has decided to vote for in Tuesday’s primary for the Democratic nomination for the 10th Congressional District seat currently held by .
May made her decision today after groups supporting the candidacy of like MoveOn have flooded the northern suburbs with advertising and telephone calls for over week criticizing Schneider for some donations made to Republicans. Sheyman worked for MoveOn before leaving his position to run for Congress.
“Ilya’s negative advertising is full of overt distortions,” May said referring to the Presidential primary. “I’ve decided to vote for Brad Schneider. What Ilya’s doing is not good for us (Democrats). I’m not alone. I’m hearing this from my friends.”
May is particularly disturbed to see tactics used in a local Democratic primary that she normally attributes to Republicans on a national level.
“This is how the Republicans are flaying each other on the national level,” May said. “It’s not what we should be doing as Democrats in the 10th District.”
Schneider, Sheyman, Long Grove business owner and Mundelein attorney are competing in Tuesday’s primary for the right to challenge Dold. Dold is unopposed in the Republican contest.
As of 9:30 p.m. tonight, neither the Sheyman nor the Schneider campaign responded to requests for comments. Patch will update this story throughout the weekend when the two camps provide something to add.
So why is Ilya vilified for this? I agree with Miles that Republicans are increasingly representing a war on women, a war on health care, and a war on SS and Medicare. A "progressive" Democrat who supports these candidates makes one pause as to their sincerity. Brad has attacked Ilya on numerous occasions. Neither Ilya nor his campaign have called him names in response. I have worked on campaigns since Gary Hart ran for president - and have found this one to be the most honest, ethical and courteous - while making the contrast necessary to define himself against his opponent - with facts. I have great respect for Ms. May, but I disagree with this endorsement.
How anyone can support an alleged Democratic who supports Republicans with large donations (more than once) sounds too much like another Joe Leiberman to me. He was first a Democrat, then an Independent when his Republican beliefs started to show too much and due to that he lost his place on the ballot . If Mr Schneider loses the election to Ilya, then are we to expect the same and see him on the ballot later this year as an Independent? Then what will Karen May do. PIck a side and stick with it, and best to keep your decisions personal. This is not news last I checked.
When people hear these two statements coming from the same mouth, well, they just know what (or who) to believe anymore. Go away, Brad. You were a detriment to your Party when you chose to support Kirk over Seals (or whoever the Dems had on the ballot) in election after election from 2002 thru 2008, you were a detriment to your Party when you chose not to rally your fellow Kirk-Democrats to help get Seals into office in 2010, and you continue to be a detriment to your Party when you misrepresent yourself--“I am a lifelong Progressive!”--and then have your minions throw insults at us (“Liar!”) when we call you out on it.
You want negativity, Marilyn & Frank? Have you seen the commercial the Brad Schneider campaign released?—“Who is Ilya Sheyman?” If you missed it on the TV, you can find it on you-tube. But before you watch it, I’d like to point out that the word, “Bogus!,” highlighted in the artwork and in the script (“Attacks so absurd, the Tribune called them ‘bogus’”) is taken out of context. Here is what Trib did say in its editorial, published 2/24/12: “[Brad]'s taken some heat for donating to some of Republican Mark Kirk's congressional campaigns, but this is a bogus complaint. It's a testament to Schneider's independence that on other occasions he contributed to Kirk's opponents.” Brad’s ad makes it seem like Ilya’s pointing out that Brad gave $$ to Kirk and to a slew of right-wing, anti-choice, pro-gun Republicans, such as Bob Bennett, of Utah, are “lies” Only lie I see is the lie Brad Schneider told in the ad, the one where he says he is a “true Progressive” http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-congress2-20120224,0,6025978.story Go home, Brad!
