Former House Republican leader Tom Cross moderates a City Club of Chicago panel featuring former state GOP chairman Pat Brady and conservative radio host Dan Proft.
Those two guys really do not like each other.
…Adding… House Republican Leader Jim Durkin is listed as an event sponsor. You’ll recall that Proft spent a fortune against Durkin in the March primary.
…Adding… The Pritzker campaign sent this out shortly before the program began…
Today, the JB Pritzker campaign released a new digital video, “Governor Without a Party,” highlighting Bruce Rauner’s fractured Republican party.
Months after barely winning the Republican primary, Rauner has stumbled from crisis to crisis, failing to unite his party behind his failed agenda. The new video features Rauner’s primary challenger, Jeanne Ives, attacking the governor for his failed leadership and reporters discussing the ongoing party rift.
“Bruce Rauner’s party is fractured beyond repair as he stumbles into a general election running on a record of crisis and damage,” said Pritzker campaign spokeswoman Jordan Abudayyeh. “It is clear to Illinoisans of all political stripes that Bruce Rauner is a failure, and it will take a lot more than desperate attempts to dodge accountability and shallow gestures towards unity to bring his party back together.”
“Why does Miller’s blog keep referring to the ILGOP as a ‘circular firing squad’?”
[watches video]
“Oh.”
– MrJM
- Louis G Atsaves - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 1:23 pm:
I am a Republican. Just finished watching this pie fight that could not even come close to Bozo’s Circus, The Three Stooges or Laurel and Hardy. Neither Proft nor Brady speak for me. Thankfully.
Brady says party was great, especially when he led it, and extremes are bad for party, goes after Proft.
Proft retorts, talks working for Daniels as Speaker, talks Colson, need to stand for something.
Hilarity ensues.
They attack each other, neither sees other as partner, but needed partner, but the other needs to get in line… F-Bomb… Trunp isn’t all bad, Rauner is/isn’t an anchor on ILGOP… future leaders… can’t agree on who is what… they both like Harold… Chicago ceded, Proft blames Brady and his… Proft can’t see any of his wanting to run in Chicago either…
No hand shake… “who won the raffle”… party not unified…
===The Future of the Republican Party in Illinois.===
Let’s get ready to crumble.
- Da Big Bad Wolf - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 2:23 pm:
Oh how much the victim Profit suffers at 48:20 And 1:00:53. And of course he’s ridiculed by the Marxist left. Who advertises on his show? The makers of self-flagellation accessories?
Just Sayin’ has summarized it perfectly. Brady’s hypocrisy is unbelievable. And Brady said he never said anything about wanting Proft out of the party. Ummm, did he see himself on WGN news the night of the election? Maybe Rauner should make Brady apologize for what he said that night and subsequently about conservatives and Ives supporters.
Too bad City Club doesn’t have a review section on their website:
*10/10. Would recommend for everyone age 18+. Planning to purchase PPV access for rematch.
Someone wanna tell me the time marker of Proft cussing? I don’t want to risk the damage to my brain that watching this thing in its entirety would cause.
… Proft getting so rattled he dropped an F-Bomb surprised me.
It really, honestly, truthfully, no snark, did.
For the love of Pete… how can you lose control so badly that as a professional speaker on radio, a guest speaker, a speech giver… you mix it up in a forum like that… and can’t control your own language?
C’mon, Proft. You’re better than that.
- ste_with a v_en - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 3:51 pm:
I would say Brady “won” in that Dan Proft could not contain his anger, dropping an F bomb and “pound sand.” I did find it interesting when it came to states that we could model after, Brady picked MA and Dan picked FL.
At the very least, you have to admire the passion. Amazing that there are actually issues that can bring these folks together. What will it take for them to see it?
Proft swearing is what gave the debate to Brady. His F bomb and pound sand comment just shows how much hate the man has for anyone who disagrees with him. But what was even more childish,is when he threatened Brady about disclosing stories he told on the golf course. It just showed what a snake he really is. It also showed how filled of hate the likes of Proft and people like Ives are.
