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Question of the day
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - Posted by Rich Miller * From a Peoria Journal Star headline…
* The Question: What one word would you use to describe Rauner and other potential gubernatorial candidates? List as many as you want. Have fun.
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- Mike M - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:18 am:
Rauner (and any other Republican candidate):
Extremist.
- Reality Check - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:19 am:
Hypocrite
- RNUG - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:23 am:
Doomed …
- John A Logan - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:24 am:
Rauner.
Its more than one word. But with the NFL Draft recently over I would go with “Ryan Leaf”
- wordslinger - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:25 am:
Narcisist
- FormerParatrooper - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:26 am:
Demopublican
- Empty Chair - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:28 am:
Oldman
- unclesam - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:35 am:
Unknown
- siriusly - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:35 am:
Onepercent
- foster brooks - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:38 am:
Wingnut
- votecounter - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:40 am:
Rauner Combine
Rutherford limited
Dillard finished
Brady Lucky
Quinn- Kool aid drinker
Lisa- untested
Daley- uninterested
- Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:40 am:
Toast.
- walkinfool - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:44 am:
“Wide-eyed” (think either deer or optimist)
- Davey Boy Smithe - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:47 am:
Governor?
- Property Owner - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:48 am:
Who?
- OneMan - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:50 am:
Wow.. Lots of Bruce love here…
Rambler Pat Quinn
Pontiac-Owner Rutherford
Other Madigan
Gadfly Proft
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:58 am:
Starters …
Rauner - Hoosierific, “Clou’n't”, reverseable,
Brady - Replay, Plummerless, media-shy
Rutherford - twitterful,
Dillard - 1990, by-gone, yesterday, field-less
Quinn - A.D.D., distractable, focus-less
Madigan - underestimated, overlooked, underappreciated
Daley - headliner, Sneedless, Bridesmaid
- 47th Ward - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:58 am:
Vane
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:59 am:
Clou’n't Rauner! “One, one hypocritical move! Ha, ha, ha …”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:03 pm:
Rauner - “Educator”, “Educating”, “Educated”
“Educator” - Charter Schools and sweetheart deals
“Educating” - his Dughter, by clouting her in to a school and moving into a condo in the city to clout her.
“Education” - What Rauner is going to get when others look into his delaings, his donations, his clouting, his unconstitutional, dilusional financial solutiions, ….
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:05 pm:
Rauner - “We”
- AFSCME Steward - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:06 pm:
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:09 pm:
Rauner - “Hull”-like, Hull-lite, “plastic”, Tarus-ing, Home-ful, Address-challenged…
- Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:11 pm:
Rauner-leasedTaurus
- Ron Burgundy - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:11 pm:
Rauner - Quixotic
Quinn - Bumbling
L. Madigan - Default
B. Daley - Tease
Rutherford - Caffeinated
- Anonymour - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:12 pm:
Rutherford - Dillard.
Dillard - Dillard.
- Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:15 pm:
Rauner-Homesboy
Rutherford-Social
Brady-Do-over
Dillard-Don’t-ard
Quinn-Squeezed
Daley-Brother
Madigan-Next
- Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:16 pm:
For Oswego Willy:
Rauner: Client($)
- J - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:16 pm:
Rauner: Featherweight
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:21 pm:
Rauner - money-ful, mindless, hobby-less, constitutionally-challened, ignorant, hubris-ful, lecturous, mis-knowing, facade-ful, divider, coalition-less, “Base”-less, “Bloc”-less…
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:22 pm:
lol
For - Arthur Andersen - = My-Bad, Sorry!
Oswego Willy not helping - Arthur Andersen -, land Rauner by posting all these words - DOPEY!
- Madame Defarge - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:22 pm:
Bloomberg
- Rich Miller - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:23 pm:
Rauner: Plucked
Dillard: Pre-Schocked
Rutherford: Pre-Schocked
Brady: Self-Schocked
Quinn: Pre-Lisaed
Daley: Post-Lisaed
Lisa: Rusty
- votecounter - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:26 pm:
Rauner-Rahm
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:29 pm:
Rauner - oblivious, polling-challenged, commercial, compass-less, Rahm-ified, modest, litigation-filled, “negative” (as in a film negative), Governmentally-Cheeseheaded…
- in the know - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:32 pm:
Rainer - voice of the half per centers
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:36 pm:
Dillard - Penny-less
Rutherford - caption-contest-worthy!
Brady - Bunch-less
Quinn - Record-less
Madigan - tested-less
Daley - fortitude-less
- RNUG - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:41 pm:
All of them, winners and losers:
roadkill
- foster brooks - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:45 pm:
Dec 2014. Afterthought
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:46 pm:
Quinn - “comic”al
Daley - Whimsical
Madigan - methodical
Brady - seasonal
Dillard - procedural
Rutherford - Carnival
- soccermom - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:49 pm:
Hyper-optimistic (with one exception)
- Adam Smith - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:50 pm:
Oligarch
Robber-baron
Clueless
Overbearing
Nobless-oblige
Deluded
Self-important
(You could really do this all day, couldn’t you?)
- Publius - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:51 pm:
Rauner—Starter Candidate
- Just Me - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:57 pm:
wannabe
- here we go - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:59 pm:
Unethical
- reformer - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:00 pm:
Arrogant
Supercilious
Greedy
- Wensicia - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:01 pm:
Rauner - Charter Edition
- reformer - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:01 pm:
regressive
- Hacks - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:06 pm:
Um…40 entries and no on said “rich”? Lots of political hacks here.
