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* Gov. Bruce Rauner has nicknames for everybody. He calls me “RM,” which isn’t all that creative if you ask me. I’d like a better nickname, please.

House Speaker Michael Madigan told WGN Radio yesterday that the governor calls him “Chief.” Madigan said he now calls the governor “Chief” as well.

* The Question: Can you come up with better nicknames for each man?

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:08 am

Comments

1. Rauner: Rock

   Madigan: Hard Place

   Comment by Wensicia Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:10 am

2. Speaker = Porky
   Governor = Solomon
   R Miller = Lethal Ink

   Comment by A guy Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:11 am

3. Rauner: Chief
   Madigan: Chiefer

   Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:11 am

4. MJM - “Don”

   Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:12 am

5. I’m not your buddy, guy

   Comment by Missing G Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:12 am

6. Wensecia - you forgot everybody else that is between the rock and hard place.

   Comment by Huh? Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:13 am

7. Rauner: Flounder
   Madigan: Moe

   Comment by z Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:14 am

8. Rich: “Tribune”

   Rauner: “Union Yes!”

   Madigan: “Cell Phone”

   Comment by Robert the Bruce Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:15 am

9. Rauner: Austin Powers
   Madigan r. No

   Comment by cez Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:17 am

10. Rauner=Hope
    Madigan=No Change

    Comment by In a Minute Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:17 am

11. Tweedledum & Tweedledee

    Comment by Collinsville Kevin Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:18 am

12. Ok, I really like MJM = Cell Phone…

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:18 am

13. Captain Chaos and The Controller

    Comment by ssMoLassy Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:20 am

14. MJM: Apple

    Rauner: Oranges

    Comment by Linus Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:22 am

15. MJM: The Last Pharaoh

    BR: Marc Antony

    RM: The Adder

    Comment by walker Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:23 am

16. Rauner = the Plumber.

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:23 am

17. RM = “Notebook”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:24 am

18. Rich: Cap’n Crunch

    Rauner: Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, aka “Lucky”, “Quinnster”, or “Red”

    Madigan: Citizen Cain

    Comment by Juvenal Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:24 am

19. Rauner - Maverick

    Sanguinetti - Goose

    MJM - Iceman

    Cullerton - Slider

    ILSC - Viper

    L Madigan - Captain Ahab

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:24 am

20. Rauner: Thurston

    Madigan: Skipper

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:24 am

21. Rauner- Mr.1%
    Madigan- Mr.99%
    Rich- Oscar’s dad

    Comment by The Colossus of Roads Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:25 am

22. Rauner’s nickname for Madigan: (deleted)

    Madigan’s nickname for Rauner: (deleted)

    Comment by 47th Ward Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:25 am

23. MJM: Nosferatu

    Comment by so... Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:25 am

24. MJM: Master Po
    Rauner: Grasshopper

    Comment by Stoney Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:26 am

25. Rauner: G
    Madigan: 60

    Comment by birds Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:26 am

26. Madigan: Big Cheese

    Rauner: Swiss Cheese

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:26 am

27. Rauner: Unlucky Luciano
    Madigan : Signore Grande Testicoli.

    Comment by cez Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:27 am

28. Rauner: Chumley or Dudley Do Wrong
    Madigan: Chicago Tuxedo

    Comment by Ipso Facto Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:29 am

29. I forgot Miller: Consigliere

    Comment by Wensicia Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:30 am

30. I’m good with MJM as Cell Phone and RM as Notebook, Rauner is tough, probably tougher than I thought originally…

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:31 am

31. ===and RM as Notebook===

    Except I never carry one.

    Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:32 am

32. I think Rauner’s “blame Madigan, part 2″ plan might be a wrong tactic. Why make the guy appear to be even more powerful than he is?

    Rauner should take a page out of Buddy Ryan’s playbook and call him “98.”

    As to Madigan, he’s going to want to remind Bruce that he’s outlasted them all. How about “Gov. #8.”

    Comment by Gooner Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:32 am

33. Madigan: Don Corleone

    Rauner: Don Adams

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:33 am

34. Rauner: Emperor without clothes.

    Madigan: Emperor of the North.

    Comment by DuPage Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:34 am

35. Rauner: Dory
    Madigan: Big Mike Wazowski

    Comment by Ipso Facto Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:35 am

36. RM: Blogzilla

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:36 am

37. I’ve always called Madigan King Madigan. It used to be derogatory, but now I’m glad he is the King. You would not publish me name for Rauner…

    Comment by Ash Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:36 am

38. Apple
    Carhartt
    ‘buca

    Comment by LizPhairTax Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:39 am

39. Rauner: scooter

    Mjm: mikey

    Rm: fritz

    Comment by Langhorne Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:40 am

40. RM: Woodstein
    Richard Goldberg: Emily Post

    Comment by Name Withheld Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:40 am

41. ===Except I never carry one.===

    Its a metaphor, you are keeping the “notes” of the goings on, Illinois’ Blog of Record…

    (Sighs, takes the page of a notebook with words ‘Miller - Notebook’, rips it out, crumpled it, laying it aside the laptop.)

