Former Governor Blagojevich expresses his confidence that he’ll be released from prison before the Cubs win a World Series. “I’ll be out in plenty of time to see the Cubs win it all. Probably with years and years to spare.”
(Thinking), “I see you, Mr. Cameraman … I will look right at you … I hope my hat is on straight … Where is the Trooper with my hairbrush … Ok, reload Mr. Cameraman … My ‘Serious Governor’ look …right at YOU …take it … take it, I got another guy I want to face … hurry! …”
The Cubs are still trying to determine who had the very life like statue of Blagojevich wearing a cubs hat and suit in front of Wrigley, but there was a report of a Bearded man leaving the scene, his car had a I Love Horseshoes bumper sticker.
(Thinking), “Someone is speaking, and there YOU are, … on me. The camera LOVES me … anything can be happening, and you find me, don’t you? … Just you and me … me and the camera … They say I am mesmorized by you, but I think YOU can’t get enough of me … can you? … You can’t … Is it you seeing me, or me seeing you … You know, don’t you … it’s you seeing me …You love me, like everyone else loves me too …”
Welcome to Illinois. Our signature baseball team wins the World Series no sooner than at one hundred year intervals and our governors make your license plates.
(Thinking), “Well, look … why isn’t it the FBI guy with the camera again … trying to get a photo, are we? … (looking at the camera now)… There’s your photo … get a couple … when I beat this rap, I’ll sign it … I’ll sign it, ‘Better luck next time’ … take your photo, you got nothing no me … F..B..I … Taking. Photos. Of. Me! I am a governor, don’t they know that? Keep snapping, ‘Special Agent’ … We both know who will get the last laugh …I am not afarid, I looked right at you, don’t forget that …”
“Please. Don’t let the Cubs hat fool you, He ain’t the ‘loveable’ kind”
- Giant Burly Ant - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:58 am:
…since I couldn’t trade anything of value for tickets to the sold out Rich Miller birthday bash, I had to spend my last night a free man enjoying a Cubs ticket where they are never difficult to trade for. Heck, I even got a free hat thrown in the deal!
I’d sure like to come to your bash, Rich, but all of the good lines have been taken…
Actually, maybe this: No comment can do this picture justice. THIS picture is worth a LOT more than a thousand words.
It might set the record for the number of posts in a day. Out of curiosity, what is the record?
Rod Blagojevich prepares himself for prison by reminiscing about the Chicago Cubs, because we all know that being a Cubs fan for one day is comparable to being imprisoned for 14 years.
Cost for Open Road Tolling? $480,000
Cost for re-election? $27 million
Cost for an Obama person to be appointed to US Senate seat? $150,000 job for wife and a cabinet post.
Cost for Jessie Jackson to be appointed to US Senate seat? $1 million in campaign contributions.
Not missing the Cubs win the World Series while in prison? Priceless
It’s somewhere around 400. Happened when I was vacationing the day Rod appointed Roland Burris to the Senate. I was sitting at a bar live-blogging the presser. I failed to open up any new posts, so it got awful long.
- Joe from Joliet - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:14 am:
“My ego has swollen my head so much I cannot find a hat that fits.”
There must be a con like me in every prison in America. I’m the guy who can get if for you; pap smear, free bus ride if that’s your thing, a Senate Seat, that’s extra. Damn near anything within reason. Yes sir, I’m a regular Governor of Illinois.
- Because I say so... - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:19 am:
As a Christian, of course I believe in the immaculate conception. As a North sider I believe that this is the year our Cubbies will win the World Series. And, as Rod Blagojevich, I believe that my appeals will be successful and I will be vindicated! You gotta have FAITH!
Why won’t the other prisoners talk to me? This is just like the time my mom dressed me in those plaid slacks the first day of junior high. C’mon, somebody, sit down next to me. Pleeeazze. I could take off the tie, that’s it. Or the cap? Should I take off the cap?
- South of I-80 - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:37 am:
“Now they know why I wanted to go to Colorado, the “C” is interchangeable”
The anon at 10:35 was me, by the way. Doubt I’ll win…but the chance to attend Rich’s birthday bash would be too cool to pass up!
- Because I say so... - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:37 am:
Overwhelming underdogs.
- Mr. Grassroots - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:38 am:
Hmmm, a Fantasy Prisoners League. Ok, I pick Derrick Smith first. For my second pick, let me go through this list of Chicago aldermen. Alderman A. Who could that be? What’s the difference? The odds are with me. Can’t really screw this up by picking one of them.