- Adam Smith - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:10 pm:
Hack-
Lots of people are rich, not all of them are running for Governor because they think being rich means they know everything.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:12 pm:
Rauner - Oberweis-ian, Charles-Foster-Kane”ian”…
- here we go - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:16 pm:
Pay-to-Play
- jerry 101 - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:22 pm:
Oligarch Bruce Rauner
Goofball Pat Quinn
Overrated Lisa Madigan
‘Not Richard’ Daley
- Jeff Trigg - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:40 pm:
Elitist
Aristocrat
Idiocrat
Pension-millionaire
Hack deserves a 2nd
- Jeff Trigg - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:41 pm:
Corruption-enabler
- Rudy - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:42 pm:
beekeeper
- Grandson of Man - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:44 pm:
Rauner:
Austerianonepercentercontractviolatorunionhaterslimylawevadershillforwealthycorporationsmiddleclassenemythirdworldincomeinequalitypropagatordivideandconqueror.
- A Citizen - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:47 pm:
Gubers
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:48 pm:
- Hacks -,
===Rauner - money-ful…===
I was meaning “rich” when I posted “money-ful”…
I was “trying to capture the spirit of the thing (post)”.
Saying “rich” is a bit lazy, now saying “rich”, without SAYING “rich” is a bit more fun.
- Jake from Elwood - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:48 pm:
#elitist (Rauner)
- Mr. Grsassroots - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:56 pm:
Rauner: Delusional
Rutherford: Delusional
Dillard; Realistic
Brady; Rerun
Proft: #NotAChance (I know, not a word, but used a #)
Quinn: Underdog
Madigan: Overrated
Daley: Hesitant
- Chris - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 2:05 pm:
“voice of the half per centers”
more like “one percenters^2″ (ie 1% of the 1%).
- Shore - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 2:08 pm:
Rutherford-flounder (from animal house not the fish)
Dillard-humpty dumpty
rauner-scrooge
proft-scoundrel
brady-sandpaper
schock-baywatch
daley-aarp
quinn-brownie (fema vintage)
lisa madigan- queen
- LisleMike - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 2:25 pm:
Rauner- Clouted
Rutherford- doubted
Proft-routed
Dillard- Powted
Schock- prouded
Brady - shrouded
Quinn - Spouted
Lisa-touted
Daley - who?
- Big Time - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 2:37 pm:
Rauner: Foolio
- Dan Duffy's gas pedal - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 2:47 pm:
I’m Batman!
- jerry 101 - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 2:50 pm:
Shore, I like that. Lets do an all Animal House edition of the goober candidates:
Quinn - Bluto
Madigan - Otter
Daley - Marmalard
Rauner - Dean Wormer
Brady - Niedermeyer
Rutherford - Flounder
Dillard - Hoover
Schock - Chip Diller
- Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 3:36 pm:
Jerry101, excellent. Toga! Toga! Toga!
A tool list:
Rauner: Hammer
Brady: Lugwrench
Rut: Toolbox
Dillard:Screwdriver
Quinn: Hacksaw
Madigan: Scalpel
Daley: Level
- LincolnLounger - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 3:59 pm:
Rauner: Insidious
Proft: Delusional
Brady: Shallow
Rutherford: Overenthusiastic
Dillard: Plodding
- siriusly - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 4:49 pm:
Amateurs
Except for Lisa of course.
- tired of politics - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 5:28 pm:
me me me me and me
- x ace - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 5:42 pm:
Rauner = Counterfeiter
- Ruby - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 5:42 pm:
Lisa: Proactive
- Ex-Illini - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 6:21 pm:
Irrelevant
- Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 6:22 pm:
The Top Gun Edition:
Rauner: Viper
Brady: Jester
Dillard: Merlin
Rutherford: Charlie
Quinn: Goose
Madigan: Maverick
Daley: Iceman
- Anonymous - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 6:50 pm:
Rauner: Andrewjewski
- Emanuel Kant - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 7:01 pm:
Zesty Rutherford
Ritalin-deficient Quinn
“Body by Bacon” Dillard
Bruce Wayne Rauner
- Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 8:06 pm:
The best list I just made was pairing this crew up with commenters here e.g. Dillard: Cincinnatus but I think I would get deleted and/or lose some friends so just use your imagination.
In the meantime for those so inclined, the NASCAR edition
Rauner: Kurt “Rowdy” Busch
Brady: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Dillard: Carl “2nd” Edwards
Rutherford: Brad “Twitter” Keselowski
Quinn: Tony “Smoke” Stewart
Madigan: Jimmie “5-time” Johnson
Daley: Michael “Lil’ bro” Waltrip
- Dazed & Confused - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 8:07 pm:
Lisa Madigan: Winner
Pat Quinn:Loser
Bruce Rauner: Loser
Dan Rutherford: Loser
Kirk Dillard: Loser
Dan Proft: Loser
Bill Brady: Loser
OR
Rauner: Fleeced
Dillard: JimEdgarsChiefofStaff
Brady: has-been
Quinn - surprising
- abc123 - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 8:27 pm:
Rauner - Daniels
- Anonymous - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 8:36 pm:
LisleMike’s was very clever.
- Ex-Illini - Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 8:46 pm:
Please, abc123 - Rauner isn’t even in the same universe as Daniels.