“Hey, check out this black shirt. Do you like it? I got it in Wrigleyville. Did you see the Cubs last night? Weren’t they great? It reminded me of a book I read once on the Romans. I think I told you about that book before. Hey, speaking of Rome, I ran into DeLeo this morning. I love that guy. Isn’t he a hoot? He gave me a ride in his new car. What kind of car do you drive now? I don’t drive because I’m the governor. Do you like to drive? I remember years ago, when I first learned how to drive. Have you ever driven in LA? It’s crazy, man, I tell ya. I was just in Arizona. Saw the Cubs. Did I ask you about the Cubs game last night? Aren’t they great?”
“No.”
- If It Walks Like a Duck... - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 9:02 am:
“…AND then - the FUNNIEST thing happened! I see this little black girl standing on the corner and she sees me and starts jumping up and down all excited. I roll down my window and smile at her and say, “Good Morning Sweetie!” - just like that - and you know what she SAID? DO YA?! She yells out - this is going to break you up! - she yells out - get ready! - “Look! There’s Mayor Daley!” Isn’t that a STITCH! I’m crying! Really! Big Tears! Look! - So, what’s happened to you? Anything like that? - You’ve been mistaken for someone else, right? - Am I right? - GOSH, that was so hilarious!”
Madigan has the same look on his face that my father had when I came in drunk one night while high school (yeah, I’m old enough that I bought beer in high school).
Madigan (thinking to himself) “Son, you are really not THAT stupid, are you? Do you really think I am believing your story that Emil Jones made you do it and you were just playing along?”
Blago: “So you see Mike, that’s why we’re really going to need you on this one. I mean I know we’ve had our differences, but in the end I’m going to win this. And when I’m Senator you’re going to want me to look back and….”
Madigan thinking to self: **Now where was that pressure point? Between the 3rd and 4th rib… along the spine… Almost got it… and… COMA!**
- There he goes again - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 9:43 am:
“Remember when I was State Rep. Rod Blagojevich and I came to see you about my legislative agenda for my district and you told me that I could only carry three bills?”
“Yes”
“Well, I am devoting my entire career to getting even with you for that!”
“See, I’ve always liked the crystal meth amphetamine myself, but I’ve never tried it mixed with the ketamine before. Have you tried the crystal meth? That’s great stuff, man. Wow. I think Stu was setting an example; I think we need more euphoria in Springfield these days. I remember once I was doing meth, back while I was working on that pipeline in Alaska. I’m sure glad I don’t have to work there anymore. Anyways, the day just flew. Here, let me straighten your tie.”
Wow. Your mock dialogue nails Blago spot on, Rich, as someone said. He’s always been like that. He is certainly easy to talk to - never any uncomfortable lulls in the conversation, that’s for sure. . .
“…so if I ever pull a muscle or anything
while I’m jogging I can just go right into the Cubs clubhouse and the trainer will take care of me. Have you ever in clubhouse? They don’t let just anyone in there, you know… “
Blago: Pass this bill fast and your members will get small portions of the money they were promised last year for their districts, Hey, a little somethin is better than nothin. I’m being very generous here! If I had it my way, I would send the members home permanently and use the money to revamp the house to look like a Las Vegas venue so I can do my Elvis impersonation in style. I don’t need any of you! ………I AM KING! Right?
Speaker: Silently - A song playing in his head “50 Ways to cream the Govner”.
Forever doesn’t mean forever anymore
I said forever
But it doesn’t look like I’m gonna be around much anymore
When the heat gets sub-tropical
And the talk gets so topical
Riot act - you can read me the riot act
You can make me a matter of fact
Or a villain in a million
A slip of the tongue is gonna keep me civilian
Why do you talk such stupid nonsense
When my mind could rest much easier
Instead of all this G-d’ed insolence
I would be happier with amnesia
They say forget her
Now it looks like you’re either gonna be for me or against me
I got your letter
Now they say I don’t care for the color that it paints me
Trying to be so bad is bad enough
Don’t make me laugh by talking tough
Don’t put your heart out on your sleeve
When your remarks are off the cuff
Every time I see photos of Blago and Madigan, I think of the boy king and the royal vizier. And we know from the fairy tales who generally wins that one, in the end.
