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Not so deep thoughts
Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008 - Posted by Rich Miller * I can clearly remember a time when nobody ever asked me if I thought the governor was insane. * If someone gave me a $150,000 clothing and accessories allowance, I’d buy Krugerrands and claim they were the latest cufflink fashion. * Thank goodness there’s no refund law in Illinois. * Planning a Christmas vacation around the US Attorney’s work schedule has turned out to be a daunting task. * Is Michael just gonna run through every name in the world as possible appointees to Obama’s seat so she can say she had the scoop? * Anybody wanna buy a newspaper chain? Cheap? Your turn.
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- Captain Flume - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 3:07 pm:
“It’s my party, and I’ll cry if I want to,” Karl Rove
- Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 3:09 pm:
“The State Journal-Register-your local news and one free GateHouse share with every copy”
- A Citizen - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 3:09 pm:
Are Gatehouse Media shares of stock attractive enough for bathroom wallpaper ?
- A Citizen - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 3:13 pm:
$150,000 buys a lot of lipstick and she’s not even remotely a pig. Darn good investment - she’s the best looking Pres/VP candidate up there !
- One of the 35 - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 3:15 pm:
In high school I was erroneously informed that Illinois was a representative republic where we elected people who would make informed decisions about our lives. How can members of the GA claim they are informed when they are blackmailed into voting for a multi thousand page budget that they were only given the night before they are required to vote on it? They are informed that if they don’t support it, they get no pork. Bad system!
- Loop Lady - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 3:17 pm:
“Is it over yet”?
Ask yourself this question whenever you see fit…
- Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 3:21 pm:
Coming Soon: Ayers and Dohrn return to Grant Park.
Bill: Honey, you didn’t pack anything extra in your purse tonight, did you? This is a rally we don’t want to disrupt.
Bernie: Yes, dear, I didn’t bring any fireworks along. Now you just remember not to throw anything at the cops, ok?
Bill: Yes, dear. Do you have the stash?
Bernie: Yes. I have to remember everything in this household. Now let’s get going before one of those awful Rezkos take our seats.
- City Voter - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 3:22 pm:
I can remember a time when being a Republican wasn’t a four letter word.
- ivoted4judy - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 3:25 pm:
A. The Governor is quite “loopy” you would be too if you had been served with thousands of subpeonas.
B. Sorry Rich, BUT YOU HAVE NO SENSE OF FASHION!!
C. U S Attorney will ruin more than your Christmas plans!!
- 10th Indy - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 3:32 pm:
Does thinking Obama deserves his “Marketer of the Year Award” make you a hardcore partisan?
- He Makes Ryan Look Like a Saint - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 3:38 pm:
If GROD fell down while running, would he tell people it was MJM’s fault?
- Rocket - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 3:45 pm:
Rich-the Sneed observation is genius, and its funny because its true!
- 2cool4school - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 3:46 pm:
Who is feeding this stuff to Sneed?
Wasn’t it Louanner Peters who was making the statewide tours recently? I thought she was in the running, too.
And what about Colonel Jill? Once she sends Roskam on his merry way, she can be in line for the promotion.
And heard some rumblings about Dan Seals, but don’t know how that would wash out if he wins.
- Levois - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 3:55 pm:
If no one asked you if you thought the Gov. was insane is that just an indication that no one thought he was insane until recently or no?
And I would love to buy some news papers. If only the costs didn’t include equipment and other operative expenses. Buying shares is probably another story.
- Judgment Day Is On The Way - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 4:04 pm:
“Planning a Christmas vacation around the US Attorney’s work schedule has turned out to be a daunting task.”
More likely it’s going to be “Thanksgiving”. On the way….
And you want the turkey cooked how?
- wordslinger - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 4:05 pm:
I can remember when…
… Republicans were fiscal conservatives.
…Democrats needed public financing of campaigns to compete.
…the IL GOP owned the governor’s mansion.
…Republicans occasionally won countywide in Cook.
…there were six different Chicago mayors in a period of 13 years — and four them were not named Daley.
…banks were made of granite and marble and had big vaults with real money in them.
