* Everybody was yakking yesterday about Gov. Rauner’s new “Unholy union” ad featuring a wedding ceremony between Speaker Madigan and JB Pritzker. This is a screen capture from US Rep. Peter Roskam’s new ad slamming his opponent Sean Casten…
Everybody’s getting into the act.
* And check this out. A buddy took this with his phone. The Roskam ad ran immediately after the Rauner ad this morning…
Beyond President Donald Trump and almost every issue they were asked about, Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam and Democratic challenger Sean Casten during their latest debate also clashed over a sex columnist.
In Monday night’s WTTW forum, Roskam referenced a recent Wall Street Journal story in which Casten cites sex columnist Dan Savage when asked to name a leader who inspires him.
“He bound himself to some people who were advocating political blackmail and political slander,” Roskam said of Casten during Monday’s debate. “And I think he should distance himself from these people.”
Casten didn’t back away from the comments.
“The person I embraced … is Dan Savage, who has been a voice for the LGBT community and particularly for the It Gets Better Project of teens who were considering suicide,” Casten said. “Mr. Roskam has been a horrible advocate for that community, and maybe he doesn’t like that I support them, but I do.”
We’re at peak something right now. I just don’t know what it is.
I think the rabid nature and lack of facts in the gop ads I have seen lately should make the moderate/ independent republican embarrassed to vote for those candidates.
It is sad
1800 election did not have social media pumping ads to the masses. As the founders all agreed upon, this new government requires an educated electorate
We’ve seen the President of the United States take rhetoric down the despicable path and it worked for him. Others are trying to mimic those disgusting displays to see if it works for them too. Unfortunately Rauner is in Illinois. A good majority of Illinois voters despise the President. That sort of nonsense won’t work here.
I wish I could believe that this has crested. Like mad generals with new weapons, it seems like campaigns have discovered some new toys with which they’ve only begun playing.
It’s extremely revealing that Roskam, after a decade in DC and authoring the tax giveaway to the wealthiest, is running Madigan ads and talking about Dan Savage.
The GOP agenda is so unpopular, they’ll do anything to change the subject, no matter how ridiculous or far fetched.
The ability of trump to get away w/ nothing but lies and fear and dog whistles is the only thing that is trickling down. Once something works, every campaign consultant copies it and the race to the bottom is on.
- PublicServant - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 10:24 am:
I think Friedman said it best regarding what to do about reaching this point in politics:
“One day I hope the truth will be enough again. One day I hope great journalism will be enough again. But today only a lever of power — the House or the Senate — will make it so. Facts, science and truth — without power — are just leaves floating through the air in the age of Trump, scattering aimlessly without impact.
So, this year: No third party, no Green Party, no throwing up our hands and saying, “They’re all bad.” All of that’s for another day. For today, in these midterm elections, vote for a Democrat, canvass for a Democrat, raise money for a Democrat, drive someone else to a voting station to vote for a Democrat. It’s the only hope to make America America again.
I don’t know about that, it sure seems like we are getting there. Robber barons using their money to get all the benefits, bought and paid for press, saying absolutely anything that comes to mind.
anon 11:21—-I refer you to such things as the unemplotment %, the new trade deal with Canada & Mexico, the low jobless claims, ISIS, the talks with heads of nations, etc.
==Demo, what are your thoughts about Maxine Waters behavior and the dems antics with the Kavanaugh debacle?==
lol. There’s always a victim in the crowd. If we were talking about that I would have had an opinion. But we weren’t. You’re one of those “yeah, but” argument people.
- Christopher - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 9:21 am:
I think Casten explained why he was inspired by Dan Savage quite well. Roskam is going for the hysterics.
- RNUG - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 9:25 am:
== We’re at peak something right now. ==
Maybe a new low point for modern times.
But we haven’t reached 1800’s depths yet.
- Arsenal - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 9:27 am:
Peak Flailing Incumbents Getting Desperate and Losing the Bead?
- dbk - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 9:30 am:
How about “peak awful,” which is exactly how these ads and this atmosphere make me feel.
- Shark Sandwich - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 9:32 am:
You’d think since the Santorum thing the GOP would avoid anything at all to do with Dan Savage like the plague.
- wordslinger - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 9:32 am:
I’m trying to keep my scorecard straight: we now know that Madigan is a bigamist (at least), being married to Shirley and Pritzker.
Did he marry Casten, too, making him a polygamist? Or are they just stepping out together on the down-low as a “corruption couple?”
