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The latest round of GOP mailers essentially has Democrat Lisa Dugan tied at the hip to House Speaker Michael Madigan. In one Photoshopped image, Madigan and Dugan are playing poker with each other.
— David Giuliani (@TDJ_dgiuliani) August 22, 2018
* Yeah, well, that ain’t got nothing on this ILGOP mailer attacking a different House Democrat…
See, it’s funny because the female legislator is portrayed as a waitress taking an order from her boss Mike Madigan. Get it?
Ugh.
posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 10:50 am
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I like the SillyStraw in his drink
Comment by drew Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 10:52 am
Looks like Madigan is ordering from the wine list even though he hasn’t finished his exotic drink.
Comment by City Zen Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 10:54 am
I give it an A-. The silly straw is a little over the top.
Comment by Saluki Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 10:57 am
The guy who always stands up for white men on this blog gives the mailer an A-. Why doesn’t that surprise me?
Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 11:06 am
A thick-headed concept, not executed very well.
I’d like to the losing concepts that this “winner” beat out.
Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 11:08 am
Simply absurd.
There is no way Mike Madigan would drink anything other than an appletini.
– MrJM
Comment by @misterjayem Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 11:14 am
Not sure why this is offensive. Waiter/waitress isn’t a gender specific job. Maybe I’m missing something??
Comment by Chicagonk Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 11:15 am
So in 2018 we’re only allowed to portray women as strong and in charge, even if they most certainly are not?
Comment by JB13 Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 11:16 am
===Not sure why this is offensive===
Not sure why you can’t see.
Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 11:17 am
@RichMiller - Sorry - I’m not trying to be obtuse, but what specifically is wrong with the ad?
Comment by Chicagonk Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 11:19 am
I am just going to first stipulate that the concept is offensive and craven… because all my actual comments are just petty. Now that’s done:
Whoever created this needs to turn in their design degree. The photoshop on the heads is outrageous, but the book/menu and the ‘waitress’ wearing a coal miner’s bib and taking orders in a bound notebook?
Has this person ever *been* to a restaurant? Because there is absolutely no evidence that they understand the most basic mechanics of placing or taking an order.
The silly straw is the only - only - part I’d keep. That’s solid.
Comment by lakeside Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 11:22 am
I get that having a woman waitress serving Madigan is at the very least leaning heavily on a low-brow sexist trope….
But I’m really having trouble figuring out how that relates to the MeToo movement, which I (perhaps wrongly??) consider to be about sexual harassment — which this piece certainly doesn’t promote.
Comment by Zeep Bow Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 11:23 am
I also am not sure why it’s offensive. The insult is directed at Briston herself, not all women. Do you think this insinuates that all servers are women or something? That’s a stretch to me. And the GOP has made Madigan out to be the Big Bad pulling the strings on EVERY Dem, not just women, so I think it’s also a stretch to say they are only doing this (making her a server) because she’s a woman.
Comment by Perrid Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 11:24 am
The mailer concept plays into an Archie Bunker thinking, which also evolves into an unspoken premise of men and women and society.
It’s overtly… subtle.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 11:25 am
==Whoever created this needs to turn in their design degree.==
Yes. I didn’t even get “waitress” out of this, more like…she and Mike Madigan are in a Bible Study group together or something? Just a mess.
Comment by Arsenal Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 11:27 am
===And the GOP has made Madigan out to be the Big Bad pulling the strings on EVERY Dem, not just women, so I think it’s also a stretch to say they are only doing this (making her a server) because she’s a woman.===
Often, mailers are not done solely for one district and the concept will be used in several. So, I’d ask, where are the versions of this showing a male waiter? The repubs are definitely targeting some Representatives who are men, after all…
Comment by Joe Bidenopolous Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 11:32 am
—So in 2018 we’re only allowed to portray women as strong and in charge, even if they most certainly are not?—
Please expand on this.
Comment by Mad Brown Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 11:34 am
To the commenters not getting it, they photoshopped a kitchen apron onto the body of a person holding a polka-dotted diary like a teenage girl would have and put Monica Bristow’s head on it.
They could have just photoshopped Monica’s face on an image of a restaurant server and called it a day. But that apparently didn’t make her look servile and pathetic enough so they needed to reinforce their message in more gendered terms.
Comment by hisgirlfriday Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 11:37 am
Those that don’t see the problem with this mailer can’t be helped.
Comment by Glengarry Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 11:41 am
==So, I’d ask, where are the versions of this showing a male waiter?==
Personally, I think the ad would work better if JB were the waiter. But since women make up 70% of waitperson staff, I don’t see anything terribly sexist about it - sure, it’s offensive to Ms. Bristow personally, since she is “demoted” from a legislator to a waitress. But the main thrust is that she is subservient to Mikey, which may or may not be true (in IL, my money’s on the latter). I wouldn’t put it on the same level as portraying Kwame as a shoeshine boy or train porter, but I can see how some may be offended by it. Again, I would have used JB as the waiter.