…people got dressed up to get on airplanes. And go to church, for that matter.
…people didn’t have a phone in their ear every waking moment.
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- 2ConfusedCrew - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 4:06 pm:
I remember when you tried to resist the diagnosis of Blagoat
Peoria had the state’s best political coverage in the state and not the sad sacks now in place.
US attys who would end the waltz
Chicago newspaper columnists that made a difference.
No one wants to buy a newspaper
TG for Capt. Fax
- 2ConfusedCrew - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 4:08 pm:
Opps I forgot
$150K to cover the caribou skid marks seems like a bargain…Does she have to get it back at the end? Will she have a TV show with Dan Quayle?
- Truth - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 4:09 pm:
Rod Blagojevich has won seven elections in a row in Illinois.
- OneMan - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 4:14 pm:
If I spent 150K on clothes not only would I be a loopy as Rod I would also still look frumpy.
I never thought I would hear as US Attorney use the same buffet metaphor my dad used to use (don’t fill up on the stuff at the front, save room for the stuff at the end of the line).
Never thought the current gang in Springfield would be able to provide this much comic relief.
I suspect Jake will never get the credit he is due if Obama ends up president.
I find it hard to believe that the same state senate that produced Obama has some of the folks it does in it.
I think Sneed has a random senate replacement name generator, looking forward to seeing Anne Burke, Sugar Rothbord and Bill Curtis all being named as possible replacements. She cant go more than a month without mentioning a Burke.
- 2ConfusedCrew - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 4:22 pm:
It is Kurtis Mr/Ms OneMan…and you left out Donna Pietro ( the Kurtis gal pal) and his Kansas Cows
- VanillaMan - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 4:23 pm:
Newspapers are like snapshots in time - but only if you didn’t have a camera or a watch.
If you could sit quietly in a room with Rod Blagojevich for more than a minute, you could hear 13 million Illinoians screaming.
It is said that once a month, Joe Biden’s left hand inexplainably slaps him in the face six times. Then tries to strangle him.
There is a digital archive of old CapitolFax postings staffed by a digital version of Bill.
Once, I followed a rainbow, and it lead me to Michael Madigan’s desk. But the pot was empty, the gold was gone and Lisa was handed me a summons.
Democratic policies is like Nutrasweet, except they have twice the sweetness and half the nutrition.
If it wasn’t for Global Warming, Jane Byrne could still be Mayor, and road salt more precious than gold.
- VanillaMan - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 4:29 pm:
Neither John McCain nor Dick Cheney can campaign near junkyards because of the electromagnets in the cranes.
- VanillaMan - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 4:30 pm:
If you held a list of Barack Obama’s accomplishments to your ear, you can hear the ocean.
- OneMan - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 4:31 pm:
It will turn out that Obamas ‘Make Republicans act strange rays’ will lead to several entertaining moments over the next few years….
- Quotient - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 4:33 pm:
Just out of curiosity, are we going to demand The One to pay for his election night shindig in Grant Park? You know, like we demanded Aaron Schock to?
Or should I not even ask this question?
- VanillaMan - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 4:36 pm:
Nabisco is coming out with a new buckwheat cracker named “John Murtha”.
- VanillaMan - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 4:46 pm:
A forest of oak trees in Alabama are suing ACORN for copywrite infringement and defamation.
- Phineas J. Whoopee - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 4:48 pm:
Sneed says (about appointing a successor to Obama), “But the subject is very touchy because no one wants to offend Barack,”
Blago certainly hasn’t let offending Barack get in the way of making dumb decisions. From threatening to call special sessions during election crunch time to saying Palin is qualified because she is a Governor to bringing up Obama every time someone mentions Rezco, our Governor doesn’t seem to care about offending the future Prez, so my deep thought is this.
Would our current Governor try to use the Senate selection as a bargaining chip to ease legal troubles?
- VanillaMan - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 4:52 pm:
If you liked a Barack Obama as your senator, wait til you get a load of Milorod Blagojevich!
- Bill - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 4:54 pm:
Will Rich Miller end the Con Con Crusade when the referendum loses or will he continue to post pro con con pieces everyday in an effort to pass a con con in 2028?