Who knew the little fella had it in him? What’s his favorite kind of apple, again?
- Publius - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 9:34 am:
I think the rabid nature and lack of facts in the gop ads I have seen lately should make the moderate/ independent republican embarrassed to vote for those candidates.
It is sad
1800 election did not have social media pumping ads to the masses. As the founders all agreed upon, this new government requires an educated electorate
- Demoralized - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 9:45 am:
We’ve seen the President of the United States take rhetoric down the despicable path and it worked for him. Others are trying to mimic those disgusting displays to see if it works for them too. Unfortunately Rauner is in Illinois. A good majority of Illinois voters despise the President. That sort of nonsense won’t work here.
- Northsider - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 9:46 am:
==”As the founders all agreed upon, this new government requires an educated electorate“== (emphasis added)
Rauner’s right: we’re F’ed.
- @misterjayem - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 9:53 am:
“We’re at peak something right now.”
I wish I could believe that this has crested. Like mad generals with new weapons, it seems like campaigns have discovered some new toys with which they’ve only begun playing.
– MrJM
- slow down - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 9:53 am:
It’s extremely revealing that Roskam, after a decade in DC and authoring the tax giveaway to the wealthiest, is running Madigan ads and talking about Dan Savage.
The GOP agenda is so unpopular, they’ll do anything to change the subject, no matter how ridiculous or far fetched.
- Flapdoodle - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 10:00 am:
Rich, we may well be at the peak of something, but it sure feels like we’re wallowing in something that runs downhill
- d.p.gumby - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 10:05 am:
The ability of trump to get away w/ nothing but lies and fear and dog whistles is the only thing that is trickling down. Once something works, every campaign consultant copies it and the race to the bottom is on.
- PublicServant - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 10:24 am:
I think Friedman said it best regarding what to do about reaching this point in politics:
“One day I hope the truth will be enough again. One day I hope great journalism will be enough again. But today only a lever of power — the House or the Senate — will make it so. Facts, science and truth — without power — are just leaves floating through the air in the age of Trump, scattering aimlessly without impact.
So, this year: No third party, no Green Party, no throwing up our hands and saying, “They’re all bad.” All of that’s for another day. For today, in these midterm elections, vote for a Democrat, canvass for a Democrat, raise money for a Democrat, drive someone else to a voting station to vote for a Democrat. It’s the only hope to make America America again.
Nothing else matters. Pass it on.”
- Thomas Friedman
NYT Columnist
10/24/2018
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 10:34 am:
== We’re at peak something right now. I just don’t know what it is.==
I call it “Nuts is the new normal.”
- JS Mill - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 10:44 am:
=But we haven’t reached 1800’s depths yet.=
I don’t know about that, it sure seems like we are getting there. Robber barons using their money to get all the benefits, bought and paid for press, saying absolutely anything that comes to mind.
Seems like the 19th century.
Casten did a great job by the way.
- Pick a Name - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 11:06 am:
Demo, what are your thoughts about Maxine Waters behavior and the dems antics with the Kavanaugh debacle?
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 11:21 am:
Pick a Name-what are your thoughts about how the GOP has morphed into a combination of the Know-nothings and the Dixiecrats?
- cdog - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 11:22 am:
Peak disrespect for an opposing opinion or political viewpoint.
One of the kick off events was when dozens in the losing party chose not to attend the POTUS Inauguration.
- Pick a Name - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 11:47 am:
anon 11:21—-I refer you to such things as the unemplotment %, the new trade deal with Canada & Mexico, the low jobless claims, ISIS, the talks with heads of nations, etc.
Need I go on? Oh yeah, you need to pick a name.
- MickJ - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 12:07 pm:
Pick -now that we are having a friendly chat, what do you think about whataboutism?
- Demoralized - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 12:14 pm:
==Demo, what are your thoughts about Maxine Waters behavior and the dems antics with the Kavanaugh debacle?==
lol. There’s always a victim in the crowd. If we were talking about that I would have had an opinion. But we weren’t. You’re one of those “yeah, but” argument people.
- Demoralized - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 12:15 pm:
==talks with heads of nations==
The heads of nations think the President is a joke. But if that’s what you want in a President . . .
- Duopoly - Wednesday, Oct 24, 18 @ 1:00 pm:
=I think Casten explained why he was inspired by Dan Savage quite well. Roskam is going for the hysterics. =
Roskam should explain why he was inspired by Denny Hastert.