Caption contest!
Wednesday, Feb 22, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller (Suggested by a commenter.) UPDATE: For additional daytime fun, check out the (I assume unofficial) Rod Blagojevich for Governor blog! UPDATE: We have a winner. Actually, there are three winners. Seriously I thought that was a picture of Topinka. I must be losing it. To which North of Shelbyville replied: Shelbyville, don’t feel bad. I glanced at the picture and also thought it was JBT! It wasn’t till I read the caption about preschool that I looked again and realized who it actually was. That was weird. I had to chuckle at those two. Then there was 47th Ward, who wrote: “Governor Rod Blagojevich (right), pictured here congratulating Dep. Gov. Bradley Tusk, launched his re-election campaign Sunday contending his administration has matured a great deal and learned a lot in three years.†Gotta love it.
|
- Randall Sherman - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 9:34 am:
That baby is probably thinking, “If this clown is Governor, anyone can do it. I’ll make my announcement right after my afternoon nap.”
- the Patriot - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 9:35 am:
Man, it smells like he has a dirty diaper, I hope he didn’t ruin that suit.
- VanillaMan - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 9:39 am:
Hey, where’s this kid’s wallet?
- ron - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 9:53 am:
is there anything i can get for you when you enroll in my new preschool program. i love spending your mom and dad’s money. i just love spending this money. it make me feel like a little kid again. by the way, you’ll be the one paying off all this debt i am running up.
- Pat Hickey - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 9:56 am:
‘Listen carefully, you little b@#$%^d, one more word about “landfill” and you’ll join your diapers there.’
- can't imagine - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 10:02 am:
Rod’s thinking…” what ever you do kid don’t touch the hair”.
- YNM - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 10:03 am:
I’d rather be on The Daily Show.
- shelbyville - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 10:04 am:
Seriously I thought that was a picture of Topinka. I must be losing it.
- Reilly's Brother - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 10:07 am:
Hmm, maybe I can put a dirty diaper fee in to pay for All-Kids…
- ISU REP - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 10:10 am:
The child was clearly scared by the wildlife that sits a top the governor’s cranium.
- Walking Wounded - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 10:17 am:
The look on the poor kid’s face says it all….”Please, make it stop!!” It reminds me of the goodby kisses I used to get from Aunt Madelynn.
BTW, what exactly is GRod looking at?
- Reddbyrd - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 10:18 am:
Thanks Mr.GRod for saving me from those scary GOPs( as in MOPes) They were scaring me with threats that everyone will have to move to Springfield, take Accordian lessions from that scary lady with the red hair, carry a gun and be beaten in schools. You’re a nice person
- HoosierDaddy - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 10:28 am:
“Oh no, now I’m going to need shots… come to think of it, I’d rather be getting shots…”
- Krenzler - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 10:32 am:
Pictured above is an immature child who doesn’t play well with others…we’re not sure who the baby is.
- QueenB - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 10:34 am:
Oh! My! Rod!
- St. Nickname - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 10:35 am:
Mommy, he’s eating my soul & my bank account!
- anonymous - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 10:36 am:
GRod: “Is this a good angle? Is that camera focused?”
Baby: MAAAAAAAAAAMEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- vinron - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 10:47 am:
Some day you’ll be my father-in-law and future bloggers will find this photo and comment about our use of politics and the press against each other (and about how good your hair still looks).
- North of Shelbyville - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 10:49 am:
Shelbyville, don’t feel bad. I glanced at the picture and also thought it was JBT! It wasn’t till I read the caption about preschool that I looked again and realized who it actually was. That was weird.
- Doc - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 11:00 am:
If you thought that was JBT, you need to get your eyes checked, immediately.
- Bubs - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 11:07 am:
“This guy’s more full if it than my diaper!”
- Stavros Popodopolis - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 11:19 am:
By pure coincedence, this baby’s name is “Money.”
- YNM - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 11:21 am:
krenzler … that was funny! i like that the best i think …
- DOWNSTATE - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 11:46 am:
Hey I saw this guy on a wanted poster in the Post Office.
- Establishment Republican - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 11:48 am:
“After his official campaign announcement, Governor Rod Blagojevich greets supporter Andy Ryan, a former Chicago building inspector.â€
- WARDOG - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 11:59 am:
The Gov says, “Do you think he looks anything like me? I think he has my hair, sorry Bradley.”
- Darrell Democrat - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 12:14 pm:
Governor: “I smell something, but it’s not insurance.”
Cute Kid: “I owe HOW much to the state’s pension fund!?”
- anonymous chicagoan - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 12:28 pm:
“psst, kid, you arent looking at the camera.”
- Jaded - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 12:50 pm:
Gov. Smith today snatched the grandchild of a top Republican and threatened to hold the child hostage until Senate Republicans approved more borrowing to fund his newly rebranded capital program.
- Budget Watcher - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 1:09 pm:
A Record of Underfunded Pensions, $2 Billion in Unpaid Medicaid backlogs, and Doubling of Bonded Debt: Governor Symbolically Kisses the Future Goodbye!
