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ShazzieB

(18,925 posts)
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 08:35 PM Oct 2022

Just caught a Darren Bailey ad on TV.

It ended with him saying, "I'm Darren Bailey, and your safety will always be my prority!"

My rejoinder: "Oh, come on, Darren. We both know you wouldn't give a rat's ass about my safety if my life was endangered by a tubal pregnancy or I was about to go septic from an incomplete miscarriage, you fucking hypocrite!"

Those things are happening RIGHT NOW, in states like Texas that have the kind of abortion bans that Bailey would like to see everywhere, including Illinois. I am SO sick of being slapped in the face by his lying, hypocritical mug every time I turn on my TV!

Note: I am way too old to have to worry about any of this stuff myself, but I am sick about what women are being put through in this country since the Supremely Unethical Court struck down Roe.

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Just caught a Darren Bailey ad on TV. (Original Post) ShazzieB Oct 2022 OP
Luckily Pritzker is up by 15%. Still lots o idiots mucifer Oct 2022 #1
Jb has done a lot of good stuff for Illinois questionseverything Oct 2022 #2
Raised 3 Levels ProfessorGAC Oct 2022 #5
Yes , thank you for adding those important details questionseverything Oct 2022 #7
While it may no longer happen to us raising2moredems Oct 2022 #3
Was he looking out for our safety when he sued over Covid restrictions in Illinois? Midnight Writer Oct 2022 #4
Exactly My Thought ProfessorGAC Oct 2022 #6
I just got a door-hanger from Bailey yesterday. Midnight Writer Oct 2022 #8
He who said "move on" hours after Highland Park live love laugh Nov 2022 #9
And He Got Trounced ProfessorGAC Nov 2022 #10

questionseverything

(10,298 posts)
2. Jb has done a lot of good stuff for Illinois
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 09:31 PM
Oct 2022

But getting our bond rating raised for the first time in over twenty years is one of the biggest overall things


Bailey is an idiot

ProfessorGAC

(70,599 posts)
5. Raised 3 Levels
Sun Oct 16, 2022, 06:38 PM
Oct 2022

It's very rare for bond ratings to jump over more than one level.

But, the rating services skipped 2 levels in their assessment.

raising2moredems

(714 posts)
3. While it may no longer happen to us
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 09:59 PM
Oct 2022

We remember the girl forced to carry a pregnancy to term while being treated like dirt by her family (money raiser for the catholic church). Girl's BF's parents wanted to adopt the child but no paternal rights at that time. Or the girl whose parents forced her to have an abortion.
We remember that family member who died from a back alley abortion. And we know while this may not affect us, it may affect friend/family AND it may not be the only bull shit ruling from the theocrats.

ProfessorGAC

(70,599 posts)
6. Exactly My Thought
Sun Oct 16, 2022, 06:39 PM
Oct 2022

His grandstanding wasn't about public safety then. Why should anyone believe him now?

Midnight Writer

(23,130 posts)
8. I just got a door-hanger from Bailey yesterday.
Sun Oct 16, 2022, 09:54 PM
Oct 2022

It's crime, crime, crime, no cash bail for criminals, murders, and, oddly enough, shootings.

He is blaming Pritzker for the rise in shootings. Which is kind of rich.

Says here he's got endorsed by Fraternal Order of Police and Illinois Sheriffs' Association.

That will go a long way around here. Folks around here are law-and-order types. In principle.

They still have a Trump pick-up truck convoy every Friday night that runs down Main Street all the way out to the Wal-Mart. And people turn out for it. Like a parade, with a Lemon Ice and French Fry truck out there.

He's playing heavy in the fear factor, but it won't do him much good. Chicago will save us once again. Pritzker has a lock on this.

I just wish the Republicans like Bailey weren't so casual about damaging our communities. They are really screwing up the relationships, respect, and trust that make small towns work.

There truly are some very nice people who are just plain old rubes that believe whatever the guy in the fancy suit and the fancy hair tells them because that's the way they were raised. To say "Yes, sir!" to the boss and say "Hallelujah!" to the preacher.


ProfessorGAC

(70,599 posts)
10. And He Got Trounced
Thu Nov 10, 2022, 07:13 PM
Nov 2022

11% or around 450k votes.
Should have been worse but downstate can be a cesspool.

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