Last night I was searching for a news channel that DIDN’T have him on it. There was none. so I went to channel 7 and while I waited I clicked up to channel 9. Two and a half men was on. So I clicked back and forth between the two channels waiting for the Blago circus to end. I was going from “Winning -Winning” to ‘Losing-Losing”..”Winning -Winning”..”Losing, Losing”…
“and here we have former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich showing support for his home team while donning a custom tailored pinstriped prison issue jump suit”
It’s all about me? Are you kidding? 1.8 million of you voted for me to run this State in 2002, and 1.7 million in 2006. I may by crazy; what’s your excuse?
Take me out to my jail cell,
Take me out of the state.
Buy me some drills and hacksaws, honey ~
I don’t know if I’ll ever get back,
Let me root, root, root for the “rent-a-crowd”,
I just couldn’t be a winner (they were only “white lies”).
For it’s one, two, three strikes, I’M out! I’m OUT! Naaaay ~ I really didn’t “do all that….did anyone pack my meds? Do they serve alchohol? Does it snow in Colorado in March?!! Did we miss the “Ides of March”???!
Do you think the prison guards will carry my hairbrush around like my state police detail did? If not, I will just hide it under this hat. It doesn’t look awkward does it?
Major League 9
Willie Mays Hayes: What the hell league you been playing in?
Rod Blago: Colorado Penal…
Willie Mays Hayes: Never heard of it. How’d you end up playing there?
Rod Blago: Tried to rob an entire state.
Oh well, at least I don’t have to worry about missing the Cubs in the World Series. After all it’s only 14 years they could do that much losing standing on there heads.
“Do they still play the blues in Chicago
When baseball season rolls around
When the snow melts away,
Do the Cubbies still play
In their ivy covered burial ground
When I was a boy they were my pride and joy
But now they only bring fatigue
To the home of the brave
The land of the free
And the doormat of the national league”
Imagine having that song in your head for 12 years.
Goodbye Dolly Grey!”
Leo Durocher
“It could be, it might be… It is, A home run!”
Harry Caray
“Whoo, boy! Next time around, bring me back my stomach!”
Jack Brickhouse
“You can put it on the board.. Yessssssss!”
Ken “Hawk” Harrelson
“”Get out the rye bread and mustard grandma, cause it’s GRAND SALAMI TIME!”
Dave Neihaus
“Get up, get outa here, gone for BLAGO!”
Bob Uecker
- I Love Springfield - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 3:32 pm:
Rod: “Man, I hate sitting here while someone else talks. I should be talking. Heck, I should become the Baseball Commissioner. Bet that pays a bunch. Get me out of this low-rent Governor’s gig. Go to a few meetings, give some speeches, see the games free. And I look great in a ball cap. Not a hair out of place. Wonder who I know that can appoint me to the job? Then I could change the divisions around and fix it so the Cubs get in the playoffs every year. I could give free tickets to senior citizens. They will love me. This is gonna be great. Gotta make a few calls. I don’t even care if they are recorded by the Feds. I’ll show them. I’ll show everyone. I am outta here and I am gonna be HUGE.”
“Some people say the Cubs are delusional about their chances for a World Series. Those people have it all wrong. The Cubs are the team of destiny! Heck, those same people call ME delusional. What do they know!”
In a tortuous twist, a federal judge ordered Blago imprisoned “until the Cubs win the World Series” and issued a special dunce cap. This was immediately appealed as “cruel and unusual punishment.”
- Spliff - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:21 am:
See? We are now officially losers!
- DGD - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:22 am:
perpetual loser
- Hoping for Rational Thought - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:22 am:
A Portrait of the one man who makes the Cubs look like winners!
- Hoping for Rational Thought - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:23 am:
If I wear this will they take pity on my and reduce my sentence?
- What planet is he from? - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:23 am:
“At least I can be sure of one team that won’t win the World Series before I get out.”
- Hoping for Rational Thought - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:24 am:
At least I won’t miss a World Series at Wrigley while I’m locked up…
- Deep South - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:25 am:
They’re coming to take me away..ha ha hee hee.
- Gentlemen, behold! - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:25 am:
“Born this way.”
- lincoln's beard - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:26 am:
Former Governor Blagojevich expresses his confidence that he’ll be released from prison before the Cubs win a World Series. “I’ll be out in plenty of time to see the Cubs win it all. Probably with years and years to spare.”
- Res Melius - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:28 am:
Blame it on the billy goat.
