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Gov. Rauner in Alton: We need to vote for downstate, not Chicago. Tell lawmakers to stand up for southern Illinois, not Madigan's machine.
— Monique Garcia (@moniquegarcia) June 1, 2016
posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:39 pm
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Does one of his staff just pull a string now and the words come out??? And, BTW, how are the hamsters keepin’ up with the Tour Times????
Alton- 9 am
Vienna- 11 am
Mahomet- 1:15 pm
Quincy- 3:30 pm
Pekin 5:15 pm
Comment by Anon221 Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:43 pm
… So, raise taxes to fully fund universities, prisons, and make timely payments to social service providers?
Comment by Anon Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:44 pm
Come ON!
All the uniting Rauner does is unite Labor, Social Service providers, advocates, and clients, and Democrats.
Governor!
You need 71 and 36 now.
For cripes sake, Stop! Stop canpaigning!
Geez, Louise, someone tackle this guy and tell him he does t have to do THIS!
What’s next, a tweet by Lance of Rauner by a town sign, “Madeupville, population, 943″
We’re one state. Get that through your…
We’re one state, you’re governor of one state.
Act like it.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:44 pm
Huh? Why not to try to be the governor of the whole state? Not just wherever you happen to be at a particular time.
Comment by Ducky LaMoore Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:46 pm
Pander much?
Comment by Left Leaner Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:47 pm
Come on, folks, we know what’s going on. The Great Campaigner is trying to gain some traction and House seats in Southern Illinois. That’s who he’s talking to and who he cares about right now, not the whole state. If he cared about the whole state, he’d be in Springfield working with his staff to try and get a deal done.
Comment by Archiesmom Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:50 pm
And the campaign continues…..
What a great leader????
Comment by DuPage Bard Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:51 pm
Serious questions: Are these the actions of a governor who wants to make a budget deal?
Can we all stop pretending now?
– MrJM
Comment by @MisterJayEm Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:52 pm
Go back North please.
Comment by Honeybear Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:57 pm
Seriously? You are supposed to be an advocate for the State of Illinois … our Governor. A good governor does not diss his own state. He represents all the people. OMG this guy is too much!!!
Comment by BBG Watch Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:57 pm
The worst Illinois Governor ever. Think how low he has had to sink to get there.
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:00 pm
he’s become TRUMP with more money and arrogance..
Comment by Not Rich Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:00 pm
=We need to vote for downstate, not Chicago. Tell lawmakers to stand up for southern Illinois, not Madigan’s machine.=
Plays like Mozart to the ears of the mouth breathing ding dongs.
Instead of unity, we find enemies within to divide the state.
“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
Lincoln was talking about the rift caused by the slavery issue. But the concept of a state being pitted against itself rings true today.
Just to be clear, we are not talking about slavery today and that is not the comparison to be drawn.
Our state is horribly divided. Our chief executive is only furthering the divide, a divide which provides him personal financial benefits.
Comment by JS Mill Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:00 pm
===The Great Campaigner is trying to gain some traction and House seats in Southern Illinois. That’s who he’s talking to and who he cares about right now,… ===
That’s 100% not helping right now.
The day after, June 1st, with no budget, no stopgap, no… everything…
… Rauner wants to be a Partisan shill?
Rauner needs, minimum 40 Democrats in both chambers…
That’s 4-0, not four…
… to get any compromise now.
This is absurd. Thus runs counter to cobbling.
Maybe - @MisterJayEm - is right?
It’s well beyond picking off a seat or 3 when Rauner needs 40 Democrats, some maybe from “She-Cah-Go”
The tour of a governor isn’t an accident.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:01 pm
I tried to get into Vienna event and was not allowed as stated it was an invite only
That a way to be open to public!
Why does he not sign SB2038 the FY16 Human Service Stop Gap bill on his desk!
Comment by 13th Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:01 pm
Still campaigning and engaging in the same dishonest rhetoric we heard throughout the campaign and the past 18 months of his administration.
