* Jim Reed of the Illinois Education Association sitting next to Kristina Rasmussen of the Illinois Policy Institute at today’s State of the State Address…

       

58 Comments - William j Kelly - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 1:14 pm: Guess which one is sending her resume to rauner? - OneMan - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 1:15 pm: I’m a Mac and I’m a PC - Walter Mitty - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 1:18 pm: Why didn’t he pick me? - Obamas Puppy - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 1:18 pm: Illinois Policy aka Governor’s office annex. Spreading half truths and innuendo for 2 years and counting. - East Central Illinois - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 1:19 pm: This Apple ain’t for no teacher, that’s for sure. - William j Kelly - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 1:22 pm: ‘Great job on the sots boss! Please remind Uline to transfer another million to the 5o1c3, thanks!’ - Nearly Normal - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 1:30 pm: Jim: Yeah, hear the campaign rhetoric with no details on how to accomplish. Kristina: Oooh, good! They applauded on the parts I wrote. I must send this to him in praise of his presentation of my work. - Ducky LaMoore - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 1:32 pm: “Ah, I haven’t felt this awful since we watched that Ronald Reagan film.” - seen the big picture - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 1:34 pm: Jim - Wondering whats for lunch Kristina - Ordering shoes off Amazon - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 1:35 pm: Shake It Up - Ocasek/The Cars, enhanced by VanillaMan Uh well, I promised every single campaign day I never let reality get in my way I spent my millions to avoid defeat Now I’m under the Dome, on my two left feet Shake it up Shake it up, oo yeah Shake up Springfield Shake it up Now I’m tellin’ you know, it time to cut loose Livable wages are no excuse You should be able to hire anyone Just tell all the unions, that I won Shake it up, oo-oo Shake it up, yeah yeah Shake up Springfield, oo-oo Shake it up I tellin’ you, business are right! (go go go) Should pay lower taxes! (get real low) Hire who they want (wages will rot) I’m shakin’ it up “now”, this is my shot, woo! Uh well it’s not like my ideas will go anywhere I’m noticin’ an awful lot of stares Find me my money! Now, get to work! Pretend I’m not a quirky jerk Shake it up, oo-oo Shake it up, oo yeah Shake it up, feel my heat? I’m shakin’ it up! I’m shakin’ it up, makin’ a scene I don’t care if you think I’m mean I’m tellin’ the poor, there’s no more Pushin’ Illinois wages, down through the floor! Shake it up, oo-oo (shake it up) oo yeah Shake it up, oo-oo (shake it up) oh yeah (shake it up) Shake it up - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 1:37 pm: That’s for Jim! - Wordslinger - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 1:38 pm: Thogught balloons: “What a Pinko” “What a Pinko” - Compassionate Not Conservative - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 1:38 pm: Sorry Jim, but the invisible hand is going to take away all that education funding Rauner just promised. - Anonymoiis - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 1:39 pm: KR send JR a Facebook friend request. - anonymous - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 1:44 pm: I’m waiting for the higgins cartoon with all the Illinois Policy Institute people on their knees, tongues hanging out lined up in front of King Carhartt. - Precinct Captain - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 1:51 pm: IPI’s leader drafting their email blast that said, “Tune in to Gov. Quinn’s State of the State address today at noon.” - Juvenal - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 1:52 pm: If Not-Looks Could Kill. - Dirty Red - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 1:55 pm: “What did you think of my speech, Jim?” - LizPhairTax - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 1:56 pm: Pinky and The Brain - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 1:57 pm: Both… Bubble over their heads… “Yikes. I need to get on Capitol Fax, now…” - walker - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 1:59 pm: winners and losers - Arizona Bob - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 2:01 pm: Jim, WAKE UP! Rauner just killed that 5% raise you promised all those suburban teachers! - A guy - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 2:04 pm: Priority of the moment: hit my “send” button before he hits his! - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 2:04 pm: Downton Abbey? - Anon. - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 2:07 pm: Our new deficit solution — product placement fees! - Gabe - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 2:09 pm: Pinky and the Brain - A guy - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 2:16 pm: Those Apples sure do have quicker action