* We haven’t yet held a caption contest on Illinois’ newest state Republican Party Chairman, Jack Dorgan. So, how’s about we correct that oversight right now?…
And they put that new casino right across the street from us. So close you can almost reach out and touch it from city hall. Talk about rubbing our noses in it.
Yeah, it is a nice watch. Pat Brady gave it to me when I was sworn in. He said the IL Republican Party has a tradition of handing out retirement gifts when the new chairman takes office.
“But I’m a superstitious man. And if some unlucky incident should befall this vote and I don’t get elected - should I not get over 50% in this first vote, or if there actually NEEDS to be a second vote - or if this room gets struck by a bolt of lightning, them I’m going to blame some of the people in this room, and that I do not forgive. But, that aside, let me say that I swear, on the backs of all the elected precinct committeemen, that I will not be the one to break the peace we’ve made here today.”
As much as anyone, I loved him and trusted him. Later on he had an idea to build a city out of a tollway stop-over for GI’s on the way to the airport. That kid’s name was Don Stephens, and the city he invented was Rosemont. This was a great man, a man of vision and guts. And there isn’t even a plaque, or a signpost or a statue of him in that town!
- Formerly Known As... - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:49 pm:
“What can I say? I enjoy putting myself through misery and agony.”
“Excuse me sir, are you a republican? Rumor has it that there are some around here, so if you could just point me the right directon I’d be much obliged.”
do you believe it? I got Romney to the breakfast place that has the train running around above diners. it was awesome. are you playing Ridgemoor this weekend?
Hi buddy, I’m the new Republican party chairman… R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C-A-N,
R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C-A-N, you know, the other guys. The non-democrats. The party of Lincoln. Used to win elections.
- Just The Way It Is One - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 5:42 pm:
And one MORE thing I’ll tell ya, Senator Oberweis, is that, that, things WILL be different, and BETter for the Party now, I can assure you, ‘cuz we really SHOULD’nt always be SOOO strident, I don’t want to say, ya know, strictly, oh–conSERvative maybe(?) on all of our positions all of the time–no offense, sir, but we MIGHT, just MIGHT once in awhile want to, ya know, consider a DIFferent way of approaching certain issues, or RAces for an important Office or Offices, ya know–and that that MIGHT help work out better that way sometimes, at least, YA know? I mean, I know you’re not responding to me here right now, Senator–you seem somewhat pensive, or maybe even a little upset, but… YA know what I mean, ya do…right…???
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 5:58 pm:
47th is, in the immortal words of “Otter,” on a roll! Good work.
- fake county chairman - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 6:11 pm:
after meeting with the yakuzi branch of rep party he has a new nik name stubbles
- fake county chairman - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 6:13 pm:
i keep tying to tell them it would be easier if they had bar codes
Dorgan: You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it’s me, I’m a little messed up maybe, but I’m funny how, I mean funny like I’m a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I’m here to amuse you, Jim Oberweis? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?
Oberweis: Just… you know, how you tell how you’re gonna fix the ILGOP, you know?
Dorgan: No, no, I don’t know, you said it. How do I know? You said I’m funny. How the heck am I funny, what the heck is so funny about me? Tell me, tell me what’s funny!
“It’s gunna be like E.T. I’ll be like zzzzz and the IGOP will come back to life. You’ll see”.
- CircularFiringSquad - Friday, Jun 14, 13 @ 9:28 am:
wow this is almost as side splitting as real life
how about
“Remember, guys and gals Capt Fax thinks our websites are groovey and should help us beat the Ds hands down”
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:08 pm:
“Hey bud. Hey bud. Hey bud. You don’t think I’m crazy for taking this new job, do you?”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:10 pm:
“I did not take those Straberries. Let me be clear!”
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:10 pm:
“Yes, I do have a freakishly long fingernail. I’m a Flamenco guitar player in my spare time. Wanna make somethin’ of it?”
- phocion - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:11 pm:
“Hey, Skip. The Speaker is pretty easygoing, right?”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:13 pm:
“You find that one-armed man …find him!”
- Phenomynous - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:13 pm:
“Tag, you’re it”, after this first meeting with the members.
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:14 pm:
“So I says to Oberweis, I says, ‘Hey, do you have wingnut flavored ice cream?’ Man, I crack me up sometimes.”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:15 pm:
“Tell Cross to stop praticing his putting for 5 minutes and pay attention!”
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:16 pm:
“I have a special practice. I handle one client. Now you have my number, I’ll wait for your call. By the way, I admire your pictures very much.”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:17 pm:
“NO!! Don’t stop him, I want Oberweis to vote against me!”
- Publius - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:21 pm:
Reaction to bill daley making that O thing with his hands.
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:21 pm:
“By the way, I took care of that thing for ya.”
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:23 pm:
And they put that new casino right across the street from us. So close you can almost reach out and touch it from city hall. Talk about rubbing our noses in it.
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:27 pm:
Yeah, it is a nice watch. Pat Brady gave it to me when I was sworn in. He said the IL Republican Party has a tradition of handing out retirement gifts when the new chairman takes office.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:29 pm:
“Today I settled all GOP business, so don’t tell me you’re with me, Oberweis!”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:32 pm:
“But I’m a superstitious man. And if some unlucky incident should befall this vote and I don’t get elected - should I not get over 50% in this first vote, or if there actually NEEDS to be a second vote - or if this room gets struck by a bolt of lightning, them I’m going to blame some of the people in this room, and that I do not forgive. But, that aside, let me say that I swear, on the backs of all the elected precinct committeemen, that I will not be the one to break the peace we’ve made here today.”