- Tom - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:28 am:
Theo Epstein: “We need a restraining order”
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:28 am:
You’re a cruel man Rich Miller.
Wait til next year, and the next, and the next…
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:30 am:
He can shakedown a children’s hospital and tell you he loves all the kids.
He gave your Grandma free bus rides, while he flew to Springfiled and back daily.
He knew something was “bleeping” golden before any of us knew something could be “bleeping” golden.
He’s a Cubs fan, all the while shaking the owner down for cash.
He is … the newest resident in Littleton.
“I don’t always admit I was wrong … so I won’t start now.”
- Elo Kiddies - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:30 am:
“Maybe if I wear the hat, the Tribsters will fire their ed board. It’s the least they can do…”
- Yossarian Lives - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:31 am:
Prison authorities likely to nix Blago’s latest hair-do, as it may offend some inmates.
- South of I-80 - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:31 am:
While waiting at O’Hare, Blago was heard to say: “Another up day”!
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:32 am:
“He owes me a Grand, she owes me a Grand … He owes me a fundraiser! … He owes me twenty-five hundred … he owes me a Grand …”
- one day at a time - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:32 am:
“That “Get Crackin’, I did it innocently” gig sure didn’t work. Now its back to salted peanuts for me.”
- OneMan - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:33 am:
Former Governor Blagojevich reminded everyone that he will have plenty of time to offer lineup suggestions to the Cubs for the next 14 years
- wordslinger - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:34 am:
Turns out, Santiago Proffer is not a pitching prospect in Peoria.
- Anonimo - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:35 am:
“The Cubs will win the World Series and I will win my appeal!” -Rod Blagojevich
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:35 am:
(Thinking), “I see you, Mr. Cameraman … I will look right at you … I hope my hat is on straight … Where is the Trooper with my hairbrush … Ok, reload Mr. Cameraman … My ‘Serious Governor’ look …right at YOU …take it … take it, I got another guy I want to face … hurry! …”
- WazUp - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:35 am:
“FBI. We are looking for Rod Blagojevich”
“No Rod here I’m Steve Bartman”
(FBI) “You’ll do!”
- In the know - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:36 am:
“At least I won’t miss a Cubs World Series”
- OneMan - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:36 am:
The Cubs are still trying to determine who had the very life like statue of Blagojevich wearing a cubs hat and suit in front of Wrigley, but there was a report of a Bearded man leaving the scene, his car had a I Love Horseshoes bumper sticker.
- Downstater - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:37 am:
Two wrongs don’t make it right.
- CircularFiringSquad - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:38 am:
What will the Cubs do without their Mascot?
- OneMan - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:39 am:
Sadly the Baseball Hall Of Fame has been slow to remove the anamatronic Rod from the Hall Of Governors display…
- Coach - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:40 am:
Dud.
- thechampaignlife - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:41 am:
This is the year we go all the way [to prison]!
- OneMan - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:41 am:
Jerry Reinsdorf was again reminded again how glad he was he turned down Rod’s for the right price I could become a Sox fan offer…
- Wensicia - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:41 am:
“My bespoke version of the Cubs uniform, a bargain at $2,000.”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:41 am:
(Thinking), “Someone is speaking, and there YOU are, … on me. The camera LOVES me … anything can be happening, and you find me, don’t you? … Just you and me … me and the camera … They say I am mesmorized by you, but I think YOU can’t get enough of me … can you? … You can’t … Is it you seeing me, or me seeing you … You know, don’t you … it’s you seeing me …You love me, like everyone else loves me too …”
- KC - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:43 am:
“Birds of a feather, flock together.” There are both losers, always have been always will be!
- Giant Burly Ant - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:44 am:
“In da’ Cellar”
- SgtSchultz - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:44 am:
The Grinch dresses up like Blagojevich for Mardi Gras Day at Wrigley. (seriously, his eyes are alarmingly grinch-like in this photo)
- Knee Jerk - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:45 am:
Delusional squared.
- in Paris - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:46 am:
Hey, but I’ll be out of the big house before they ever win the series. HA
- amalia - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:48 am:
Prisoners of bad decisions.
- Retired Non-Union Guy - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:48 am:
I see a bright future …
- Fed up - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:49 am:
See what happens when you keep lying to the voters pat.
- Anonymour - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:49 am:
What former Governor Blagojevich wore on the days his State Police escort forgot to bring “the football.”
- Retired Non-Union Guy - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:50 am:
I wish this gimme cap was a size bigger so it didn’t crush my hair.
