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Question of the day
Monday, Oct 31, 2011 - Posted by Rich Miller * It’s Halloween, so a relevant question is in order. * The Question: What costumes should the governor and the four legislative leaders wear during trick or treating tonight?
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- so... - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 10:54 am:
Quinn: Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz (If only he had a brain)
- Statehouse wag - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 10:59 am:
Mike Madigan — Leprachan
- Anonymous - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 10:59 am:
Gov. Quinn: Dumbo
Speaker Madigan: Michael Myers
President Cullerton: Brad Majors
Leader Cross: Grumpy
Leader Radogno: Cinderella (always looking for that right slipper)
- Shore - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 11:03 am:
quinn; mr.irrelevant
cross; mr. irrelevant
radogno: ghost because there’s no confirmation there actually is a such thing as a senate gop.
- Anonymous - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 11:03 am:
They should all go as the Jackson 5 group.
- walkinfool - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 11:03 am:
Madigan: The Shadow
Cross: Robin
Cullerton: Jiminy Cricket
Radogno: Alice in Wonderland
- walkinfool - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 11:05 am:
Oh, I forgot the Gov.
Quinn: Don Quixote
- MOON - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 11:15 am:
Quinn; Jimmy Carter
Madigan: Superman
Cross: Dr. NO
Cullerton: Roy Rogers
Radogno: Dale Evans
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 11:17 am:
Quinn - Fredo
Cullerton - Johnny Fontane
Radogno - Connie
Madigan - Michael
Cross - Mo Green
- OneMan - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 11:22 am:
Quinn: The protagonist from “Night Moves” by Bob Seger “Working on mysteries without any clues”
Madigan: Tommy, from Tommy by The Who
“Tommy can you see me”
Cross: The Guy from “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 11:23 am:
Quinn - Skipper
Cullerton - Mr. Howell III
Radogno - Mary Ann
Madigan - Professor
Cross - Gilligan
- foster brooks - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 11:27 am:
All should go as bank robbers.
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 11:27 am:
Quinn - Champ Kind
Cullerton - Brian Fantana
Radogno - Veronica Corningstone
Madigan - Ron Burgandy
Cross - Brick Tamland
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 11:34 am:
Quinn - Charlie Brown
Cullerton - Linus Van Pelt
Radogno - Sally Brown
Madigan - Snoopy
Cross - Pig Pen
- RetiredStateEmployee - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 11:38 am:
Quinn - Minilla (Son of Godzilla) - the lamest Japanese movie monster
Madigan - Godzilla - of course
Cullerton - Gamera
Cross - Rodan
Radogno - Mothra
- Allen Skillicorn - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 11:42 am:
Not all of them, but Nascar suits courtesy of Ameron.
- Jake From Elwood - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 11:56 am:
Madigan should go as Mr. Rogers, because the capitol building is his neighborhood.
Quinn could go as the actor who plays “Mr. Speedy Delivery” because Gov. Quinn also plays the role of a dutiful public servant but he is neither speedy nor does he deliver.
Cullerton, Cross and Radogno should be the various puppets on the program. We all know that Mr. Rogers did most of the voices and moved the puppets around.
- Jake From Elwood - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 11:59 am:
LOL One Man. Gotta love the Seger reference. How about a nod to Paul Westerberg: PQ is a rebel without a clue who is searching for something to do.
- Zool - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 12:00 pm:
Quinn: Elmer Fudd (Be vehhwy quiet, I’m hunting wabbits)
Madigan: Bugs Bunny
Cross: Daffy Duck
Blago: Woody Woodpecker (for the hair and the laugh)
Cullerton: Beanie (From Beanie and Cecil) or maybe Rocky the Squirrel
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 12:07 pm:
Zool - Great Idea … if I may …
Quinn - Elmer Fudd
Cullerton - Sylvester the Cat
Radogno - Tweety Bird
Madigan - Road Runner
Cross - Wyle E. Coyote
- Anonymous - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 12:16 pm:
Quinn - Humpty Dumpty
Madigan - Emperor Palpatine
Cullerton - A hobbit.
Radogno — have to go with a ghost.
Cross — have to go with a ghost for him, too.
- CircularFiringSquad - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 12:37 pm:
How about PQ as Quazimoto and the leaders as the featured singers in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir?
- Das Man - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 12:40 pm:
Donald Duck - Quinn
Scrooge McDuck - Madigan
Huey - Cullerton
Dewey - Cross
Louie - Radogno
- CHUCK G - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 12:42 pm:
The four horseman form revelations since they are driving Illinois into bankruptcy.
- Lincoln's Penny - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 12:44 pm:
Quinn - Jar Jar Binks
Madigan - The Emperor
Cullerton - Darth Vader
Radogno - Princess Leah
Cross - Han Solo
- 47th Ward - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 12:48 pm:
Turning the question on its head, let’s see who these people are without their masks:
Quinn: Unmotivated, he’s a lazy guy who’s mailing it in and gets angry when anybody expects him to work harder.
