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* Have a look…
* Script…
Trump and Rauner. Two rich guys who scammed the system to avoid taxes. Now these Democrats got caught copying them with tax scams of their own.
Daniel Biss is the only Democrat for governor who will make billionaires pay their fair share in taxes to fully fund public schools and level the playing field. And only Biss has a progressive record money can’t buy. Daniel Biss, the middle class governor.
*** UPDATE 1 *** Here’s a 15-second version…
* Script…
Trump and Rauner scammed the system to avoid taxes. Now these Democrats are copying them with tax scams of their own.
Only Daniel Biss will make billionaires pay their fair share in taxes. Biss for governor.
* And here’s another 15-second spot…
* Script…
After Trump and Rauner refused to release their tax returns, these Democrats for governor are copying them, refusing to come clean.
Only Daniel Biss released his full returns. And only Biss has a progressive record money can’t buy.
*** UPDATE 2 *** Press release…
Daniel Biss today released a series of television ads, with a substantial open-ended buy, pointing out that JB Pritzker and Chris Kennedy are not so different from Bruce Rauner and Donald Trump; each scammed tax systems while refusing to release their full tax returns. The ads contrast the four inexperienced wealthy businessmen with Daniel Biss, a middle-class progressive who has never taken advantage of the tax system. And unlike his opponents, he is the only candidate in the race with the experience to fix a system that allows the wealthy and well-connected to profit while middle-class and working people fall further behind.
“Trump and Rauner. Two rich guys who scammed the system to avoid taxes,” says the narrator. “Now these Democrats got caught copying them, with tax scams of their own.”
“Daniel Biss is the only Democrat for governor who will make billionaires pay their fair share in taxes,” says the narrator, “to fully fund public schools, and level the playing field. And only Biss has a progressive record money can’t buy.”
“There are striking similarities between Donald Trump, Bruce Rauner, Chris Kennedy and JB Pritzker,” said Biss campaign manager Abby Witt. “Using the same language to avoid releasing their full tax returns to the public. Scamming the tax system to line their own pockets, leaving the rest of us to make up the difference. Asking voters to trust them to fix the broken systems they’ve all benefited from. Sometimes it’s hard to tell these guys apart.”
A second spot in the series, “Returns,” reminds viewers that Pritzker and Kennedy are also refusing to release their full tax returns, copying Trump and Rauner’s lack of transparency.
“We’ve seen what happens when an inexperienced billionaire businessman who hides their financial entanglements is elected governor, or even president,” continued Witt. “The choice in this election is whether we’re going to keep copying Rauner and Trump, or if we’re going to elect a middle-class progressive champion. The voters will choose Daniel.”
“Clue,” the third ad in the series, compares experience in office between Trump, Rauner, Pritzker and Kennedy. A 15 second spot, “Scam,” further highlights the tax scams that all four have engaged in.
* To make this easier than watching the videos posted on NBC 5, here are the ads in YouTube format. “Clue” is the only one not posted above…
* Copy
* Returns
* Clue
* Scam
*** UPDATE 3 *** Pritzker campaign manager Anne Caprara…
Dan must not be very thrilled with his performance last night if he decided to be the first Democratic candidate to go negative on TV in this campaign.
posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Jan 24, 18 @ 4:15 pm
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Lol, I had to watch a J.B. ad before the video would play.
Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Jan 24, 18 @ 4:17 pm
This whole cultural trend of denouncing people, and doing it by comparing them to someone our team doesn’t like. Tribalism. I don’t like it. We are insulting our own intelligence.
Comment by Molly Maguire Wednesday, Jan 24, 18 @ 4:20 pm
Great ad except I watched the JB ad before seeing Biss ad too funny.
Comment by DuPage Bard Wednesday, Jan 24, 18 @ 4:21 pm
When the JB ad started up first I thought there had been some mistake, then when I figured out that the Biss ad would play after the JB ad you start to realize what Biss is up against.
Comment by The Captain Wednesday, Jan 24, 18 @ 4:24 pm
Biss has a problem. He has to attack both Kennedy and Pritzker, which lessens the impact on both. And this is some pretty thin gruel.
And yea, I love that the JB ad plays first.
