25 Comments - Anon - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 2:45 pm: At least he finally picked a team. - OneMan - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 2:45 pm: Ringtone! - Anonymiss - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 2:45 pm: Announcing for the White Sox? Can you imagine? “It’s a one-run game and a full count folks. Three balls, two strikes. I had strikes against me once when I was Governor. The unions were striking at the Congress Hotel if I remember. And about those unions, man, I wonder what Jerry is doing. Which reminds me, wouldn’t it be great if Balanoff and Morrison put together a new cartoon called Tom & Jerry? Oh I know, there is one like that already, but it could be, you know, an update. What’s that? He struck out the side? Oh, sorry folks.” - Cincinnatus - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 2:46 pm: Happy Warriors tend to get elected. Notice how little we see them in Illinois. Advice to candidates: Lighten up a little and try some self-deprecation, it will take you a long, long way. - Levois - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 2:47 pm: So he could team up with Ken Harrelson. Let’s hope he doesn’t replace the Hawk. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 2:53 pm: Self-deprecation was a cornerstone of Blagojevich’s appeal to the public. Look how well it served him . . . and Illinois. - OneMan - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 2:54 pm: No Anonymous — Rod was self-delusional… - Pot calling kettle - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 2:58 pm: Anonymiss - LOL You took the words out of my mouth. The game would be over before Quinn was done introducing the teams. Imagine the riff we might get as a runner advanced. “Ramirez just made it to first base. That reminds me of the first time I got to “first base.” I was on a date with…” - lake county democrat - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 2:58 pm: Bah humbug. Blago could be pretty funny too even before the tapes hit the fan, and Daley/Obama have the pol market on Sox fandom cornered. There are only three things anyone will ever remember about Pat Quinn are 1) helping to create CUB (the highlight of his career), 2) throwing his own reform commission under the bus and 3) the early prisoner release debacle. - D.P. Gumby - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 3:05 pm: Sirrot over Stepheonopolllisiihng….about time to chill things down a little and find out if there is something human in these polibots. - Rich Miller - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 3:08 pm: Yeah, George really jumped the gun there… http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/19/AR2010101907062.html - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 3:18 pm: That stupid question came from the ridiculous Beltway premise that everybody is as hip to what’s going to be printed in tomorrow’s NY Times as George Stephanopoulus. I bet he’s amazing at cocktail parties in Georgetown. But I want to give a shout out and my special thanks to Tea Party leader Ginni Thomas for reminding a whole generation that is too young to remember that Justice Clarence Thomas very likely lied under oath 19 years ago. Keep up the good work Ginni! - Jaded - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 3:43 pm: I thought that Clarence Thomas thing was overblown anyway. I mean doesn’t everyone talk about the latest XXX cinematography with their support staff? Geesh, what’s the big deal. Of course the flip side is when your appointed for life, your wife can do all the stupid things in the world, and you don’t really care. - Jaded - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 3:46 pm: first “your” should be “you’re”. sorry - RobRoy - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 4:04 pm: Very relaxed Quinn and likeable. I think he’s resigned to defeat and has come to terms with it. Sort of the funny, likeable Bob Dole who showed up after his defeat many moons ago. - Ivoted4Judy - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 4:08 pm: More Cub fans than Sox fans in Illinois, Brady a sure winner now. - Small Town Liberal - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 4:08 pm: - I think he’s resigned to defeat and has come to terms with it. - Laughable - creeper stroud - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 4:17 pm: Definitely the same level of competence of Farmer & Jackson-sign him up. - archpundit - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 4:37 pm: Pat Quinn and Harry Carey together. Discuss. - OneMan - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 4:45 pm: Harry: You know I used to work in St. Louis Pat: We are going to have high speed rail to St. Louis perhaps the rickets can save some money and use that to get the team down there. Harry: But Pat how would they get back. Pat: Well Harry, we will have high speed rail both ways. Harry: Wow, that’s amazing. Check out the kid in the sombrero… - Give Me A Break - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 5:02 pm: RobRoy: If you think the Gov is resigned to defeat, you have not seen him as of late. - Concerned Voter - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 5:25 pm: Brady should loop the goofy sound clip for about 30 seconds, and run it for a new commercial. At least we would get a good laugh instead of negative ads for a change in this political season. - Gregor - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 6:08 pm: You joke about Quinn calling ballgames, but his ability to riff and command of trivia makes him an ideal color man… especially if it rains! - Gregor - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 6:10 pm: Any you know, it’s telling; that Quinn is so consistent with his “dream”… they say the key to success in life is to do what you love, to do that which you’d be willing to do for free, you love it so much. And that’s Quinn with the focus on public issue advocacy. Whatever else you like or don’t about him, he’s true to himself on this, I think. - wordslinger - Wednesday, Oct 20, 10 @ 7:33 pm: –Happy Warriors tend to get elected. Notice how little we see them in Illinois. Advice to candidates: Lighten up a little and try some self-deprecation, it will take you a long, long way. – Cincy, good call. I think that’s right, and when it’s not, it should be. You can parse it, and find examples where maybe it’s not true, but optimism is and should be this country’s calling card. Warts and all, through all the bumps in the road, the history of the USA is one of incredible progress in a hurry. There’s change, change, change, all the time, but it’s magnificent and the wonder of the world. Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.