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Re: Dan Rutherford’s new TV ad

Muletown — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:20:16 -0000

Jesse reminds me of an anchor. Dead Weight!!!!!! Time to put a hands on manager with incredible credentials to lead the Secretary of States Office out of its morass of nothingness. If you have had any dealings with the SOS you know a change is necessary if not mandatory.

Re: Dan Rutherford’s new TV ad

tough guy — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 08:49:16 -0000

Maybe Dan should change his name to Dan Quixote as this guy has a better chance of beating a windmill than Jesse White.

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annon. in central illinois — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 07:31:01 -0000

Yes it's true that his daughter worked for GHR & probably GHR knowing JW said "Sure JW...we'll help her out" & gave her a job within her qualification range & appropriately paid. Then who's your daddyo gets elected & guess what ...daughter over time get a 300% $$$ boost & sent to the upper eshelons. Does anyone remember the TV show "Arnie" ?? Arnie did his job, working in the plant till someone plucked him from his obscurity & made him a junior executive. I'm speeding this along ...but a similar situation. Now I don't know of many fathers who wouldn't do anything for a child of theirs {even an ADULT child}but to promote from her level to upper mgmt & a 300% raise to boot...probably not unless you own the family business. THE SOS IS NOT A FAMILY BUSINESS !! It's an elected office, the voters entrust someone to run & function within the guidelines.

Re: Dan Rutherford’s new TV ad

Sage — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 04:47:28 -0000

Rutherford is smart in using a "memorable" line to get at White's political jugular. It's fair, based on facts, relevant, and it will guide ordinary Illinoisans to the conclusion that all is not well in their Secretary of State's Office.

Rather than attack Rutherford by dismissing him as a racist, the writers here supporting JW should detail the facts about White's record that they feel contradict Rutherford's charges. Is it or is it not true that there are 18 relatives on the SOS payroll? Didn't Jesse ignore warnings in the media about Cecil Turner's character when he hired him? And what were Turner's QUALIFICATIONS aside from being the Vice Chair of the Sangamon Dems? It's corruption pure and simple and Rutherford is zeroing in on it. Jesse can't tumble himself out of these facts.

Most Illinoisans will come to the same conclusion--that except for her Daddy, White's daughter's supreme qualifications would not have been "discovered" by any other Secretary of State to justify her salary being tripled. That was simply done because her Daddy could do it and thought he was politically untouchable.

Rutherford is like Harry Truman. He's not giving White and the Dems hell, he's just telling it like it is. Wait and see how this resonates.

Re: Dan Rutherford’s new TV ad

Dan Fan — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 01:57:10 -0000

After all the ads out in today...the demo's and JW fans come out in full force to defend JW. Over a "who's your daddy comment", Referring to "JW's age", Jessie was good for the demo's 8 years ago...he doesn't run the SOS and everyone knows it. I thought that the ad was, as Dan always is, up beat and to the point. Grow up people!

Re: Dan Rutherford’s new TV ad

Walking Wounded — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:21:04 -0000

Bridgete
If you will: please find any front line employee at the SOS office and ask if things have changed for the better since Jesse took office. If they are honest, you will find out that corruption still permeates through the office, Dirksen facility, Howelett, bldg, etc. Those who have made complaints have been met with scrutiny and bias. I speak as a 22plus year employee who has seen more corruption than I want to admit to. The inmates are surely running the asylum under White. A vote for White is another vote for business as usual.

Re: Dan Rutherford’s new TV ad

Nick — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:11:56 -0000

Danny boy is the only taking pot shots at SOS White's age. The Green Party candidates name on the ballot is Karen "YOUNG" Peterson. Generally if its both names you will see a hyphen...Just wondering what her deal is...

GO JESSE!!!

Re: Dan Rutherford’s new TV ad

Rex — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:41:54 -0000

Great add. Dan says it like it is. No puffery. I like Jesse, but his age is creeping up on him. What is the life expectancy for a man? Retire already. Jesse isn't the one running the secretary of state's office. Jesse is just a prop.

Re: Dan Rutherford’s new TV ad

Anon — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:29:55 -0000

Rich, were the other 17 relatives hired by George Ryan too?

Re: Dan Rutherford’s new TV ad

Gigi — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:42:53 -0000

Gee, I can't see one original thought on this whole blog. Just the same 'ol same 'ol about the race card and age. I am a 78 year old senior and you can bet Dan has my vote. And if you think it's a done deal, just wait until Nov.7th!

Re: Dan Rutherford’s new TV ad

Rich Miller — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:15:45 -0000

I'm not gonna defend Jesse White, Ace, but were you aware that his daughter worked for SoS before he was elected?

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Ace in the hole — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:51:06 -0000

When some Jesse fans can't find a good excuse for his blatent nepotism, they bring up the racial subject. I don't care if Jesse White is purple polka dotted, he is guilty of nepotism and that's a fact he can't hide.

Re: Dan Rutherford’s new TV ad

Wumpus the frizee — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:49:42 -0000

Anyone who sees racism in this ad is a moron and an idiot to the nth degree. I am sorry, the age thing is unneccessary, but harmless and the whose your daddy is as inoffensive as it gets to a rational person. YDD, you are grasping on this one.

Re: Dan Rutherford’s new TV ad

majiangel — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:39:38 -0000

Go Dan Go!!!!!

