After winning my third Grammy I gave up music so that I could fix Illinois. I have been so successful at bringing great jobs to Illinois, in fact the earth’s first interplanetary transfer station will be setup right here in Coles County, that I am now running statewide. As Treasurer I will continue to honor myself for my many great achievements. #talltales
- GollyGeeI'mTall - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:21 am:
I’m Tall, I’m Tall, I’m Tall. By the way did I tell you? I’m Tall.
Ain’t no party like a Democratic Party, cause a democratic party don’t stop. So when you see a young candidate in a Chevy hitting switches, then you gotta give that democrat props.
I got size in my rise and the motion for your ocean. Mike Frerichs got the potion to kick the party open. Slide, slide, but that’s the past
I got sumpin’ brand new for that ass. (as in donkey)
I would like to thank the 3 of you for coming out today to see me. I am Robert Wadlow, you have probably seen my statue in Alton, Illinois. I am much more handsome in person, wouldn’t you agree? (prolonged silence) me too.
“Nice to be here….at my height, it’s nice to beANYwhere….”
( rimshot)
“But anyway, I’ll soon be joined up here by the President of the Coles County Gay Little People Democratic Club, and I’m told his mic has been set up next to me podium…..”
- The End Is Near - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 11:08 am:
“In 2013, Coles County alone lost 134 drummer jobs to soulless drum machines from Terre Haute, Indiana. Good afternoon, I’m Mike Frerichs.”
No one could explain why the Frerichs campaign was having trouble connecting with voters. As one focus group participant told a pollster, “he’s always talking down to people.”
- the unknown poster - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 3:39 pm:
- Easy - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 9:57 am:
No, it’s true. I was the 5th Beatle. It was on my bio during my announcement…#talltales
- OurMagician - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 9:57 am:
And now, my audition for the new drummer for Loose Gravel.
- The Captain - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 9:59 am:
“We’re putting the band back together.”
- Ron Burgundy - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 9:59 am:
“I just flew back from Chicago and boy are my arms tired!”
*looks around sheepishly for rimshot* Sigh.
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 9:59 am:
@FakeMikeFrerichs - any minute, the Rolling Stones will come out and stand tall with me. #MakeUpWoppers
- I Support Robert Shaw!!! - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 9:59 am:
As a true indepedent Democrat, I march to the beat of my own drum.
- anon sequitor - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 9:59 am:
Five bucks says the donkey kicks the drum at the end of his speech.
- Toure's Latte - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:00 am:
I am stumped. This picture defies my ability to caption.
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:01 am:
“Before my role model Sheila Simon comes out to accompany me…”
- Bluefish - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:04 am:
John “Stumpy” Pepys prior to the bizarre gardening accident.
- 47th Ward - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:06 am:
The hardest working microphone stand in Illinois.
- roscoe tom - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:06 am:
Once the dust settles, Judy Barr Topinka and I will be doing duets.
- Downstate Illinois - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:08 am:
A-wop-bom-a-loo-mop-a-lomp-bom-bom!
- Stones - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:08 am:
And without further ado, my rendition of Bonzo’s Montreux!
- Rusty618 - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:14 am:
I don’t want to work…I want to bang on the drums all day!
- Easy - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:17 am:
47th ward–nice.
- lake county democrat - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:18 am:
And now, my Richard Wolffe imitation.
- William j Kelly - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:19 am:
I got this stuff at the Dawn Clark Netch estate sale, what do ya think everybody? Clap your hands for the late dawn Clark Netch!
- Trader Vic - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:19 am:
After winning my third Grammy I gave up music so that I could fix Illinois. I have been so successful at bringing great jobs to Illinois, in fact the earth’s first interplanetary transfer station will be setup right here in Coles County, that I am now running statewide. As Treasurer I will continue to honor myself for my many great achievements. #talltales
- GollyGeeI'mTall - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:21 am:
I’m Tall, I’m Tall, I’m Tall. By the way did I tell you? I’m Tall.
- Norseman - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:27 am:
So much for drumming up support.
- Dave Dahl - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:32 am:
www.instantrimshot.com
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:42 am:
“Before the Band comes out, I was asked to warm up the crowd with …some jokes.
I told them back there I have no jokes. They just told me to talk about myself and stand here…”
- Jake From Elwood - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:43 am:
“Drumming up very little
support in Republican Coles County”
- teddy salad - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:46 am:
I’m an 11
- Ghost - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:48 am:
You all look like ants from up here…ANTS!
The wether up here you ask? Why its fair, like our prices on new drum sets…..
- Team Sleep - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:49 am:
“Holy crap! There are actually Democrats in Coles County?! Guess this invitation wasn’t a joke.”
- John A Logan - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:49 am:
Ain’t no party like a Democratic Party, cause a democratic party don’t stop. So when you see a young candidate in a Chevy hitting switches, then you gotta give that democrat props.
