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* An anti-IRS protester in Downers Grove. Video courtesy of Jack Roeser’s Champion News Online…
posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 2:51 pm
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I agree with anything she says.
Comment by phocion Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 2:54 pm
Nice set of signs!
Comment by Good to look at! Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 2:56 pm
To wife: “Sorry honey, I also missed what that sign said. Maybe I should turn around and drive by again”
Comment by Joe M Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 2:56 pm
There was a sign?
Comment by Norseman Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 2:56 pm
Wonder Why WhackyJack put DeadBeatJoe’s chief of staff out on the street like that?
Comment by CircularFiringSquad Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 2:59 pm
I am not sure what she said but for some reason I am resigning as a Hyde Park progressive and becoming a DuPage tea partier. Not sure how that happened.
Comment by wndycty Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 2:59 pm
There’s a piece of fashion advice involving colors that I once read a female rock star (well, in some quarters) repeat, followed by the statement “this is life changing information.” The advice would fit here.
Comment by lake county democrat Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 2:59 pm
I like her pair of talking points…
Comment by Vote Quimby! Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 2:59 pm
I think I’m gonna regret posting this.
Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:01 pm
Nice 10W40s
Comment by Abe Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:01 pm
I mean, it’s encouraging to see young voters becoming involved in the democratic process….
Comment by Vote Quimby! Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:01 pm
Actually, I know I’m gonna regret posting this.
Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:01 pm
My goodness this borders on the President’s “admiration” of the California Attorney General. Unless she is an actress, which I suspect she is, she represents a demographic shift for the usual Roeser follower.
Comment by Mongo Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:02 pm
Your not taking my capitol gains
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:03 pm
Those are a pair of very pursuasive arguments in support of whatever the heck she was talking about.
Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:04 pm
I guarantee this will be the most-viewed CapFAx post today….this week….this month…
Comment by Vote Quimby! Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:04 pm
Rich,
Yeah … but us commentators are enjoying the diversion
Comment by RNUG Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:05 pm
Yeah, I’m going to have to watch this again. And probably again.
Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:06 pm
Always prescient and a big fan of The Capitol Fax, President Obama years ago ordered the IRS to scrutinize Tea Party 501c4 applications just so Rich would eventually post this video.
Comment by Quizzical Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:09 pm
On the bright side, I think Bruce Rauner just found his running mate.
Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:12 pm
What’s that line about big guns?
Comment by DuPage Moderate Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:15 pm
I was expecting Oscar.
Instead we got a pair of puppies.
Comment by RNUG Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:17 pm
Well, she certainly knows how to reveal a, um, point of view that is clearly viewed by truck drivers as positive. The interviewer’s chuckle at the end is classic.
Comment by ummmm Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:18 pm
===On the bright side, I think Bruce Rauner just found his running mate===
LOL
Comment by Boone's is Back Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:20 pm
She had two well rounded arguments, and something written on a sign.
Comment by How Ironic Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:22 pm
May Issue or Shall Issue?
Comment by Mr. Wonderful Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:22 pm
What signs?
Comment by TCB12 Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:23 pm
…get it? She’s hot.
Comment by Mr. Jim Lahey Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:23 pm
lol Is this the male version of “upper body strength?”
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:24 pm
Really thought this blog was better than headlights jokes just because the person expressing a political opinion happens to be a female. Guess its not?
Comment by hisgirlfriday Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:25 pm
===was better than headlights jokes===
Which is why I immediately regretted this post. Too late now I suppose.
Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:27 pm
God Bless America !
Comment by NWSideGOP Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:28 pm
If Quinn had used Sqeezums instead of Squeezy in his campaign, we’d have had pension reform by now.
Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:29 pm
Any chance on getting her to show up at the pension debate in Springfield?
Comment by East Central Illinois Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:30 pm
HisGirl,
Were you actually expecting maturity here? Have you ever read any of the CC threads?
Comment by HenryVK Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:34 pm
=== Really thought this blog was better than headlights jokes just because the person expressing a political opinion happens to be a female. Guess its not? ===
There are not “headlights” jokes just because the person expressing a political opinion happens to be a woman… There are many women that wouldn’t have elicited this response.
Comment by Fred's Mustache Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:36 pm
Umm, bookmarked.
Comment by TCB12 Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:36 pm
===Have you ever read any of the CC threads? ===
Good point!
Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:38 pm
She certainly shattered that stereotype of what a Tea Partier looks like!
Comment by Louis G. Atsaves Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:38 pm
@rich - actually I appreciate you posting it as it serves as a reminder of why so few women run for office. /soapbox off
Comment by hisgirlfriday Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:39 pm
===/soapbox off ===
No need to get off the soapbox.
Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:40 pm
=There are many women that wouldn’t have elicited this response.=
You’re absolutely right, Mustache. I’ll bet she’s a Republican; possibly a young Conservative. (Should I add “Sorry, guys?)
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:40 pm
Rich is just upset because he has a bigger rack than the woman in this video.
Comment by Hot or not Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:41 pm
How I know you’re parroting (knowingly or not) talking points? Use the phrase “infringing on our rights.”
Comment by Walter Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:43 pm
= actually I appreciate you posting it as it serves as a reminder of why so few women run for office.=
Actually, many of the beautiful, confident women I know wouldn’t allow crass or borderline-crass comments to get in their way. They’d acknowledge the remark as a compliment and move forward.
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:44 pm
Did the IRS pay for those? She just increased the IRS’ favorability rating by tenfold.
Comment by Demoralized Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:47 pm
hisgirlfriday @ 3:25 pm:
It’s also a chance to tweak Rich for a momentary lapse … he knows his commentators are merciless and it’s not often Rich leaves himself open.
Comment by RNUG Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:48 pm
I doubt Harry Reid would have stood much of a chance against this Tea Partier.
Comment by Jorge Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:48 pm
And, their female friends–who can appreciate beauty in addition to their values, would fully support them in their run for office, rather than making them, or trying to position them as, “victims.”
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:49 pm
Oh goodness. Am I the only person who finds it amazingly coincidental that this conservative videographer managed to find this young woman who (although charming and attractive) seems to know very little about this issue, but who had a lovely figure and was wearing a shirt that made her figure far more noticeable than her message?
Comment by soccermom Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:51 pm
===but who had a lovely figure and was wearing a shirt that made her figure far more noticeable than her message? ===
I think that was the whole point.
Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:53 pm
= Am I the only person who finds it amazingly coincidental that this conservative videographer managed to find this young woman who (although charming and attractive) seems to know very little about this issue….=
She’s young and possibly distracted by the fact that she’s being interviewed, soccerman. Either way, give her time.
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:57 pm
Message??? There was a message??? Guess I’m gonna have to view the video again (sigh)
Comment by East Central Illinois Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:57 pm
Glad she’s active. Maybe she’ll eventually learn the details of what she’s protesting.
Comment by walkinfool Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:58 pm
===I think that was the whole point.
And the framing that barely ever got the whole sign in, but never didn’t have her figure. While I understand the humor, it kinda says a lot about a supposedly pro-family group using this. And that’s really funny.
Comment by ArchPundit Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:59 pm
===I think that was the whole point.===
Just to test that theory, I watched it again with the sound off. I’m pretty sure that Rich is correct, but I may need to watch it again to be really sure.
Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 3:59 pm
Nice to see Mrs. Schafly back on the front lines.
The message on the sign is lost on me. Is that some sort of Tea Party code?
Comment by wordslinger Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 4:02 pm
there’s no way someone with a pair like that should be allowed to expect to be taken seriously based on what she has to say. What do you say, guys, start ignoring what comes out of ladies’ mouths because oh-my-god-they’re-so-hot after they reach a B cup? a C cup? depends on the face?
(we are all responsible for a culture that produced only 20 female senators in effing 2012. if you think your harmless comments aren’t part of a structural problem, you’re wrong)
Comment by ugggghhhhh Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 4:06 pm
soccermom @ 3:51 pm:
I’m sure this spokesperson’s appearance had absolutely nothing to do with the choice of who got filmed at this protest. /snark off
Comment by RNUG Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 4:07 pm
She is not just another dizzy girl. She told me she aspires to be like Sarah Palin.
Comment by Joe M Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 4:08 pm
@ Ugggghhhhhhh ” . . . comments aren’t part of a structural problem . . . ”
I see no structural problem what so ever - - at least in the video
Comment by East Central Illinois Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 4:10 pm
Well Rich at least it’s not another pic of Oscar.
Comment by Give Me A Break Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 4:11 pm
When the video does manage to get the whole sign on the screen, all it says is “SIT DOWN, SHUT UP, OR ELSE” … and then “IRS” in tiny print in the bottom corner. I find it pretty unlikely that any of the passing drivers had any idea what message she was trying to convey based on that sign. But they seemed to appreciate her presence none the less.
Comment by drew Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 4:16 pm
Uughh,
You seem to believe that there is some inherent contradiction between taking her seriously and admiring her appearance.
Why not both?
What’s wrong with “I appreciate her message and the appreciate the way she looks while delivering the message”?
Comment by HenryVK Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 4:17 pm
If she runs for Guv, Lisa is done. She is just as articulate, and well, looks do matter!
…From the AP…Quinn announces his running mate for 2014…IRS girl!
Reuters projects Quinn re-elected in a landslide!
