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* From Republican gubernatorial candidate Kirk Dillard’s Facebook page…
posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 8:57 am
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The new Faces of the Republican party!
Comment by Nickypiii Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:01 am
Now we know Dillard is one word not two.
Comment by Mokenavince Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:02 am
“Good question ..I don’t know who designed my signage …”
“Kirk, Lisa made an announcement too, and the press seems to be leaving …”
“Senator, how do you think Governor Edgar is going to do against Ms. Netsch?”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:03 am
I’ll take a jar of that D Lard stuff.
Comment by Norseman Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:03 am
Dillard talks to the one demographic that supports Republicans.
Comment by Ahoy! Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:04 am
“Listen Sonny, when it comes to political signs use the KISS theory…Keep It Simple, Stupid!”
Comment by Stones Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:05 am
In the voice of Tommy Boy: “It doesnt really hurt here, or here, but right here it really hurts.”
Comment by anon Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:06 am
Now I get it. Dillard is a Democrat who is for old-style pork in Illinois.
Comment by Keyrock Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:06 am
“Good to see you again, Dan …where is that ‘Pongee’ you drive around in?”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:07 am
“No, this is not the Cooking with Lard class.”
Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:10 am
“Well, Bruce, you don’t look a bit like your TV ads.”
Comment by Arthur Andersen Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:11 am
We put the Old in the Grand Old Party!
Comment by Nearly Normal Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:12 am
“At this month’s meeting of the Illinois Young Republicans…”
Comment by BentheDem Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:13 am
“I am still ‘undecided’, but my family loves your Ice Cream, Senator…”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:13 am
“Doc says I have to switch to olive oil for my ticker, dang Obama coming after my french fries, glad to see you still support traditional family values Senator.”
Comment by Small Town Liberal Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:18 am
“No,…I don’t think we are related , Mr. Lard … I know what the sign says, I know …it’s ‘Dil-Lard’, not ‘D’ and then ‘Lard’… I know, I can read sir …No, I like your name, Mr. Lard, and I am sure you got picked on … Yes, 77 years is a long time to have the name ‘Lard’ … again, no, I am ‘Dil-Lard’… no, no one made fun of ‘Dillard’ … How about this, I will check if we are related and get back to you … and take as many of the signs as you want, even all of them …again, sorry …it’s ‘Dil-Lard’…”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:19 am
“I am the Count. I’ve come to suck your blood. Hahahahahahahah!”
Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:20 am
“it’s Dillard, not dullard”
Comment by Jake L Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:20 am
“How the heck do you all put up with that Pates Phillips in the Senate. Boy, he really burns my coffee …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:24 am
Old white man, older white man.
Comment by AFSCME Steward Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:24 am
“Senator Dillard, are you running for Governor of the Illinois, or of ‘Chicago’, ’cause we are done with ‘Chicago’ …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:26 am
Think I’m going down to the well tonight and I’m gonna drink till I get my fill
And I hope when I get old I don’t sit around thinking about it, but I probably will
Yeah just sitting back trying to recapture a little of the glory of
Well but time slips away and leaves you with nothing mister but boring stories of
Glory days
Yeah they’ll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girl’s eye, glory days
Glory days
(Well the title or chorus would be an ok caption, but the verse seemed to fit, too.)
Comment by Keyrock Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:27 am
“Senator Dillard, I like ya, I do …just wish you would cut that ‘Hippie Hair’ you have, why do you have to have it so long …?”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:29 am
Nearly Normal has the best comment …
Comment by RCG Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:29 am
Old man “I remember when there was an Illinois Republican Party.” Dillard ” me too…. Meeeee too”
Comment by William j Kelly Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:33 am
“Senator … I got one of them ‘e’-lectronic mail things from you about today, and I am sure glad to be here. You said in it ‘if there was anythng you could do to hlp’ … well, I need someone to dust my crops, and you got there a pretty plane, flyin’ all over, so I was thinking …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:37 am
‘Eh?”
Comment by wishbone Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:41 am
I was feeling a little peekish, so I takes me a swig of Geritol….
Comment by AFSCME Steward Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:46 am
A new campaign slogan:
Kirk Dillard–Not just another pretty face!
It is starting to seem that running for Governor is like running for Ugliest Man on Campus. It used to be that the John Edwards look was a political advantage. Now it is the opposite. The less you look like a blow-dried TV news anchor, the better.
Comment by jake Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:47 am
Norseman cracked me up…
Comment by Dan Bureaucrat Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:49 am
“Kirk, you ‘de-friended’ me on Facebook, what gives?”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:52 am
“So if 193 people write in D Lard, do you think the election commission will give me those votes too?”
Comment by Robert the Bruce Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:54 am
My biggest concern is how much campaign cash will remain after I lose.
Comment by Cook County Commoner Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 9:55 am
Serious question… Are color blind people unable to tell the difference between orange and blue? Or is it a form of dyslexia that hinders the ability to read words with different colored letters? Why are some people losing their minds over these signs?
Comment by Rail Sitter Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 10:03 am
“Old man, look at my life, I’m alot like you were…”
Comment by dupage dan Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 10:05 am
Dullard
Comment by Downstate Illinois Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 10:13 am
“and if elected Governor, I promise when I go to prison each and every license plate I mint will have my name on it - just like these.”
Comment by Lt. Guv Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 10:14 am
I am sorry, but when I look at that photo all I see is Lard Lard Lard.
And Dupage Dan — well done.
Comment by Soccermom Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 10:17 am
Rail Sitter–I think that the problem you alluded to is that the colors of the letters should have been reversed so that the IL for Illinois prominently sticks out not LARD. I actually kind of like the concept but the execution not so much.