- Bluefish - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 1:29 pm:
“My opponents have tried to get me to pledge not to kiss any more babies during the campaign. I won’t do it. I don’t believe in it. I think it is the wrong thing to do.”
- heet101 - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 1:34 pm:
AP: Governor Blagojevich made a campaign stop today to talk about a new program designed to help him keep his campaign promise of no new taxes. “Finally, a reliable revenue source.”
Introducing
New
Fees
Against
New
Toddlers
- Plainfield Mike - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 1:34 pm:
God, I’ve got great hair……..
- Truthful James - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 1:43 pm:
That’s your future debt you’re seeing, kid. Not mine.
- Bill - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 1:47 pm:
“Thank you, Governor Rod, for getting me health insurance!”
- Bitter Betty - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 1:48 pm:
Hi Daddy!
- Establishment Republican - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 2:18 pm:
This kid has connections, right?
Can we find him an internship?
- Govjeffm - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 2:21 pm:
Gov, “This is not what I usually kiss during a campaign stop.”
- Budget Watcher - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 2:42 pm:
Thank you Governor for allowing my parents to purchase Medicaid for me at an affordable price. It doesn’t matter that no doctor or pharmacy will actually see me - it’s the thought that counts!
- Norseman - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 2:46 pm:
Pete, how’s this pose for our new taxpayer funded AllKids campaign piece.
- Norseman - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 2:53 pm:
2nd Entry: How long will this cameraman take to snap the picture.
- "B Team" - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 3:04 pm:
Fooling the people of Illinois is easier than taking candy from a baby.
- Darrell Democrat - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 3:23 pm:
Gov. Smith holds a baby while the parents register to vote on Feb. 21, the last day before the primary. “You’ll pull Democratic, right?” said the governor. Thanks to the Motor Voter Act, they also signed up for ALLKIDS.
- Darrell Democrat - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 3:23 pm:
the last day to register for the primary….
- Common Sense in Illinois - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 3:47 pm:
MOM!!!HE’S DOIN’IT AGAIN!!!
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 4:50 pm:
Stop shaking me! I don’t have any change in my pockets!
- Reagan Republican - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 4:58 pm:
“Bill, thanks for all the good blogging you do for me. You’re doin’ a heckuva job!”
- dumb ol' country boy - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 5:25 pm:
Lord Bountyful holding a good democrat’s son, which was a scheduled photo op, saying “I will save you my good and faithful servant from the bid mean gop…I will give you healthcare and pre-school, but you know you will have to pay for it in 20 years…. interest free of course!!”
- zatoichi - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 5:30 pm:
Aunt Judy, let me get back to the bottle!
- NIEVA - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 5:34 pm:
I know you’re the gov. but I’m not voting a absentee ballot for you!!!
- Way Out - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 6:16 pm:
“Children are our most important resource!” said the governor, as he threw the first one into the newly-commissioned mercury-free power generating boiler. “This is nothing,” he added; “Wait till you taste the new Soylent Blue we’re giving away!:
- State worker - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 6:48 pm:
‘I WILL NOT BALANCE THE BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF STATE WORKERS AND THIS BABY!” Run Baby!
- Levois - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 7:00 pm:
Now they have to love me. I kiss babies. How can they hate a guy loves to kiss babies?
- Six Degrees of Separation - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 8:14 pm:
That Pension Formula sure tastes bad, doesn’t it? Guess we’ll have to dilute it a little bit!
- Defensor Pacis - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 8:41 pm:
“Come on, where’s the camera?
I’m not holding this baby for nothing…”
- Defensor Pacis - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 8:46 pm:
Still more to the point:
“By the time this kid figures out most doctors won’t take AllKids, I’ll be on my way to Washington…”
- anon in central illinois - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 9:15 pm:
Oh thankyou baby!!!! for allowing me to mortgage your future …. now how about a big kiss for your old uncle Roddy …Hmmmm ??? kitchy-kitchy-coo !! Grow up strong and healthy on “All Kids” so I can tax the hell out of you when you grow up !!
- 47th Ward - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 9:23 pm:
“Governor Rod Blagojevich (right), pictured here congratulating Dep. Gov. Bradley Tusk, launched his re-election campaign Sunday contending his administration has matured a great deal and learned a lot in three years.”
- Stein - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 9:25 pm:
kid, you can kiss you future good bye with my legacy of underfunded pensions, anti-business policies, and of course, more and more taxes, I mean fees…
- Muletown - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 9:32 pm:
“You donated how much for this kiss?”
- corvax - Wednesday, Feb 22, 06 @ 10:40 pm:
Bitter Betty wins.
- Anon - Thursday, Feb 23, 06 @ 12:40 am:
MOM, PLEASE GET THIS MAN A BREATH MINT!
- triplemstrategies - Thursday, Feb 23, 06 @ 1:23 am:
Oh my god mom….this guys in charge of my health care….