12:00 PM - Governor Quinn, at a press conference in Chicago, announces he will hold his breath until the legislature passes a final budget that does not hurt families.
12:03 PM - Governor Quinn flip flops and takes a breath.
Gov. Quinn halfway through his bet the he can sit 10 minutes in the House Democratic Caucus without uttering the words “In this the Land of Lincoln”, “Heroes Brave and True” or anything about the Prophet Amos.
“Not another budget question! What is the vaguest possible answer I can give that will still allow for an easy transition into my patented monologue on how I, as the Commander in Chief of IL’s Army Reserves in wartime, care deeply about IL veterans? That should eat up at least five minutes of allotted Q & A time…”
Gotta Go! Gotta Go! Never should have shared that apple with Mike! Wonder if I got any crackers in Betsy. Probably too late anyway. Who the heck eats just an apple for lunch? Hurry up let’s get this thing over with! No wonder Mike is always disappearing for a minute. Now I know what he is doing! Must be the only thing he passes.
I’ll leave Irish’s last comment cuz it’s pretty funny. LOL But I am under instructions to delete toilet humor,and have deleted a few fart jokes already. I am as immature as the next guy, but lets try to elevate the humor a little.
- Six Degrees of Separation - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 9:14 am:
I’m almost out of old “Lieutenant Governor” business cards I can recycle by crossing out the “Lieutenant”, and the taxpayers will have to spend $50 so the state can print new ones.
Gov. Quinn enacted a new press strategy in order to avoid any more embarrassing flip-flops, which a source close to the governor dubbed “my-lips-are-sealed and I threw away the key.”
Pat Quinn shortly before his head exploded after coming to the realization that he is going to be stuck running for election based on supporting a massive tax increase.
Pat Quinn to his alter ego: Pat, I am not letting you out today! I want to be Governor longer! But Pat, you have been governor for months and there are actually people who need help out there. No! Stay in there! Stay mm-mmhmmphmm…
“Now, an oboe is a double reed instrument and you must place your lips like this to blow. But that’s not important now, Rich. I want to talk about the budget.”
Talkin’ to myself and feelin’ old
I’d like to be like Palin and quit
I can’t even give a s*it
Hangin’ around
Nothing to do but frown
Rainy Days and this job always get me down.
What I’ve got is call the Governor blues
The Stimulus really went wrong
Supporter act like I don’t belong
Flip-Floppin’ around
Some kind of lonely clown
Rainy Days and this job always get me down.
Funny but it seems I always wanted this old job
Nice to know I finally got it
Funny but although I’d like to campaign and hobnob
I rather tell my friends to shove it.
What I feel right now is best left unsaid
I feel like I’ve been left for dead
To deal alone with a Comptroller’s swelled head
The State Fair’s soon in town
But all I seem to do is frown
Rainy Days and this job always get me down.
“Qualifications? They don’t need no stinkin’ qualifications!” Pat Quinn addresses the issue of his recent appointments to Directors of Veterans Affairs and Illinois State Police.
- REFUSE status Quo - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 11:06 am:
Oooooo…that dang nibit Dan Hynes sure makes me MAD!!!
After viewing the two photos of himself from recent Capitol Fax contests, Governor Quinn announces that all subsequent state expenditures will be redirected towards research on reversing the aging process.
- REFUSE status Quo - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 11:23 am:
Oooooo…that dang nabbit Dan Hynes sure makes me MAD!!!
Hmmm… What would I rather do today…threaten another social program unless the legislature passes a tax increase or issue another scathing press release blasting Dan Hynes? Oh heck, I think I’ll just honor another vet. Gas up the state plane!
The food that I had in the mess tents in Iraq was better than the stuff Madigan’s been feeding me.
- Will County Woman - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 12:00 pm:
sorry, I don’t think I am good at the caption thing, which is why I try to weigh in. But the first post written by hmmmm is really good, and sums pat quinn up brilliantly.
What the …..? He invites me over to see the game and then just when it gets good he shuts the TV off! If I had of known this I would have tivoed it. I am never coming to Richie’s again!
In an effort to deflect attention from the state’s budget problems, Gov. Pat Quinn does a spit take after each question by the press. It took a while for the press to get tired of being showered by the governor’s beverages, but they finally did and walked away.
During a break from a recent round of budget negotiations, Gov. Quinn was photographed re-creating the scene from “Honeymoon in Vegas” where the hotel manager tells James Caan that his room isn’t ready. Not pictured in the photograph was House Speaker Michael Madigan, who played the role of Caan.