- Madison County Voter - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 12:21 pm:
Blago - You know what Mike? If a phone rang in the Governor’s mansion at 3 am, who is gonna answer it? You? Not a chance! You know who will answer it? Nobody! Cause nobody is there. But I could be there, I could answer it if I was there! But you couldn’t! You know that? You couldn’t answer it but I could!…………….. if I was there.
Better lyric choices are in
“Beaten to the Punch”
“Human Touch”
“Five Gears in Reverse”
“So Young”
“Alibi Factory”
“Blame it on Cain”
“The bridge I burned”
“Brilliant Mistake”
“Hand In Hand”
“Miracle Man”
“Night rally”
“Running out of Fools”
This must be an old photo.
I don’t think the two men would be photographed so close together these days.
Maybe this is one of these optical illusion photos. . .I’ll just keep staring at the black space between the men and see if anything appears.
MM: “Now, young man, listen for once and for the last time. They do NOT sell hair dye in the commissary at Oxford. Now get on the bus and get those leg chains on, before I have to whamp you up side of your pouffy head.”
LIVE session coverage...
- Wumpus - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 8:40 am:
Anakin, follow me and we will rule the galaxy, er state side by side
- MOON - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 8:44 am:
BLAGO: I have all the answers,you are just a “bit player”
MADIGAN: We shall see!
- danville pete - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 8:44 am:
Mikey, will you visit me in prison?
- Anon2 - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 8:45 am:
Not you Fredo.
- Dan S, a Voter & Cubs Fan - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 8:49 am:
Tell George you want the top bunk.
- problem - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 8:50 am:
“Do you… Tango?”
- The Rookie - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 8:50 am:
Madigan: “Man… Please!??”
- Anon - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 8:51 am:
Oy Vey You make me ILL
- problem - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 8:51 am:
“Rod… I am your father.”
“Really?”
“No, wait, that’s Lisa. Nevermind.”
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 8:52 am:
I shall become President, and you shall remain…Speaker.
- Anon2 - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 8:53 am:
Mike to Rod: “You better mapquest Oxford, Wisc.”
- The Rookie - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 8:54 am:
Blago: “That shirt and tie combo is awful? Seriously.”
- Kevin Fanning - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 8:55 am:
“I’ll be right back with your glass of pomegranate juice Mr. Speaker.”
- problem - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 8:56 am:
“Congratulations on finally coming around on healthcare little Mikey. Single-payer? What changed your mind?”
“I was disappointed by that judges ruling yesterday that shut down your program on a technicality. I realized - we need to do this and do it right.”
“Well, thank you Mikey. By the way, I found some extra money for your pork projects lying around. Looks like we can fund those after all.”
“Yipee!”
“Yipee!”
- stop drinking the cool aid - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 8:57 am:
Blago to Madigan: I wonder how many people remember the story from Greek Mythology about Hercules and the Hydra headed monster?
Madigan to himself: Just keep nodding your head until the guys in white coats or with handcuffs arrive.
- Rich Miller - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 8:57 am:
“Hey, check out this black shirt. Do you like it? I got it in Wrigleyville. Did you see the Cubs last night? Weren’t they great? It reminded me of a book I read once on the Romans. I think I told you about that book before. Hey, speaking of Rome, I ran into DeLeo this morning. I love that guy. Isn’t he a hoot? He gave me a ride in his new car. What kind of car do you drive now? I don’t drive because I’m the governor. Do you like to drive? I remember years ago, when I first learned how to drive. Have you ever driven in LA? It’s crazy, man, I tell ya. I was just in Arizona. Saw the Cubs. Did I ask you about the Cubs game last night? Aren’t they great?”
“No.”
- If It Walks Like a Duck... - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 9:02 am:
What does “kakistocracy” mean?
- Truth - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 9:03 am:
Rich,
That is spot on.
- Rich Miller - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 9:04 am:
Thanks, but I didn’t spend all that time on the bus for nothing. lol
- One of the 35 - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 9:12 am:
Blago to Mike: ” And then this little African American girl comes up to me out of the crowd and says…..”
- PC - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 9:16 am:
You can’t tell it from the picture, but Mike the Sox fan is just taking a deep breath here to unleash a “Booooooo-oooooo-ooooooo!”
