Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar » Irvin thwacks Bailey in another mailer for being a “liberal” who broke with Trump, Bailey releases video denouncing Irvin
* Background is here if you need it. This hit mailboxes earlier in the week…
* If he chopped this down to 30 seconds and had the money to put it on TV, it would probably work because the emotion comes through well…
* Transcript provided by the campaign…
Friends, let me be clear, Richard Irvin is a lying liberal who has voted Democrat in every major election. He is backed by the failed establishment and is afraid to say where he stands on protecting life, defending the second amendment, and every other important issue he’s not trying to mislead you about on TV.
No one in this world doubts I’m a true conservative. Every time there has been a tough fight, I’ve taken it on. While Irvin was hugging JB Pritzker and locking down his city and the others in this race were doing nothing, I was standing up and fighting JB Pritzker over his lockdowns to defend YOUR FREEDOMS.
I have prioritized working families and taxpayers over special interests, demanded election integrity, fought for life and the second amendment, and supported President Trump in EVERY election. I’ve always fought for our conservative principles.
In 2008, Conservative Rush Limbaugh, myself, and thousands of other Republicans helped bring chaos to the Democratic Primary to help Republicans in November.
They are now lying and trying to fool you because they are afraid of the movement we are building to win. I’m a lifelong Republican who has never supported a Democrat.
I’m always ready for the fight, and I’m not backing down. With your help, I will beat two Democrats in this Republican Primary and then fire JB Pritzker in November. It’s time to send the failed establishment packing and take back our party and state.
Join our movement, and together, we will reform Springfield and restore Illinois.
Still not fully buying that Operation Chaos explanation.
“I’m always ready for the fight, and I’m not backing down.”
Yeah, and not realizing people(like the DGA) are taking advantage of that personality weakness in you gets better by the day.
DGA started the ball rolling, and Bailey seems blissfully unaware he picked it up.
When the primary is over, each faction of the ILGOP is going to be so polarized against the other… well, I’m sure you all see how this will work out - even if Bailey can’t figure it out just yet.
Televangelists are only as strong as the TV towers that “spread the good news”…
What’s going to be fascinating, for me, isn’t this ridiculous amount of money, but… its use to define Bailey, define Irvin, redefine both, and the idea that this primary and its monies are being allocated in ways to get voters to see others as one wants them defined
Irvin’s own ads, Irvin is trying to redefine Mayor Irvin… and seek votes by “owning the libs”… all the while redefining The Apostle Darren Bailey as no better than “the libs” Irvin wants primary voters to own… by voting Irvin.
Meanwhile?
Meanwhile, moderate GOP voters that aren’t going to virtual tent revivals or looking forward to owning any libs are being neglected… and will it be too late to bring them in *anyone’s* fold as these defining campaigns aren’t about building coalitions…
… these redefinings are about “the aggrieved and angered”
It’s a primary that’s more about perception than substance, more about definition than recognition.
I’d say Irvin’s polling shows them in trouble given this line of attack. Clearly Bailey is the candidate best positioned to win the nomination, so he gets the “liberal” smear treatment.
Are Illinois GOP primary voters dumb enough to believe Bailey is a liberal? Griffin’s cash might be able to change some minds.
Who is to say Rabine doesn’t get that Trump endorsement?
That would make this all too interesting…
- Grandson of Man - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:39 pm:
Did Irvin vote for Trump? Not understanding why he’s attacking Bailey over his own weak point. The Bailey campaign hasn’t been very responsive, but this seems to have awakened him. Great response by Bailey. Not hard to understand anger at the phoniness, the Rauner 2.0 pushed by the establishment.
==I’d say Irvin’s polling shows them in trouble given this line of attack. Clearly Bailey is the candidate best positioned to win the nomination, so he gets the “liberal” smear treatment.==
Maybe, but I suspect it’s more that Bailey is the opponent. Irvin’s team may or may not actually be concerned that he’ll win, but they’re going to attack him regardless. Same with JB attacking Irvin.
The White Sox are going to try to hit home runs regardless of if they’re playing the Tigers or the Royals.
LOL. Doesn’t Bailey realize that he and Irvin are the target of an “operation chaos” paid for by the Democratic party. We still got three months to go. Bailey watch he doesn’t collapse from all this stress like he did on the capitol floor.
Bailey’s demeanor is one of his many weaknesses. His pontificating indicates he has all the answers yet he would not enter into discussions on the issues concerning the state of Illinois.
Bailey doesn’t present himself as a consensus builder or leader.