- the ole preceinct captain - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 2:27 pm:
Citing Executive privalage Gov. Quinn goes first as the desert cart enters the Skybox he is sharing with Rich Miller. He has been eyeing the desert cart since he went first saw it ten minutes ago two suites down.
- Another Dart fan - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 2:28 pm:
“I’m wasting too much time trying to be clever. I wish Miller would just let me win this darn tickets so I could get back to work!” Pat Quinn
Visibly annoyed, Pat “The Purser” Quinn demonstrates proper technique for making the “Phfft!” noise, his sole response to Rich Miller’s umpteenth question regarding state government revenues.
“I have to really hold it all in, and not say anything no matter how hard it hurts, I want to get Governor again, gotta beat Hynes, gotta be nice, no matter how hard it is to hold my tongue…. want to be King of Illinois again..”
The look on his face when I asked him, “Gov Ryan’s term propelled Rich into a new BMW sportscar, Gov Blago’s term put him behind the wheel of a new Cadillac CTS, so what will PQ’s term produce?”
Please, please, please, let me win enough on these video poker machines to balance the state budget. It’s just this once. I know I said I wouldn’t do it. I swear I won’t ever do it again.
- hmmm - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 6:58 am:
12:00 PM - Governor Quinn, at a press conference in Chicago, announces he will hold his breath until the legislature passes a final budget that does not hurt families.
12:03 PM - Governor Quinn flip flops and takes a breath.
- Toot - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 7:19 am:
Governor Quinn’s lips are poised and prepared…to toot his own horn!
- Not a Cub Fan - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 7:33 am:
Rich Miller to PQ: So how long will the Cubs be in first place?
- Cindy Lou - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 7:35 am:
If they don’t ‘blink’ soon, I will explode in 9, 8, 7, 6, that is if I don’t experience syncope first. Can’t you see I’m mad, hurry up.
- Gregor - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 7:35 am:
“I’m going to hold my breath until you guys in the legislature get your act together and pass my tax increase… I really mean it! ”
Mmmph, mm-mmhmph……
- Beowulf - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 7:36 am:
Pat Quinn: Are you kidding me? She said that “women have got the right to change their minds whenever they want” and that she is considering WHAT?
- D Wareham --- Taylorville - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 7:41 am:
There’s no place like home. click click
There’s no place like home. click click
- Bob - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 7:43 am:
Motel 6 or Super 8 hmmmm.
- bored now - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 7:56 am:
breathe. just breathe. come on. just one breath and i’ll be fine. breathe, dammit!
- downstate - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 7:56 am:
No son the governor isn’t constipated. That’s a picture of him makin our state budget a few weeks ago.
- Ghost - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 7:59 am:
PQ considers eating an apple for lunch, but it just leaves a sour taste in his mouth….
- Rep. Greg Harris - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 8:04 am:
Gov. Quinn halfway through his bet the he can sit 10 minutes in the House Democratic Caucus without uttering the words “In this the Land of Lincoln”, “Heroes Brave and True” or anything about the Prophet Amos.
- wordslinger - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 8:05 am:
“Doggone, now I can’t remember. Is it flip or flop here?”
- Captain Flume - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 8:06 am:
This is the second time in a week that Miller has used me for a contest! So where’s MY ticket?
- Das Man - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 8:12 am:
Quinn whistling Dixie to the GA: “If you want a budget just whistle. You know how to whistle don’t you? Just put your lips together and blow.”
- George - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 8:21 am:
“Hey guys! You wanna see my Mike Madigan impression?”
- the ole preceinct captain - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 8:22 am:
I need to come up with a witty saying so I can win those Sox tickets from Rich Miller.
- John Bambenek - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 8:25 am:
Pat Quinn suffering from an acute case of legislative constipation.
- OneMan - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 8:33 am:
PQ begins his impression of Dan Hynes by first forcing himself to pass out, so he can have the same stage presence as Dan
- Betsy - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 8:37 am:
OH Crap… I think I left Betsy at the airport in Iraq….
- Louis Howe - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 8:37 am:
“Ummm…My trip to the woodshed still hurts”
- George - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 8:41 am:
Governor Quinn holds in his laughter when Dan Hynes says he showed leadership on the budget this Spring by “writing two letters” to the Governor.