We deserve better than this pandering and disingenuous reasoning. Millions of people who live in this state are looking for you to stop playing your silly mind games and actually get some things done for all of us.
Comment by illini Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:02 pm
Tell the people what they want to hear, and listen to the cheers. Fun for Bruce to play working class hero. More fun than governing
Comment by Molly Maguire Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:03 pm
Given that the State is broke and doesn’t have a budget, who is paying the gas bill for all of the campaigning 1.4% has been doing?
It seems like 1.4% isn’t in Springfield long enough for his seat to get warm.
Comment by Huh? Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:04 pm
–Gov. Rauner in Alton: We need to vote for downstate, not Chicago.–
Why are all the dogs in my neighborhood a-barkin’?
Conduct unbecoming a grown man, much less the governor of Illinois.
Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:07 pm
Does this guy even know what his job is as Governor?
Comment by John Reynolds Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:09 pm
It’s nice to see a real leader in action. /s
Comment by PublicServant Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:14 pm
Last I checked Chicago is part of Illinois.
But, I guess if your goal is to do everything you can to force Chicago into bankruptcy then you say things like this.
Comment by Demoralized Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:14 pm
T-Minus how many days until he proposes a wall around Chicago?
Comment by West Loop Chicago Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:16 pm
Land of Lincoln means something, right?
I mean how far south does Rauner want to get? Louisiana?
Comment by vole Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:18 pm
Dear Governor, make your way to Cook County and let the communities (and not the north shore) know that.
Comment by Bleh Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:18 pm
Wow, no support from the gallery for Rauner’s comments?
Shocked.
Comment by LINK Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:19 pm
- LINK -
What is there to support? Make a case(?)
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:22 pm
Still think someone should record a “Blame Madigan” song to the tune of South Park’s “Blame Canada.”
Comment by hisgirlfriday Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:22 pm
Vote for Winnetka, not Chicago?
Comment by The_Equalizer Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:24 pm
More distraction from the intentional destruction of social services and higher education.
Comment by Earnest Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:26 pm
== Serious questions: Are these the actions of a governor who wants to make a budget deal?
Can we all stop pretending now? ==
@MisterJayEm for the win.
Comment by thunderspirit Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:31 pm
Have never understood the GOP’s love of bashing Chicago (other than the fact some downstate areas love it), but why in the world do they go out of their way to take shots at the largest pool of voters in Illinois. Can’t they count?
Comment by Give Me A Break Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:37 pm
The actions of a person hell-bent on running for President in 2020.
Comment by CD Sorensen Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:39 pm
=Wow, no support from the gallery for Rauner’s comments?=
My local legislator’s are all republicans. I like them too, very nice people.
They have voted as directed by the governor on EVERY single vote. Never one single deviation. Not one.
Several of those votes hurt locally. They opposed K 12 funding last year.
Help me understand exactly what I should be supporting?
Comment by JS Mill Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:42 pm
Last time I checked downstate, Chicago, and everywhere else in Illinois needed social services and higher ed… ah, forget it. Ah, forget it, let’s just bash Chicago summore!
Comment by Secretary Bird Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:42 pm
Does anyone know how much his campaigns tours around the state cost us taxpayers? It isn’t free!
Comment by Mama Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:44 pm
- @MisterJayEm @ 12:52 pm -
1. No
2. The sooner the better!
Comment by Mama Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 1:47 pm
That would be Southern Illinois, Monica, not southern Illinois.
Comment by Downstate Illinois Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 2:00 pm
For a guy that clouted his kid into a Chicago public school he sure seems determined to bankrupt CPS.
I used to think that all those people who wanted Cook County to be its own state were crazy. I’m still not for the bill but I think I’m at the point where I’d welcome subject matter hearings on it.
Comment by The Captain Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 2:01 pm
Mahomet stop-
http://livestream.com/blueroomstream/events/5515396
Comment by Anon221 Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 2:02 pm
Sorry, I should have added my snark icon to my 1:19 post above as that was how it was meant to be presented/taken.
My sincere apologies.