Comment by Stuntman Bob's Brother Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 11:54 am
the only thing more outdated than the IL GOP’s graphic design work is its thinking
Comment by Leigh John-Ella Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 12:01 pm
People should be fired for this junk, regardless of their party. It’s gross.
Comment by Albany Park Patriot Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 12:03 pm
Whoever whipped this up must have suddenly realized they only had 10 minutes to meet the deadline. And dead it was.
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 12:18 pm
The ad is classless.
But female legislators/candidates that back Madigan knowing he actively blocked investigations into harassment of women subject themselves to attack.
One would think you could make the point without portraying women so negatively.
Comment by the Patriot Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 12:45 pm
I’ll have the “votes with Madigan 96% of the time.”
How would you like that?
Well done. Wait…rare…no, I mean…
Comment by City Zen Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 12:47 pm
That is hilarious in the sense that I also didn’t get it at all. I didn’t know she was a waitress. But I also liked the silly straw.
Comment by NoGifts Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 12:53 pm
As woman, I find this piece sexist and offensive. Taking an accomplished woman like Bristow and portraying her as a little lady waitress taking orders is part of a pervasive culture of disrespect for female professionals. It makes me think of every time in my career where a man assumed I was a secretary or assistant, and I am sure brings up similar feelings for other women as well.
Comment by LakeviewJ Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 12:56 pm
I am not offended by this bad mailer because whatever it was supposed to infer, is so badly done, I can’t infer a single thing out of it.
It’s horrible.
Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 1:12 pm
==As woman, I find this piece sexist and offensive. ==
What if you were an actual waitress who is proud of her job?
Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 1:18 pm
== What if you were an actual waitress who is proud of her job? ==
What if you could listen to the views of women without criticizing them?
Comment by ChicagoJ Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 1:21 pm
==As woman, I find this piece sexist and offensive. ==
What if you were an actual waitress who is proud of her job?–
Seriously?
The piece is not celebrating being waitress as a glorious profession.
Quite the opposite. That’s the actual point of the piece, delivered by a hammer between the eyes.
Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 1:23 pm
===The piece is not celebrating being waitress as a glorious profession===
Exactly. Some of y’all are being truly clueless here.
Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 1:25 pm
From concept (offensive) to execution (shoddy) the whole thing is just awful. GOP, be better.
Comment by Arthur Andersen Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 1:52 pm
Kudos to whomever produced this. You broke through the sea of mailbox clutter. Well done.
Funny to think that political mailers need to come with trigger warnings these days.
Comment by SueFromSandwich Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 2:23 pm
My wife was a Hooters waitress. And a Democrat.
Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 2:26 pm
VMan, definitely out of your element on this one.
Comment by Glengarry Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 2:50 pm
ILGOP isn’t triggered by this because when they do it, Rauner leaves them huge tips.
Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 2:51 pm
Why does everything have to be broken down into race/gender issue? If it was a man serving a woman, would it be emasculating to the man and therefore still also degrading to women, because the man is forced into a traditional female role?
Comment by Name/Nickname/Anon Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 2:59 pm
Saddest Basket of comments I have ever seen. And let me guess, anyone that said they don’t get it or that it is not offensive, is male.
Can’t make blind men see I guess.
Comment by JustKeepSwimming Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 4:06 pm
– Why does everything have to be broken down into race/gender issue? If it was a man serving a woman, would it be emasculating to the man and therefore still also degrading to women, because the man is forced into a traditional female role? –
What…no words…Actually, I have several reasons why what you said was preposterous, but I am 100 percent positive none of them would get through. Just wow.
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 4:20 pm
Bad photo shopping and bad concept.
No way he ever looks at a menu. A smart server doesn’t need to write down “Apple”. Sliced.
Comment by A guy Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 4:34 pm
–If it was a man serving a woman, would it be emasculating to the man and therefore still also degrading to women, because the man is forced into a traditional female role?–
That “if” is a powerful word. Let’s see “if” your hypothetical scenario happens.
Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Aug 22, 18 @ 5:28 pm
This woman is an accomplished executive who ran a chamber of commerce, and did a great job. If you are as ignorant as you claim, ask the women in your lives to explain why this is so wrong on so many levels. At least she is not wearing bunny ears–but it is very close to that demeaning. SMH
Comment by Embarassed4daboyz Thursday, Aug 23, 18 @ 9:40 am
Ahhhh lets not get to in the weeds here…the point of it is to show that D members serve the boss. If by some small chance there is a question of who that is the individual member(s) will find out very quickly when they are running their own campaign.
Comment by NorthsideNoMore Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 6:41 am