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 8:49 am:
“Woah! If I don’t get this thing passed soon, I’m going to have to undergo a very embarrassing procedure.”
- CLJ - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 8:51 am:
So much for hiring Bobby Jenks to save my hide.
- Yellow Dog - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 8:51 am:
Surrounded by a crowd of supporters, Governor Quinn tries desperately to avoid tooting his own “horn.”
- Lefty - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 8:55 am:
Rich said I would win ONE ticket and this was the look I gave him!
- 57Kevin - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 8:55 am:
“That ’stiff upper lip’ thing is harder than it looks.”
- Mike Murray - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 8:56 am:
“Not another budget question! What is the vaguest possible answer I can give that will still allow for an easy transition into my patented monologue on how I, as the Commander in Chief of IL’s Army Reserves in wartime, care deeply about IL veterans? That should eat up at least five minutes of allotted Q & A time…”
- Irish - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 9:00 am:
Gotta Go! Gotta Go! Never should have shared that apple with Mike! Wonder if I got any crackers in Betsy. Probably too late anyway. Who the heck eats just an apple for lunch? Hurry up let’s get this thing over with! No wonder Mike is always disappearing for a minute. Now I know what he is doing! Must be the only thing he passes.
- Face Time - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 9:01 am:
Darn that Michael Madigan…He makes soooo mad!
- Snowman - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 9:04 am:
mmmmmmm..I love the yellow sourpatch kids!
- Mike Murray - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 9:05 am:
I’ll leave Irish’s last comment cuz it’s pretty funny. LOL But I am under instructions to delete toilet humor,and have deleted a few fart jokes already. I am as immature as the next guy, but lets try to elevate the humor a little.
- Six Degrees of Separation - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 9:14 am:
I’m almost out of old “Lieutenant Governor” business cards I can recycle by crossing out the “Lieutenant”, and the taxpayers will have to spend $50 so the state can print new ones.
- Lawdude - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 9:16 am:
Gov. Quinn enacted a new press strategy in order to avoid any more embarrassing flip-flops, which a source close to the governor dubbed “my-lips-are-sealed and I threw away the key.”
- Ron Burgundy - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 9:28 am:
Pat Quinn shortly before his head exploded after coming to the realization that he is going to be stuck running for election based on supporting a massive tax increase.
- Cubbie Girl - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 9:28 am:
Pat Quinn to his alter ego: Pat, I am not letting you out today! I want to be Governor longer! But Pat, you have been governor for months and there are actually people who need help out there. No! Stay in there! Stay mm-mmhmmphmm…
- Abe's Ghost - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 9:30 am:
“Now, an oboe is a double reed instrument and you must place your lips like this to blow. But that’s not important now, Rich. I want to talk about the budget.”
- Ted Kord - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 9:41 am:
“I can’t believe I signed the whole thing.”
- Judgment Day Is On The Way - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 9:41 am:
Ok, now just exactly how do I go about “fooling all of the people all of the time”?
- Bluefish - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 9:43 am:
PQ realizes the state isn’t getting its cut from any of the video poker machines in the VFW halls he visited this week.
- citizen - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 9:45 am:
I think I can. I think I can. NO I realy can’t.
- Samuel Clemens - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 9:45 am:
The rumors of my death are greatly exagerated.
- Stones - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 9:48 am:
I’m not breathing until you pass that income tax increase!
- Ghost - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 9:49 am:
PQ: I wonder where Rich Miller hid that dang wireless mic of his, better keep mum until I spot it.
- 10th Indy - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 10:01 am:
Increasingly frustrated by look-a-like comparisons, Tom Zapler finally explodes.
- zatoichi - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 10:02 am:
Lately, the G has to really concentrate to block out the ESP signals from the tin foil hat crowd.
- Rob_N - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 10:02 am:
Betsy, they just impeached Rod. Our moment is now.
- Downstate GOP Faithless - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 10:03 am:
The Gadfly days were so much easier for me!
- OLD TIMER - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 10:08 am:
“I don’t think holding my breath until Madigan caves is going to work.”
- Oh Well - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 10:08 am:
I know I want to contradict myself, but I can’t remember what I said last time, so am I for it or against it … Think! Think!
- ruby - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 10:09 am:
Lieutenant Governor Quinn 2003-2008
- John - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 10:12 am:
Ugh, All these years playing the trumpet and I still cannot hit that High G!
- Highland, IL - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 10:22 am:
The Gov showing how he pops his ears so his head doesn’t explode.