- Bill - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 4:56 pm:
When was the last time that Rich Miller, Pat Quinn, Judy Topinka,and Vanilla Man were on the same side of any issue?
- Bill - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 4:59 pm:
Maybe Rod should appoint Patrick Fitzgerald as Senator when Barack wins. Don’t think your beloved Fitzie wouldn’t take it.
- Phineas J. Whoopee - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 5:01 pm:
It takes a special reporter to get Blago to say,
“your asking me to…to ah..your asking me a question..have I..have I…what?
Do blue bloods like Crane H. Kenney bleed Cubbie blue and does it matter?
- wordslinger - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 5:02 pm:
Jesse Jr. has earned some chits with Barack with his two very public smackdowns of his father — over the hot mike incident and Senior’s recent weird comments about Barack and Israel.
Do you get the feeling that Jesse Sr. would love to see Barack lose?
- wordslinger - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 5:03 pm:
Does Axelrod get a percentage of Obama’s media buy or is on a fixed fee?
- Bill - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 5:04 pm:
I hear Senior is in line to be ambassador to Norway.
- VanillaMan - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 5:05 pm:
==When was the last time that Rich Miller, Pat Quinn, Judy Topinka,and Vanilla Man were on the same side of any issue?==
We all think you are like our favorite crazy uncle that needs supervision around sharp objects.
- The Doc - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 5:08 pm:
Wordslinger, I’ve recently thought the same thing. It must surely stick in his craw that some other African-American legislator from Chicago is on the cusp of the presidency.
I wonder if this will further ignite his desire to run against Daley for mayor in 2010.
- Phineas J. Whoopee - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 5:13 pm:
Ambassador to Norway, lol.. or outer Mongolia
- wordslinger - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 5:14 pm:
Doc, I think you missed my point. Jesse Jr. has whacked his father for goofy comments involving Barack. He’s earning points with Obama.
I think Junior’s got his eye on the Senate, not mayor.
As for Senior, Bill, I hope you’re not suggesting Ambassador to Norway is some kind of punishment or exile. Beautiful country, wonderful people, but I’m biased in a big way.
- Anonish - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 5:17 pm:
The last judge I remember not getting retained was due to Mike Royko.
- A Citizen - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 5:18 pm:
Who is Royko voting for - McCain or That One ??
- Phineas J. Whoopee - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 5:25 pm:
Royko would have been for Obama. He would have had a riot with Palin and those would have been special columns. He would have praised McCain but would have said something like he would never elect someone as old as himself (they would be about the same age had he lived)to take on the toughest job in the world. What would he have said about our Gov…whew?
- Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 5:26 pm:
I yearn for the quaint old days when the First Lady of Illinois lived in the Mansion and was seen arm in arm with visiting Girl Scouts, instead of putting the arm on brokers and realtors.
- A Citizen - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 5:27 pm:
AA - That’s just cold, True but cold. LMAO
- Ahem - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 5:28 pm:
Slats Grobnik is voting for Obama but he thinks Sarah is awfully cute, I’ll bet.
- Levois - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 5:56 pm:
I remember when I could actually access the old CapitolFax blogspot page thru archive.org.
- Disgusted - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 6:02 pm:
I remember when you could trust the people running for office.
I remember when being a legislator, senator or president meant something other than a way to become a millionaine.
I remember when someone who owned a business that handled taxpayers money was scrupulously honest.
I remember when politicians didn’t wear Savile Row suits and Ferragamo shoes.
I remember when politicians at all levels showed up at the office for the majority of each year.
I remember when you could take a man’s word to the bank.
I remember when people lived within their means, paid their taxes, paid their own mortgages and didn’t try to be what they were not.
I remember when people used to be satisfied if they could pay their bills, have a home, friends and good kids.
I remember when the story of Diogenes taking his lamp in search of an honest man was less frequently quoted.
- Phineas J. Whoopee - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 6:10 pm:
Jeepers Disgusted, how old are you?