- Aldyth - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:50 am:
Welcome to Illinois. Our signature baseball team wins the World Series no sooner than at one hundred year intervals and our governors make your license plates.
- LakeviewJ - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:52 am:
“Always swing for the (prison) fences.”
- MrJM - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:52 am:
Confines? Yes.
Friendly? No.
– MrJM
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:53 am:
(Thinking), “Well, look … why isn’t it the FBI guy with the camera again … trying to get a photo, are we? … (looking at the camera now)… There’s your photo … get a couple … when I beat this rap, I’ll sign it … I’ll sign it, ‘Better luck next time’ … take your photo, you got nothing no me … F..B..I … Taking. Photos. Of. Me! I am a governor, don’t they know that? Keep snapping, ‘Special Agent’ … We both know who will get the last laugh …I am not afarid, I looked right at you, don’t forget that …”
- Bill - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:54 am:
Wow. Another tough crowd today.
- 21Law - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:54 am:
Onward to victory!
- chathamite - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:55 am:
At least Blago only has to deal with his problem from 13 years, the Cubs are at 103 years and counting…
- IrishPirate - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:56 am:
Former Governor Blago sits for his Mad Magazine Cover shoot.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:57 am:
“Please. Don’t let the Cubs hat fool you, He ain’t the ‘loveable’ kind”
- Giant Burly Ant - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:58 am:
…since I couldn’t trade anything of value for tickets to the sold out Rich Miller birthday bash, I had to spend my last night a free man enjoying a Cubs ticket where they are never difficult to trade for. Heck, I even got a free hat thrown in the deal!
- amalia - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:59 am:
Working out of the pen.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:59 am:
Wanna get Away?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:00 am:
Some pretty “bleeping” funny captions today!
Well done!
- Jake From Elwood - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:03 am:
The Cubs “C” is the early favorite choice for Rod’s first prison tat.
- Downstate commissioner - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:04 am:
I’d sure like to come to your bash, Rich, but all of the good lines have been taken…
Actually, maybe this: No comment can do this picture justice. THIS picture is worth a LOT more than a thousand words.
It might set the record for the number of posts in a day. Out of curiosity, what is the record?
- Shore - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:04 am:
I am the mel rojas of Illinois Governors!
- Ghost of John Brown - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:05 am:
I got this bag of peanuts and they are f#&!@(G Golden!!!!
- Carson Kressley - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:05 am:
Too many blue tones..please,please,learn to sit to cut the wrinkles…and that hump in the back…even the newest TV news reader knows better.
- GAPSOS1 - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:05 am:
The way my luck runs - they’ll probably win the World Series playing against the Colorado Rockies.
- TCB - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:06 am:
Rod Blagojevich prepares himself for prison by reminiscing about the Chicago Cubs, because we all know that being a Cubs fan for one day is comparable to being imprisoned for 14 years.
- Jim - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:06 am:
No, I haven’t had a chance to fill out my bracket yet.
- ChiefM - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:06 am:
Let’s serve two!
- am - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:06 am:
Real men wear pinstripes.
- Cynic - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:08 am:
I will be released from prison when the cubs win the world series.
- wordslinger - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:09 am:
–The way my luck runs - they’ll probably win the World Series playing against the Colorado Rockies.–
Both in National League.
Fourteen years is nothing in Cubs years.
- anonymice - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:10 am:
Glad I’m wearing my Colorado Rockies hat — the other inmates will think I’m a regular guy.
- TCB - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:10 am:
@amalia =Working out of the pen. =
I think we are all now playing for 2nd place.
- The Captain - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:11 am:
14 years is a ridiculous sentence, but this is just downright cruel, not unusual.
- BCross - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:11 am:
Rod to Parole Board - “Haven’t I suffered enough?”
- dave - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:12 am:
Cost for Open Road Tolling? $480,000
Cost for re-election? $27 million
Cost for an Obama person to be appointed to US Senate seat? $150,000 job for wife and a cabinet post.
Cost for Jessie Jackson to be appointed to US Senate seat? $1 million in campaign contributions.
Not missing the Cubs win the World Series while in prison? Priceless
- Anonymour - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:12 am:
I’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:13 am:
===Out of curiosity, what is the record? ===
It’s somewhere around 400. Happened when I was vacationing the day Rod appointed Roland Burris to the Senate. I was sitting at a bar live-blogging the presser. I failed to open up any new posts, so it got awful long.
- Joe from Joliet - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:14 am:
“My ego has swollen my head so much I cannot find a hat that fits.”
