* How about a caption contest? This is Joe Walsh. No, not the freshman congressman. This is the Joe Walsh we all knew before last year’s election pushed that other Joe Walsh into our brains…

Do your very best to keep your answers Illinois-centric, please. Thanks.

       

44 Comments - AFSCME Steward - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 1:57 pm: After the plastic surgery, Congressman Joe Walsh makes his first Public Appearance. - Springfield Skeptic - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 2:02 pm: You elected WHO governor??? - Spliff - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 2:07 pm: “The choice is Dillard or Nybo … uurgh.” - Suburbs - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 2:07 pm: Singer to Politician: Isn’t your 15 minutes of fame up yet so I can have my good name back?! - Jake From Elwood - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 2:08 pm: Man, and I thought things were bad out here in California. Illinois is more mind-altering than anything I ever did in the 70s. - Joe from Joliet - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 2:11 pm: October 19, 2021 Terre Haute, IN Upon his release from the penitentiary, Rod Blagojevich struggles with the brightness of the sun. - siriusly - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 2:14 pm: Hey man, you scratched my new record! I just bought it! - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 2:16 pm: Dear Joe Walsh, I was born here in the city with my back against the wall. Nothing grows and life ain’t very pretty, and no one’s there to catch you when you fall. Yours truly, Joe Walsh - Anonymous - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 2:17 pm: Life’s been good… - CircularFiringSquad - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 2:18 pm: We know this Joe Walsh …he is not the child support deadbeat GOPer mope congressman… BTW did you hear Gags Brady is embracing the “Occupy” movement. That will really put in good graces with all the fat cat bankers when he puts the arm on them for 2012. Sweet move Gags - Tom - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 2:21 pm: Whew, for a second I thought I owed $110,000 in child support. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 2:24 pm: A subscription to Capitol Fax is how much???? - Anonymous - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 2:25 pm: Man, the Hotel California had the warm smell of colitas, but it didn’t have purple bricks! - Boone Logan Square - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 2:31 pm: It’s survival in the suburbs When you live from speech to speech Dependent kids don’t have much pity When you’re caught, that’s when you overreach - Give Me A Break - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 2:34 pm: After adding Rogaine to his coffee,John Lowder can’t stand the bright lights of the Speaker’s Office anymore. - Boone's is Back - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 2:41 pm: As crazy as I look that deadbeat Congressman with the same name is crazier. - Responsa - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 2:43 pm: Man–when I think of what could have happened if my talent and his looks were combined. - The dude - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 2:44 pm: I’ll kick you out my cab - MeAgain - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 2:51 pm: Lifes Been Good To Me So Far … or Maybe Not! - Six Degrees of Separation - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 2:52 pm: Got Any Gum? - mokenavince - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 2:53 pm: We should send the new Joe Walsh to the Hotel Illinois. And get him a Masarati. So long Joe. - Are Ya Kiddin Me? - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 3:00 pm: My agent booked me at the Illinois State Fair? - Been There - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 3:02 pm: Joe Walsh reacts to the news that he has been accused of being a member of Congress. - Colossus - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 3:07 pm: An ordinary, average guy in Illinois makes $29,000? So much for playing that song in Chicago next time, I guess I ain’t no ordinary, average guy. - Cincinnatus - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 3:22 pm: Hey, don’t you know it’s a waste of your day Caught up in endless solutions That have no meaning, just another hunch Based upon jumping conclusions Caught up in endless solutions Backed up against a wall of confusion Living a life of illusion - Wensicia - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 3:23 pm: “Why am I being followed around by these sign-carrying Tea Partiers?” - jt - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 3:35 pm: I look forward to working with my fellow lawmakers and reporting back to my constituents. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 3:41 pm: “My kids and family I did not support; I lost my house seat, now I don’t vote.” - GMatts - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 3:41 pm: “Joe, give us your best “I LOVE ILLINOIS” smiles”… - anon sequitor - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 3:43 pm: What would you rather do? “Pass a kidney stone” or “Run for Congress” - Anonymous - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 4:01 pm: =BTW did you hear Gags Brady is embracing the “Occupy” movement. That will really put in good graces with all the fat cat bankers when he puts the arm on them for 2012.= Really, CFS. Well maybe we can start a movement for those who are truly willing to “buck the current system” (i.e., have your “average” Jane and John Q. Public send them a couple of dollars from all across the country–and give them OUR support). And by taking out the “middle” man like the current political organizations and those they employ and to whom they otherwise “cater” out of the transaction, it might result in enough to actually get someone elected. - bored now - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 4:03 pm: “i’m not a politician. i make an honest living. Everybody’s so different, I haven’t changed…” - BigTwich - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 4:05 pm: ‘Lock the doors, and vote for Barack.’ - Anonymous - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 4:09 pm: Both of them–and many of us now–are probably singing the same song: Out of the ruins Out from the wreckage Can’t make the same mistake this time We are the children The last generation We are the ones they left behind - Aldyth - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 4:36 pm: Anything to avoid those child support collectors. - dupage dan - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 4:51 pm: My campaign war chest has 185, I spent it all so my ex has no joy…… - amalia - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 5:44 pm: Dahl’s back on the radio? - railrat - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 5:58 pm: “Out all night, sleep all day I know what your doin If your gonna act that way I think there’s trouble brewin” Funk #49 for the other Joe Walsh - I don't want to live in Teabagistan - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 5:59 pm: “Teabagging Volume 4″ ain’t no political video! - Anonymous - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 6:25 pm: No! Judy cannot play accordion on my next album! - Park - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 6:27 pm: I go to Springfield down I-55 (bum bum bum bum) Quinn raised the fees, so now I can’t drive (bum bum bum bum) That big toll increase looks like a lock (bum bum bum bum) My maserati is put up on blocks…. - Come on man! - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 6:34 pm: A look if discontent as Joe Walsh realizes what shows up when you google his name. Singer thinking of changing him surname to Santorum. - Anon - Wednesday, Oct 19, 11 @ 10:19 pm: I owe how much in back child support?! - Ding Ding Ding - Thursday, Oct 20, 11 @ 6:24 am: Joe Walsh’s reaction after meeting Pat Quinn. Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.