Eileen Brady Puts Jobs on Things

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So her vision of the city that everyone should get to share in is some imaginary hideous tacky photoshopped candyland replica of the real Portland filled with stand-ins for TV personalty versions of our city, and Chuck E Cheese, of all things, as part of the vision of "majorly nice" Portland? Awww, sad Portlandia stand-ins @0:10-0:19!
I'm not voting for someone who represents this version of Portland.

geyser on April 9, 2012 at 2:08 PM

I mean, maybe "Mmmmm Society" is solely to blame. If so, Brady should take a different tack from this, quickly.
It shouldn't be too hard to outdo the Hales ad, which leads off with fixing potholes, and then, later, something about standing up for schools.

geyser on April 9, 2012 at 2:12 PM

I MEAN, SERIOUSLY. FUCK EILEEN BRADY AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON INVOLVED IN THE MAKING OF THIS CAMPAIGN "ADVERTISEMENT". THEY SHOULD ALL HANG THEIR HEADS IN SHAME.

Graham on April 9, 2012 at 2:16 PM

#1: If Eileen Brady could deliver on that, I'd vote for her in a second.

dimitrir on April 9, 2012 at 2:24 PM

This shows exactly how out of touch she really is. She doesn't understand what we are trying to achieve here.

on April 9, 2012 at 2:30 PM

This is the stupidest shit, I mean why? Why?

cat & beard on April 9, 2012 at 2:35 PM

I don't want to live in a premium cable TV skit show.

on April 9, 2012 at 2:41 PM

Geyser, it sounds like you didn't actually watch the spot. The WHOLE POINT of the spot is that Eileen Brady is explicitly rejecting the "imaginary hideous tacky photoshopped candyland replica of the real Portland" that seems beloved by Portlandia and the New York Times.

(Full disclosure: My firm built Eileen Brady's campaign website. I speak only for myself.)

karichisholm on April 9, 2012 at 2:53 PM

Well, there goes any chance of her getting my vote.

Marq on April 9, 2012 at 3:12 PM

So if I have this right, this is a commerical talking about the need for folks to have a job...and after paying the expensive consulting companies to advise her to make this argument, the ad itself creates ZERO jobs? How about, I dunno, PAYING a crew to make an ad about our thriving tv and film industry, instead of accepting their in-kind largesse? If she wasn't in it that'd be one thing, but there the candidate is, happily not putting a job on anything. ???

torridjoe on April 9, 2012 at 3:19 PM

aaaaaaaaaaaand cue non-threatening black couple!

Barf! on April 9, 2012 at 3:27 PM

@8: I watched it three times, thought about it, and didn't get what you're saying out of it. Sorry if I missed the satire of Portlandia implicit in it, but it seems like a political ad is not really the place for critiquing superficial views of Portland created by and for people from other places. It seemed to be explicitly saying "This is what's great about Portland but not everyone can share in it."

geyser on April 9, 2012 at 3:45 PM

Steamed kale? Really? Not even sauteed kale with olive oil, garlic and chili? Fuck you. No vote.

TSW on April 9, 2012 at 4:00 PM

@8: if that's the WHOLE POINT if the ad, then Brady needs to find a better ad agency, because that message isn't conveyed by the ad in the slightest.

dimitrir on April 9, 2012 at 4:11 PM

*of the ad. Who the fuck put "i" right next to "o" on the keyboard, anyway?

dimitrir on April 9, 2012 at 4:15 PM

@8 Posted by karichisholm on April 9, 2012 at 2:53 PM

Can you try to astroturf just a little more while your nose is getting a nice brown sheen to it? At least your attempts to get a job after the election are pretty blatant.

on April 9, 2012 at 4:22 PM

I watched it 2.5 times and I think geyser's got its number. Eileen's not rejecting the "majorly nice" candyland, she's presenting it as the, "all that Portland does offer," in which, "not everyone gets to share." I could see how she might have meant for it to come across otherwise, but that's how it ended up.