- The VICH - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:15 am:
Yeah, thats right i’m the new prison baseball coach.
- I'm Batman - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:16 am:
“You’re welcome.”
- Hotel Ibiza - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:17 am:
There must be a con like me in every prison in America. I’m the guy who can get if for you; pap smear, free bus ride if that’s your thing, a Senate Seat, that’s extra. Damn near anything within reason. Yes sir, I’m a regular Governor of Illinois.
- Because I say so... - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:19 am:
“It ain’t over till it’s over.”
- OneMan - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:20 am:
I’m Sexy and I Know It
- Inconsistent - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:21 am:
“Misery loves company.”
- BluegillLover - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:21 am:
The Steve Bartman of Englewood.
- amalia - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:27 am:
@TCB, as a Sox fan, I always shoot for first!
- Small Town Liberal - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:28 am:
“I’ve loved baseball ever since Arnold Rothstein fixed the World Series in 1919.”
- Elder - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:33 am:
As a Christian, of course I believe in the immaculate conception. As a North sider I believe that this is the year our Cubbies will win the World Series. And, as Rod Blagojevich, I believe that my appeals will be successful and I will be vindicated! You gotta have FAITH!
- Anonymous - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:35 am:
Why won’t the other prisoners talk to me? This is just like the time my mom dressed me in those plaid slacks the first day of junior high. C’mon, somebody, sit down next to me. Pleeeazze. I could take off the tie, that’s it. Or the cap? Should I take off the cap?
- South of I-80 - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:37 am:
“Now they know why I wanted to go to Colorado, the “C” is interchangeable”
- Steve Downstate - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:37 am:
The anon at 10:35 was me, by the way. Doubt I’ll win…but the chance to attend Rich’s birthday bash would be too cool to pass up!
- Because I say so... - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:37 am:
Overwhelming underdogs.
- Mr. Grassroots - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:38 am:
Hmmm, a Fantasy Prisoners League. Ok, I pick Derrick Smith first. For my second pick, let me go through this list of Chicago aldermen. Alderman A. Who could that be? What’s the difference? The odds are with me. Can’t really screw this up by picking one of them.
- Jechislo - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:43 am:
I AM a crook - and my new “Crook hat” proves it. Me ‘n ‘ol George have the only two of ‘em.
- Team Sleep - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:44 am:
Shiv me once - shame on you. Shiv me twice - I’m calling my attorney and holding a press conference.
- Objective Dem - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:46 am:
I know he is a buffoon but isn’t this a little insensitive. He is going away for a long time and hopefully figures out he was wrong.
- OneMan - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:55 am:
I a Scottish accent…
He looks at you with those wee beede eyes, you are going to like the Cubs, you are going to vote for me…
- Cards Fan - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:59 am:
Holy Mackerel!
- Bue - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:59 am:
14 years suddenly doesn’t seem like a very long time to wait…
- Irish - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:00 am:
Actually I am a Sox Fan the C is for “Convict”.
- Yellow Dog Democrat - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:00 am:
Unlovable Loser
- South of Sherman - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:03 am:
So my choice is between confinement at the federal lockup in Englewood, Colorado, or a season of watching the Cubs at Wrigley?
One ticket to Denver, please.
- Johnny - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:06 am:
I almost was your “President”.
- SO IL M - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:07 am:
All I wanted in all of this was to be appointed Cubs manager.
- Wensicia - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:08 am:
What do you mean Cubs Care won’t donate $50,000 to my appeal fund??
- Pot calling kettle - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:08 am:
Maybe if they put the goat out in Colorado, the curse will be lifted!
- Rocky - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:09 am:
New residency requires me to adorn my newest project to support. “The Colorado Correction Cons!”
- Pot calling kettle - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:09 am:
When a scarlet “A” is just too good for the criminal.
- Earnest - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:14 am:
Introducing the new line of convicted Illinois governor baseball cards. If you pay a little extra you can be appointed to play in our league.
- Irish - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:15 am:
Last night I was searching for a news channel that DIDN’T have him on it. There was none. so I went to channel 7 and while I waited I clicked up to channel 9. Two and a half men was on. So I clicked back and forth between the two channels waiting for the Blago circus to end. I was going from “Winning -Winning” to ‘Losing-Losing”..”Winning -Winning”..”Losing, Losing”…
- Cal Skinner - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:16 am:
Benched.
- Anonymour - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:16 am:
I’m never giving away my lucky Cubs hat.
