Edgar is thinking: Elvis? Hmm. I seem to remember something about a guy by that name stirring up controversy. Not sure who he was. Anyway, how does he relate to my bringing up the need to follow the Constitution when governing?
Blago is thinking: The Constitution? I seem to remember something about a topic like that in law school. Not sure what it was about. Anyway, what’s that got to do with my bringing up the greatest f’ing singer ever in the entire world?
Detail from former Gov. Jim Edgar’s official statehouse portrait, marred Wednesday by a vandal who airbrushed an image of deposed Gov. Rod Blagojevich into the painting.
“Typing, schmyping. I’ve got mad-def tagging skills!” the masked miscreant cackled as he fled down the capitol steps.
- Anon But Not Anon - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:29 pm:
Damn! Edgar’s hair looks better on the jumbotron than mine.
Did you hear that Lon? Former governor goody-two-shoes over here thinks I should have moved into the mansion too.
OR
Rod, to someone else: So the little girl looks at me and says–
Edgar, interrupting: “…look, it’s Mayor Daley.”
Rod: You’ve heard that one?
Edgar: I hear it every time I see you. Get some new material kid.
Blago to an Unseen Rezko seated next to him: “Look at Edgar …Don’t stare, don’t stare … see that … he keeps looking at Patrick Fitzgerald … Lemme me know if Fitzgerald looks back … See! … Geez, it’s spooky. It’s like they KNOW something … Dopes! … I look better, don’t I … Edgar … just staring at Fitzgerald, all ‘good government’ blah, blah … I am (bleepin’) Golden, don’t they know that … And Edgar’s hair, its not like my mane, … his is all stiff and fake … They did it AGAIN!… What the (bleep) are they signaling to each other … Lemme know when Edgar looks my way … Fitzgerald ….I mean REALLY…. (under the breath giggle) ‘Wershington’ … can’t even say Washington … “Wershington’ … Edgar kills me … There, if he looks at Fitzgerald again, I will cut his teaching spot at the U of I … you know, check if Edgar has contributed … just so we know ….”
Gov. Jim Edgar poses for a picture for the Daily Herald, as Gov. Rod Blagojevich poses for the Federal Bureau of Prisions Booking Log, beginning with his side view.
Edgar: You know, years ago I had this beautiful intern named Mary working for me….oh how I wish I was sitting here with her right now instead of this idiot.
Edgar - “Rod, you understand how that you are now a member of an elite group of men. Men who have led this great prairie state from it’s frontier days of split rail fences, flatboats and stockyards, to today’s world of skyscrapers, pharmaceuticals, and agribusinesses. A group of men from every walk of life, some born in log cabins, and others born with great wealth. Men, some of whom were self-educated, and others graduates from some of our nation’s finest universities and colleges.”
“A fraternity, a sacred trust of public office bestowed upon us to lead Illinois into a bright shining future. A humble duty to serve our fellow citizens as their state leader.”
“Rod, on the day I was first inaugurated, Jim Thompson shared with me his deepest held personal feelings on being an Illinois governor, and I just wanted to do the same for you. You are a young man, with a young wife and two adorable young children with the entire world watching you as you lead one of America’s great states…”
Blagojevich - “Yeah Jim, whatever - hey, I was wondering if Ron Santo married Priscilla Presley, do you think they would have the ceremony in Chicago, Ron Santo’s hometown, in Wrigley Field, or do you think they would hold the ceremony at Graceland, down in Memphis?”
SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Pat Quinn quickly dumped a plan Wednesday to hire a longtime aide as the state’s $85,000-per-year canoe czar.
Just hours after the hiring of Claude Walker was made public in a story first reported by the H&R Springfield Bureau, Quinn’s administration cut him loose, saying the state’s financial problems are too large to take on new programs.
Rod: Really, this guy was the governor before that Ryan guy? This guy says he only has two regular homes and drives himself around in a Chevy. How come he didn’t cash in? Is he an idiot or something?
Jim: How could I have used the office of governor to crush excise this moron before he got into the office? Was it a lack of foresight, or did I lack the killer instinct? Did I not realize Mell was putting his muscle behind this back bencher? Hopefully Mikey can crush him before he does anything to denigrate the office.
- Whatever - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:18 pm:
You’re right — Bill Brady is nuts.
- KeepSmiling - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:19 pm:
Wouldn’t it be weird if we both just sat here and didn’t say… anything?
- George - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:20 pm:
“Where’s George?”
- Shore - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:20 pm:
hair today gone tomorrow
- Responsa - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:21 pm:
Wonder who just made that bad smell.
- Montrose - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:23 pm:
Just keep looking straight forward. Maybe he won’t notice me and try to talk to me.