- P.U., not P.Q. - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 10:22 am:
How many times have I said “Land of Lincoln” today? Would they notice if I said it once more?
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 10:24 am:
Rainy Days and This Job
Talkin’ to myself and feelin’ old
I’d like to be like Palin and quit
I can’t even give a s*it
Hangin’ around
Nothing to do but frown
Rainy Days and this job always get me down.
What I’ve got is call the Governor blues
The Stimulus really went wrong
Supporter act like I don’t belong
Flip-Floppin’ around
Some kind of lonely clown
Rainy Days and this job always get me down.
Funny but it seems I always wanted this old job
Nice to know I finally got it
Funny but although I’d like to campaign and hobnob
I rather tell my friends to shove it.
What I feel right now is best left unsaid
I feel like I’ve been left for dead
To deal alone with a Comptroller’s swelled head
The State Fair’s soon in town
But all I seem to do is frown
Rainy Days and this job always get me down.
- OneMan - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 10:25 am:
Quinn trys to stiffle a laugh as Dan Hynes sends another harsh letter about the budget.
- Ghost - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 10:31 am:
PQ, listening to MJM pressor critizing his flip flops, holding back a tear, “Betsy Loves me at least”
- Anon14 - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 10:33 am:
“Read my lips, lots of new taxes!”
- A Citizen - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 10:35 am:
Flip Flop Fizz Fizz - Oh! What a relief it is.
- Mongo - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 10:36 am:
Tom Zapler squezes his lips together to avoid any more conversation about rail transportation! Instead, he wants to talk about the ponies.
- Cheswick - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 10:44 am:
Gov. Pat Quinn practices the air kazoo.
- Commie Pinko Tax Eater - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 10:46 am:
DAMN….thought I’d be able to compete until I saw VanillaMan….
- Small Town Liberal - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 10:50 am:
Quinn realized making fun of himself by wearing flip flops may have been a mistake as he stubbed his toe on a table leg.
- Reggaeman - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 10:50 am:
New Official Picture of our Gov.
- ilvet - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 11:03 am:
“Qualifications? They don’t need no stinkin’ qualifications!” Pat Quinn addresses the issue of his recent appointments to Directors of Veterans Affairs and Illinois State Police.
- REFUSE status Quo - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 11:06 am:
Oooooo…that dang nibit Dan Hynes sure makes me MAD!!!
- Balance - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 11:20 am:
After viewing the two photos of himself from recent Capitol Fax contests, Governor Quinn announces that all subsequent state expenditures will be redirected towards research on reversing the aging process.
- REFUSE status Quo - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 11:23 am:
Oooooo…that dang nabbit Dan Hynes sure makes me MAD!!!
- Fed Up - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 11:23 am:
If Madigan doesn’t pass my tax hike, I’m gonna hold my breath until I turn blue.
- Anon - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 11:25 am:
“Is that a PLEDGE PIN?! On your uniform?!”
- Lefty Lefty - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 11:27 am:
“Mr. Madigan, don’t make me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.”
- Steve - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 11:45 am:
I’d rather have a radio show and have fun on WLS-AM
- KGB - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 11:46 am:
Hmmm… What would I rather do today…threaten another social program unless the legislature passes a tax increase or issue another scathing press release blasting Dan Hynes? Oh heck, I think I’ll just honor another vet. Gas up the state plane!
- Lazy Intern - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 11:50 am:
I can’t very well foil my own plan. I wonder how the President is doing? Maybe I can foil his?
- Truthful James - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 11:52 am:
“My lips are sealed,
My eyes are open,
The State needs money
So, Mike, here’s hopin’
- Mr. T - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 11:52 am:
My best interpretation of President Bush when asked “So where were the weapons of mass destruction?”
- Anon-13 - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 11:59 am:
The food that I had in the mess tents in Iraq was better than the stuff Madigan’s been feeding me.
- Will County Woman - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 12:00 pm:
sorry, I don’t think I am good at the caption thing, which is why I try to weigh in. But the first post written by hmmmm is really good, and sums pat quinn up brilliantly.
- Speaking at Will - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 12:14 pm:
Patt Quinn gets misty as he stares at the front door of the Lt. Governors Office.
- Say WHAT? - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 12:16 pm:
After VM’s entry at 10:24 AM - I won’t even make an attempt. I know when I’m beat. Have fun at the game VM.
