Friday, Jan 30, 2015 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as _____ is to _____.
Keep it clean, people.
- Thunder Fred - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:07 pm:
… Pat Quinn is to being unemployed.
- Formerly Known As... - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:10 pm:
Pat Quinn is to an unbalanced state budget.
- 1776 - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:14 pm:
disinfectant is to a dirty room
- Wordslinger - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:14 pm:
Careful is to what you wish for.
- Stuff Happens - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:16 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as ex-lax is to toilets.
- Formerly Known As... - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:17 pm:
reality is to living in a daydream.
- Formerly Known As... - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:18 pm:
the Day of Reckoning is to Kicking the Can Down the Road.
- walker - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:20 pm:
Rat in a maze
- Armin Tamzarian - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:20 pm:
Gasoline Fire
- walker - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:21 pm:
BTW no Director announcement this Friday?
- HGW XX/7 - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:23 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as “I’m shocked” is to “there’s gambling going on here”.
- slow down - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:30 pm:
Michael Jordan is to baseball.
- Just Sayin ... - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:30 pm:
Don Quixote to fighting wind mills.
- Stones - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:31 pm:
Fantasy / Reality
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:33 pm:
Dog chasing it’s tail.
- That Girl - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:35 pm:
Jim Inhofe is to climate change
- Bogey Golfer - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:35 pm:
Tiger Woods is to breaking par.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:36 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Edgar Bergen is to Charlie McCarthy.
- Pa Pa - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:38 pm:
Robespierre is to King Louis XVI.
- Ducky LaMoore - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:38 pm:
Governor Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Governor George Wallace is to race relations.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:38 pm:
===Tiger Woods is to breaking par.===
Yikes, 82 today. That’s a tempeture not a score…
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Fredo is to running the family.
- truthteller - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:39 pm:
Hedge funds are to small business
- Gooner - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:39 pm:
Arsene Wenger is to getting his side ready for Chelsea or Manchester United.
- Casual Observer - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:41 pm:
Fantasy Reality
- Deep South - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:41 pm:
Gov. Rauner is to the state budget as Twisted Sister to the Brady Bunch.
- throwing stones - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:42 pm:
Kryptonite is to Superman!
- Blue Dog - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:43 pm:
Gov Bruce Rauner is to the State Budget as Jason Voorhives is to high school campers.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:44 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Ketchup is to a hot dog.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:45 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Optics is to Reality.
- Commander Norton - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:45 pm:
Al Gore is to global warming
- Gooner - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:46 pm:
Jackson Pollack to a canvas.
- Bluefish - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:47 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as the Grateful Dead is to opera.
- olddog - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:47 pm:
Tinkerbelle — pixie dust
- Casual Observer - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:47 pm:
As New England Patriots are to football air pressure
- been there - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:49 pm:
as Attila is to Rome
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:50 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as art is to trying to imitate life.
- illinois fan - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:51 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Hillary is to all her husband’s actions in the oval office.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:53 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as William Shatner is to singing.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:57 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Mr. Douglas is to farming Green Acres.
- Anonymous - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:58 pm:
as bite is to me
- truthteller - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 4:03 pm:
as campaigning is to governing
- Juvenal - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 4:04 pm:
Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Veruca Salt is to the golden goose.
- Arthur Andersen - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 4:07 pm:
…as Alicia Silverstone is to her biggest hit movie.
- IllinoisBoi - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 4:12 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Robin Hood is to the rich, but in reverse.
- Mouthy - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 4:17 pm:
* Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Taz (Looney Tunes’The Tasmanian Devil) is to A Pickard China Shop.
- south side - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 4:29 pm:
Montgomery Burns is to Springfield.
- Robert the Bruce - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 4:29 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Mayor Daley was to the Chicago Manual of Style
- Anonymous - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 4:30 pm:
Governor Rauner is to the state budget as a corporate raider is to unlocking value
- Formerly Known As... - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 4:33 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as the three tops of Quinn-Madigan-Cullerton are to creative budgeting for only half a year.
- The Wolf - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 4:42 pm:
Willie Wilson is to grammar
- A guy - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 4:50 pm:
* Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Edward Scissorhands is to “Captain” Jack Sparrow.
Too deep or to depp?
