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My Thoughts on the Pork-filled Illinois Democrat BudgetWe made our first Tik Tok video to deliver an important message about the pork-filled Democrat budget that increases spending, increases taxes, and makes it harder for Illinoisans to invest, live, work and stay in Illinois. It’s time to turn things around. I support a zero-based budget where every department makes a case for every dollar spent to provide accountability. I also support identifying and eliminating unfunded mandates that increase property taxes and make it harder for working families. As your next Governor, we will get it done. #standingwithyouin2022
Posted by Darren Bailey for Governor on Saturday, June 5, 2021
Alternate headline: “And the only prescription is more cowbell.”
posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 2:08 am
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Those pages are blank. I imagine he just took them from the multi-million dollar agribusiness operation he runs and they’re going to be included as a business expense when he files this years tax return.
Comment by Candy Dogood Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 2:43 am
Wow! Give him a “Razzie Award” for cliche Republican Political Performance Art.
Comment by Suburbanon Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 6:00 am
Nothing like shooting a can of explosive Tannerite underneath 3,800 pages of blank paper with an AR-15 to court the suburban mom vote.
Comment by Nadigam Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 7:12 am
Yes, yes.
GOP, please, please, keep it coming.
Comment by Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 7:15 am
Big gun small brain
Comment by Tommydanger Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 7:29 am
So he wants to blow up the budget, is what I’m getting from this.
Didn’t Rauner already try that?
Comment by Chambananon Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 7:30 am
Cute, but would of been better to try to shoot through that many pages.
Comment by Bruce( no not him) Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 7:38 am
Seems like he’s angrier at the stump than at the papers.
Comment by natty lite Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 7:42 am
No special effects Oscar for him….
Comment by Friendly Bob Adams Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 7:55 am
Scope probably helped in shooting the tannerite under the 3,800 page budget.
Comment by Phenomynous Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 8:02 am
“I will blow up the budget just like Bruce Rauner.”
Comment by Ducky LaMoore Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 8:06 am
My first thought of the opening shot is “Is that poison ivy he’s standing in?”
Comment by Skeptic Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 8:09 am
Tossing the thing into a manure spreader might have made more sense and avoided all the gun crap. If he was determined to “blow it up” he should of took the time to hide the tannerite inside the paper. Looks weak having reams of blank paper floating down.
If you’re going to do a “More Cowbell” thing at least put some effort in, lazy.
Comment by Mason born Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 8:18 am
I wonder how many shots that took …
Comment by The Way I See It Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 8:26 am
“Friends”
The man makes Mr. Haney sound trustworthy.
Comment by Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 8:38 am
OK, well now that I watched that video I am absolutely voting for him in the primary.
That is, unless someone has a dumber more cliched stunt that they will trot out for the camera.
Bailey, the hypocritical and completely lacking in self awareness gift that keeps on giving.
Comment by JS Mill Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 8:39 am
What are we doing as a society?
Comment by Three Dimensional Checkers Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 8:40 am
“avoided all the gun crap”
Why would they want do that? Part of what they imagine themselves to be doing here is intimidating liberals. And I think it works. Liberal America is absolutely under the illusion that the American right knows how to use all the guns and gear it has. Meanwhile when I’m at the range 90% of what I see and hear is mag dumping. I guess everyone’s got money to burn throwing ammo away, or maybe they’re planning to be deployed to an American Fallujah in 2025.
Comment by Larry Bowa Jr. Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 8:42 am
Hi I’m Darren Bailey.
Friends, this budget don’t make no sense.
So Ima gonna shoot it up.
That’s how I solve problems.
If it don’t make sense, I shoot it up.
I can do for your communities what i did for this budget.
Remember me, Darren Bailey
Comment by Third Reading Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 8:50 am
I think he shot the stump, not the stack of papers. So, he’s a bad shot as well?
Comment by Steve Rogers Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 8:50 am
I wonder what Dee Snider would feel about the use of “We’re Not Going to Take It” in this ad?
Comment by ChicagoVinny Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 8:52 am
Why is a 55 year old man using Tik Tok?
Comment by Ryan Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 8:55 am
Say hello to my little friend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_z4IuxAqpE
Comment by Karen Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 8:56 am
He’s fun.
Comment by walker Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 9:01 am
Boss Hog is at it again.
Comment by Glengarry Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 9:06 am
So if he becomes governor, does that mean Illinois has become a southern state?