- matty - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:20 am:
“and here we have former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich showing support for his home team while donning a custom tailored pinstriped prison issue jump suit”
- Siriusly - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:20 am:
“This is a monitored phone call for Dale Sveum from the Federal Bureau of Prisons”
- OurMagician - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:22 am:
“Does this hat make my hair look small?”
- archibald.jones - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:30 am:
L
- vole - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:32 am:
in the Cubs dugout, il duce, holding four deuces, paying the dues — “What? Me Worry?”
- Southern Peggy R - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:32 am:
“Misery loves company.”
- bored now - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:34 am:
“bet i get out of jail before the cubs go to the world series. yeah, that’s right. you weren’t loyal to me, so why should i be loyal to you?!?”
- Sunshine - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:35 am:
Those were the good ole days…of intimidation, shakedowns, arrogance, and greed.
Will you be my friend…Bubba?
- jeff__ing in Chicago - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:36 am:
This f__ing tie costs $600 and they give ME a $10 hat? F___ing Appreciation!
- In absentia - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:36 am:
Remember when I got crackin’ with Snookie and the Honey Badger? Good times, good times….
- mark walker - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:37 am:
We need some effective relief!
- Boone Logan Square - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:42 am:
Cubs Fever — Catch It, and Go to Prison!
- Boone Logan Square - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:43 am:
No, Theo, he can’t take Soriano with him.
- Springfield Dem - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:44 am:
“So this Theo guy is going to save the Cubs, huh? It might cost a little bit but it might be worth it to see what he can do for me.”
- Boone Logan Square - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:47 am:
Mandatory Sox fan comment…
“Na Na Na Na
Na Na Na Na
Hey Hey Hey
GOODBYE!”
- Inconsistent - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:47 am:
“This Hat is F’n Stolen (from Charlie Brown)”
- Happy Returns - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:47 am:
‘BLEEPING!? There’s no BLEEPING in baseball!!!’
- Prairiedog13 - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:48 am:
Always wanted to be in pinstripes– the ones I’ll be wearing just aren’t the ones I had in mind.
- Mike an Ike - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:55 am:
Now I ask you.Is this the face of a complete screw-up.
- Irish1 - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:58 am:
YOU’RRRRRRRE OUT!!
- Siriusly - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:58 am:
“Steve did you know that Blagojevich spelled backwards is Mister Mxyzptlk?”
“Um, no I don’t think that’s right Harry”
- Res Melius - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:59 am:
Hopeless virility.
- Siriusly - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:00 pm:
Did I ever mention that I got a C in constitutional law?
- Irish - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:04 pm:
Going! Going! Going! Gone! Holy Cow! He’s outta here!
- Geneseo Goldwaterite - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:06 pm:
I’ve had the luck of the Cubs ever since Rich Miller gave me this Freeping hat!
- Roscoe Tom - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:08 pm:
After today’s haircut, the hat will fall down and hide his face for oh so so many years.
- Tommydanger - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:08 pm:
Losers? You betcha.
Loveable? Not so much.
- Anon III - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:10 pm:
It’s all about me? Are you kidding? 1.8 million of you voted for me to run this State in 2002, and 1.7 million in 2006. I may by crazy; what’s your excuse?
- 10th Indy - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:17 pm:
In the golden words of Lee Elia:
“You get tired of looking at garbage in your own backyard”
- DEM61350 - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:17 pm:
Once a Loser, Always a Loser!
- Ja'kamion Foxworth - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:18 pm:
“If I’m goin’ down, these guys are goin’ down with me. F***ing Golden”
-blago
- Peace - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:21 pm:
“Yah, I know……this hat is too f***ing small for my HAIR”…..
- So IL M - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:26 pm:
Have to add one more, but its an inside joke
How in the BLEEP did they get me a BLEEPing Cardinals Fan for a Bartender? UnBLEEPing-Believable
- RFR - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:26 pm:
Cub Fan, Con Man.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:31 pm:
“Prison Beat”
“40892-424 Gives Us Our Baseball Preview”
“In this Issue …”
“Orange or Gray - Which Jumpsuits are Better!”
“How To Make Your 300 Minutes Last”
“Soup or Tuna? Which Is The Better Buy”
- SouthernIL - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:33 pm:
Take me out to my jail cell,
Take me out of the state.
Buy me some drills and hacksaws, honey ~
I don’t know if I’ll ever get back,
Let me root, root, root for the “rent-a-crowd”,
I just couldn’t be a winner (they were only “white lies”).