Madigan: Disenchanted, a jaded old man who is watching his creation turn against him, who plots in secret, often against himself.
Cullerton: Inauthentic, he’s trying desperately to not be Madigan’s guy, he’s left twisting to keep his caucus together.
Radogno: Uninterested, she’s counting the days until she can retire with a full pension.
Cross: Unappreciated, he can’t believe the conservatives in his party don’t see his genius and acknowledge how great he is.
With costumes like these, it’s always Halloween in Springfield.
- Boone's is Back - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 12:56 pm:
Quinn should dress up like the guy who plays the piano by the escalators at malls because clearly he’s just background noise.
- Fed up - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 1:01 pm:
Quin —- a Waffle
Madigan —- Henry the eighth
Culler ton—- a rich greedy lawyer
Cross —- The invisible man
- Anon - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 1:04 pm:
Quinn - Spanky
Madigan - Butch
Cullerton - Woim
Cross - Alfalfa
Radogno - Darla
or:
Quinn - Fozzy Bear
Madigan - Gonzo
Cullerton - Rizzo
Cross - Kermit
Radogno - Miss Piggy
- Cincinnatus - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 1:06 pm:
Quinn: Pee Wee
Radogno: The Mail Lady
Madigan: Jambi
Cullerton: Cowboy Curtis
Cross: Cap’n Carl
- Seriously??? - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 1:18 pm:
The Grim Reaper and the Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse
- Wensicia - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 1:33 pm:
Willy Wonka and four of his oompa loompas.
Seriously, they should go trick or treating as themselves; there isn’t anything scarier.
- KGB - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 1:45 pm:
From “That 70’s Show”
Madigan - Eric
Cullerton - Fez
Cross - Red Forman
Radogno - Mrs. Forman
Quinn - Kelso
- zatoichi - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 2:04 pm:
The Walking Dread - Episode 6 - ‘Decisions, Decisions’
Quinn - Merle Dixon - not seen but missing something.
Madigan - Rick Grimes - Nice hat
Cullerton - Daryl Dixon- good with a crossbow
Cross - Shane Walsh - don’t go on trip with him
Radogno - Lori Grimes - Sincere concern
Rest of GA - Herded walkers
- VanillaMan - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 2:35 pm:
Quinn is Herman Munster
Madigan is Nosferatu
Cross is Jason Plummer
Radogno is Jessie the Cowgirl
Cullerton is Billy Elliot
- Plutocrat03 - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 2:37 pm:
Scariest costume is just to go as themselves….
- Tommydanger - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 2:39 pm:
Wolfman and Dracula meet the Three Stooges
- southof80 - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 2:53 pm:
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugli-es…
- Boone Logan Square - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 3:06 pm:
Madigan - Mr. White
Cullerton - Mr. Orange
Cross - Mr. Brown
Radogno - Ms. Blonde
Quinn - Mr. Pink
- Rich Miller - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 3:11 pm:
Mr. Pink: Why can’t we pick our own colors?
Joe: No way, no way. Tried it once, doesn’t work. You got four guys all fighting over who’s gonna be Mr. Black, but they don’t know each other, so nobody wants to back down. No way. I pick. You’re Mr. Pink. Be thankful you’re not Mr. Yellow.
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 3:42 pm:
Well played, Rich … Well played!
- Anonymous - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 3:43 pm:
Governor= Dilbert’s boss
Speaker = Catbert
President= Phil the Prince of Insufficient Light
House Minority Leader = Bob the Dinosaur
Senate Minority Leader = Tina
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 3:46 pm:
Rich, why did my last group get taken down? … Radogno’s?
- Anonymous - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 4:31 pm:
Quinn - Estragon
Cullerton - Vladimir
Cross - Pozzo
Radogno - Lucky
Madigan - Godot
- anon - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 7:45 pm:
Governor=Shrek Lt. Governor=Shrek’s Donkey
- MeAgain - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 9:06 pm:
Quinn-a Blago mask
- commonsense in illinois - Monday, Oct 31, 11 @ 9:31 pm:
Madigan-John F Kennedy
Quinn-Madigan
Culllerton-Madigan
Cross-Madigan
Radogno-Shirley Madigan
- Johnnie F. - Tuesday, Nov 1, 11 @ 7:28 am:
Tinky Winky-Quinn
Dipsy-Cross
La-La-Cullerton
Po-Radogno
Nu-nu-Madigan (he cleans up the bumbling messes of the Tele-Tubbies)
- Wilson Pickett - Tuesday, Nov 1, 11 @ 7:51 am:
Probably five Chicago Cubs baseball uniforms would do nicely.Whether they like it or not, they all play on the same team and they are seen as “losers” by most of the voters.
- Wumpus - Tuesday, Nov 1, 11 @ 9:24 am:
Quinn - a real, qualified governor
Cullerton, Radogno, Madigan, Cross-four leaders who actually try to accomplish something