- Anonymous - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 5:23 pm:
Governor Rauner is to the state budget as Evelyn is to magic
- Armin Tamzarian - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 5:25 pm:
Dennis Moore is to the poor.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 5:29 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as George Lazenby is to playing James Bond.
- Anonymous - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 5:43 pm:
Gov Rauner is to the state budget as bonuses are to a ceo.
- William j Kelly - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 5:43 pm:
As blah is to blah
- PublicServant - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 5:48 pm:
As FKA is to attempting to deflect blame.
- Captain K - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 6:19 pm:
As a new pair of trifocals is to Mr. Magoo.
- Sarbanharble - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 7:21 pm:
Pat Quinn is to a drum circle.
- Anonymous - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 8:31 pm:
corporate subsidies is to welfare payments
- Jorge - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 9:11 pm:
1% and their followers being morally bankrupt
- Formerly Known As... - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 9:44 pm:
As Public Servant is to attempting to shirk responsibility.
- RNUG - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 9:58 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Blagojevich is to honest governance.
- Armin Tamzarian - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 11:48 pm:
A burning jet is to the ocean.
- Jimmy - Saturday, Jan 31, 15 @ 12:30 am:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as a one tooth man trying to eat an ear of corn at the state fair.
- Yeppers - Saturday, Jan 31, 15 @ 1:10 am:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Vulture Capitalist Bruce Rauner is to nursing home residents.
- Rowdy Yates - Saturday, Jan 31, 15 @ 7:18 am:
Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Tide detergent is to a dirty sheet in the laundry.
- DuPage - Saturday, Jan 31, 15 @ 9:32 am:
Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Bozo the Clown is to performing brain surgery.
- Diane - Saturday, Jan 31, 15 @ 9:53 am:
Penquins are to the jungle
- anon - Saturday, Jan 31, 15 @ 10:26 am:
The Enola Gay is to Hiroshima
- Elmira Eddie - Saturday, Jan 31, 15 @ 10:32 am:
Bismarck’s army; Cats and dogs in Paris ca. 1870
- TCB - Monday, Feb 2, 15 @ 8:10 am:
Helen Keller is to driving
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- Thunder Fred - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:07 pm:
… Pat Quinn is to being unemployed.
- Formerly Known As... - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:10 pm:
Pat Quinn is to an unbalanced state budget.
- 1776 - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:14 pm:
disinfectant is to a dirty room
- Wordslinger - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:14 pm:
Careful is to what you wish for.
- Stuff Happens - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:16 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as ex-lax is to toilets.
- Formerly Known As... - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:17 pm:
reality is to living in a daydream.
- Formerly Known As... - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:18 pm:
the Day of Reckoning is to Kicking the Can Down the Road.
- walker - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:20 pm:
Rat in a maze
- Armin Tamzarian - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:20 pm:
Gasoline
Fire
- walker - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:21 pm:
BTW no Director announcement this Friday?
- HGW XX/7 - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:23 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as “I’m shocked” is to “there’s gambling going on here”.
- slow down - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:30 pm:
Michael Jordan is to baseball.
- Just Sayin ... - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:30 pm:
Don Quixote to fighting wind mills.
- Stones - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:31 pm:
Fantasy / Reality
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:33 pm:
Dog chasing it’s tail.
- That Girl - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:35 pm:
Jim Inhofe is to climate change
- Bogey Golfer - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:35 pm:
Tiger Woods is to breaking par.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:36 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Edgar Bergen is to Charlie McCarthy.
- Pa Pa - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:38 pm:
Robespierre is to King Louis XVI.
- Ducky LaMoore - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:38 pm:
Governor Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Governor George Wallace is to race relations.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:38 pm:
===Tiger Woods is to breaking par.===
Yikes, 82 today. That’s a tempeture not a score…
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Fredo is to running the family.
- truthteller - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:39 pm:
Hedge funds are to small business
- Gooner - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:39 pm:
Arsene Wenger is to getting his side ready for Chelsea or Manchester United.
- Casual Observer - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:41 pm:
Fantasy
Reality
- Deep South - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:41 pm:
Gov. Rauner is to the state budget as Twisted Sister to the Brady Bunch.
- throwing stones - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:42 pm:
Kryptonite is to Superman!