- A Citizen - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 6:34 pm:
I remember when Lisa Madagin was investigating Blago and at Fitz’s request stopped and turned over her info to the Feds. Fitz should indict in the next thirty days or Lisa M. should restart her investigations and take action. Justice delayed is justice denied, and I am not comfortable with Fitz’s delaying taking actions. It is way past time and Illinois is suffering.
- Gregor - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 6:35 pm:
Rod’s Reign has been the greatest “Rick Roll” this state ever voted for.
He has:
Given us up
let us down
Run around
Hurt us
told us lies
made us cry
But every pop song eventually runs its course.
Come to think of it, their hair IS rather similar….
- Levois - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 6:41 pm:
I was wonder if he actually made someone cry but then I thought about that vid of the treatment center that was losing its funding.
- Bookworm - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 7:14 pm:
I remember when Illinois had at least 5 more electoral votes and they all lit up red on Election Night.
I remember (barely) when every scandal didn’t have a catchy name that ended in “-gate.”
- Bookworm - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 7:31 pm:
Judgement Day, I’m guessing the “turkey” in question has been well cooked, stuffed with campaign cash, and served with plenty of gravy and slices of the pie for contributors. To paraphrase another famously scandalous Illinois pol, “I smell Fitzmas dinner a-cookin!”
- Cheswick - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 9:15 pm:
== I remember when people lived within their means… ==
Good, then you probably also remember when people’s means went a lot farther than they do today.
I remember when Lura Ryan opened the Governor’s mansion every Halloween for kids to come and get free candy.
I remember when some of us thought having both the legislative and and executive branch would be a good thing. (Were we ever naive!)
I remember calling the toll free number (actually, it might have been a Springfield number) every day after school to find out what things went on at the 1970 Con-Con that day.
Now, I’m looking forward to someone live blogging the 2010 Con-Con.
- Cheswick - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 9:24 pm:
I remember when we could take the family out to the movies and everyone got popcorn, Cokes and candy.
Now we just go down to the governor’s mansion to watch the snow melt on the driveway with our faces pressed between the wrought iron fence for our entertainment. (Not really, but it sounds pathetic enough.)
- Levois - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 10:20 pm:
I remember when I could turn to any local station and cartoons would be on. On other stations it would be Donohue, The People’s Court or reruns from 20 years ago.
- Fester - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 11:01 pm:
If Palin has more executive experience than Obama, does that mean that she also has more than her running mate? Hmm!Maybe she should have run in the Repub Primary for President,
- A Citizen - Wednesday, Oct 22, 08 @ 11:18 pm:
- Fester -
Just vote for McCain/Palin and then be patient.
- Anonymous - Thursday, Oct 23, 08 @ 1:07 am:
I remember when…
…I never had to wonder about what a sign in a foreign language at a Used Car Dealer’s on Route 12–saying “No License, No Problem!”–meant to the rest of us.
…I could look forward to someday getting some major dental work done with the extra $$ I’d have when I stopped paying for my kids’ health insurance (because they were now funding their own) v. worrying about being forced to pay the same $$ (maybe more) for someone else’s kids’ insurance–and wondering about exactly how many kids there were and whether they’d EVER grow up.
…”Diversity in the Workplace” meant being able to actually collaborate with brilliant minds from all over the world v. compensating for those with a “different” work ethic or “learning to tolerate” those with whom the majority in the office couldn’t communicate no matter how hard we tried.
…coming to the US meant you accepted the risk that your kids and grandkids might eventually lose the ability to speak your native language v. acquiring the “right” to DEMAND that the rest of the Country learn it so that you’d never have to speak English in the US during your lifetime.
I even remember when most people in this Country seemed to believe that we were Americans first and “Global Citizens” living in a “Global Village” second–and that we actually realized what would happen if the order changed.
- Dan S. a Voter and Cubs Fan - Thursday, Oct 23, 08 @ 7:38 am:
I remember a time long long ago when most elected officials were refered to as “statesmen” not “public official A”.
- Captain Flume - Thursday, Oct 23, 08 @ 9:41 am:
WGN used to be a such a great TV channel: good kids shows, great old movies, lots of summer baseball (when I still cared about that), pretty decent local news and weather.