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Tuesday, Mar 10, 2009 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Just for the heck of it…
* Related story to spark discussion…
[A recent Zogby online poll showed that] Attorney General Lisa Madigan fared favorably in the Democratic race for governor in 2010 as she took in 41 percent of the vote while Gov. Pat Quinn clocked in at 29.5 percent.
- the Patriot - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 8:10 am:
Hey, Hey, boo-boo hows about a little Governor’s seat?
- Amy - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 8:16 am:
Let’s get ready to rumble! or is it crumble for Pat?
- ohnopat - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 8:19 am:
“Maybe if I don’t make eye contact with her she won’t run against me.”
- zatoichi - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 8:20 am:
Lisa checks out the handshake option on the new series of lifelike, photo-op cardboard cutouts of state leaders. “The detail is just amazing”, she said. The cutouts will be available for rental or purchase from CMS within 30 days.
- HoBoSkillet - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 8:23 am:
Madigan: “My dad wants me to run for governor against you - is that ok with you?”
- Vote Quimby! - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 8:25 am:
“You know, Governor-for-now, I said you could legally have a special election for the Senate seat. Do you want to set a date for it now?”
“You really were an excellent lt. governor–do you want a spot on my ticket, Pat?”
“You have to know you have to raise taxes THIS year, don’t you? I don’t want to take office with this mess still out there.”
“You know if you resign now, I get to be governor?”
- Stormin Norman - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 8:38 am:
“Excuse me Gov. Palin, I think I see see the Illinois Attorney General up ahead.”
- Ahem - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 8:59 am:
Lisa Madigan leads Gov. Pat Quinn to the exit after the gov was totally blinded by the simultaneous glare of several dozen camera lights. Quipped Quinn, “Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night!”
- Anon - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 8:59 am:
“Good to see you Lis…Ooh look! Something shiny!”
- Lazy Intern - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 9:04 am:
Quinn: I’m the governor (thinking to himself: Take that Lisa)
Lisa: I’m the Attorney General, nice to see to see you. (Thinking to herself: Should I knock the old man out of the Governor’s mansion now or later. I wonder which will go better with those new shoes I bought.)
- DJ - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 9:06 am:
“My dad says I get to be governor next.”
- Niles Township - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 9:14 am:
But Daddy promised me it would be all mine after Rod’s turn.
- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 9:15 am:
“Pat? Pat? You OK? You’re looking a little, er, catatonic. Is the budget deficit that bad?”
- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 9:18 am:
Thinking to himself: “If I don’t move, maybe she won’t see me.”
- How Ironic - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 9:18 am:
I’d be glad to shake your hand Gov. Quinn. Before, the only way I wanted to be in a picture with the Gov was to be captured putting cuffs on the weasel.
- Ron Burgundy - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 9:21 am:
Daddy says I get to have your room soon. Mind if I redecorate?
- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 9:23 am:
OK, how about lightening up on the borderline sexist, patronizing comments? Fun is fun, but this “daddy” stuff is getting old fast.
- Irish - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 9:24 am:
At the weigh-in the combatants take time out for a handshake.
Lisa wonders” How can I be in his weight class?”
A song is going through Pat’s head.” Come all without, come all within, you’ll not see nothin like the Mighty Quinn.”
- phocion - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 9:29 am:
Quinn: “Call me when your number hits 50%.”
- Snidely Whiplash - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 9:31 am:
“Thanks for keeping the seat warm for me. You may go now.”
- Anon14 - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 9:32 am:
Headline 2010 - Governor shakes Lt. Governor Pat Quinn’s hand at a recent event in Chicago!
- wordslinger - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 9:32 am:
Reporters chronicle the unveiling of the latest addition to Madame Tuussad’s Wax Museum in Springfield.
- wordslinger - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 9:38 am:
Pat and Lisa bust some moves to Lady Gaga at the B-96 Jingle Bash at the House of Blues.
- Snidely Whiplash - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 9:40 am:
>>>OK, how about lightening up on the borderline sexist, patronizing comments? Fun is fun, but this “daddy” stuff is getting old fast.
- Speaking at Will - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 9:40 am:
Caption: Photo Taken by Rod Blagojevich. (Hence the Look on Quinn’s face)
A little known part of the Sun Times restructuring was Rod landing a plum job as politcal photographer assigned to the Governor.
