* Democratic Congressman Bobby Rush…
Rush, a Chicago Democrat, made his comments during a news conference Thursday about the hardships that social-service agencies and low-income people are suffering as state government’s unpaid bills pile up.
The state is $11 billion in arrears for all bills, Rush said.
“While these two despots are engaged in war, I am reminded of a movie I used to see called Godzilla vs. King Kong,” Rush said in a prepared statement. “There were two giant monsters fighting for power and destroying the city of Tokyo as a result of it. They were wiping out homes and businesses and wreaking havoc on the people of the city.
“Madigan and Rauner are like King Kong and Godzilla and they are destroying Illinois.”
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- Wow - Friday, Feb 10, 17 @ 10:38 am:
Says the least productive member of Congress
- Free Set of Steak Knives - Friday, Feb 10, 17 @ 10:49 am:
I believe that Kong and Godzilla battled on Mt. Fiji, not in Tokyo.
Lots of other Godzilla battles in Tokyo. Perhaps he meant to compare Madigan to Mothra?
- MOON - Friday, Feb 10, 17 @ 10:52 am:
Since when has Rush’s opinion been worth anything?
- Roman - Friday, Feb 10, 17 @ 10:53 am:
I’m no fan of Rush’s, but that’s a pretty good piece of messaging for the Dem candidate for Guv in ‘18.
- Gooner - Friday, Feb 10, 17 @ 10:54 am:
Wow is wrong. Danny Davis is far less productive.
But in any case, is he going to do anything? Back a challenger? Or just stay on the sidelines and complain? So far, I have yet to see him take any role.
- Ducky LaMoore - Friday, Feb 10, 17 @ 11:05 am:
Ahh… Bobby Rush, one of my top reasons for supporting a jungle primary system. Keep up the non work.
- Almost the Weekend - Friday, Feb 10, 17 @ 11:10 am:
When you have that federal pension, only human being to defeat Obama in an election and it’s Friday.
- A Jack - Friday, Feb 10, 17 @ 11:10 am:
I think a better comparison would be Rauner as King Gidorah, the three faced monster from outer space that was soundly defeated by a coalition of earth monsters.
- OneMan - Friday, Feb 10, 17 @ 11:13 am:
With the reboots of both, I wonder if this is a reference to Skull Island…
Unlikely…
- A guy - Friday, Feb 10, 17 @ 11:14 am:
It’s poignant. But, if he wants to run again…he better get the right number of signatures in the right district. King Kong references have consequences.
- Arthur Andersen - Friday, Feb 10, 17 @ 11:46 am:
I always got King Kong and Godzilla mixed up. Which one wears his pants with the waistline at his armpits and which one wears his pants too long and baggy?
- Archiesmom - Friday, Feb 10, 17 @ 11:48 am:
Hyperbolic, yet strangely accurate.
- Jessica Lang - Friday, Feb 10, 17 @ 11:51 am:
Which is which who is whom ? Always felt sorry for King Kong he was just enjoying life on the Island. Godzilla meh not so much. In this case not so much for either, sorry boys.
- Sir Reel - Friday, Feb 10, 17 @ 12:02 pm:
Glad to hear he had a prepared statement. Shows he’s workin’ hard.
- wordslinger - Friday, Feb 10, 17 @ 12:06 pm:
FWIW, Kong was definitely alive at the end of that flick, while it was ambiguous as to whether Godzilla drowned or not.
But, many Godzilla sequels later, it was clear he survived.
- W Flag - Friday, Feb 10, 17 @ 12:13 pm:
Rush is an original thinker or was he merely watching “Godzilla” on Svengoolie this month?
- Blue dog dem - Friday, Feb 10, 17 @ 12:35 pm:
Hi! My name is Congressman Rush. We at the federal govt are adamant about spending within our budger. You never see us federallies spending money we dont have. Pay attention to Washington. We know how to bring people up out of poverty. By the way, we need a few more people to get on board if we our going to get our food assistance program up to that 51,000,000 person mark.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Feb 10, 17 @ 12:42 pm:
Rush shoulda went with a TransFormers example for the “kids” out there.
It’s a great way to get some pub, and using Godzilla - King Kong example will do that.
So, Congressman, “now what?”?
- Galena Guy - Friday, Feb 10, 17 @ 1:18 pm:
Sheesh…..well, it is a full moon tonight.
- Anonymous - Friday, Feb 10, 17 @ 2:01 pm:
Um, Bobbie, King Kong was a sympathetic character
- Ahoy! - Friday, Feb 10, 17 @ 2:14 pm:
This might be the first time I’ve agreed with Rush.
- Anonymous - Friday, Feb 10, 17 @ 3:28 pm:
You had me worried for a second there with the headline, until I saw it was Bobby, not Limbaugh.