keyboards. - D.P.Gumby - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 2:16 pm: Cast of the new “Odd Couple” sitcom coming to you on Pop! - jerry 101 - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 2:17 pm: Ten seconds after this photo was taken, she swiped right on Tinder. Next thing you know, they were making out in the halls of power. - 1776 - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 2:25 pm: In “You’ve Got Mail”, we introduce Jim Reid and Krista Rasmussen replacing Tom Hanks & Ryan - Todd Gak - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 2:49 pm: This is even worse than when we spotted each other from opposite ends of the Stratton corridor. - Wensicia - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 2:51 pm: KR: “I passed level 500 on Candy Crush Saga; how far did you get?” - huggybunny - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 3:09 pm: Man would she be mad if she knew I was drawing a mustache on her pic on Capitol Fax right now! - Ginhouse Tommy - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 3:19 pm: She’s on youtube watching Taylor Swift and he’s chillin with “Never too much” by Luther Van Dross. - Sage - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 3:50 pm: OneMan wins! (”I’m a Mac and I’m a PC”) - ADS - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 3:51 pm: Never playing Jim in TriviaCrack again… - crazybleedingheart - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 3:55 pm: Kristina hums: players gonna play play play play play haters gonna hate hate hate hate hate I’m just gonna shake shake shake shake shake it up, shake it up, ah ah ah shake it up, shake it up - Neglected stepchild - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 4:00 pm: Kristina’s a lot prettier than he is. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 4:04 pm: “Hey girl you work for me and don’t forget it. I’m the slave master with the pension clause in the Illinois state constitution . Get your ass back to work . My salary and pension come from your labor. I’m not a real taxpayer, I’m the tax man.” - Michelle Flaherty - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 4:14 pm: It’s nice to see an IPI exec relying on government subsidized wifi services. - Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 4:20 pm: “Agony and austerity Live together in perfect enmity . . . “ - Donny - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 4:20 pm: “Hmmm, Rauner just called for a minimum wage hike. Is there a way to erase all of IPI’s attacks on minimum wage from our website?” - A guy - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 4:22 pm: - Anonymous - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 4:04 pm: Dude, I think I’d ban you from society, let alone the blog. Ugh! - Don't Hayek Me Bro - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 4:26 pm: “All those donations to Rauner from IPI execs and I still have to sit next to *those* people?” - Toure's Latte - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 4:30 pm: Kristina: This is sooo exciting!!!! Jim: zzzzzzzzz… - Johnnie F. - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 4:34 pm: Guess which one is filling out an online application for FoxNews correspondent. - NewWestSuburbanGop'er - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 4:40 pm: Kristina—–”I can’t believe he ready my speech, word for word and only needed two days to practice.” Jim——”I can’t believe he read her speech, word for word and actually needed two days to practice.” - Jocko - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 4:48 pm: Giver (of lies) and taker (of guff). - anon. - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 5:01 pm: Two people checking Capitol Fax! - Not Surprised - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 6:07 pm: K Rasmussen…emailing her FOX News contact to get a live shot interview to comment on the SOTS speech. - Capitol View - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 7:09 pm: Limerick Time: Our new GOP guv for our state, Might have preferred Senate President “Pate” - But a Dem legislature Is Illinois’ second nature Reform needs both parties pulling their weight. - ash - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 7:24 pm: One listening, one lying - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Feb 4, 15 @ 7:34 pm: Rich, we can’t make fun of pretty girls in caption contests. Give us politicians! - czasowniki nieregularne - Thursday, Feb 5, 15 @ 4:54 am: Swimming Approach For Novices and medicus szczecin. Swimming Approach For Novices - Anonymous - Thursday, Feb 5, 15 @ 7:48 am: Ladies always dress for success (but it doesn’t hurt for befriend an billionaire - erick - Thursday, Feb 5, 15 @ 8:01 am: damn is she single lol - Late to the Party - Thursday, Feb 5, 15 @ 8:13 am: The jack goes on the queen - Rich Miller - Thursday, Feb 5, 15 @ 8:47 am: Kristina nominated Wordslinger’s “pinko” comment as the best, and I second it. Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.