In case you missed it here’s a link to you man’s mud pie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeFnxhuGFDo This ad has all the classic symptoms of negative advertising: Overt distortions: “He can’t win on his record.” Sure Ilya doesn’t have a “record,” but what **voting** record does Brad have? (Other than his record of political donations, which is very telling indeed, and which, I might add, forms the entire basis for the Sheyman “mud”) Quotes out of context: “Attacks so absurd, the Tribune called them ‘bogus’” (Trib had nothing to say about Sheyman's “attacks.” They did, on the other hand, think highly of Brad’s contributions to Kirk. How could they not? Trib LOVES Kirk, as we all know.) Outright lies: “They’re spreading lies about true Progressive, Brad Schneider.” A of all Brad’s history of donations PROVES he is not a true Progressive. And B, the Sheyman campaign is not spreading lies! (They are, on the other hand, confronting the Brad camp on their false-- and yes, deceitful—use of the word “Progressive” in their effort to steal votes away from Ilya, who is the true Progressive candidate in this race.)
Who is Ilya Sheyman? He’s funded by out-of-state special interests. He can’t win on his record, so they’re spreading lies about true Progressive, Brad Schneider Attacks so absurd, the Tribune called them “bogus” Democrat Brad Schneider, supported by Melissa Bean, Julie Hamos, and Susan Garrett for being pro-choice, endorsed by the Daily Herald and Tribune. Show Sheyman and his allies: We don’t like being lied to. Brad Schneider for Congress. I’m Brad Schneider and I approve this message.
could not have said it better!
On the other hand, if you've lived and served in the area, then you also come to realize that the Morrison family lives to feed the old man's law firm. I've always believed Julie switched parties because it helps feed the firm's pipeline from the Democratic. The Morrisons are as inside as political insiders can get. Political party affiliation isn't what it used to be, insiders seek influence any way they can.
Although Brad has supported LOTS of Democrats throughout the years, he has supported a small number of Republicans—solely in the context of supporting Israel. Just wanted to let you know that Brad is 100% for a women's right to choose and will fight for that right in Congress. Here's a post by Brad on his Facebook page about it: https://www.facebook.com/schneiderforcongress/posts/322301254482289.
It’s like milk (Whole, 2%, 1%, Skim, Soy) On the one hand, you have your Republicans (from right to left): Libertarian, Reactionary, TeaParty, Conservative, Centrist, RINO (Republican In Name Only). And then you have your Democrats (again, from right to left): Left of Center, Blue Dog, Moderate, Liberal, Progressive, Socialist. Brad, a Moderate, with his history of supporting Republicans, has no business proclaiming himself to be a Progressive. His doing so translates to stealing votes away from the true Progressive in the race. The fear is that people would go to the polls, saying “I want a Progressive!” but instead of voting for Ilya, they vote for Brad. You can certainly understand why Ilya wouldn’t want anyone stealing any votes from him. Going back to the Milk: Let’s say someone (maybe he’s 25, is a Community Organizer) opens a milk bar. His specialty is Skim milk. It tastes great; everybody's buying it. But then some 50-yr-old businessman sets up shop across the street, selling “Skim milk that tastes like Whole!” The 25-yr-old does a little research, discovers that the “Skim milk that tastes like Whole” is in fact Whole milk. Does the 25-yr-old stay quiet, let someone go on hood-winking the cliental, stealing customers away from him? Ask Brad, with all his “business” experience what he would do. Hope this helps.
Brad’s commercial is sleazy. There is no other word for it. Filled with distortions, words (“bogus”) taken out of context, and outright lies. In the commercial, Ilya is accused of “spreading lies about true Progressive Brad Schneider” A of all, Ilya’s attacks (and yes, damn right they’re attacks) on Brad are filled with facts and annotated with footnotes, allowing the skeptic to look up said facts and see for herself. B of all, the commercial implies that Ilya made up the whole Brad-gave-$$-to- Republicans thing. And C, Brad gave 1000s to Kirk and 1000s more to other Republican candidates (as in right-wing, anti-choice, pro-gun Republicans), which PROVES BRAD IS NOT A PROGRESSIVE! Progressive Dems don’t give 1000s to GOP candidates. Period. Not even if they give 10’s of 1000s to Dems. That would be absurd to a true Progressive. Equally sleazy: The door hanger the Schneider campaign is using to remind people to vote. It includes President Obama's image next to Brad’s (actual) endorsers, implying that Obama has endorsed Brad as well.
That LinkedIn resume is the same platitudinous drivel I've already heard him mumble to my ears. If I hadn't already seen that site, I wouldn't be asking for specifics. In my working days that resume would have gone in the trash. Tree would get an interview.