==Yep. Trump, for instance, fully understood this in 2016.==
It’s been Trump’s whole political MO.
I don’t know why Bailey’s accent grates on so many people. Lots of Illinoisans sound like that, and it’s authentic. Not an affectation like we heard from a certain former governor.
=His pontificating indicates he has all the answers yet he would not enter into discussions on the issues concerning the state of Illinois.=
I think he’s following a roadmap that has proven successful on a national level. Appeal to people’s frustration and anger. You don’t have to offer solutions, just a shared view of grievances.
- Grandson of Man - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 3:14 pm:
Also “swiftboating” of Kerry by the Bush campaign or Karl Rove, in terms of successfully projecting the biggest weaknesses on opponents. That’s a classic.
==I don’t know why Bailey’s accent grates on so many people. Lots of Illinoisans sound like that, and it’s authentic. Not an affectation like we heard from a certain former governor.==
Thank you for saying this! Many people south of I-70 (which I know not many people reading this blog have been) talk exactly like this. And when I first saw BR wearing a brand new Carhartt jacket I didn’t think anyone would be fooled into thinking he wore that at any point off-camera.
I’m surprised the guy who said the unemployed in Illinois don’t deserve any more money while taking PPP loans and farm subsidies is being called out for being disingenuous.
- TheInvisibleMan - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:00 pm:
“I’m always ready for the fight, and I’m not backing down.”
Yeah, and not realizing people(like the DGA) are taking advantage of that personality weakness in you gets better by the day.
DGA started the ball rolling, and Bailey seems blissfully unaware he picked it up.
When the primary is over, each faction of the ILGOP is going to be so polarized against the other… well, I’m sure you all see how this will work out - even if Bailey can’t figure it out just yet.
- Baloneymous - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:00 pm:
This is one of the more entertaining GOP primaries in recent memory. Keem em coming.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:00 pm:
Televangelists are only as strong as the TV towers that “spread the good news”…
What’s going to be fascinating, for me, isn’t this ridiculous amount of money, but… its use to define Bailey, define Irvin, redefine both, and the idea that this primary and its monies are being allocated in ways to get voters to see others as one wants them defined
Irvin’s own ads, Irvin is trying to redefine Mayor Irvin… and seek votes by “owning the libs”… all the while redefining The Apostle Darren Bailey as no better than “the libs” Irvin wants primary voters to own… by voting Irvin.
Meanwhile?
Meanwhile, moderate GOP voters that aren’t going to virtual tent revivals or looking forward to owning any libs are being neglected… and will it be too late to bring them in *anyone’s* fold as these defining campaigns aren’t about building coalitions…
… these redefinings are about “the aggrieved and angered”
It’s a primary that’s more about perception than substance, more about definition than recognition.
- Pot calling kettle - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:06 pm:
==If he chopped this down to 30 seconds==
LOL So funny. Brevity is not in Bailey’s tool box.
- Rabid - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:07 pm:
Irvin using someone who looks like me, against someone who thinks like us
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:09 pm:
===If he chopped this down to 30 seconds===
“As the preacher said; ‘I could write shorter sermons, but once I start I get too lazy to stop.’”
- A. Lincoln, Steven Spielberg version.
- Steve Rogers - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:09 pm:
He who plays the victim card the best, wins the primary.
- Big Dipper - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:14 pm:
Dude pronounces it El-inois.
- JS Mill - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:16 pm:
BHe needs to chop it down to 30 seconds and have someone from Illinois do the voice over. He sounds like he is from Mississippi.
And Bailey IS a socialist.
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:24 pm:
I’d say Irvin’s polling shows them in trouble given this line of attack. Clearly Bailey is the candidate best positioned to win the nomination, so he gets the “liberal” smear treatment.
Are Illinois GOP primary voters dumb enough to believe Bailey is a liberal? Griffin’s cash might be able to change some minds.
- Rabid - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:25 pm:
Is Irving claiming he didn’t break with trump?
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:27 pm:
===I’d say Irvin’s polling shows them in trouble ===
Meh. They know the DGA will be in full-on Darren Bailey mode soon enough.
- Rudy’s teeth - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:28 pm:
Bailey’s voice is so grating…an aural assault.
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:35 pm:
===They know the DGA will be in full-on Darren Bailey mode soon enough.===
The DGA is going to DGA, but Team Irvin should be more worried about Trump endorsing Bailey.
Maybe Griffin could help the Trump Org refinance some properties or something to keep him neutral?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:36 pm:
Who is to say Rabine doesn’t get that Trump endorsement?