- VanillaMan - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 9:17 am:
“…AND then - the FUNNIEST thing happened! I see this little black girl standing on the corner and she sees me and starts jumping up and down all excited. I roll down my window and smile at her and say, “Good Morning Sweetie!” - just like that - and you know what she SAID? DO YA?! She yells out - this is going to break you up! - she yells out - get ready! - “Look! There’s Mayor Daley!” Isn’t that a STITCH! I’m crying! Really! Big Tears! Look! - So, what’s happened to you? Anything like that? - You’ve been mistaken for someone else, right? - Am I right? - GOSH, that was so hilarious!”
- the Patriot - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 9:20 am:
Guv: “process, we don’t need no stinkin process.”
- Anon - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 9:24 am:
Oy! You could use a tic-tac!
- Gentlemen, behold! - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 9:26 am:
“Anything you can do, I can do better.
I can do anything better than you.”
“No you can’t.”
“Yes I can.”
- Trafficmatt - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 9:29 am:
Madigan has the same look on his face that my father had when I came in drunk one night while high school (yeah, I’m old enough that I bought beer in high school).
Madigan (thinking to himself) “Son, you are really not THAT stupid, are you? Do you really think I am believing your story that Emil Jones made you do it and you were just playing along?”
- Irish - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 9:31 am:
B-Daddy - If you play nice with me I can get you anything you want. DO you want to ride in the new Illinois One?
M&M - (silence)
B-Daddy- Man why you gotta mess with me? You’re supposed to be one of my home boys!
M&M (silence)
B-Daddy - I don’t need you, ya know? I have the power! (mumbling to self, a tear in his eye) I coulda been a contenda.
M&M - (silence)
B-Daddy - Do you think Lisa could get me a diminished mental capacity defense?
M&M -(smiles)
- Kevin Fanning - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 9:33 am:
lol
- wordslinger - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 9:33 am:
“I wish I could quit you.”
- Speaking At Will - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 9:35 am:
Guv to Madigan “He, who hesitates can lead a horse to water, but that dont mean he can get that bird out his bush!”
- North of I-80 - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 9:36 am:
“You’re bluffing”
“No, you’re bluffing”
“No, YOU are bluffing”
“Nuh uh, YOU’RE bluffing”
- South of I-80 - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 9:38 am:
Madigan to G-Rod: “Your on my foot”!!
- Learning the Ropes - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 9:43 am:
Blago: “So you see Mike, that’s why we’re really going to need you on this one. I mean I know we’ve had our differences, but in the end I’m going to win this. And when I’m Senator you’re going to want me to look back and….”
Madigan thinking to self: **Now where was that pressure point? Between the 3rd and 4th rib… along the spine… Almost got it… and… COMA!**
- There he goes again - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 9:43 am:
“Remember when I was State Rep. Rod Blagojevich and I came to see you about my legislative agenda for my district and you told me that I could only carry three bills?”
“Yes”
“Well, I am devoting my entire career to getting even with you for that!”
“Hmmmm”
- ZC - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 10:00 am:
“See, I’ve always liked the crystal meth amphetamine myself, but I’ve never tried it mixed with the ketamine before. Have you tried the crystal meth? That’s great stuff, man. Wow. I think Stu was setting an example; I think we need more euphoria in Springfield these days. I remember once I was doing meth, back while I was working on that pipeline in Alaska. I’m sure glad I don’t have to work there anymore. Anyways, the day just flew. Here, let me straighten your tie.”
- blagoman - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 10:03 am:
I will recall you.
No I will recall you.
I recall you first.
Maybe we can recall them all.
- Say WHAT? - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 10:11 am:
Rich,
Too funny! Blago channels Elvis - You channel Blago. Hysterical, and I agree - spot on!
- Garson - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 10:15 am:
How was your meal this evening, sir? Is there anything else I can get for you?
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 10:16 am:
what we have here is a failure to communicate.
- Matt Foley, Motivational Speaker - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 10:19 am:
Wow. Your mock dialogue nails Blago spot on, Rich, as someone said. He’s always been like that. He is certainly easy to talk to - never any uncomfortable lulls in the conversation, that’s for sure. . .