Comment by Anon0091 Wednesday, Jan 24, 18 @ 4:27 pm
===except I watched the JB ad before seeing Biss===
They just had to give it to Mary Ann first, so that can happen. If they had sent me the ad, I would’ve put it on YouTube.
Such is life. lol
Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jan 24, 18 @ 4:29 pm
I think this is like Sun Tzu, “To attack everything is to attack nothing”.
Comment by Arsenal Wednesday, Jan 24, 18 @ 4:34 pm
Do we have any info on the buy?
Comment by Anon0091 Wednesday, Jan 24, 18 @ 4:38 pm
@47th Ward, I too had to watch a J.B. ad before the Biss spot. Too funny!
Comment by Louis G. Atsaves Wednesday, Jan 24, 18 @ 4:38 pm
Gave to Mary Ann first. So he gets cut off again- a JB ad for 30 seconds then the Biss ad got only 15 seconds, was it cut off….
Comment by DuPage Bard Wednesday, Jan 24, 18 @ 4:39 pm
===any info on the buy?===
It is “substantial” and “open-ended.”
Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Jan 24, 18 @ 4:39 pm
== “To attack everything is to attach nothing” ==
That’s a good point, a real problem for Biss. But at least he shoots at them with the same bullet: rich-guys-gaming-the-system.
Comment by Roman Wednesday, Jan 24, 18 @ 4:45 pm
Dan? Are we now going informal at Team Jay?
Comment by Kyle Hillman Wednesday, Jan 24, 18 @ 4:46 pm
Anne - that’s “Senator Biss” to you…
Comment by RP_Progressive Wednesday, Jan 24, 18 @ 4:50 pm
Ms. Caprara coulda went “Danny”, then we’d have some serious fireworks.
Ms. Caprara’s twitter during the Eagles’ game didn’t disappoint, as an aside.
To the Post,
Biss needs to and is going negative as Kennedy is imploding and matching up Kennedy-Pritzker and Trump-Rauner makes some sense in picking a hole to run a play through.
Lots to sort out in these ads, but it tries an angle… a negative angle, but… daylight is burning.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jan 24, 18 @ 4:57 pm
– MrJM
Comment by @misterjayem Wednesday, Jan 24, 18 @ 5:15 pm
The problem with going negative first is that you force your incredibly well funded opponent to respond. Depending on that response, Biss is going to have to decide how to respond to the respose, and whether he has the cash to keep up (spoiler alert: he doesn’t).
Going negative is a dangerous gamble, but perhaps the only chance Biss has to shake up the race. This kind of feels like a fourth down Hail Mary pass to me.
Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Jan 24, 18 @ 5:20 pm
47, he doesn’t have to respond. I mean this is pretty weak stuff.
And “Dan?” Yea, that’s just some nice shade. Hard to whine about being called Dan when you’re the first one to go negative on TV.
Comment by Anon0091 Wednesday, Jan 24, 18 @ 5:49 pm
==That’s a good point, a real problem for Biss. But at least he shoots at them with the same bullet: rich-guys-gaming-the-system.==
I was mostly being snarky. Running against the whole system is usually a pretty OK idea, actually. But he crammed a lot of names in there.
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Jan 24, 18 @ 6:01 pm
Well played, JB. Well played.
Just like many of you, I had to watch a JB ad and was confused as to what I was watching/going to watch. I figured I clicked the wrong video/link.
To the ad - we know JB and Kennedy are rich. I think I’m over that part of the dem narrative. Would like to know what else Biss brings to the table .
Comment by Politix Wednesday, Jan 24, 18 @ 6:27 pm
As a guy who would vote for the split the state up into three states guy before Biss I have to say I thought Biss did ok.
Comment by OneMan Wednesday, Jan 24, 18 @ 9:21 pm
Only Biss has an anti-labor record that money can’t buy…..he worked for it.
Comment by Honeybear Thursday, Jan 25, 18 @ 5:26 am
What happened to the old “Reagan rule”? Thou shalt not speak ill of thy fellow (partisans)? This makes it harder to slink back into the fold after a likely defeat. Nor does it make me think well of Senator Dan.
Comment by Ray del Camino Thursday, Jan 25, 18 @ 10:15 am