And it is kind of funny that the ad that's all about creating jobs was done by unpaid workers. But then most political campaigns rely heavily on volunteers, and a political campaign touting job-creation isn't exactly original.

anylandingisagoodlanding on April 9, 2012 at 4:28 PM

I'm looking forward to her Grimm-themed ad.

albert on April 9, 2012 at 4:40 PM

WHEN I RUN FOR MAYOR IN 2016, MY CAMPAIGN WILL BE BASED ENTIRELY ON EXPANDING GOVERNMENT ENTITLEMENTS, GRAFT, AND CREATING LULZ. I'VE ALREADY PUT UP MY FIRST WEBSITE AND HAVE A SLOGAN: "ARE YOU TIRED OF THE SAME OLD BITTER POLITICS? CHECK OUT LEMONPARTY.ORG TO FIND OUT MORE"

Graham on April 9, 2012 at 4:41 PM

ALSO, BRADY'S ENTIRE CAMPAIGN CAN BE SUMMED UP AS, "THAT THINK YOU LIKE? I'M VAGUELY ASSOCIATED WITH IT, SO YOU SHOULD LIKE ME TOO"

Graham on April 9, 2012 at 4:42 PM

Envy is such a negative emotion but such self limiting minds must spend a lot of time bathing in it. You realize you all aren't criticizing Brady as much as you are my friends who helped create it. This is top talent that works on some of the best productions in the world much less Portland. You people are pitiful.

on April 9, 2012 at 5:10 PM

I came PDX specifically for the ease at which a person with no job, no resources, or even any personal ambition can still survive and maintain a relatively comfortable lifestyle. I collect unemployment, food stamps, take advantage of the plethora of non profit orgs. Most happy hours you'll find me pounding away the PBRs at a local dive bar. At night I may venture out to see one of the many super talented bands playing whose flyers you see posted around on telephone poles. Occasionally I might hit the streets in search of cans and bottles to recycle. Even though I have a degree in computer science from a respectable university I am humble enough to work in this sector of the service industry. People think I'm trying to be a hipster by wearing nerdy glasses, cardigan sweaters, sporting a mustache, and by walking around with my neck sticking out; but this is just the way I am. I have bad eye sight, get the chills easily due to my slight frame, and, frankly, I think I look damn good with the extra upper lip facial hair. You should have seen me when I rode with a scooter/moped club when I lived in Richmond. Even my mother would not have recognized me. Long hair, piercings everywhere, a denim jacket vest that got stolen from me:( I was ready to kick ass. But we never caused any real trouble because the law there always won. So I came back to my native NW to hopefully settle down once again. It's been rough since the economy it the fan. Seems people aren't buying the homemade recycled jewelry, canvass scarf bags (my invention), plastic grocery bag water pouches, or any other stuff I've patented. For the time being I'm kinda just sittin' and waiting; getting by day by day. Listening to the wind or what the guy in the bathroom stall next to me is talking to himself about. Patience is a virtue. I guess all these upcoming elections put me in a reflective mood. Which way will the tide change this time? Do we even really have a choice?

on April 9, 2012 at 5:17 PM

@21: the ad's embarrassingly bad and your condescension is baseless.

dimitrir on April 9, 2012 at 5:50 PM

Top talent? That looked like it was done as a senior project.

on April 9, 2012 at 5:55 PM

Graham, was 'think' intentional? If so, kudos. (And if not, double kudos.)

bikefor1 on April 9, 2012 at 7:11 PM

1, the quip was in response to an inane question from Miller. Eileen simply responded faster than the other two; Jeff was left shaking his head, laughing & REPEATING HER LINE!

2, the ad was done weeks before this, of course. the title was added after the OPB forum to take advantage of the fact that it was a great line (sadly, OPB does not provide rimshots). (i work part-time for the campaign; i'm speaking only for myself.)

3, the quip was nothing but that: a quip. she didn't repeat it at 2 events the next day, and she doesn't have to. her message from the very beginning of the campaign has been unchanged: Portland needs jobs. no other issue matters as much. living-wage jobs, with good benefits, for everyone in this city.

you can mock the quip, but the fact that people in this city are hurting from a lack of jobs? mock that?

tabarnhart on April 9, 2012 at 7:32 PM

I liked this nice little ad for Jefferson Smith's campaign.