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:41 am

42. Rauner: Thinks he’s boss.

    Madigan: Knows he’s boss.

    O. Willy: Should be boss.

    Comment by a drop in Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:43 am

43. Madigan: The old gunfighter-because he never loses.

    Rauner: Blago # 2- because he thinks he will beat Madigan.

    Comment by downstate commissioner Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:43 am

44. Rauner: the Tall guy
    Madigan :the short guy (of course the one time the Gov. calls Madigan this nickname..it is his last utterance).

    Comment by cez Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:43 am

45. BR - “GIT” (Godfather-In-Training)
    MJM - “Warmest Regards”
    RM - “The Dude”

    Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:43 am

46. Madigan: Hope

    Rauner: Less

    Put em together and its Hopeless

    Comment by Tommydanger Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:46 am

47. Rauner: Titanic

    Madigan: Iceberg

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:47 am

48. Scylla and Charybdis. ..

    Comment by Frank Pentangeli Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:47 am

49. Madigan: Emperor Palpatine
    Rainer: Baron Von Carhardt
    Miller: Scoop

    Comment by Gantt Chart Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:51 am

50. Rauner: Mr Burns
    Madigan: Sideshow Bob

    Comment by aunt_petunia Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:52 am

51. Rauner:

    Comment by Tommydanger Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:55 am

52. Ok, I’m sold only on Cell Phone…

    Rauner - Harley

    RM - Records

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:56 am

53. Rauner: Brumeister

    Madigan: Amadigancana

    Comment by Tommydanger Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:57 am

54. Madigan: Muhammed Ali

    Rauner: Randall “Tex” Cobb

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:57 am

55. BR: Campaigner-in-chief
    MJM: Majority Mike
    RM: Rick Pearson doppelgänger

    Comment by MurMan Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:57 am

56. “Records” - off the record, for the record, vinyl records…

    (Tips cap to - a drop in -, heaven helps us all!)

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:58 am

57. Madigan: Little Ceasar (the movie, not the pizza)

    Comment by Tsavo Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:59 am

58. Rauner: Cousin Brucie

    Madigan: Madian (I gotta drop my G’s bro)

    Comment by Tommydanger Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:00 pm

59. Rauner - H.D. (Harley-Davidson)

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:02 pm

60. Apple sauce and pal lee

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:03 pm

61. Madigan: Red Delicious
    Rauner: Philip Blake
    Rich Miller: The Beard

    Comment by Mittuns Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:03 pm

62. Mike Madigan: The Master
    Bruce Rauner: Mitt
    Rich Miller: John Millner

    Comment by Mittuns Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:06 pm

63. Dumb and Dumber

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:06 pm

64. Speaker = Smithe
    Governor= Smythe
    Miller = Smith

    Comment by A guy Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:06 pm

65. Rauner: King George III

    Madigan: Draco

    Comment by Springfieldish Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:13 pm

66. Mad Dog
    Rat Face

    Comment by globalguy Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:13 pm

67. Rauner: Casey Jones

    Comment by Robert the Bruce Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:15 pm

68. Governor: Bruce Almighty
    Speaker: Iron Mike
    Rich Miller: Cappy

    Comment by GA Watcher Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:20 pm

69. Rauner: Bird Dog

    Madigan: Pit Bull

    Rich Miller: Oscar Sr.

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:24 pm

70. Madigan: The Orchard-Master
    Rauner: Captain Carharrt
    Miller: The Scribe

    Comment by Jake From Elwood Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:26 pm

71. Rauner: Cowboy Boots

    Madigan: Wingtips

    Rich: Hush Puppies

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:27 pm

72. Let’s make them a band, call ‘em The Bookends.

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:39 pm

73. Rauner: Son of Blago
    Madigan: Father of Blago

    Comment by IllinoisBoi Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:46 pm

74. Skippy, Scooter, and Lumpy

    Comment by Jasper Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:52 pm

75. Rauner: Robber Baron
    Madigan: Machiavelli
    RM: Winnebago locks (hat tip to Melville’s “White-Jacket”)

    Comment by Ghost Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:52 pm

76. R. Miller = Rick as in Pearson

    Comment by Keyser Soze Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:56 pm

77. Rauner = G-luv
    Madigan = Matty (Methuselah)
    Rich = Sherlock

    Comment by Nick Danger Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:59 pm

78. Stick with Chief and Chief, but only if the governor and speaker sign up to dance together at half time for all home games. Picture it. Would that break the gridlock?

    Comment by X-prof Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:03 pm

79. Battleship,ship of state,pontoon

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:05 pm

80. Clark Kent
    Lex Luther
    Jimmy Olsen

    The first two are interchangeable. The last one is not.

    Comment by A guy Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:06 pm

81. Rauner: Bottom Line

    Madigan: Party Line

    Rich: Deadline

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:06 pm

82. Excellency and speaker

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:19 pm

83. Rauner: Dewey
    Madigan: Cheatum
    Cullerton: Howe

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:23 pm

84. Rauner: Burnside. Keeps charging the bridge when he could ford the creek.
    Madigan: Lee. Skilled defender of an indefensible system.
    Miller : Brady. Clear eyed chronicler of the carnage.