- People Over Parties - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:19 pm:
Proft weakened himself by getting so worked up about everything. The greatest tragedy of the principles he espouses is that they have yet to find an effective salesman, one that doesn’t sound like a complete lunatic to the middle voter.
Long Time R - I thought quite the opposite. As someone else mentioned, did anyone see Brady the night of the election and his disgust for Proft and the Ives followers? If anyone is filled with hate, it is Brady. All he does is go after Proft time after time after time. It’s like Rauner with Madigan. Proft must be so tired of defending himself.
- People Over Parties - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:24 pm:
To add, Proft still doesn’t understand what was wrong with the transgender bathroom ad. This is just more proof that he simply doesn’t get it when it comes to understanding the electorate and creating a winning strategy from it. He lacks voter empathy, at least to the voters that decide elections in IL.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 11:47 am:
First, Pat Brady Rules.
Second, Tom Cross moderates.
Third, Proft gets both Brady and Cross on a stage to have snide remarks be heard.
I’m “all-in” on this.
- wordslinger - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 11:57 am:
Is this a follow-up to the state GOP unity meeting?
Wait-and-see, but I’m wondering who thought this was a good idea? Maybe they’ll play nice — but I doubt it.
- Chris P. Bacon - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 11:58 am:
Republicans can just take a page from George Costanza. Take whatever those proven losers say, and do the opposite. #Winning
- hot chocolate - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 12:02 pm:
I wish they would have made it a “retirement match”. Loser of the debate has to pack it in forever. Winners: all of us.
- VanillaMan - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 12:03 pm:
All they need to do is tape that “Kick Me” sign to Dan’s back and Pat can pretend to be shocked.
- Whatever - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 12:07 pm:
Another shameless bid for self-promotion for both Dan and Pat. The audience will learn nothing, except for how smart each man thinks he is.
- Jake From Elwood - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 12:07 pm:
All we need is Joe Walsh to fire off misguided one-liners.
- Terzikian - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 12:09 pm:
Still not as much fun as the Cassidy-
Madigan throw down.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 12:11 pm:
My question, with Cross moderating…
“Who is the better golfer?”
You’d think the newly unified ILGOP (Rauner, Inc, LLC) would try to stop this from getting this far.
They think Proft won’t go after Cross too?
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 12:13 pm:
===House Republican Leader Jim Durkin is listed as an event sponsor. You’ll recall that Proft spent a fortune against Durkin in the March primary.===
(Frantically clears calendar for the entire day)
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 12:18 pm:
It’s almost like they all did this for me…
In the end, between Brady and Proft, moderated by Cross… I’m rooting for Durkin (exclamation mark)
- 47th Ward - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 12:36 pm:
Pass the popcorn.
- see ya - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 12:42 pm:
Dan Proft is fine with anyone as long as he is getting paid. Is Uline paying for this bout too? Did Dan approach Pat? Tell me another story.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 12:42 pm:
Cross asking… who is the coalition for the GOP…
A good question.
- Chris P. Bacon - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 12:43 pm:
Pat Brady who constantly bashes the President of the United States in Chicago media is preaching unity. What a joke.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 12:45 pm:
Brady doesn’t understand that he’s hurting Rauner.
Proft is burning down the house… he doesn’t care.
About what I’ve expected.
- 47th Ward - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 12:45 pm:
===Cross asking===
And neither is answering. And Cross must have swallowed his whistle since they are blathering on as if there is no moderator.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 12:51 pm:
===And neither is answering. And Cross must have swallowed his whistle since they are blathering on as if there is no moderator.===
This is the ILGOP now.
- Anonymous - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 1:01 pm:
This is the new GOP. Sad.
- 47th Ward - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 1:02 pm:
===This is the ILGOP now.===
What an embarrassing pie fight.