- Irish - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 12:20 pm:
What the …..? He invites me over to see the game and then just when it gets good he shuts the TV off! If I had of known this I would have tivoed it. I am never coming to Richie’s again!
- Ricketts Field - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 12:21 pm:
PQ waiting in line at Wrigley Field’s men’s room, while the Cubs win with a walk off grand slam.
- Downstate weed chewing hick - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 12:23 pm:
This rare 2006 photo shows how Pat Quinn was able to run for LG with Rod Blagojevich. His eyes were wide open, but his lips were glued shut.
- Tired of the Mess - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 12:31 pm:
How many behinds do I have to kiss before you will give my tax increase?
- Great Caesar's Ghost - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 12:34 pm:
Damn! I could have had a V8!
- Guitar Man - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 12:39 pm:
There goes my PoliGrip.
- Speaking at Will - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 12:43 pm:
weed chewing hick! Great Caption.
- downstate dem - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 12:50 pm:
What to do? Damned if you speak, damned if you don’t.
- Cheswick - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 12:52 pm:
In an effort to deflect attention from the state’s budget problems, Gov. Pat Quinn does a spit take after each question by the press. It took a while for the press to get tired of being showered by the governor’s beverages, but they finally did and walked away.
- In the Middle - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 1:00 pm:
P-P-P-Poker face, P-P-Poker face. P-P-P-Poker face, P-P-Poker face. Thanks for the reminder, Lady Gaga. P-P-Puh….
- Boscobud - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 1:06 pm:
Wrigley Field hot dogs are a lot better than the ones in Cellular Field.
- Jake - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 1:12 pm:
I can’t remember…what is it today? 8 billion? 10 billion? What the hell, close enough for government work!
- Master Plan - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 1:14 pm:
PQ imitation of its another “up day”
- #1 SOX FAN! - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 1:32 pm:
Governor Quinn upon realizing his son had recently applied to grad school at U of I.
- Out There - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 1:40 pm:
Wish the market would come back up, my deferred comp needs a boost.
- anon - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 1:50 pm:
Ok…almost ready for the presser…mouth full of chew, lips tight..don’t want to give it away. Who’s sitting in front?
- yinn - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 1:52 pm:
Governor Quinn swallows yesterday’s tomatoes.
- Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 2:14 pm:
During a break from a recent round of budget negotiations, Gov. Quinn was photographed re-creating the scene from “Honeymoon in Vegas” where the hotel manager tells James Caan that his room isn’t ready. Not pictured in the photograph was House Speaker Michael Madigan, who played the role of Caan.
- the ole preceinct captain - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 2:27 pm:
Citing Executive privalage Gov. Quinn goes first as the desert cart enters the Skybox he is sharing with Rich Miller. He has been eyeing the desert cart since he went first saw it ten minutes ago two suites down.
- Another Dart fan - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 2:28 pm:
“I’m wasting too much time trying to be clever. I wish Miller would just let me win this darn tickets so I could get back to work!” Pat Quinn
- Rich Miller - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 2:31 pm:
OPC, if you could spell, you might win. lol
- Mike, Virden, IL - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 2:31 pm:
Hmmm…maybe I can print money in the Mansion to help this mess.
- Hurly Buehrle - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 2:37 pm:
Passing this kidney stone is easier than passing my tax increase!
- espoir, chicago, IL - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 2:42 pm:
Governor Quinn regrets pledging his commitment to economic recovery by literally tightening his belt.
- Anonymous - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 3:19 pm:
If I force more air into my head, will it make my hair grow out like Rod’s? Only one way to find out!
- Quizzical - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 3:22 pm:
I think I can eat bugs in the jungle like Rod’s wife. I wonder if they’ll let me on that show. Gotta be easier than managing this mess.
- Commonsense in Illinois - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 3:22 pm:
So, see when I do this, my left eyeball bulges more than my right eyeball. Cool huh. Where were we?
- Former Titan - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 3:33 pm:
Visibly annoyed, Pat “The Purser” Quinn demonstrates proper technique for making the “Phfft!” noise, his sole response to Rich Miller’s umpteenth question regarding state government revenues.
- krome - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 3:51 pm:
Now cough.
- Third Generation Chicago Native - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 3:54 pm:
“I have to really hold it all in, and not say anything no matter how hard it hurts, I want to get Governor again, gotta beat Hynes, gotta be nice, no matter how hard it is to hold my tongue…. want to be King of Illinois again..”