That would make this all too interesting…
- Grandson of Man - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:39 pm:
Did Irvin vote for Trump? Not understanding why he’s attacking Bailey over his own weak point. The Bailey campaign hasn’t been very responsive, but this seems to have awakened him. Great response by Bailey. Not hard to understand anger at the phoniness, the Rauner 2.0 pushed by the establishment.
- Rabid - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:39 pm:
Team Irving, broke with trump, voted for Obama, you want to draw the other party in?
- JS Mill - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:40 pm:
=Are Illinois GOP primary voters dumb enough to believe Bailey is a liberal?=
He isn’t a fiscal liberal?
Let’s look at the record…
Raised property taxes more than 80% as a school board member
Takes millions in government subsidies.
Sounds to me like a fiscal liberal or socialist.
Fair hit by Irvin. And I am not discounting Irvin’s liberal resume. It is quite persuasive as well.
- Arsenal - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:41 pm:
==I’d say Irvin’s polling shows them in trouble given this line of attack. Clearly Bailey is the candidate best positioned to win the nomination, so he gets the “liberal” smear treatment.==
Maybe, but I suspect it’s more that Bailey is the opponent. Irvin’s team may or may not actually be concerned that he’ll win, but they’re going to attack him regardless. Same with JB attacking Irvin.
The White Sox are going to try to hit home runs regardless of if they’re playing the Tigers or the Royals.
- Ryan - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:42 pm:
If no one doubts it, why put out this video?
Rush Limbaugh?
I wonder if Darren filmed this on a Fridee?
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:45 pm:
===Not understanding why he’s attacking Bailey over his own weak point.===
The Selling of the President 1968, by Joe McGuinness. Project your biggest weakness onto your opponent. Classic political advertising strategy.
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:46 pm:
Sorry, McGinniss.
- Suburban Observer - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:46 pm:
LOL. Doesn’t Bailey realize that he and Irvin are the target of an “operation chaos” paid for by the Democratic party. We still got three months to go. Bailey watch he doesn’t collapse from all this stress like he did on the capitol floor.
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 1:57 pm:
===Project your biggest weakness onto your opponent===
Yep. Trump, for instance, fully understood this in 2016.
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 2:00 pm:
===Trump, for instance, fully understood this in 2016.===
Lol. Crooked Hillary. “Lock her up.”
- Rudy’s teeth - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 2:04 pm:
Bailey’s demeanor is one of his many weaknesses. His pontificating indicates he has all the answers yet he would not enter into discussions on the issues concerning the state of Illinois.
Bailey doesn’t present himself as a consensus builder or leader.
- JS Mill - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 2:18 pm:
=Bailey doesn’t present himself as a consensus builder or leader.=
Aside from his time on the school board when has he been in office long enough to build anything?
- New Englander - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 2:55 pm:
That nasally voice and southern accent won’t go well on tv in northern Illinois.
- Amused - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 3:00 pm:
==Yep. Trump, for instance, fully understood this in 2016.==
It’s been Trump’s whole political MO.
I don’t know why Bailey’s accent grates on so many people. Lots of Illinoisans sound like that, and it’s authentic. Not an affectation like we heard from a certain former governor.
- Pundent - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 3:13 pm:
=His pontificating indicates he has all the answers yet he would not enter into discussions on the issues concerning the state of Illinois.=
I think he’s following a roadmap that has proven successful on a national level. Appeal to people’s frustration and anger. You don’t have to offer solutions, just a shared view of grievances.
- Grandson of Man - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 3:14 pm:
Also “swiftboating” of Kerry by the Bush campaign or Karl Rove, in terms of successfully projecting the biggest weaknesses on opponents. That’s a classic.
- Vote Quimby - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 3:15 pm:
==I don’t know why Bailey’s accent grates on so many people. Lots of Illinoisans sound like that, and it’s authentic. Not an affectation like we heard from a certain former governor.==
Thank you for saying this! Many people south of I-70 (which I know not many people reading this blog have been) talk exactly like this. And when I first saw BR wearing a brand new Carhartt jacket I didn’t think anyone would be fooled into thinking he wore that at any point off-camera.
Turns out… I overestimated the voters. /s
- ste_with_a_v_en - Thursday, Apr 7, 22 @ 3:49 pm:
I’m surprised the guy who said the unemployed in Illinois don’t deserve any more money while taking PPP loans and farm subsidies is being called out for being disingenuous.