You can almost feel the unity…or something.
- Jack - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 1:02 pm:
Tom Demmer is going to be President of the United States one day.
Bad, bad take.
- Jake From Elwood - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 1:02 pm:
The F bomb just dropped.
Classy.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 1:04 pm:
Demmer? Hmm…
Andersson? Yep.
Demmer? Hmm…
Brady won, Proft goes F-Bomb… not a good look.
- Near West side - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 1:06 pm:
Proft will now contribute more to the swear bar than the ILGOP
- @misterjayem - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 1:10 pm:
“The Left will never stop until they conquer us.”
Dan’s faith in the single-mindedness of the Left is unmerited.
– MrJM
- 47th Ward - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 1:14 pm:
Who won the drawing?
- @misterjayem - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 1:16 pm:
“You don’t know what the [banned word] you’re talking about[banned punctuation]”
A sure sign of someone who knows what he’s talking about.
– MrJM
- Whatever - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 1:16 pm:
Disgraceful — a childish, uninformed, petulant debate. No wonder the IL GOP is a mess. Dan and Pat are doing the party no favors.
- thunderspirit - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 1:17 pm:
== “The Left will never stop until they conquer us.”
Dan’s faith in the single-mindedness of the Left is unmerited. ==
We hold these truths to be self-evident.
- @misterjayem - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 1:19 pm:
“Why does Miller’s blog keep referring to the ILGOP as a ‘circular firing squad’?”
[watches video]
“Oh.”
– MrJM
- Louis G Atsaves - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 1:23 pm:
I am a Republican. Just finished watching this pie fight that could not even come close to Bozo’s Circus, The Three Stooges or Laurel and Hardy. Neither Proft nor Brady speak for me. Thankfully.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 1:24 pm:
Recap…
Brady says party was great, especially when he led it, and extremes are bad for party, goes after Proft.
Proft retorts, talks working for Daniels as Speaker, talks Colson, need to stand for something.
Hilarity ensues.
They attack each other, neither sees other as partner, but needed partner, but the other needs to get in line… F-Bomb… Trunp isn’t all bad, Rauner is/isn’t an anchor on ILGOP… future leaders… can’t agree on who is what… they both like Harold… Chicago ceded, Proft blames Brady and his… Proft can’t see any of his wanting to run in Chicago either…
No hand shake… “who won the raffle”… party not unified…
- wordslinger - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 1:26 pm:
–”The Left will never stop until they conquer us.”–
How exciting. Proft is playing for such high stakes, every day, manning the barricades to hold off the barbarians.
That’s much better for the self-image than being a kept-hack for a sugar daddy.
- Just Sayin' - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 1:55 pm:
Pat Brady lectures on unity & civility AT THE SAME TIME he’s ranting and taking nasty personal shots. Unbelievable hypocrisy.
- Just Sayin' - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 1:57 pm:
The City Club wanted a circus and they certainly got it when they invited 2 clowns.
- 47th Ward - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 2:18 pm:
===The Future of the Republican Party in Illinois.===
Let’s get ready to crumble.
- Da Big Bad Wolf - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 2:23 pm:
Oh how much the victim Profit suffers at 48:20 And 1:00:53. And of course he’s ridiculed by the Marxist left. Who advertises on his show? The makers of self-flagellation accessories?
- Anon49 - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 2:23 pm:
Just Sayin’ has summarized it perfectly. Brady’s hypocrisy is unbelievable. And Brady said he never said anything about wanting Proft out of the party. Ummm, did he see himself on WGN news the night of the election? Maybe Rauner should make Brady apologize for what he said that night and subsequently about conservatives and Ives supporters.
- Lester Holt’s Mustache - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 3:23 pm:
Too bad City Club doesn’t have a review section on their website:
*10/10. Would recommend for everyone age 18+. Planning to purchase PPV access for rematch.