- Blue Dog - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:43 pm:
Gov Bruce Rauner is to the State Budget as Jason Voorhives is to high school campers.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:44 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Ketchup is to a hot dog.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:45 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Optics is to Reality.
- Commander Norton - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:45 pm:
Al Gore is to global warming
- Gooner - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:46 pm:
Jackson Pollack to a canvas.
- Bluefish - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:47 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as the Grateful Dead is to opera.
- olddog - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:47 pm:
Tinkerbelle — pixie dust
- Casual Observer - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:47 pm:
As New England Patriots are to football air pressure
- been there - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:49 pm:
as Attila is to Rome
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:50 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as art is to trying to imitate life.
- illinois fan - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:51 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Hillary is to all her husband’s actions in the oval office.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:53 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as William Shatner is to singing.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:57 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Mr. Douglas is to farming Green Acres.
- Anonymous - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 3:58 pm:
as bite is to me
- truthteller - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 4:03 pm:
as campaigning is to governing
- Juvenal - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 4:04 pm:
Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Veruca Salt is to the golden goose.
- Arthur Andersen - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 4:07 pm:
…as Alicia Silverstone is to her biggest hit movie.
- IllinoisBoi - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 4:12 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Robin Hood is to the rich, but in reverse.
- Mouthy - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 4:17 pm:
* Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Taz (Looney Tunes’The Tasmanian Devil) is to A Pickard China Shop.
- south side - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 4:29 pm:
Montgomery Burns is to Springfield.
- Robert the Bruce - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 4:29 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Mayor Daley was to the Chicago Manual of Style
- Anonymous - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 4:30 pm:
Governor Rauner is to the state budget as a corporate raider is to unlocking value
- Formerly Known As... - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 4:33 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as the three tops of Quinn-Madigan-Cullerton are to creative budgeting for only half a year.
- The Wolf - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 4:42 pm:
Willie Wilson is to grammar
- A guy - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 4:50 pm:
* Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Edward Scissorhands is to “Captain” Jack Sparrow.
Too deep or to depp?
- Anonymous - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 5:23 pm:
Governor Rauner is to the state budget as Evelyn is to magic
- Armin Tamzarian - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 5:25 pm:
Dennis Moore is to the poor.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 5:29 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as George Lazenby is to playing James Bond.
- Anonymous - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 5:43 pm:
Gov Rauner is to the state budget as bonuses are to a ceo.
- William j Kelly - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 5:43 pm:
As blah is to blah
- PublicServant - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 5:48 pm:
As FKA is to attempting to deflect blame.
- Captain K - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 6:19 pm:
As a new pair of trifocals is to Mr. Magoo.
- Sarbanharble - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 7:21 pm:
Pat Quinn is to a drum circle.
- Anonymous - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 8:31 pm:
corporate subsidies is to welfare payments
- Jorge - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 9:11 pm:
1% and their followers being morally bankrupt
- Formerly Known As... - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 9:44 pm:
As Public Servant is to attempting to shirk responsibility.
- RNUG - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 9:58 pm:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Blagojevich is to honest governance.
- Armin Tamzarian - Friday, Jan 30, 15 @ 11:48 pm:
A burning jet is to the ocean.
- Jimmy - Saturday, Jan 31, 15 @ 12:30 am:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as a one tooth man trying to eat an ear of corn at the state fair.
- Yeppers - Saturday, Jan 31, 15 @ 1:10 am:
Gov. Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Vulture Capitalist Bruce Rauner is to nursing home residents.
- Rowdy Yates - Saturday, Jan 31, 15 @ 7:18 am:
Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Tide detergent is to a dirty sheet in the laundry.
- DuPage - Saturday, Jan 31, 15 @ 9:32 am:
Bruce Rauner is to the state budget as Bozo the Clown is to performing brain surgery.
- Diane - Saturday, Jan 31, 15 @ 9:53 am:
Penquins are to the jungle
- anon - Saturday, Jan 31, 15 @ 10:26 am:
The Enola Gay is to Hiroshima
- Elmira Eddie - Saturday, Jan 31, 15 @ 10:32 am:
Bismarck’s army; Cats and dogs in Paris ca. 1870
- TCB - Monday, Feb 2, 15 @ 8:10 am:
Helen Keller is to driving