- Irish - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 4:00 pm:
PQ after reading the jacket cover of Rod’s new book.
- uh huh - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 4:04 pm:
“I wonder if I can get Buehle to join my administration.”
- 47th Ward - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 4:06 pm:
“…the manipulations of a disloyal lieutenant governor.”
Man, I keep my mouth shut tight for six years and this is the thanks I get?
- HoosierDaddy - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 4:12 pm:
Governor Quinn tries to stifle laughter after reading the first chapter of Rod Blagojevich’s new book.
- Ms_Liberty - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 4:20 pm:
PQ’s sock puppet routine: Lies…all lies! Silence! I kill you!
- jt - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 4:36 pm:
i just read blago’s book and regurgitated- now what do i do?
- DM - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 5:07 pm:
Fearing that it isn’t just an old wives’ tale, Quinn holds his breath during a press conference at the Burr Oak Cemetery.
- Dad - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 5:07 pm:
The look on his face when I asked him, “Gov Ryan’s term propelled Rich into a new BMW sportscar, Gov Blago’s term put him behind the wheel of a new Cadillac CTS, so what will PQ’s term produce?”
- Rich Miller - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 5:10 pm:
It was a used sports car, Dad. Two years old.
Just sayin…
- Rich Miller - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 5:11 pm:
And what I really wanted was another RRB term.
Three Blagojevich terms and I was pretty certain I’d get retirement to a vineyard estate in the south of France.
- 47th Ward - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 5:19 pm:
Yes, but an estate with padded walls Rich because a third term of RRB would be too much for anyone’s sanity…
- Rich Miller - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 5:22 pm:
More likely, I woulda been dead by then.
- wordslinger - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 5:32 pm:
“This is not nearly as fun as I thought it was going to be.”
- Mighty M. Mouse - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 5:46 pm:
“If that gosh darned General Assembly won’t pass an honest budget, I’m just gonna hold my breath until I turn blue! That’ll teach ‘em.”
- Boone Logan Square - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 6:01 pm:
Pat Quinn regrets eating the lunch prepared for him by Dan Hynes.
- lee - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 6:45 pm:
Rod warned me there would be days like this.
- OldSmokey2 - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 6:58 pm:
“Jenks? Again? OK, I’m calling Kenny Williams to see if we can get a commission together.”
- aufjunk - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 7:27 pm:
“Who’s got a barf bag? Trying to read the minds of the Illinois state legislators has made even me airsick.”
- Ibexman - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 8:13 pm:
“Dang, I knew I shoulda done some fumigatin’ here!”
- Chicago-Dem - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 8:55 pm:
Them darn Irishman won’t let an Irishman govern!
- Get Your $ Back - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 10:38 pm:
I paid $21.50 for this lip plumper? It wasn’t even tinted…
- QTD - Monday, Jul 27, 09 @ 10:40 pm:
“A comptroller once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti “
- CountryLife - Tuesday, Jul 28, 09 @ 12:51 am:
Oy! This governor thing has aged me considerably. I am starting to look as wrinkled and wornout as “Betsy.”
- antigambler - Tuesday, Jul 28, 09 @ 3:36 am:
Please, please, please, let me win enough on these video poker machines to balance the state budget. It’s just this once. I know I said I wouldn’t do it. I swear I won’t ever do it again.
- Ricketts Field - Tuesday, Jul 28, 09 @ 6:19 am:
check this out: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-28-cubs-astros-chicago-jul28,0,165899.story
there was a walk off grand slam…
- Pale Rider - Tuesday, Jul 28, 09 @ 6:47 am:
New tactic, I am going to hold my breath until I get a budget!
- Ricketts Field - Tuesday, Jul 28, 09 @ 6:49 am:
but I think krome wins….
- TheTruthWillSetUFree - Tuesday, Jul 28, 09 @ 9:43 am:
Everyone was so much friendlier in Iraq.
- charlestonEagle - Tuesday, Jul 28, 09 @ 8:28 pm:
Senator Durbin I am getting ready to announce for re-election-I’m pumped-What do you thank?
- CharlestonEagle - Tuesday, Jul 28, 09 @ 8:32 pm:
Senator Durbin I am getting ready to announce my plans for re-election-I’m Pumped-What do you thank!
- CharlestonEagle - Tuesday, Jul 28, 09 @ 8:36 pm:
Has Speaker Madigan agreed to be your Re-Election Campaign chairman for Governor???