- Sent from my iPhone - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:23 pm:
“Please ohpleaseohpleaseohplease don’t take my picture with this guy.” - Edgar’s mind
- chitownhv - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:23 pm:
The Ying and the Yang
- @all - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:28 pm:
Edgar is thinking: Elvis? Hmm. I seem to remember something about a guy by that name stirring up controversy. Not sure who he was. Anyway, how does he relate to my bringing up the need to follow the Constitution when governing?
Blago is thinking: The Constitution? I seem to remember something about a topic like that in law school. Not sure what it was about. Anyway, what’s that got to do with my bringing up the greatest f’ing singer ever in the entire world?
- Linus - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:29 pm:
Detail from former Gov. Jim Edgar’s official statehouse portrait, marred Wednesday by a vandal who airbrushed an image of deposed Gov. Rod Blagojevich into the painting.
“Typing, schmyping. I’ve got mad-def tagging skills!” the masked miscreant cackled as he fled down the capitol steps.
- Anon But Not Anon - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:29 pm:
Damn! Edgar’s hair looks better on the jumbotron than mine.
- Bubs - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:32 pm:
Do I have to keep listening to this old guy blather on about serving the people?
- South Side Mike - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:33 pm:
This photo is perfect for the classic Rod caption:
Oh look! A kitty!
- dupage dan - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:34 pm:
Wow, Illinois’ great elder statesmen.
Whiner and Crimer.
- Ghost of John Brown - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:38 pm:
Competitors for the “Barbasal- Illinois’ Premium Pompadour” contest strike their best poses.
- Vole - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:38 pm:
Star and stripes.
- Ahoy - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:40 pm:
Edgar - “Sit up, look forward and stop taking that guys money.”
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:40 pm:
Did you hear that Lon? Former governor goody-two-shoes over here thinks I should have moved into the mansion too.
OR
Rod, to someone else: So the little girl looks at me and says–
Edgar, interrupting: “…look, it’s Mayor Daley.”
Rod: You’ve heard that one?
Edgar: I hear it every time I see you. Get some new material kid.
- Anon - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:40 pm:
You’re supposed to leave office before the investigation gets too close to you, Rod, like I did.
- been there - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:45 pm:
going their different ways…
- OneMan - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:48 pm:
In hindsight Rod picked the wrong time to tune out Jim as he shared about how having your wife do work for and with donors was a bad idea.
- South Side Mike - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:49 pm:
Let’s see, I visit George on the third Tuesday of every other month. Would that work for you, too, or should I switch it to Mondays?
- Joe from Joliet - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:50 pm:
I’m so jealous of his hair I just can’t look.
- Obamarama - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:52 pm:
Is that Larry David in the background?
- Joe from Joliet - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:53 pm:
Edgar, wistfully:
I’m going to be compared to this schmuck for the rest of my life.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:54 pm:
Blago to an Unseen Rezko seated next to him: “Look at Edgar …Don’t stare, don’t stare … see that … he keeps looking at Patrick Fitzgerald … Lemme me know if Fitzgerald looks back … See! … Geez, it’s spooky. It’s like they KNOW something … Dopes! … I look better, don’t I … Edgar … just staring at Fitzgerald, all ‘good government’ blah, blah … I am (bleepin’) Golden, don’t they know that … And Edgar’s hair, its not like my mane, … his is all stiff and fake … They did it AGAIN!… What the (bleep) are they signaling to each other … Lemme know when Edgar looks my way … Fitzgerald ….I mean REALLY…. (under the breath giggle) ‘Wershington’ … can’t even say Washington … “Wershington’ … Edgar kills me … There, if he looks at Fitzgerald again, I will cut his teaching spot at the U of I … you know, check if Edgar has contributed … just so we know ….”
- You Go Boy - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 1:56 pm:
Edgar: “Ah, the future…”
Blago: “Ah, a mirror…”
- Ronaldus - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 2:00 pm:
Looking to their futures - who would have thought Blago would veer right and Edgar veer left after leaving office?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 2:05 pm:
Gov. Jim Edgar poses for a picture for the Daily Herald, as Gov. Rod Blagojevich poses for the Federal Bureau of Prisions Booking Log, beginning with his side view.
- CircularFiringSquad - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 2:07 pm:
and the Capitolfaxers thought Brown looked like a geek
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 2:07 pm:
Edgar to himself: “There’s Jesse, … and Danny Hynes … and Radogno …yep, there’s the Speaker. Wonder if Madigan misses me NOW?”
- Anon - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 2:09 pm:
Edgar to himself - “Don’t look at the hair, don’t look at the hair”
- Anonymous - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 2:10 pm:
The best I could get for a Senate seat is this Hair Club for Men gig?
- big red - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 2:31 pm:
Ebony and Ivory
- Segatari - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 2:40 pm:
Two reasons to vote for conservatives in Illinois!
- PalosParkBob - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 2:42 pm:
“Dazed” and “Confused”
- RobRoy - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 2:42 pm:
This just in……photographer captures pic of two former Illinois guvs who, according to their party regulars, should just shut-up and go away.
