Winner gets a fried peanut butter and banana sandwich.

       

77 Comments - Anonymous - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 11:52 am: My, Rod’s put on some weight since the smoking ban went into effect. - North of I-80 - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 11:53 am: “Look, there’s a corrupt Illinois governor” “Hey there’s one over there too” - Anonymous - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 11:54 am: James Brown and Elvis Presley field questions at the announcement of their reunion tour in Heaven. - North of I-80 - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 11:54 am: “There’s an indicted fundraiser of Rod’s” “And over there too… and over there” - blagoman - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 11:56 am: Governor Elvis and his best buddy on the Senior free bus rides to Graceland tour. Why can not Blago be like Gov. Blunt and say I did everything I wanted to and Elvis is leaving the building……………… - Bill - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 11:57 am: Senate President Emil Jones and the new Chairman of the Illinois Arts Council meet and greet legislators in Springfield. - If It Walks Like a Duck... - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 12:00 pm: Suspicious Minds - KiR - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 12:02 pm: Look, Governor, there is an Elvis impersonator coming out of Room 207 of the Capitol. - Levois - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 12:10 pm: Look governor you’re killing me! There’s a bathroom hurry up and change your clothes before people figure out that I’m your ally! - Rich Miller - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 12:13 pm: No, Rod, look over there. No, don’t look at the camera. Over there. Over there! Nevermind. - Kevin Highland - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 12:13 pm: Governor Blagojevich has left the building!! - Anonymous - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 12:13 pm: “Oh, %^%#, here comes Patrick Fitzgerald” “With a Hunka-Hunka evidence for indictments..” - Vole - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 12:26 pm: Emil: “Yes, I think we can get some slots in the state capitol building. And yes, you can get a position on the anti meth task force.” - Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 12:30 pm: “And this is where the theater will be in my friends’ new casino. It’s yours opening night-all I needed to get that knucklehead to sign the bill.” - Siyotanka - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 12:32 pm: Rod: See Emil if I push this button on my belt, I look like a real Elvis…Uh, well sort of. If I push this button, I can make you look like Michael Jackson…Um, well..Um…sort of. - Keef - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 12:35 pm: If we can come up with some white Siberian tigers, Rod, I think we’ve got an act! What we do now is all an illusion already, so Vegas, here we come!! - Grasshopper - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 12:36 pm: Ah, I don’t think this is how we are supposed to celebrate King’s Day. And… We can’t go on together, with suspicious minds. - unclesam - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 12:36 pm: The ties between Emil and Rod go back many Elvis’, or um, I mean generations. - kevinfanning - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 12:38 pm: It’s now or never…. - The Mad Hatter - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 12:38 pm: Impersonators were everywhere during “Look Alike” weekend in Springfield. Here, one does a turn as a revered statesman, while the other shows his “Governor Elvis” ensemble. - Gregor Samsa - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 12:39 pm: “Sen. Jones discovers why the governor’s well-performing legal team bills are so high - its the dry cleaning tab” - Gregor Samsa - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 12:40 pm: I concede the race and throw my delegates to Grasshopper’s entry as the clear winner. - downstate hack - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 12:40 pm: Look Elvis, Governor Rod the man who’s making us both look tainted these days, and I am not sure you deserve it. - BigBob - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 12:42 pm: No, Rod, you can’t go onto the Senate floor in that outfit. Now get into my office and change into your superman costume. - OneManBlog - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 12:44 pm: That’s the guy who is my biggest fan? Hey look, someone else who qualifies for a free bus ride. No Governor that isn’t the finger they are showing you… Not bad Elvis but that isn’t the figure the governor uses to tell me I am number one. - OneManBlog - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 12:45 pm: Only 40 more performances at the Winston Strawn Christmas party and they take 10% off my bill Emil… - wordslinger - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 12:45 pm: Return to Sender - A Citizen - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 12:57 pm: Yes, Brokeback Mountain is my all time favorite too! - Dan S, a Voter - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 1:02 pm: Every village has one, but Illinois has two!! - Thinking without the box - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 1:12 pm: I put a bead on this costume for every lie Rod has told. Yeah but he’s Illinois first black Governor! Who can top that except Bill Clinton! - Stella - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 1:14 pm: good idea, promising all my members a Cadillac in exchange for their vote on the capital bill well, thank you, thank you very much - If It Walks Like a Duck... - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 1:22 pm: People, don’t you understand the child needs a helping hand or he’ll grow to be an angry young man some day Take a look at you and me, are we too blind to see, do we simply turn our heads and look the other way - Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 1:31 pm: “Emil, I can’t understand why I got tossed out of the Hannah Montana concert.” - lets rock - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 1:39 pm: everybody in the whole……….was dancin to the…. - Right Girl - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 1:59 pm: “Look at Pricsilla work that Senate Floor!” - The Doc - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 2:10 pm: Emil & Rod present: “A little less conversation, a little more action - the pol’s guide to shoving casinos down a constituent’s throat”. - train111 - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 2:16 pm: “Smile for the camera Rod — and for God’s sakes stop singing Jailhouse Rock–I don’t want you to take me down with you.” - Rayfan - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 2:17 pm: Emil: “…and over there is where Sen. Hendon used to sit…” BadElvis: “…isn’t that where your governors talk to Senators before they go to jail?” - Anon - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 