- Snidely Whiplash - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 9:41 am:
Isn’t it fair game?
- casual observer - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 9:41 am:
Rod got a hug and all I get is a handshake?
- Captain Flume - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 9:54 am:
Gov. Q: Here’s not looking at you, kid.
- Yadi Dog - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 10:00 am:
I call I’m next.
- David100b - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 10:03 am:
Pat when can I come by the office and start measuring the drapes?
- frost - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 10:09 am:
“You feel that? That’s the South African Death Grip Handshake I learned when I was living there. Yeah …I know, Pat, it hurts a bit. So now you know what my future opponents face. Not that I’m, you know, assuming you’re going to run against me. I’m just sayin’.”
- VanillaMan - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 10:12 am:
…and who, young lady, are you?
- Ben S. - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 10:57 am:
Regarding the poll, it’s Zogby, not to mention an online poll. I would disregard it IMO.
- id - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 11:05 am:
“tag, you’re in!”
- anon - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 11:11 am:
I’m lookin at the flag. What are you lookin at?
- IrishPirate - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 11:25 am:
I don’t think the “daddy stuff” is uncalled for. I’d say something similar if the vertically challenged and daddy enhanced Hynes was running for Governor. Then again it’s not my website.
As for the caption “Two Enter, Only One Leaves”.
Quinn strikes me like the Mickey Rourke character in “The Wrestler”. Battered and bruised after a long career, but ain’t gonna give up.
As for the Zogby poll I don’t believe it. Online? I picture hundreds of computers in basements all over the southwest side in use.
- Boone Logan Square - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 11:29 am:
A Zogby online poll? Why not poll random pedestrians outside Mr. Beef?
- Inquisitor - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 11:38 am:
Lisa: Geez…they make these wax figures look so lifelike.
- Vote Quimby! (a/k/a/ Bob Barker) - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 12:10 pm:
Finally, Illinois has a governor taller than its attorney general…
- Heartless Libertarian - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 12:16 pm:
Pat: “Nice glasses….”
Lisa: “Nice hair….”
- Ahem - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 12:23 pm:
Pat’s smile changes to shocked alarm when he realizes that Lisa is not about to let go of the governorship, once she has it in hand.
- Landslide - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 12:31 pm:
The new and improved 1994/2010 election will be here soon and I’m young enough that I can wait until 2014. Enjoy its all yours.
- mover631 - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 1:17 pm:
LM: I swear! You just sit in the chair with all the electrical cords going to into it! Thats what they told me.
PQ: They who?
- Abu Jibril - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 2:33 pm:
“Come si dice . . . ? What I want–what is most important to me–is that I have a guarantee: no more attempts on my father’s life.”
- gordon G. - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 2:48 pm:
polls me very little these days. I have been without a land line for nearly 9 years. the real pat quinn is going to show up one day and go off about the madigans and their participation in the chicago machine. She is a codependent enabler. She also has about as much speaking ability as my dog. Its all over folks. Fast Eddie may have skated but I predict the mayor will end up with what he deserves, a cell next to the hot rod. Chicago is worse than Mexico.
- Niles Township - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 3:13 pm:
OK, how about lightening up on the borderline sexist, patronizing comments? Fun is fun, but this “daddy” stuff is getting old fast.
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Rich, I don’t view it as patronizing or sexist. I view it as a legitimate issue. One of the main reasons I could not vote for Lisa is her Dad’s position as Speaker and chair of the party. I was against Stroger’s ascension for similar reasons. To me it is a very important issue. We had a little revolution if I remember my history classes correctly, to get away from one family control of government. I am not prepared to allow both the executive and legislative branches to be controled by a single family. So to me, the “daddy” references are fine.
- Gallery Walker - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 4:35 pm:
Hi Pat!! Thanks for keeping my seat warm for the next couple of years!!
- There you go again - Tuesday, Mar 10, 09 @ 9:26 pm:
“We’d make a hell of a ticket, don’t you think, Lisa? I’ve got all the files from my days as Lt. Gov. to help you get settled into that post.”
- anon - Wednesday, Mar 11, 09 @ 9:07 am:
Thanks for making Hannig in charge of IDOT.