- Bill - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 10:25 am:
“…so if I ever pull a muscle or anything
while I’m jogging I can just go right into the Cubs clubhouse and the trainer will take care of me. Have you ever in clubhouse? They don’t let just anyone in there, you know… “
- Say WHAT? - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 10:28 am:
Blago: Pass this bill fast and your members will get small portions of the money they were promised last year for their districts, Hey, a little somethin is better than nothin. I’m being very generous here! If I had it my way, I would send the members home permanently and use the money to revamp the house to look like a Las Vegas venue so I can do my Elvis impersonation in style. I don’t need any of you! ………I AM KING! Right?
Speaker: Silently - A song playing in his head “50 Ways to cream the Govner”.
- Crimefighter - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 10:33 am:
“You’re fired.”
- 618 - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 10:34 am:
Can I have a ride home Mike? The taxpayers took my plane away.
- Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 10:35 am:
Mr. Speaker, didn’t you get our voicemail? Today’s meeting is “business casual.”
- Fan of the Game - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 10:40 am:
An aging Adam West and his not-so-young ward Burt Ward face off Monday in the newest WWE spectacular “Summer Slam XXVIII: Superheroes vs. Sidekicks”!
BE THERE!….Be There….be there…..
- Louis G. Atsaves - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 10:43 am:
Mr. Speaker, you have my word on this.
- Anon - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 10:45 am:
Madigan wonders whether the gov has perfected a new superpower: making people’s heads explode using only the power of his mind.
- Downstate - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 10:55 am:
Rod to Mike: “And that is why I don’t think I will mind prison.”
- OneMan - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 10:57 am:
It was at that moment the speaker decided he had to destroy the governor…
or
If I continue this long, meaningful gaze perhaps he will think I actually care about what he is saying.
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 11:07 am:
Anakin: Is it possible to learn such power?
Sidious: Not from a Jedi.”
- Chicago Dem - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 11:14 am:
Blago: “Mr. Speaker, it’s the whole truth and nothing but the truth…trust me on this one.”
- Cancion - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 11:19 am:
MM: There is no offer that I cannot refuse.
- pickles!! - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 11:31 am:
“Hey, Blago, You Talkin’ to me? You Talkin’ to me?”
- Bluefish - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 11:40 am:
Blago: “Come on, what’d I ever do to you?”
- The Rookie - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 11:42 am:
Blago: “Have you seen Senor Watson today?”
- Boone Logan Square - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 11:48 am:
Forever doesn’t mean forever anymore
I said forever
But it doesn’t look like I’m gonna be around much anymore
When the heat gets sub-tropical
And the talk gets so topical
Riot act - you can read me the riot act
You can make me a matter of fact
Or a villain in a million
A slip of the tongue is gonna keep me civilian
Why do you talk such stupid nonsense
When my mind could rest much easier
Instead of all this G-d’ed insolence
I would be happier with amnesia
They say forget her
Now it looks like you’re either gonna be for me or against me
I got your letter
Now they say I don’t care for the color that it paints me
Trying to be so bad is bad enough
Don’t make me laugh by talking tough
Don’t put your heart out on your sleeve
When your remarks are off the cuff
- You Go Boy - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 11:48 am:
Madigan: “I’m gonna grab that girlie hairdo and make a mop of it…”
- anon - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 11:50 am:
B: Right now, I am full of love.
M (thinking): Right now you are full of $#!^.
M (saying): Mmmph
- Mmmmmm! - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 12:08 pm:
What’s the date of the photo?
- Size Does Matter - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 12:11 pm:
No, Rod, you are not bigger than me. You are standing on a stool.
- ZC - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 12:19 pm:
Every time I see photos of Blago and Madigan, I think of the boy king and the royal vizier. And we know from the fairy tales who generally wins that one, in the end.
- Madison County Voter - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 12:21 pm:
Governor: (in a whisper) What does recall mean?
- Chicago Guy - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 12:36 pm:
Rod: “Kiss your what?”
- Wild Bill - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 12:38 pm:
Blaggo: Mike you’re right Jay Magoo is a total dope, but who else buys my baloney downstate?