2:20 pm: Sen. Jones - “This is the Democrats’ side of the Chamber … we do whatever we want.” Elvis - “This must be where the Republicans sat before you took ALL of the seats.” - Jaded - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 2:21 pm: Sorry Emil, but “Viva South Suburbs” just doesn’t have the same ring. Uh-huh. - Anon - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 2:26 pm: Emil Jones: Ova heah is da tallest @#$#@%#!! legislata we eva had… Elvis: Where’s Geo?! - Garp - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 2:42 pm: Governor announces new Siamese twin advisors that will point him to the future. - Kid Vegas - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 2:57 pm: Emil and the Governor (before slim fast) - big red - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 2:58 pm: Frigid Weather Prevents Governor from Jogging. Gov. Rod and his friend point to cold showy conditionis outside his Northside home. - Pot calling kettle - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 3:01 pm: Jay will do anything for Rod, but Emil knows where to draw the line. - bored now - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 3:12 pm: rod is not dead. rod is not dead. if you listen to this record backwards, you will hear: rod is not dead… - Anon - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 3:16 pm: “Tell Hendon he’s been replaced.” - Anon - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 3:20 pm: The Emperor showing the King the Governor’s new clothes. - Anon - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 3:24 pm: Ia that the Governor making lemonade for sale signs again. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 3:24 pm: Hey, is that Rich Miller wearing my “American Eagle” jumpsuit? - Pot calling kettle - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 3:35 pm: And since you are over 65 Elvis, you can ride for free. - Directions. PLEASE! - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 3:36 pm: Emil: “You can avoid reporters by sneaking out the back door which is that way.” Blah: “Ya, but I can get a check from a lobbyist over there.” - Big W - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 3:49 pm: The Blago drummer boy from Illinois Went Crash,,,Boom,,, Bang,,, And Everybody,, in the whole Cell Block Was dance’n to the…. JAIL HOUSE ROCK - JakeCP - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 3:55 pm: “Hey man you alright now just show this boy who the real Elvis is” - Downstate weed chewing hick - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 3:57 pm: You really are still alive. Maybe Blogo’s political career is still secretly alive, too. Nah, that’s just crazy. - so-called "Austin Mayor" - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 3:59 pm: Mystery CTA Train Train I ride, seniors ride-for-free Train I ride, seniors ride-for-free Well that CTA train got my granny and me Train train, comin’ ’round, ’round the bend Train train, comin’ ’round the bend Well it dodged Doomsday, but it never will again (no, not again) Thank you — thankyouverymuch. – SCAM - The KING - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 4:05 pm: Emilvis himselvis! - Truthful James - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 4:07 pm: The sad part is that none of the captions are truly funny. The situation has gotten beyond us. - Millstadt News Guy - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 4:21 pm: Governor Blagojevich (right) attends the Cubs Fan convention joined at the shoulder with fellow baseball fan Emil Jones. - Priscilla - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 4:23 pm: my most favoritest! - Anonymous - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 11:54 am: James Brown and Elvis Presley field questions at the announcement of their reunion tour in Heaven. - Millstadt News Guy - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 4:23 pm: “Let’s buy us a ballpark,” was their mission. - pickles!! - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 4:29 pm: “Hey look, Blago just left the building.” - phocion - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 4:33 pm: The first post (anon) was the best. - Prairie Sage - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 4:40 pm: “We’ll live it up and love it up amigo Life begins…when you’re in…Mexico…” Senate President Emil Jones and Senator-elect Richard Bradley Cerda make amends at the January 2009 ILLC inaugural ball by singing the Elvis Presley hit, “Mexico, Mexico.” Sorry, there really is a resemblance. - zatoichi - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 4:58 pm: Emil Scrooge starts to reconsider his options while remembering Rev. Fezziwhig’s parties during his trip with the Ghost of Christmas Past. - Rod's Brush - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 5:13 pm: Those funky Pepperdine School of Law parties be trippin’. - Frustrated Republican - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 5:22 pm: Half asleep: Sammy Davis and Gene Simmons?! Let me get my glasses….. - jwscott72 - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 5:29 pm: The only thing that comes to mind is that there is finally an explanation for the Governor’s bizarre hairdo. - Concerned Voter - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 5:56 pm: Wow, you have put on a few pounds since we last saw you Rod. Don’t worry, a few years in a federal pen, eating their food, you’ll lose it in no time. - annon - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 6:03 pm: “Rod ! …..uhhhh I mean the “King”….you can set up right over there. The American Idol folks will be here in a moment”. - IncediblyDumberThanYouThink - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 6:08 pm: The President: Look out The Devil Madigan is backing the bus. Elvis: What’s the plate # …. It’s moving fast, but I can make out SB750…. The President: and Meeks & H’wood are honking the horns. Elvis: Jump over here The President: No jump over here Elvis: No, No with me. You’ll be safe. I promise… TO BE CONTINUED. - Ahem - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 6:57 pm: “You don’t really look like Elvis.” “You don’t really look like the guy I voted for.” - Old Elephant - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 7:12 pm: “Jimmy, I can’t believe you traded Hanna Montana tickets for the Elvis suit.” - Fan of the Game - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 7:16 pm: 1. Hey, Emil, listen to this one: The state’s caught in my trap. It can’t get out Because my hair is so damned perfect. 2. Keep smilin’, Emil, and keep pointing out the federal prosecuters in the room. - Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 7:19 pm: “do you really think you’ll be able to sneak me out of here in this Elvis suit? Remember, I promised George we would spring him, too.” - Establishment Republican - Wednesday, Jan 23, 08 @ 11:12 pm: “Hey Rich Miller, don’t be cruel.” - Midwest GOP - Thursday, Jan 24, 08 @ 8:29 am: Which twin has the Toni? Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.