Comment by the Patriot Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 4:19 pm
And I’m sure that men will immediately stop being attracted to attractive women, if only their appearance was never mentioned.
Comment by drew Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 4:20 pm
Dual status taxpayer with capital assets
Comment by Joe M Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 4:22 pm
Sure beats another puppy video.
Comment by Anon Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 4:25 pm
Sign me up for the tea partaaaaa!
Comment by Publius Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 4:26 pm
Nice post Rich.
Comment by Keyser Soze Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 4:29 pm
Bet their hits are up today…
Comment by OneMan Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 4:31 pm
“It’s misleading to suppose there’s any basic difference between education & entertainment. This distinction merely relieves people of the responsibility of looking into the matter.” — Marshall McLuhan (1957)
Comment by MrJM Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 4:32 pm
==•Sure beats another puppy video===
Lay off the puppy.
Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 4:32 pm
and Roeser gets yet ANOTHER govt. contract …brilliant
Comment by railrat Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 4:44 pm
==What’s wrong with “I appreciate her message and the appreciate the way she looks while delivering the message”?==
I’d love to agree, but let’s be honest, that’s a completely moot point. Who on this blog is appreciating/commenting on her message? Or even, I don’t know, really paying attention to it?
This is just a chance for the good old boys to be good old boys. Welcome to politics.
I suppose I’m just a little disappointed in a blog that constantly says to “keep it clean”, but then allows rampant sexist commentary just because it’s directed at an attractive woman.
Comment by Anon Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 4:46 pm
Rich, you threw out the red meat today.
The Archie Bunkers and the Gloria Steinems all had their say. Enjoyed the posts even more than the video.
Steak Tartare for everyone.
Comment by Jake from Elwood Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 5:00 pm
Oy. Lowest common denominator this afternoon.
For the record, Dem girls can put a coherent sentence together AND wear a tank top at the same time. Just sayin…
Comment by Centennial Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 5:07 pm
=For the record, Dem girls can put a coherent sentence together AND wear a tank top at the same time.=
Good for you!
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 5:15 pm
Oh, it wasn’t clear that there was a whole “protest,” given that there was nobody else in the frame. Not to get all communications-y, but if you’re going to use a young woman with a large chest to draw attention to your cause, it would be useful to include some information about that cause on your “news” channel?
Comment by soccermom Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 5:26 pm
Nevermind the odd woman in the video — who seems unsure of why she’s there yet strangely thrilled at the honking.
I’m bothered by the intolerance of the message. Sit down and shut up? Bizarre.
Comment by Anon Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 5:36 pm
If you’re digging for information pertaining to a specific timeline, soccermom, I can’t help you there. I’m certainly not going to make silly assumptions about a timeline, or whether this is part of a formal messaging campaign–or use your comment as an opportunity to toss out a catty remark about anyone.
Right now, it is what it is: a beautiful, young woman peacefully and lawfully doing what she believes is right.
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 5:37 pm
As best she knows how at this stage of her life, Anon.
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 5:39 pm
Well, she’s certainly a more appealing spokesperson for the Tea Party than Joe Walsh.
Comment by Big D Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 5:40 pm
With or without her, the Tea Party is still goofy.
In other news, Police in the area are looking for a middle-aged man in a minivan with license plate OSWGOWLY after the subject vehicle nearly hit a school bus while ah, observing the protest.
Comment by Arthur Andersen Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 5:58 pm
Keep the Oscar stuff coming, Rich! He has many fans out here, but you know that lol
Comment by Arthur Andersen Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 6:03 pm
Well, thank goodness he missed the bus and wasn’t driving it, AA.
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 6:07 pm
See, how did I get dragged into this?
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 6:08 pm
It’s to help build character–as if you need any more.
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 6:11 pm
I think she’s protesting the pole tax.
Comment by Casual Observer Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 6:14 pm
Willy, I took care of it. I called and told them that if it was you, you were doing con$ulting work for a Lt. Gov. candidate.
Comment by Arthur Andersen Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 6:22 pm
I put the whole thing on my hard drive to be remastered into 3D…
Comment by Mouthy Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 6:31 pm
Oh, AA? Is Jason running for Lt. Gov. again? That might actually do Willy some good. Hmmmm.
;)
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 6:31 pm
Mouthy, how long did it take you to come up with that one?
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 6:35 pm
I really don’t expect an answer.
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 6:37 pm
Woops! Missed one:
=Nevermind the odd woman in the video — who seems unsure of why she’s there yet strangely thrilled at the honking. =
You have a problem with that one, Anon?
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 6:51 pm
I am struck by how many Anonymice there are on this one…
Comment by Yossarian Lives Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 6:54 pm
Oh, we’re everywhere…lucky you.
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, May 23, 13 @ 6:56 pm