I got size in my rise and the motion for your ocean. Mike Frerichs got the potion to kick the party open. Slide, slide, but that’s the past
I got sumpin’ brand new for that ass. (as in donkey)
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:51 am:
“Hello St. Clair County!”
- ChrisB - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:53 am:
Thanks…I like to play.
- Rufus Easton - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:54 am:
I would like to thank the 3 of you for coming out today to see me. I am Robert Wadlow, you have probably seen my statue in Alton, Illinois. I am much more handsome in person, wouldn’t you agree? (prolonged silence) me too.
- Ghost - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:55 am:
Weather*
- Judgment Day - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 10:57 am:
“…and the band played on….. elsewhere”.
- Mittuns - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 11:02 am:
Everything before my drum solo was a blur.
- Mittuns - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 11:05 am:
For your entertainment, I will jam out on this toddler size set of drums.
- Attilio - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 11:06 am:
“Nice to be here….at my height, it’s nice to beANYwhere….”
( rimshot)
“But anyway, I’ll soon be joined up here by the President of the Coles County Gay Little People Democratic Club, and I’m told his mic has been set up next to me podium…..”
- The End Is Near - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 11:08 am:
“In 2013, Coles County alone lost 134 drummer jobs to soulless drum machines from Terre Haute, Indiana. Good afternoon, I’m Mike Frerichs.”
- Rich Miller - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 11:10 am:
The End Is Near takes a commanding lead!
- Tweed Jacket - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 11:39 am:
From here I can see every Democrat for 30 miles.
- BentheDem - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 11:52 am:
John A Logan, ftw.
- Anonymous - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 11:56 am:
the first person to pin the tail on the donkey wins this drum set.
- Anonymous - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 12:00 pm:
i want`t the flowered mic on the floor.
- zatoichi - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 12:01 pm:
My second cousin, Keith Moon, gave me these tubs as a child. Can we start the bidding at $125?
- Anonymous - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 12:08 pm:
ok let`s start this auction, what`s your bid on these drums?
- Anonymous - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 12:22 pm:
france`s the talking mule will be drumming up a party later..
- Irish - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 12:28 pm:
“What was I thinking?”
- OneMan - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 12:40 pm:
Bluefish
Can’t top that…
- John Lennon - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 12:45 pm:
Play Moby Dick!!
- Union Man - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 12:53 pm:
This is the drum set my parents gave me for Christmas!! And no, I don’t know Freebird!!
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 12:59 pm:
“Free the Bird? Free what bird?”
- Arthur Andersen - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 1:15 pm:
“I’m told this drone next to the podium will fly up and attack me if I start droning on”
(Rimshot)
- gabe - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 1:20 pm:
Clint Eastwood is playing the drums.
- Keyser Soze - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 1:35 pm:
A taller podium please.
Followed by a rim shot.
- Irish - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 2:28 pm:
Sen. Mike Frerichs follows Speaker Madigan at the lectern.
- Robo - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 3:02 pm:
Why yes, I do carry it on my back, but only outside. After the primary I’ll have the campaign logo painted on the bass drum.
- Dupage Moderate - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 3:04 pm:
And now my family member who is not on the University of Illinois payroll will play the drums.
- Rusty618 - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 3:11 pm:
Can I have a “ba-dum-ching!”
- DateNight - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 3:12 pm:
Mike Frerichs stands tall for Illinois!
- How Ironic - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 3:16 pm:
Yes, I would agree that more cowbell is in order. However for today’s gig I’ll be concentrating on drums.
- Money bags - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 3:17 pm:
Meanwhile as we wait for Gene Krupa to arrive let me tell you about an old Mandarin Chinese proverb
- Anonymous - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 3:22 pm:
is this thing pluged in?who kicked the cord?
- 47th Ward - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 3:35 pm:
No one could explain why the Frerichs campaign was having trouble connecting with voters. As one focus group participant told a pollster, “he’s always talking down to people.”
- the unknown poster - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 3:39 pm:
I am the Napoleon Dynamite of Illinois politics.
- Yipperdo - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 3:45 pm:
And this November I am going to beat my message into you so hard that you will think I am playing the drums.
- Anonymous - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 4:51 pm:
im debating these drums.
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 5:20 pm:
“Brennen, did you touch my Drum Set. I know you touched my Drum Set, there was a chip in the Drum Stick…”
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Mar 17, 14 @ 5:38 pm:
“Prestige Worldwide… Investors? Maybe you!”
- Siriusly - Tuesday, Mar 18, 14 @ 4:35 am:
Thank you for having me, there are some tamales in the back.
- LBJ - Tuesday, Mar 18, 14 @ 8:10 am:
Therefore, my fellow citizens of the great land of Lincoln, let me close by quoting a great american poet who said
“let me be who I am
And let me kick out the jams.”
God bless.
- Sandi - Wednesday, Mar 19, 14 @ 3:08 am:
“I am hearing people say we need to drum the Ultra-Conservatives out of this state! I am hear to fo the job!”