Comment by Nobody Sent Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 9:14 am
I see beetle is demonstrating responsible firearm use, while shooting without a suitable backstop.
Comment by Huh? Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 9:19 am
There are two things I truly love about this;
This does not remotely expand the voters who can potentially vote for him, it only reinforces the small group of folks he has….
… Bailey does t come off at all competent or rational, but carnival barker like and gimmicky, again not expanding bud voter universe.
I think it’s a home run, and a long term loser of an idea… in Illinois.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 9:19 am
“Looks weak having reams of blank paper floating down.”
Even weaker when he had to clean up from his explosive littering stunt. Too bad that wasn’t filmed.
Comment by Huh? Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 9:22 am
-Steve Rodgers-
He was shooting at a package of Tannerite under the papers. If you look before he fires you can see a little orange package. That’s why all the paper went up. I have no idea how far back he was or even if he squeezed off the rnd to comment on his marksmanship.
Comment by Mason born Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 9:23 am
Can’t hit the broad side of a barn, standing 50′ away and shooting with a scope.
Comment by Huh? Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 9:23 am
-huh-
I doubt he cleaned up that mess it was probably the poor sucker who had to play camera man.
Comment by Mason born Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 9:25 am
Where’s Officer Obie when you need him?
Comment by Huh? Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 9:26 am
Awesome. Perfect video to win over suburban independents. /s
When we say this is what the Republican Party has become, this video is the example.
Comment by low level Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 9:27 am
===“avoided all the gun crap”
Why would they want do that?===
The Republican party really like to win Primaries. It is their favorite. They like it even more than winning general elections. Just ask Sen. Bailey.
Comment by Nadigam Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 9:37 am
This begs the question; does Senator Bailey understand the budget process? These provisions have literally been worked on for months. He was (supposed to be) in committee meetings where budget specifics were discussed. There was literally a speech about the budget. How many pages does he think the budget should be?
Comment by Candy Dogood Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 9:37 am
==This does not remotely expand the voters who can potentially vote for him, it only reinforces the small group of folks he has….==
That’s because he’s interested in running for governor, not actually being governor. He’s a grifter.
Comment by The Doc Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 9:39 am
== When we say this is what the Republican Party has become, this video is the example.==
Hey now. He does not represent the Republican party any more than Bernie Sanders represents the Democratic party. You’ve got extreme fringes on both sides and a lot of people in between (on both sides) who just wish we could get back to the days where we were civil to each other.
Comment by Occasional Quipper Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 9:42 am
=== He does not represent the Republican party===
Aw. You think Bailey isn’t the Trumpkin Party.
Friend, you’re not paying attention. Bailey is in the wheelhouse of this new party, Kinzinger *is* the fringe.
As warped as that seems, it’s that true.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 9:45 am
==Hey now. He does not represent the Republican party any more than Bernie Sanders represents the Democratic party.==
Wait, Bernie Sanders changed his party affiliation?
Comment by Dysfunction Junction Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 9:48 am
=== That’s because he’s interested in running for governor, not actually being governor. He’s a grifter.===
You’re not wrong. Not one word.
All they need is DeVore for AG?
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 9:48 am
“He does not represent the Republican Party”
Keep whistlin’ past that graveyard, friend.
Comment by Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 9:58 am
“He does not represent the Republican Party”
Then who does?
– MrJM
Comment by @misterjayem Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 10:05 am
Darren Bailey shooting guns on Tik Tok…boy, I don’t know.
Comment by NIU Grad Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 10:08 am
Too much reading for Darren. All those big words and syllables in the budget.
Bailey blows up the stack to create a stunt. What a maroon.
Comment by Rudy’s teeth Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 10:12 am
So how does he feel about the budget? The budget is still the budget whether it’s on the grass or in the air.
Comment by Da Big Bad Wolf Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 10:14 am
Are we sure that isn’t footage from a gender reveal party? And his baby is going to be . . . Non-binary?
Comment by Henry Francis Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 10:25 am
Same GOP playbook for years. Not sure why the GOP continues its strategy of ineffectiveness and irrelevance.
Madigan’s gone. You got your wish. Now do something instead of howling at the wind or shooting a stack of papers.
Yup!?
Comment by Summer Breeze Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 10:27 am
Is the Twisted Sister soundtrack a whistle that he supports trans rights?