Comment by LINK Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 2:18 pm
“We need to vote for downstate, not Chicago.”
Cannot win the governorship without Chicago one term wonder. The mailers write themselves.
Why did Dunkin lose again?
Comment by burbanite Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 2:22 pm
Sad day indeed to see a governor speak like that. Alton and Chicago are both wonderful places united in a single State (and previously by a now defunct Illinois Terminal Railroad).
Comment by The Valour Nail Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 2:32 pm
Ahhh yes- I love the smell of desperation in the morning… And afternoon.
Comment by Triple fat Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 2:36 pm
JSMill @ 1:42 - Agreed, my same situation. Yet they will all be reelected!
Comment by illini Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 2:42 pm
Every day I am more amazed at how someone so well educated and financially successful can be so clueless and rude.
I guess Dartmouth wasn’t that good back in the 70’s.
Comment by northsider (the original) Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 2:45 pm
It is interesting to contemplate “a house divided,” and “the great uniter.”
A man named Paul once wrote about those whose nature included promoting acts of dissension, factions, and selfish ambition. (Besides those three, there are twelve more that make up a rather gnarly list of things from which we should strive to control our better selves.) (Gal5:19-26)
We should have hope that Rauner can become that great uniter and learn to balance the interests of all of us, whether we live downstate or Chicago, democrat or republican, …
Comment by cdog Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 2:49 pm
I suspect most folks south I 72 think Rauner is from Chicago.
Comment by Big foot Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 2:59 pm
I see fear in the eyes of the politico’s.
It’s all the other guys fault only goes so far.
Comment by gg Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 3:13 pm
These comments are so insulting - right along with the fake accent, the carhartt jacket and the van. He needs to stop all of this ridiculous “spin” and just GOVERN. Please, Governor Rauner, do your job!
Comment by Way South of I-80 Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 3:16 pm
You can tell he’s never lived downstate because he has no idea how much the economic health of Chicago drives our economies downstate.
Comment by Educ Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 3:17 pm
How can this governor unite our state when he rejects the people represented by political leaders and unions he despises?
Comment by Wensicia Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 3:20 pm
Rauner was later asked about his Chicago connection and said, “We made lots and lots of money in Chicago, because it’s an international business center with great schools, infrastructure, capital investment. Retirement investments have been great also.
“But it’s a terrible place and has turned Illinois into a Banana Republic. It’s killing jobs and growth. I know. I talked to lots and lots of business owners who said they don’t want to locate in this state.”
Comment by Grandson of Man Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 3:27 pm
Thanks, gov. Guess that means you want us downstaters to push our leglisators, including your friend Dwight Kay, to pressure you to be responsible and collaborate on funding SIUE, SIUC, and a whole host of community colleges down here, not to mention the K-12 districts our kids attend. Also, I’ll take your advice and lobby those same Rauner-sympathizing legislators to restore childcare funding for low-income working parents in cities such as East St. Louis, Cahokia, etc., so that they don’t have to quit their jobs due to lack of childcare. Oh…that isn’t really what you had in mind, governor?
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 3:45 pm
Gov. Rauner in Alton: We need to vote for downstate, not Chicago.–
Really? Why? The economic engine is Chicago not Alton. Chicago is 90% of the GDP (one of the largest in the world) generated by this state. And the businessman doesn’t understand this? Can he go any lower?
Comment by Denisquared Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 3:54 pm
“I suspect most folks south I 72 think Rauner is from Chicago.”
It is a reasonable assumption given his kid went to CPS and he owns two condos in the city.
Comment by Montrose Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 5:33 pm
More than half the population of Illinois lives in the Chicago metropolitan area.
Comment by NoGifts Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 5:45 pm
== I suspect most folks south I 72 think Rauner is from Chicago. ==
Probably more like I-80 …
Comment by RNUG Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 7:40 pm
I doubt that many of the people listening to Rauner in Alton today bought his baloney. He’s never cared a hoot about southern Illinois and never will.
Comment by DuPage Dave Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 8:49 pm