For it’s one, two, three strikes, I’M out! I’m OUT! Naaaay ~ I really didn’t “do all that….did anyone pack my meds? Do they serve alchohol? Does it snow in Colorado in March?!! Did we miss the “Ides of March”???!
- MrJM - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:36 pm:
Who needs two for opening day?
– MrJM
- dupage dan - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:38 pm:
To paraphrase Ernie Banks (with appropriate apologies, of course), “hey, let’s convict 2!”
- Loyola 94 - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:39 pm:
Wait ’till 2026
- DGD - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:40 pm:
Do you think the prison guards will carry my hairbrush around like my state police detail did? If not, I will just hide it under this hat. It doesn’t look awkward does it?
- Benny - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:43 pm:
That’s not exactly what I meant when I said “Put me in, coach”.
- Irish - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:46 pm:
Here I sit all broken hearted.
My hair and I will soon be parted.
- Burning Down da House - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:50 pm:
The quintessential Illinois democrat.
- Tommydanger - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:59 pm:
SupraRoddeCubjulousdexBlagojevichous!
- Retired Non-Union Guy - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 12:59 pm:
I was always for the underdog …
- Huh? - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 1:00 pm:
Nothing makes me look better than wearing a baseball cap with a $4000 suit.
-not
- 21Law - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 1:00 pm:
As Congressman and Governor I did great things for the regular people in Illnois and all I got was this cheapo Cubs hat!
- anonymice - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 1:00 pm:
“It’s an up day.”
- Retired Non-Union Guy - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 1:03 pm:
I know my buddy Obama’s going to pardon me … but not until after the election …
- Retired Non-Union Guy - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 1:17 pm:
Why is it Cubs fans get no respect?
- central illinois - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 1:23 pm:
1 2 3 strikes i’m out at the ole con game
- A.B. - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 1:31 pm:
Major League 9
Willie Mays Hayes: What the hell league you been playing in?
Rod Blago: Colorado Penal…
Willie Mays Hayes: Never heard of it. How’d you end up playing there?
Rod Blago: Tried to rob an entire state.
- Jason - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 1:37 pm:
My prison boyfriends refers to me as Cubby Bear.
- Former Titan - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 1:44 pm:
Toast
- Not a Cub Fan - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 1:48 pm:
Oh well, at least I don’t have to worry about missing the Cubs in the World Series. After all it’s only 14 years they could do that much losing standing on there heads.
- Ron Burgundy - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 1:53 pm:
Roddy Woe-Woe.
- Blue Dog - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 1:55 pm:
Here we see a universal symbol of failure & futility…. sitting with his Cubs hat on.
- Pickles!! - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 2:03 pm:
“I got these f**king Cubs tickets, and they are F**king golden. I ain’t just going to give them away without getting something for them.”
- Siriusly - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 2:08 pm:
When Rod returns to Wrigley for his next game, the City Council will have just approved the Rickett’s plans to renovate the park.
- CHUCK G - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 2:09 pm:
The Cubs are F***ing Goldern
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 2:16 pm:
“Do they still play the blues in Chicago
When baseball season rolls around
When the snow melts away,
Do the Cubbies still play
In their ivy covered burial ground
When I was a boy they were my pride and joy
But now they only bring fatigue
To the home of the brave
The land of the free
And the doormat of the national league”
Imagine having that song in your head for 12 years.
- Rufus - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 2:29 pm:
ddd…dat’s all folks!
- Rudy - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 2:37 pm:
Hope springs eternal…
- mike - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 2:41 pm:
Have you seen my baseball?
- Publius - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 2:42 pm:
Winning!
- Ucster - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 2:53 pm:
“Does this cap make my ego look big?”
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 2:53 pm:
Go Rod go, go Rod go
Hey Chicago, what do you say
Rod’s going off to prison today.
- CardsFan - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 2:55 pm:
“Maybe all the prospects the Cubs have acquired will be up to the majors by the time I get out.”
- Blue - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 2:56 pm:
Ah Spring! Time for pitchers, catchers, and Illinois governors to report
- Publius - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 3:19 pm:
“and the little black girl said ‘it’s not Mayor Daley after all.’”
- Exhausted - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 3:22 pm:
Two Losers….
- home run trot - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 3:29 pm:
Goodbye Dolly Grey!”
Leo Durocher
“It could be, it might be… It is, A home run!”
Harry Caray
“Whoo, boy! Next time around, bring me back my stomach!”
Jack Brickhouse
“You can put it on the board.. Yessssssss!”