    Comment by Last Bull Moose Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:31 pm

85. I like the Chief title, with a little add on.
    Madigan; Chief until the very end
    Rauner; Chief wanna buy his way out

    Comment by 13thone Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:34 pm

86. Mr. Rauner = “Sam the Butcher” from the Brady Bunch - too much resemblance to pass it up.
    Mr. Speaker = “The Shark.” He has the steely eyes and determination of a shark.
    Mr. Miller = “Phineas J. Whoopee.” I always enjoyed the cartoon, his thoughtful answers and the 3D-Black Board.

    Comment by anonymoose Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:39 pm

87. Rauner: Fire
    Madigan: Ice

    Some say the world will end in fire,
    Some say in ice.
    From what I’ve tasted of desire
    I hold with those who favor fire.
    But if it had to perish twice,
    I think I know enough of hate
    To say that for destruction ice
    Is also great
    And would suffice.

    – ‘Fire and Ice’ By Robert Frost

    – MrJM

    Comment by @MisterJayEm Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:41 pm

88. Vito,Paulie,an underdog

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:42 pm

89. “He calls me ‘RM,’ which isn’t all that creative if you ask me. I’d like a better nickname, please.”

    MrRM has a nice ring to it…

    – MrJM

    Comment by @MisterJayEm Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:43 pm

90. Rauner: Heartless

    Madigan: Heart-healthy

    Rich: Heartburn

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:50 pm

91. Wow! These are great! Best laughs of the day. Streator Curmudgeon needs to lest know when he/she is going to do an open-mic gig!

    Madigan — The Eagle. Just sitting in the tree, waiting for ….

    Rauner — The Prince. Way too many parallels to Machiavelli. His means are blowing my mind, and his ends are fantastical.

    Rich — Mr. Miller. Lots of respect to you sir. Hope your long weekend was rejuvenating.

    Comment by cdog Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:57 pm

92. Madigan has a well deserved nickname: The Velvet Hammer. Rauner hasn’t been around long enough to earn one.

    Comment by Small Town Girl Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 2:01 pm

93. Rauner: Keggy (the Dartmouth mascot)

    Comment by GraduatedCollegeStudent Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 2:39 pm

94. Madigan the Bull
    Rauner the Bear
    Miller is the Blogger King

    Comment by Mama Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 2:40 pm

95. Rauner - John D. Rockefeller.

    Madigan - The Prince (as others have noted).

    Comment by Smitty Irving Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 2:48 pm

96. Forgot …

    Miller - Legal & Sane Hunter S. Thompson.

    Comment by Smitty Irving Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 2:50 pm

97. Dumb & Dumber

    Comment by Strobby Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 2:53 pm

98. Madigan = Mad-Again
    Rauner = Bruce WannaBeAlmighty

    Comment by GEL Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 2:54 pm

99. Tex Man, Tax Man and Tax the Weed Man

    Comment by vole Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 2:57 pm

100. Tex Man, Tax Man and Tax the Weed Man

     Comment by vole Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 2:57 pm

101. Rauner = Flipper
     Madigan = Moby

     Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 3:10 pm

102. Rauner = Barney
     Madigan = Floyd

     Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 3:10 pm

103. Rauner = Milli Vanilli
     Madigan = Lawrence Welk

     Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 3:11 pm

104. Rauner = Cayman
     Madigan = Sarasota

     Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 3:15 pm

105. Rauner - Marmalarde
     Madigan - Calvados
     Cullerton - Stand Up
     Rich - Shred

     Comment by Amalia Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 3:50 pm

106. Frank
     Beans
     The lower GI response a day later

     Comment by A guy Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 3:56 pm

107. Madigan -Mr. Speaker

     Rauner - Mr. Illuminatti

     Comment by Enviro Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 4:39 pm

108. Madigan - Riddler
     Rauner - Joker
     Rich - Commissioner Gordon

     Comment by lake county democrat Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 4:45 pm

109. Rich-Capital M
     MJM-controller
     Rauner-Emperor

     Comment by AJ_yooper Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 4:52 pm

110. Rich-Capitol M
     MJM-control, but I also like cell phone
     Rauner-Faux

     Comment by AJ_yooper Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 5:14 pm

111. All of Robert Moses’ employees used to call him RM.

     Comment by James Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 5:31 pm

112. Madigan - Jabba the Hutt

     Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 6:21 pm

113. Rauner- Governor
     Madigan - the REAL GOVERNOR

     Comment by Mongo Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 7:02 pm

114. Bruce Wayne,Clark Kent,and jimmy Olson

     Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 8:03 pm

115. Rauner: Thor
     Madigan: Antman
     Miller: Captain America

     Comment by Soccertease Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 8:29 pm

116. BR: Scooby-Doo
     MJM: Snoopy
     RM: Oscar

     Comment by Arthur Andersen Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 9:25 pm

117. MJM: 8Ball
     Rauner: Pool Cue
     RM: Cue Ball

     Comment by Timmeh Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 9:55 pm

118. RM = Larry
     BR = Darryl
     MM = Darryl

     Comment by Kransky Wednesday, Jul 22, 15 @ 3:35 pm

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