Comment by Shark Sandwich Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 10:34 am
== You’ve got extreme fringes on both sides ==
The extreme fringe you identify on one side thinks everybody should have healthcare and aligns with center-left parties across the world. The extreme fringe on the other side uses semi automatic weapons to explode budget documents, is actually in power in large swaths of this country, and is far to the right of the right wing parties in peer countries across the globe.
Comment by SWIL_Voter Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 10:35 am
I half expected a hood slide across the General Lee at the end of the video.
Comment by oifredleg Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 10:36 am
According to Steve McClure on the Bishop show next week they are voting on some cleanup wording on the budget. Wonder if that means Bailey will come back a shoot that paperwork too? Seems like a Ted Nugent type of stunt to me.
Comment by Club J Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 10:36 am
At this point I’ve seen lots of these kinds of videos of lunatic right wingers shooting things for campaign ads, and this one really misses the mark. Lacks the dark threatening aura, isnt very exciting or engaging, didn’t even seem to blow up most of the papers, and it’s hard to tell what his gripe even is. He wasn’t allowed to read the budget? Ok
Comment by SWIL_Voter Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 10:38 am
Does anyone in the Chicago suburbs even know who he is? Watching this most people would think it’s a joke.
Comment by Publius Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 10:40 am
What a visual analogy - Bailey is the tannerite that if elected will blow up democracy.
Comment by Moved East Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 10:41 am
I anxiously await the Paul Shrimpf “bazooka the budget” insta video.
Comment by Montrose Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 10:41 am
Oh, yeah, that is going to make me want to vote for him. /s
Comment by G'Kar Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 10:46 am
The lesson for young impressionable viewers… solve your problems with a gun?
Comment by Dotnonymous Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 10:53 am
== “He does not represent the Republican Party”
Then who does? ==
That’s an excellent point. Sadly, based on his position, he does represent the Republican party. What I should have said is that he is not typical of a many Republicans who would like to see the rhetoric on both sides turned down.
Comment by Occasional Quipper Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 10:55 am
Wouldn’t have thought Bailey to be a twisted sister fan…
Comment by random Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 10:56 am
=== he is not typical of a many Republicans who would like to see the rhetoric on both sides turned down.===
Huh. Cite please.
51% of Republicans say Trump is not responsible for the insurrection, as an example… or 53% of Republicans believe Trump, their party’s nominee, is the “true president” now.
Respectfully… Are ya sure you have a grasp of what a Republican is in 2021?
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 11:01 am
This is life imitating art.
“You want the solution to inflation? Hi, friends. Marshall Lucky here for New Deal Used Cars, where we’re lowering inflation not only by fighting high prices, not only by murdering high prices, but by blowing the living (deleted) out of high prices. Yes sir. Here’s an example. It’s a 1972 Cadillac Coupe DeVille, for sixty-two ninety-nine. That price is too high. Yes sir, here’s another one. It’s a Lincoln Continental, Mark IV, 1973. It’s loaded. It’s got air conditioning. It’s got a stereo. It’s got white-wall radial tires. It’s got power steering, power brakes, power seats, power windows. And a price that is just too high.”
For my money, Used Cars remains one of the best movies about politicians ever made.
Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 11:03 am
=You’ve got extreme fringes on both sides and a lot of people in between (on both sides) who just wish we could get back to the days where we were civil to each other.=
The extreme fringe in the Republican Party are those that voted for impeachment following an insurrection. Bailey? He’s mainstream.
Comment by Pundent Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 11:10 am
= What I should have said is that he is not typical of a many Republicans who would like to see the rhetoric on both sides turned down.=
There is no “both sides” argument here. It is only used to minimize or dismiss attempts to overthrow our democracy.
Comment by Pundent Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 11:15 am
I wonder if he thinks the farm subsidy applications are too long as well?
You can bet your bippy he doesn’t blow those up.
Comment by JS Mill Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 11:15 am
Could someone on Bailey’s team create a Cliffs Notes version of the budget for overwhelmed Darren?
Seems reading comprehension is not in his wheelhouse.
Comment by Rudy’s teeth Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 11:19 am
== Respectfully… Are ya sure you have a grasp of what a Republican is in 2021? ==
I just looked up that Reuters poll and I stand corrected. OW, you are exactly right. It’s clear that I no longer have a grasp of what a Republican is in 2021. My comments were based on what I hoped was still true and not on any specific evidence. What the heck is going on in our country?
