Didn’t We Have It All? - Whitney Houston, enhanced by VanillaMan
Remember that massage in the rain?
The nights your ‘roids made you insane?
We can take that night into tomorrow
Living on feelings
Touching you, I feel it all again
Didn’t we almost have it all?
On election night you had that win
The ride with you was worth the fall, my friend
Your running mate was really Pat Quinn
Didn’t we almost have it all?
Those nights we held on while reporters called
You know you’ll never get out alive
Didn’t we almost have it all?
The kid’s support checks that never came
As you spent millions pining for personal fame
A moment at the top of the political heap
All was lost when they revealed you as a creep
Finger point at everyone else as blame
Didn’t we almost have it all?
From pawnbroker to Number Two
The ride with you was worth the fall, my friend
Your Half-Time tears will have to do
Didn’t we almost have it all?
Didn’t we almost have it all?
Like Blagojevich and his friends
The ride with you was worth the fall, my friend
Illinois politics will never be the same again
Didn’t we almost have it all?
- South of I-80 - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:13 pm:
See over there Little Richy, that was used in the old days for people who ran for public office and had the people vote if they wanted them as there representatives.
- Mayor Quimby - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:13 pm:
“We wanted to take the sign down, but we couldn’t find our knife.”
- OneMan - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 11:45 am:
Future home of Gold for Horseshoes…
- Pat Robertson - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 11:48 am:
Then one day, ethics reform passed and Springfield became a ghost town.
- wordslinger - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 11:49 am:
Not a happy ending.
- Rich Miller - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 11:50 am:
OK, let’s keep it clean, please.
Also, I don’t think the photo is in any way related to this… http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x1715240762/Bar-wars-Police-investigate-weekend-incidents-at-two-downtown-taverns
lol
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 11:52 am:
“Say, Clarence, this is where the Bailey Building and Loan … the Bailey Building and Loan! It was over there …”
“It went out of business years ago, now its an abandon campaign office …”
- Third Generation Chicago Native - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 11:53 am:
Office available to sublet, immediately.
- Greg - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 11:59 am:
A bad sign the Cohen campaign
- Greg B. - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:00 pm:
Oh…c’mon Rich… What if your friends w/both parties??? Opening soon…
What about massage parlors? Can we use that obvious one?
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:00 pm:
“Scott Lee Cohen found in love spat with ‘massage therapist’ ”
“A toast Illinois, to love on my terms. Those are the only terms anybody ever knows”
- South of Sherman - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:00 pm:
Coming soon to this space: Scott Lee Cohen Senate 2012 Campaign Headquarters
- VanillaMan - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:04 pm:
Didn’t We Have It All? - Whitney Houston, enhanced by VanillaMan
Remember that massage in the rain?
The nights your ‘roids made you insane?
We can take that night into tomorrow
Living on feelings
Touching you, I feel it all again
Didn’t we almost have it all?
On election night you had that win
The ride with you was worth the fall, my friend
Your running mate was really Pat Quinn
Didn’t we almost have it all?
Those nights we held on while reporters called
You know you’ll never get out alive
Didn’t we almost have it all?
The kid’s support checks that never came
As you spent millions pining for personal fame
A moment at the top of the political heap
All was lost when they revealed you as a creep
Finger point at everyone else as blame
Didn’t we almost have it all?
From pawnbroker to Number Two
The ride with you was worth the fall, my friend
Your Half-Time tears will have to do
Didn’t we almost have it all?
Didn’t we almost have it all?
Like Blagojevich and his friends
The ride with you was worth the fall, my friend
Illinois politics will never be the same again
Didn’t we almost have it all?
- zatoichi - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:04 pm:
The Mardi Gras was just getting going when a wind came through town.
- RightGirl - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:06 pm:
“I thought this was where the ‘job fair’ was supposed to be…”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:07 pm:
Lost
- 47th Ward - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:08 pm:
===OK, let’s keep it clean, please.===
Sorry Rich, the words just typed themselves. I had a feeling it was going to trigger the delete button.
Clean v. funny in this case are sort of mutually exclusive don’t you think?
- really? - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:11 pm:
Well the prior business had quotes from Paris Hilton on the windows..so can we say That was hot?
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:12 pm:
“Leave the banner, take the cannoli”
- Fed Up - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:13 pm:
Pawn Stars Duo, managed by Chumlee
- South of I-80 - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:13 pm:
See over there Little Richy, that was used in the old days for people who ran for public office and had the people vote if they wanted them as there representatives.
- Mayor Quimby - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:13 pm:
“We wanted to take the sign down, but we couldn’t find our knife.”
- fedup dem - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:13 pm:
Opening here in late 2011… the Illinois Headquarters of the Sarah Palin for President Campaign committee, you betcha!
- Perplexed & Perturbed - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:15 pm:
“Coming Soon, Springfield Pawn Shop! Gold, Silver, State and Municipal Assets Bought!”
- Rich Miller - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:18 pm:
Oswego Willy wins. lol
I’m a sucker for gangster movie references.
- Ron Burgundy - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:19 pm:
Scott Lee Cohen does his best to make his Springfield campaign office look like the actual Lt. Governor’s office…
- C. J. Summers - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:20 pm:
“Life’s a Funny Proposition After All.”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:20 pm:
Thanks, Rich …
- Sewanee - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:37 pm:
Freaky Fast: motto of both the Jimmy John’s next door and Cohen’s fall from victory
- Moving to Oklahoma - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:42 pm:
Jimmy Johns Sub Shop couldn’t figure out why sales had dropped off at one of their key Springfield locations.
- Anon - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 12:53 pm:
“Called the doctor and the doctor said: “No more monkeys jumping on the bed.”
- the Patriot - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 1:02 pm:
It apppears the promotion offering a free massage with paid admission to the Abe Lincoln Museum is a bust.
- Dan S, a voter and Cubs Fan - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 1:05 pm:
Next home for Sammy’s Sports bar & Grill
- anon - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 1:10 pm:
“The agony of victory….”
- Captain Flume - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 1:22 pm:
What goes on behind the blue door?
- Prognosis Negative - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 1:35 pm:
They say on a quiet night, when the moon is full, you can hear a man wearing cheap gold chains walking around the building.
- Obamarama - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 1:42 pm:
It looks like all of Springfield when the GA isn’t in session :-X
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 1:53 pm:
Office Closed: To be violent at first and wind up fearing one’s people is the epitome of ineptitude.
- quicknote - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 2:01 pm:
Pawn, broken
- siriusly - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 2:02 pm:
Rich said: “Also, I don’t think the photo is in any way related to this” - you’re right, not related.
I was by the SLC office yesterday afternoon and the banner was still there.
I stood there for a good 30 seconds debating about jumping up to try and steal the banner myself. Someone else had the same idea I guess.
I vote for O. Willy, can’t do better than that.
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 2:04 pm:
Checkmate!
- Carl Nyberg - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 2:04 pm:
“Grainger Terry ate here.”
- Potted Plant - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 2:08 pm:
King to pawn–Checkmate!
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 2:22 pm:
Ya Gotta LOVE Illinois! (lol)
- quicknote - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 2:26 pm:
nice one, Carl
- Finger Pointing - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 2:47 pm:
Coming Soon: Hop Haus Tavern South. Join us for the Super Bowl!
- Paul S. - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 4:07 pm:
Gone but not for long.
- Obamarama - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 4:11 pm:
Future site of Maltese/Cohen for Illinois 2014.
- Bubs - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 5:57 pm:
“All our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death” - Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 5
- Sandrafan - Wednesday, Feb 17, 10 @ 8:21 pm:
Window tables at Maldaners will once again be in demand.