- FDB - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 3:24 pm:
Someone wanna tell me the time marker of Proft cussing? I don’t want to risk the damage to my brain that watching this thing in its entirety would cause.
- Michael Westen - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 3:28 pm:
Well, there’s an hour of my life I’ll never get back.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 3:32 pm:
If I’m being at all honest…
… Proft getting so rattled he dropped an F-Bomb surprised me.
It really, honestly, truthfully, no snark, did.
For the love of Pete… how can you lose control so badly that as a professional speaker on radio, a guest speaker, a speech giver… you mix it up in a forum like that… and can’t control your own language?
C’mon, Proft. You’re better than that.
- ste_with a v_en - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 3:51 pm:
I would say Brady “won” in that Dan Proft could not contain his anger, dropping an F bomb and “pound sand.” I did find it interesting when it came to states that we could model after, Brady picked MA and Dan picked FL.
- Just Sayin' - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 3:56 pm:
Brady really petty hitting Proft re vote % received for gov. Same Brady who got in fistfight with opponent the 1 time he ran for public office
- Ben Gazzara - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:04 pm:
That’s much better for the self-image than being a kept-hack for a sugar daddy.
Wordslinger is now and always The Greatest. Least amount of words used to highest mic drop burn rate of any of the CF stalwarts.
- Ed Equity - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:12 pm:
At the very least, you have to admire the passion. Amazing that there are actually issues that can bring these folks together. What will it take for them to see it?
- Long Time R - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:13 pm:
Proft swearing is what gave the debate to Brady. His F bomb and pound sand comment just shows how much hate the man has for anyone who disagrees with him. But what was even more childish,is when he threatened Brady about disclosing stories he told on the golf course. It just showed what a snake he really is. It also showed how filled of hate the likes of Proft and people like Ives are.
- People Over Parties - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:19 pm:
Proft weakened himself by getting so worked up about everything. The greatest tragedy of the principles he espouses is that they have yet to find an effective salesman, one that doesn’t sound like a complete lunatic to the middle voter.
- Thatwasfun - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:21 pm:
Long Time R - I thought quite the opposite. As someone else mentioned, did anyone see Brady the night of the election and his disgust for Proft and the Ives followers? If anyone is filled with hate, it is Brady. All he does is go after Proft time after time after time. It’s like Rauner with Madigan. Proft must be so tired of defending himself.
- People Over Parties - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:24 pm:
To add, Proft still doesn’t understand what was wrong with the transgender bathroom ad. This is just more proof that he simply doesn’t get it when it comes to understanding the electorate and creating a winning strategy from it. He lacks voter empathy, at least to the voters that decide elections in IL.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:30 pm:
They don’t like each other… they barely respect each other, enough to navigate up around and thru each other.
It’s the Brady - Proft fractioning that might just save the ILGOP as a whole from Raunerism.
- Mad Brown - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 4:50 pm:
Oh Dan, maybe some decaf and a little yoga. Whew.
- @misterjayem - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 7:18 pm:
“C’mon, Proft. You’re better than that.”
Demonstrably untrue, Willy.
– MrJM
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 7:21 pm:
===Demonstrably untrue===
You’re right. That’s on me.
I like to think… if I hold Proft to a standard of actual societal normalcy… it reminds me his ways should never be considered the new norms.
I deserved that, thinking warped as I am.
- wordslinger - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 9:57 pm:
Willie, you have to remember that Proft has an audience of one. Pleasing Sugar Daddy Dick is his one and only objective.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, May 22, 18 @ 11:46 pm:
===…you have to remember that Proft has an audience of one.===
This is also a “my bad” moment, as Proft is first a grifter than an ideologue. In actuality, Proft said that himself.
I got caught up in the fight, without going back and realizing who is fighting for what, and the “who” on both sides is funding this.
This is on me.
- theCardinal - Wednesday, May 23, 18 @ 12:43 am:
So support the GOP candidate who has the most (verifiable ) principals