Comment by Responsa Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 10:19 am
Senator Dillard tries to explain to 17th Street’s owner why week’s supply of ribs have suddenly gone missing. #busted
Comment by too obvious Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 10:21 am
Rail Sitter — yeah, everybody on this blog is colorblind. None of us has any experience in signage, or branding, or anything related to campaigns. We have never had to deal with the embarrassment of a step and repeat backdrop that, in the right closeup, seems to include a dirty word. We have never put up white-background yard signs that vanished against the backdrop of a January blizzard. We are all just big icky worms who don’t like Dillard.
Yup, that’s the ticket.
Comment by Soccermom Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 10:21 am
“Senator, I was just a young lad when you tried running for Governor the first time. I hope I live to see that happen.”
Comment by yepperdo Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 10:21 am
The concept is wrong. A quick look — and/or the subconscious message — will always be an Illinois Democrat standing for rendered pork.
Comment by Keyrock Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 10:22 am
Jim Rea endorses Dillard?
Comment by Michelle Flaherty Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 10:23 am
Kirk Dillard talks politics with president of the Young Republicans club.
Comment by too obvious Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 10:25 am
Q: What do you use to deep fry a pickle
A: Dil Lard
Comment by AFSCME Steward Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 10:27 am
- soccermom -,
Awesome response. Well done.
To the Caption,
“Kirk, you wanna jump in the crick off the ‘Route 62 Bridge’ with the rest of my friends to cool off?”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 10:29 am
“I hear the doctors are now saying that lard is good for you!”
Comment by Joan P. Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 10:30 am
Make sure you remind all of your hick friends that Bruce Rauner is really a Chicago Democrat. But you didn’t hear that from me. By the way, I worked for Jim Edgar.
Comment by too obvious Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 10:30 am
Kirk: Mr. Roesser, you are the last person I expeced to see here!
Comment by LisleMike Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 10:45 am
soccermom@10:21am ==Yup, that’s the ticket.==
You mean that other guy is our next Lt Gov?
My feeble entry: “Look, it’s Mayor Daley’s brother!”
Comment by Anon. Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 10:45 am
Ke$ha? Yeah, I was thinking about going, too. I’ll look for ya at the fair on the 17th!
Comment by Midstate Indy Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 10:47 am
Sen. Dillard meeting with an official from the department of health:
Official: Sen. Dillard I’m here because you failed to list the nutritional ingredients in your advertising.
Dillard: I assure you there is no cholesterol, transfats or saturated fat in my campaign. I am running for Governor of Illinois. Lard is the last for letters of my name. I’m Dillard, Dillard.
Official: Dill Lard, sounds pretty strange to me. Who would want to fry a chicken in that ?
Dillard: No, no I’m not cooking here. That is my campaign sign, Dillard for Governor. We’re not frying anything.
Official: But it says Lard, clear as day.
Comment by AFSCME Steward Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 10:54 am
The IL GOP mobilizes their “Young Guns”
Comment by Bill White Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 10:58 am
Railsitter, it’s just basic typography. Designers go to school for that.
Keep in mind, the concept needs to work across all media; billboards, when you’re flying by at 75 mph; yard signs at night; backdrops; stationary; TV, etc.
The goal is an attractive, quick, easy and clean read; not something that makes you pause.
It’s a first-day-in-class mistake, easily corrected.
Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 11:15 am
I designed the yard signs several years ago for my brother’s municipal race in Texas. They were gorgeous, with a big Texas star on them. Unfortunately, the first letter in Doug’s last name was on the star, and at night, you couldn’t see it. So it looked like “iller” was running for office.
Oops.
He did win, though.
Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 11:17 am
The star, by the way, was blue and the letters were in red with a white sign background.
I keep one of those signs on my office wall as a reminder: https://capitolfax.com/wp-content/IMG_1216.JPG
Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 11:21 am
Dillard: “Christian Fundamentalists don’t believe you exist”
Comment by I don't want to live in Teabagistan Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 11:26 am
Got any sage lard?
Comment by zatoichi Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 11:39 am
“Back in the day, we…”
Comment by walkinfool Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 11:40 am
“Get out the vote? I can barely get out of my house”
Comment by Grandson of Man Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 11:55 am
“Yes, I did hear that Lisa isn’t running… No, I don’t know if she’ll run next time… Do you have any questions not about Lisa Madigan?”
– MrJM
Comment by MrJM Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 12:04 pm
“Do they have them there voting applications for land lines?”
Comment by Grandson of Man Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 12:30 pm
“Whut up, dawg?
Comment by Old Shepherd Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 12:50 pm
Not a caption but I hate hate hate those Republican flag pins that put an elephant on the flag.
If you’re going to go to the effort of wearing a flag pin to show your patriotism, fine.
If you’re going to put on a flag pin that superimposes your party’s symbol over the flag, you are the opposite of a patriot and you’ve defeated the whole purpose of wearing a flag pin.
Comment by hisgirlfriday Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 2:33 pm
“No, I’m not a Democrat, and I’m not selling lard. Do you have an original question?”
Comment by Keyrock Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 2:33 pm
“Rauner? No he’s a democrat. No Brady is not running again. Rutherford? No he’s still running for treasurer…Oh I’m sorry I was day dreaming, you were saying?”
Comment by Empty Suit Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 2:34 pm
Nicely played, keyrock.
Comment by Soccermom Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 3:12 pm
“Kirk, You pal over there… he asked me to tell you that a ‘Ron. Gidwitz.’ just jumped on Bruce Rauner’s campaign … and wants his money… to boot …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 3:27 pm
“I know you. I saw you on TV..in an ad. You’re Barack Obama!”
Comment by Arthur Andersen Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 3:39 pm
Ouch AA. LOL
Comment by Norseman Wednesday, Jul 17, 13 @ 4:15 pm