Broseph Goebbels on April 9, 2012 at 8:15 PM

It's not too often you actually see a political candidate lose hundreds of votes in the space of a couple minutes, but Brady has done it with this commercial. Congrats to your friends, #21.

on April 9, 2012 at 8:15 PM

Portland needs jobs; I just don't see how Brady is supposed to bring them here. We can't use the same approach other cities use; our costs are too high. We need to stand out on our own unique merits.

@21: Good Will Hunting sucked.

on April 9, 2012 at 8:38 PM

I won't vote for Brady because, after all these months, I have no idea what she'd do. Her entire campaign seems to be a vague promise of whatever we can imagine she might do.

In that way it's very similar to the Obama campaign. "Hope" we get what we think we're getting. Interestingly she (as in "her campaign") tied her effort to Obama's in a recent email which mentioned an expatriot being so excited because he voted for both Obama and Brady on the same day! Isn't that great? Also, like the Obama campaign, the Brady people seem more interested in having volunteers tell their own stories about why they were attracted to the candidate, rather than discuss issues.

Maybe that's the modern way. Perhaps I'm old-fashioned. Saying "we want more jobs" is nice but I'd like to hear how that'll happen.

Eric in SE on April 10, 2012 at 12:52 AM

I has a sad because I completely agree with Graham's comments in this thread.

Todd Mecklem on April 10, 2012 at 7:07 AM

To the two people who have said they work for the Brady campaign but 'speak only for myself': bullshit. You speak for the campaign that pays you. Also, is this what she wants her staff to spend their time doing, trolling blog comments? Pathetic.

on April 10, 2012 at 7:40 AM

on April 10, 2012 at 8:37 AM

The Todd Mecklem mayoral campaign in 2016 will feature ways to make Portland more European. My slogan: "Put a bidet on it!"

Todd Mecklem on April 10, 2012 at 9:34 AM

Can someone *please* get TA Barnhart to shut up?

on April 10, 2012 at 10:41 AM

@g vansant #21 (and repeated for emphasis in #33!): No, I'm criticizing Brady. The ad is really quite well done on a formal and technical level. But its message faceplanted, and it's not out of envy that I say that.

anylandingisagoodlanding on April 10, 2012 at 11:33 AM

Gag me with a spoon.

Don't be fooled, Eileen Brady is a Republican in Liberal drag.

Vote for Jefferson Smith.

randyzpdx on April 10, 2012 at 12:23 PM

Holy poo! I don't remember the last time this many Blogtowners woke up at the same time!

Out of curiousity, after reading all the venom above (and yes, TA, love too...) I broke down and watched the ad thinking maybe there would be some terrible gaffe or crazy-business. Alas, no. IT'S JUST A FUCKING POLITICAL AD, PEOPLE! CALM DOWN!

I'll now go back to hiding from all things teevee and thereby miss the rest of these stupid ego-stroking ads.

GeezRilly? on April 10, 2012 at 12:52 PM

Eileen Brady is the Mitt Romney of this campaign: willing to pander to anyone to suggest that she shares whatever their interest/issue is so they will vote for her. And Charlie Hales is the Sarah Palin: willing to quit in the middle of his term to go do something more lucrative / less demanding, and now expecting to be taken seriously again when he decides to come back and give politics another shot. At least Kitzhaber finished out his second full term as Governor before he went away and then came back.

Imelda on April 10, 2012 at 3:04 PM

Well, I am looking at this from a different angle - how her campaign team "borrow" Portlandia's idea and creativity. It looks to me basically they just use the melody and change the words. I am curious about whether Portlandia grant Brady's campaign team the rights to use their material, and/or if they even ask. If they didn't even ask, that's arrogance on Brady's part. If pemission is not granted, that's plagiarism, which shows Ms Brady, and her campaign team serious lack of integrity.

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