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Bridget Dooley — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:10:38 -0000

"Jesse White has a ton of corruption"

Really? Where does one keep a ton of corruption? In the garage?

I thought the speculative rumors that Rich was referring to were about Rutherford. Now I feel totally left out!

Re: Dan Rutherford’s new TV ad

Roby — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 19:52:27 -0000

Jesse White has a ton of corruption.
There is a lot of hypocricy on this.

That being said Jesse White cannot be beat and Rutherford will be beat bad.

Rich Miller will delete anything real bad on Jesse White even if true, and the media doesn't want to go into this, and when they rarely do people don't care and he is like teflon.

Jesse White can smile, have his tumblers do some flips and talk in some platitudes.

Re: Dan Rutherford’s new TV ad

tough guy — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 19:36:30 -0000

Wow! Danny must be wanting to tank his 2010 campaign early.

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T.J. — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:34:32 -0000

I had to read through all the comments to figure out what the heck was "racist."

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Bridget Dooley — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:25:37 -0000

I agree with most everyone else that it was in fantastically bad judgement to use the "daddy" phrase and for him to even go there with the age bit. Bad, bad, bad.

Most Democrats I know don't think badly of Rutherford, but this might change that.

What was he thinking running against Jesse, anyway? He should have at least formed a tumbling team first.

Re: Dan Rutherford’s new TV ad

MAC — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:13:29 -0000

It was also reported that White's step-grandson has been on the SoS payroll since November of 2002 making over $40,000. His nephew, George White, and three nieces are also on the Jesse White payroll making as much as $63,500 each.

It was also revealed that White's Chief of Staff, Tom Benigno, hired his own wife on a no-bid contact, circumventing state hiring procedures, to be an 18-month part-time secretary. In addition, the new biography out about Jesse White was written voluntarily by Rick Davis. It has now been exposed that Davis is a no-bid $73,000-a-year contractual employee of White.

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Patricia — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:08:40 -0000

I have a comment regarding the RNCC anti-immigration ads airing against Duckworth.

As an Hispanic, I can assure the RNCC that it is losing a generation of Hispanic voters. McCain is considered a hero in the Hispanic community, and by denouncing the McCain-Kennedy immigration bill, which DOESN'T provide for an amnesty, the GOP is ensuring its LT demise.

Roskam may beat Duckworth in this race, due to the ads (and I'm not even certain of that, as affluent Americans, of ANY race, embrace immigrants, undocumented and otherwise, in numbers FAR greater than middle- and lower-income Americans), but the GOP will continue to lose Hispanic support.

And please note that Univision and Telemundo have featured the GOP's anti-Hispanic ads in their national evening newscasts.

Re: Dan Rutherford’s new TV ad

Walking Wounded — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:03:51 -0000

Gee, I leave for the afternoon, and when I come back, all h*ll's cut loose. Personally, I don't see the "race" thing in this commercial. I took "Who's your daddy" as a remark that Jesse takes care of his own. If anyone read the SJ-R's endorsement, even they pointed out that White "is not all that engaged with his current job". From what I've seen, Rutherford has proposed a number of ideas to make the Secretary of State's office much more efficient. White's spokesman continually downplays these ideas, saying they can't be done. Everyone try to forget who the D or R is in this matter...what should matter is getting someone elected who can do the job efficiently.
Rich, I hope you let me keep this posted. If I say anything out of line, please let me know...I'm doing my best not to be snarky.
WW

Re: Dan Rutherford’s new TV ad

Yellow Dog Democrat — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:52:05 -0000

Anybody want to put money on Dan's chances of winning?

It's one thing to decide that you're not going down without a fight.

It's another to wait to start fighting until your ship is already sunk, and then start taking pot shots below the belt.

Aside from the crude racial epithet and ageism, it isn't a very good ad, trying to crame way too many allegations into a single spot. It reaks of desperation and frustration, but Rutherford has no one to blame but himself for his campaign's miserable failure. If he really wanted to win, he should've spent the last 10 months doing something besides touring GOP Rubber Chicken Dinners.

Re: Dan Rutherford’s new TV ad

Jaded — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:50:37 -0000

YDD, you are wrong. The fact that Rutherford failed to use the "Who's your Daddy" comment with George Ryan had nothing to do with race and everything to do with friendship. If you want to pin his friendship with GHR on him, then do that, but his failure to whack Ryan had nothing to do with race.

I personally think the age thing was a bigger faux pas. Seniors vote and like to think they are still productive citizens. I don't think the age crack will play well with them.

Otherwise I think the nepotism issue resonates with people, and Rutherford had to go negative if he wants to even have the slightest chance in this race (which I personally don't think he does).

Re: Dan Rutherford’s new TV ad

annon. in central illinois — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:15:46 -0000

Come on folks.....facts are facts & it's laid out , raw perhaps & the way it is. It's nothing different than was outlined in numerous newspaper articles. Like it or not & despite what is said that JW is a great guy, the SOS is troubled, under investigations, indictments have emerged & convictions. And that's in only one or two areas of one of the largest agencies of gov't. There are questionable dealings by those under JW & it's out of control. Jesse has has a very long run in public life. But, he appears that he's not on the pulse of what's going on in his ranks, divisions & ulitmately the responsibility is his.