Madigan: Yeah you already got all the Phelps on the payroll and Granberg is…..Maybe you get Skip to buy a “summer home” in Collinsville!
- Irish - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 12:42 pm:
Blago - You know what Mike? If a phone rang in the Governor’s mansion at 3 am, who is gonna answer it? You? Not a chance! You know who will answer it? Nobody! Cause nobody is there. But I could be there, I could answer it if I was there! But you couldn’t! You know that? You couldn’t answer it but I could!…………….. if I was there.
- Amy - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 12:47 pm:
Knives, or guns?
- A girl named Maria - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 12:50 pm:
“The Sharks are going to get their way, to-niiiight….”
- PlayK8 - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 12:59 pm:
Turn your head and cough.
- Levois - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 1:03 pm:
I don’t think Madigan is listening to word the governor is saying. lol
- what the? - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 1:08 pm:
“…and the the farmer says ‘Hey! That’s not a duck!’”
- Declan - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 1:10 pm:
Better lyric choices are in
“Beaten to the Punch”
“Human Touch”
“Five Gears in Reverse”
“So Young”
“Alibi Factory”
“Blame it on Cain”
“The bridge I burned”
“Brilliant Mistake”
“Hand In Hand”
“Miracle Man”
“Night rally”
“Running out of Fools”
That’s a start, anyway.
- anon - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 1:19 pm:
You little pip squeek.
- Repub. - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 1:25 pm:
How much product do you use on your hair?
- chris - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 1:30 pm:
Gov:
Hey…quit cheating. You have to hold the ruler tight against your stomach.
Madigan:
You still lose!
- Jake from Elwood - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 1:35 pm:
This must be an old photo.
I don’t think the two men would be photographed so close together these days.
Maybe this is one of these optical illusion photos. . .I’ll just keep staring at the black space between the men and see if anything appears.
- Jim Rockford - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 1:50 pm:
“I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let’s face it.”
- Siwash - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 1:55 pm:
Madigan: “I love you. . . I hate you. . . I love you. . . I hate you.”
- alex - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 2:17 pm:
“Dude….!”
- another pro-gunner - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 2:31 pm:
Madigan thinking to himself: Any minute his head’s gonna explode. It’s got to. How much did I pay for Laser Eye Surgery? Why don’t these things work?
- Mason - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 2:57 pm:
“The stuff that dreams are made of.” - Humphrey Bogart
- The Rookie - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 3:00 pm:
Blago: “The secret is panteen pro-v and one egg yolk.”
- Rich Miller - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 3:07 pm:
Learning the Ropes, I laughed for five minutes after reading your comment. Hilarious. You’ve learned the ropes.
- A Citizen - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 3:31 pm:
So, Mr. Speaker, here I am all puckered up for a kiss and you’re telling me no honeymoon this year either? You’ve broken my achy breaky heart!
- dmb - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 4:34 pm:
We’ll see who wins !!!!!!!!!!!
- Napoleon has left the building - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 4:46 pm:
Rod “Dude?”
MJM “dude”
- sorry alex, mine is clearly better
- Disgusted - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 5:51 pm:
MM: “Now, young man, listen for once and for the last time. They do NOT sell hair dye in the commissary at Oxford. Now get on the bus and get those leg chains on, before I have to whamp you up side of your pouffy head.”
- Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 5:59 pm:
You had me at “Hello.”
- downhereforyears - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 6:21 pm:
Rod to Madigan…..I have no idea who Chris Kelly is…..why do you ask? I swear…Abbey told me specifically I had never met the man.
- cogenerator - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 7:19 pm:
Two enter - One leaves!
- Irish 7 - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 7:45 pm:
You are way out of your league Rod. I have never lost one of these cold stone staring contests.
- gray wolf - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 9:15 pm:
do you have any prune juice? no but I have some Kool Aid made by Rev Jones
- Godfather seems appropriate - Wednesday, Apr 16, 08 @ 10:12 pm:
Somebody almost got it with Fredo.
The photo is after Madigan just let go of both sides of Rod’s head and kissed him: “I now it was you, Rod.”
- stuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!! - Thursday, Apr 17, 08 @ 8:16 am:
ouc
- Anon3 - Thursday, Apr 17, 08 @ 10:10 am:
Can’t we just grow up?