Comment by Occasional Quipper Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 11:24 am
===My comments were based on what I hoped was still true===
I wish… your hope and my hope too… could be what is true now.
It’s disheartening that we are both seemingly wishing.
Keep the faith.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 11:34 am
== Keep the faith. ==
Thanks, OW. For a long time I thought you were just being too harsh on Republicans with your posts, but I get it now. When the majority of a party adopts the ideas of its fringe, then it is no longer the same party.
Comment by Occasional Quipper Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 12:03 pm
===For a long time I thought you were just being too harsh on Republicans with your posts, but I get it now.===
This I really appreciate. There are real reasons to my own madness, one is for a party and party leaders to come to grips as to why things are as they are… and it’s not just maps, demographics or geography… the ownership of candidate recruiting, big tent thinking, and statewide overall appeal can be a function the GOP can change all on its own.
Yes. Please. Keep the faith.
OW
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 12:12 pm
Anybody know if the Bailey farm operations received any PPP money. Darren, if you read this blog, feel free to answer.
Comment by Blue Dog Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 12:16 pm
Blue Dog, do you think Darren reads?
Comment by Cheryl44 Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 12:32 pm
“He does not represent the Republican Party”
Republican Party: “God, Guns and Family.” I think he’s got that covered.
Comment by Skeptic Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 1:05 pm
Okay, so on top of everything else, he’s an irresponsible gun user. Good to know
Comment by Cheryl44 Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 1:07 pm
Needs more cowbell and more tannerite.
Comment by We've never had one before Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 1:15 pm
===“Is that poison ivy he’s standing in?”===
Does he need to join the Boy Scouts? https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a1/52/14/a15214ba74e9c28a3f1c6f2eef59db96.png
Comment by thechampaignlife Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 1:29 pm
I would like to hear a conversation between Rodney Davis and Darren Bailey…for the high harmony.
Comment by Dotnonymous Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 1:52 pm
NGL, it is cool as hell when the papers go flying.
Comment by Arsenal Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 2:01 pm
Bailey: “I’m having a hard time putting it into words”
Here’s an idea: Grab a thesaurus rather than a gun.
Comment by Asteroid of Caution Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 3:13 pm
“I wonder what Dee Snider would feel about the use of ‘We’re Not Going to Take It’ in this ad?”
Dee Snyder: “The Republicans are not just liars. They are screaming, preening, bald faced, shameless liars who think that victory at all cost is acceptable as they are the ‘moral majority.’ THEY ARE NOT [exclamation point] THEY ARE THE BULLYING MINORITY [exclamation point] IT’S TIME FOR THE REAL MAJORITY TO STAND UP & FIGHT BACK [exclamation point]”
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/twisted-sisters-dee-snider-republicans-are-shameless-liars-who-think-that-victory-at-all-cost-is-acceptable/
– MrJM
Comment by @misterjayem Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 3:21 pm
Clearly he got this idea from his buddy Halbrook…Remember when Halbrook first ran for office and he made a commercial where he put a sign on a tree that said “union bosses” and shot it up with an assault rifle…Halbrook should’ve been investigated by the FBI and ISP for that BTW.
Comment by Eastern Bloc Mitigation Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 3:42 pm
I did not realize Darren Bailey = Dale Baskets until I watched this clip
Comment by illinoyed Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 4:11 pm
It would seem there are laws at the federal level regarding binary explosives, as we see being used here for demonstration purposes.
For an individual using the product for non-sporting related activities a federal explosives manufacturing permit is required under many conditions.
When a federal explosives manufacturing permit is required;
removing obstacles such as trees or rocks during construction, theatrical special effects, and for demonstration or product testing purposes.
Sure hope Bailey acquired all the permits for this demonstration. Federal explosive charges aren’t punished lightly.
Comment by TheInvisibleMan Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 5:49 pm
No, I think Mr Bailey is looking to follow his fellow goose-steppers in Oregon and tear off this falangist redoubt and attach it to Indiana for better political prospects, though the Hoosier State might still be a bit too cosmo for him.
Comment by VerySmallRocks Wednesday, Jun 9, 21 @ 6:12 pm
Bailey’s spent the last year being “the people’s champion” against Pritzker’s pandemic restrictions. Along with his lawyer, Tom DeVore, they went hunting for people who would be willing to file a lawsuit against the Governor.
Comment by actionsub Thursday, Jun 10, 21 @ 10:23 pm