-07-01T10:58:46.731-05:002022-07-01T10:58:46.731-05:00Why isn't he ashamed? Perhaps because when yo...Why isn't he ashamed? Perhaps because when you're a member of a cult, such as Cult 45, clear thinking and self-awareness aren't really part of the program. Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-59227082798502885472022-07-01T10:09:51.546-05:002022-07-01T10:09:51.546-05:00When I first began reading EGD each morning, I qui...When I first began reading EGD each morning, I quickly learned that "To continue reading, click here" interrupting the column meant that it would be in the Sun-Times that day for everyone to see, and not just us acolytes. Thus it was tremendously satisfying to see that jump this morning in particular. I don't doubt his talent for growing corn, but I wish he'd stay there, and realize that his skill at growing vegetables does not qualify him for higher office.<br /><br />I do have one other thought on that: assuming that Darren Bailey makes the rounds of meeting with editors of the major dailies, will you be invited to sit in? I have this vision of a Bailey aide interrupting your line of questioning: "Objection! Argumentative!"Andynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-22807939303400745522022-07-01T09:15:18.829-05:002022-07-01T09:15:18.829-05:00Question is why aren’t the Illinois Republicans wh...Question is why aren’t the Illinois Republicans who voted for him ashamed.<br />Oh but at least he’s not Black like Irvin. I guess that’s all that matters to Illinois R’s. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-35735568707212865152022-07-01T08:20:00.463-05:002022-07-01T08:20:00.463-05:00I think Bailey could legitimately criticize Pryztk...I think Bailey could legitimately criticize Pryztker for spending millions of dollars to make sure that he, Bailey, would be his opponent in the general election. That's so Madiganlike. But I doubt that Bailey will raise the subject, even though the pundits have already done so, wrinkling their mighty brows in disfavor. Let's hope the strategy doesn't backfire.<br /><br />john<br /><br />Johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-474336261967369162022-07-01T00:41:02.385-05:002022-07-01T00:41:02.385-05:00Bailey will never be ashamed of his wretched belie...Bailey will never be ashamed of his wretched beliefs, as he's proud to be an asshole! He just doesn't know he's an asshole! He thinks he's a saint, bringing religion & saving to the uneducated masses. <br />When Pritzker crushes him in November, I can't wait to hear his unapologetic concession speech, where he blames everyone else in Illinois for his loss, except himself & his hatred of all that's good!<br />Of course that also means listening to that horrendous, high pitched twang of his, which makes fingernails on a blackboard sound pleasant!Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-80949957396901686752022-07-01T00:39:37.491-05:002022-07-01T00:39:37.491-05:00Bailey and his followers are frightening!
Bailey and his followers are frightening!<br />privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18413982311699012802noreply@blogger.com