- Hisgirlfriday - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 2:45 pm:
Who’s that guy behind us? Bill Cellini?
- Anonymous - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 3:26 pm:
Blago: “your hair moved first”
Edgar: “No, your’s moved first”
- WOW - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 3:28 pm:
“Rod, that’s why I didn’t run for a second term!”
- really? - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 3:36 pm:
Edgar: OMG, hope no one takes a picture now.
- oooooooh, jim - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 3:54 pm:
Edgar: You know, years ago I had this beautiful intern named Mary working for me….oh how I wish I was sitting here with her right now instead of this idiot.
- Downstate Commissioner - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 3:56 pm:
Edgar: Everybody else calls in blackmail, Rich Miller calls it “subscriptions”; Knew I should have subscribed to Capitol Fax….
- Concerned Voter - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 3:58 pm:
And now, the final round of “Spot the Doofus!”
- Highland, IL - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 4:03 pm:
Silver Fox & Out Foxed
- VanillaMan - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 4:19 pm:
Edgar - “Rod, you understand how that you are now a member of an elite group of men. Men who have led this great prairie state from it’s frontier days of split rail fences, flatboats and stockyards, to today’s world of skyscrapers, pharmaceuticals, and agribusinesses. A group of men from every walk of life, some born in log cabins, and others born with great wealth. Men, some of whom were self-educated, and others graduates from some of our nation’s finest universities and colleges.”
“A fraternity, a sacred trust of public office bestowed upon us to lead Illinois into a bright shining future. A humble duty to serve our fellow citizens as their state leader.”
“Rod, on the day I was first inaugurated, Jim Thompson shared with me his deepest held personal feelings on being an Illinois governor, and I just wanted to do the same for you. You are a young man, with a young wife and two adorable young children with the entire world watching you as you lead one of America’s great states…”
Blagojevich - “Yeah Jim, whatever - hey, I was wondering if Ron Santo married Priscilla Presley, do you think they would have the ceremony in Chicago, Ron Santo’s hometown, in Wrigley Field, or do you think they would hold the ceremony at Graceland, down in Memphis?”
- Jake from Elwood - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 4:24 pm:
A committed politician and a politician who ought to be committed.
- Third Generation Chicago Native - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 4:52 pm:
Ex Governors on display.
Congrats Rich NBC 5, 10 PM news Chicago mentioned CapitalFax broke the canoe story.
- nick - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 5:13 pm:
“Rod,could I borrow your comb?I lost mine at the Coles county Democratic fundraiser yesterday”
- Samwise - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 5:16 pm:
Hey Third Generation, CapitolFax didn’t break the canoe story. Lee Enterprises did.
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/article_b9e95f22-47f8-11df-8b32-001cc4c002e0.html
http://www.herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/article_5c114a05-8cc9-50f0-8aea-f6df63cc46ea.html
SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Pat Quinn quickly dumped a plan Wednesday to hire a longtime aide as the state’s $85,000-per-year canoe czar.
Just hours after the hiring of Claude Walker was made public in a story first reported by the H&R Springfield Bureau, Quinn’s administration cut him loose, saying the state’s financial problems are too large to take on new programs.
- kj - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 6:25 pm:
The two men who will make Rich Whitney Governor, one to destroy the GOP and one to destroy the Democrats.
- Quizzical - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 7:37 pm:
Rod: Really, this guy was the governor before that Ryan guy? This guy says he only has two regular homes and drives himself around in a Chevy. How come he didn’t cash in? Is he an idiot or something?
Jim: How could I have used the office of governor to crush excise this moron before he got into the office? Was it a lack of foresight, or did I lack the killer instinct? Did I not realize Mell was putting his muscle behind this back bencher? Hopefully Mikey can crush him before he does anything to denigrate the office.
- Gregor - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 7:55 pm:
“I got Griffindor; you, sir, are most definitely Slitheryn material.”
- Dooley Dudright - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 7:58 pm:
It’s as if Illinois governors morph Sesame Street:
http://www.sesamestreet.org/onair/characters/two_headed_monsters
- Steve - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 10:16 pm:
Hey Rod, Do you think Bill Cellini knows who John “No Nose” DiFronzo?
- Zoble21 - Thursday, Apr 15, 10 @ 10:19 pm:
Blogo; How can I bring up the senate seat? I know I could sell it to him but how do I start the conversation??
- wordslinger - Friday, Apr 16, 10 @ 8:06 am:
I could use Grecian formula, too, but silver is much more dignified.
- Third Generation Chicago Native - Friday, Apr 16, 10 @ 10:52 am:
Samwise
I quoted what NBC 5 Chicago said
- Samwise - Friday, Apr 16, 10 @ 11:50 am:
Third Gen:
I was just pointing out they were wrong.