Ken “Hawk” Harrelson
“”Get out the rye bread and mustard grandma, cause it’s GRAND SALAMI TIME!”
Dave Neihaus
“Get up, get outa here, gone for BLAGO!”
Bob Uecker
- I Love Springfield - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 3:32 pm:
Rod: “Man, I hate sitting here while someone else talks. I should be talking. Heck, I should become the Baseball Commissioner. Bet that pays a bunch. Get me out of this low-rent Governor’s gig. Go to a few meetings, give some speeches, see the games free. And I look great in a ball cap. Not a hair out of place. Wonder who I know that can appoint me to the job? Then I could change the divisions around and fix it so the Cubs get in the playoffs every year. I could give free tickets to senior citizens. They will love me. This is gonna be great. Gotta make a few calls. I don’t even care if they are recorded by the Feds. I’ll show them. I’ll show everyone. I am outta here and I am gonna be HUGE.”
- Cincinnatus - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 3:33 pm:
After I shave my head in prison to hide my gray hair, this here Cubs hat will cover it up.
- lady - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 3:38 pm:
One, Two, Three strikes your out
- 3rd Generation Chicago Native - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 3:45 pm:
Rod ” I am getting used to wearing a cap because when I come out my roots would have grown out, and I might have lost a lot of hair”
- mark walker - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 3:53 pm:
Richard (I am not a crook) Nixon came back, didn’t he?
- aufjunk - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 4:02 pm:
Another Cub throws too many curve balls in the dirt, is banished to the pen, and doesn’t even know how to suit up.
- short memory - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 4:17 pm:
How am I going to get these people to send me some money to spend in commissary?
- Jimmyd - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 4:26 pm:
Rod Blagojavich, making Steve Bartman look like a hero!
- SPI Photog - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 4:51 pm:
Warden I need to send an urgent telegram…Tom Ricketts…Need money for appeal…stop…will shill for you…stop…contact my PR firm…any offer considered…
- Newsclown - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 5:31 pm:
Mighty Blago has struck out.
- JustaJoe - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 5:34 pm:
“Some people say the Cubs are delusional about their chances for a World Series. Those people have it all wrong. The Cubs are the team of destiny! Heck, those same people call ME delusional. What do they know!”
- Du Jour - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 6:01 pm:
They way they both play the game is a crime.
- In the Sticks - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 6:43 pm:
I’ve got this seat (for the Cubs game) for sale - and it’s bleepin’ golden!
- Michelle Flaherty - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 6:59 pm:
You can’t believe the guy on this one either …
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1143543/posts
- Michelle Flaherty - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 7:03 pm:
And the pic to go with it.
http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoX7fgmJPIAkAIk2JzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DRod%2BBlagojevich%2Bwhite%2Bsox%26n%3D30%26ei%3Dutf-8%26y%3DSearch%26fr%3Dyfp-t-500%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D66&w=660&h=1034&imgurl=blogs.suntimes.com%2Fsportsprose%2Fblagojevich_pitching.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.suntimes.com%2Fsportsprose%2F2008%2F12%2Frod_blagojevich_soso_politicia.html&size=450.4+KB&name=Rod+Blagojevich%3A+So-so+politician%2C+stellar+sports+enthusiast+-+Sports+…&p=Rod+Blagojevich+white+sox&oid=43b362f3777f19240fce9711977b65fa&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-500&tt=Rod%2BBlagojevich%253A%2BSo-so%2Bpolitician%252C%2Bstellar%2Bsports%2Benthusiast%2B-%2BSports%2B…&b=61&ni=170&no=66&tab=organic&ts=&sigr=12hd50kkj&sigb=13uh3s3g3&sigi=11nl9m6qq&.crumb=ATTbVexq2Gi
- polititude - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 8:38 pm:
Eamus Blaguli AC 14
- AC - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 9:23 pm:
Former Governor everyone loves to hate shows his support for the team that everyone hates that they love.
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 10:24 pm:
===“He owes me a Grand, she owes me a Grand … He owes me a fundraiser! … He owes me twenty-five hundred … he owes me a Grand …” ===
For the win.
- Liandro - Thursday, Mar 15, 12 @ 11:56 pm:
In a tortuous twist, a federal judge ordered Blago imprisoned “until the Cubs win the World Series” and issued a special dunce cap. This was immediately appealed as “cruel and unusual punishment.”
- Idealist - Friday, Mar 16, 12 @ 3:05 am:
Misery loves company
- villa park - Friday, Mar 16, 12 @ 10:37 am:
“Winning”