- Bill White - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:33 pm:
“Michael Madigan is a good man and we need to pass SB1 ASAP”
- Stones - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:34 pm:
What do you mean by saying “I need a haircut?”
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:34 pm:
Darn it 47th, you beat me to the punch on the “watch joke.”
Starting Over,
“I don’t care if you know who this ‘Oswego Willy’ is or not. Just stay on his good side, right?”
- anon sequitor - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:35 pm:
No, no, no. Vote the other way! The other way! Do it now, before they close the vote.
- Montrose - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:35 pm:
“You are healed.”
- crazybleedingheart - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:36 pm:
Wishful thinking:
“Now, go to the corner until you can behave.”
- Bill White - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:37 pm:
“Pit!”
alternate
“Gin!”
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:37 pm:
“All you funny guys, you know they can read your Internet, know what I mean?”
- Will - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:40 pm:
“I can almost see political relevance. Over there somewhere.”
- Skeptic - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:41 pm:
“Nyah! Nyah! I’m touching you!” (Heard in the background: “Mom! He’s touching me again!”)
- Keyrock - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:42 pm:
“These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.”
- Anonymous - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:43 pm:
I ain’t askin’ for much, I’m just lookin’ for some touch.
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:43 pm:
Watch: $30 at Walmart
Hair mousse: $3.95 at Target
Hair cut: $14 at Great Clips
Having the worst unpaid job in the state of Illinois: Priceless
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:46 pm:
As much as anyone, I loved him and trusted him. Later on he had an idea to build a city out of a tollway stop-over for GI’s on the way to the airport. That kid’s name was Don Stephens, and the city he invented was Rosemont. This was a great man, a man of vision and guts. And there isn’t even a plaque, or a signpost or a statue of him in that town!
- Formerly Known As... - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:49 pm:
“What can I say? I enjoy putting myself through misery and agony.”
- unclesam - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:49 pm:
“Ooh, hey, I almost forgot to mention…I don’t like politics.”
- Formerly Known As... - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:50 pm:
“Looks like you been working out. How’s the kids?”
- Small Town Taxpayer - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:54 pm:
Is that the way the Republican Party should be going? I don’t see anyone headed over that way?
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 1:59 pm:
“All these years, I stayed outta that Blog. And THIS gets me in?”
- phocion - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 2:01 pm:
“Hey, do I really look like that Nelson Muntz guy?”
http://dementedmole.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/nelson-muntz_original.jpg
- walkinfool - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 2:15 pm:
“I’m a citizen. Not a politician.”
- walkinfool - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 2:16 pm:
“Hey, don’t ignore me.”
- Anonymous - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 2:17 pm:
Where do I get one of those carhartt jackets?
- walkinfool - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 2:19 pm:
“We don’t talk about that stuff here.”
- OneMan - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 2:36 pm:
I agreed to do what?!?!
- Quizzical - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 2:39 pm:
You want Joe Walsh to plan your next campaign? Because I don’t need this job. The next time you call the Comptroller a Feminazi, I’m out of here.
- Bill White - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 2:57 pm:
“I’m a politician, not a citizen”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 2:57 pm:
- AA - you had to drag me into this? lol
“Oswego Willy went ‘UA’ … for all you know, HE is Oswego Willy”
- Loop Lady - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 2:58 pm:
“No, no, no, no…I didn’t want to go to the Globe last night, you did”…
- Bill White - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 2:58 pm:
“Sorry, Joe Walsh. I’m a politician, not a Tea Party warrior chieftain.”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 3:00 pm:
“I ordered the Martini, this guy ordered the ‘Pink Squirrel’ …”
“I want him to vote next, then YOU, then we say this was not staged.”
“You go sit with them you are going to just shake your head when I talk!”
- How Ironic - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 3:02 pm:
“Excuse me sir, are you a republican? Rumor has it that there are some around here, so if you could just point me the right directon I’d be much obliged.”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 3:04 pm:
“HE said your ice cream was fattening, I think it’s great!”
“Say that to his face… go on … yeah, sit down then.”
- Anonymous - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 3:04 pm:
Is that Louie Anderson? Survey says…
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 3:08 pm:
“Did you just call him a ‘Slytherin House Republican?”
- LincolnLounger - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 3:10 pm:
I know only 1 vote counts, but I loved 47th Ward’s.
- wordslinger - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 3:14 pm:
“TeaParty Joey, they called him. Now go home and get your shine box!
“No one’s going to break up my party.”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 3:17 pm:
“Congressman Walsh, I am going to ask you a question, then he is going to ask you a question, then we are going to ask you to leave.”
“Wait! Shhhh! Angel Garcia is going to sing ‘Call me, Maybe!’…”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 3:21 pm:
“Stop for a second please … ‘Angelo’… ‘Angelo’ … wait, you mean this guy … Skip?….Oh, go on …”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 3:35 pm:
“I’ll trade you Jerry Clarke here for Bob Winchester, and I will throw in Angel Garcia as a kicker…”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 3:38 pm:
“HE said ‘Fire Madigan’ seemed silly … I am telling you it WAS silly.”
- Don - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 3:44 pm:
“Listen, Little Boy, in this business there’s only one law you gotta follow to keep out of trouble: Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doing it”
or
“I don’t like violence, Tom. I’m a businessman. Blood is a big expense.”
- Jerome Horwitz - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 4:01 pm:
badge? I don’t need no stinkin badge!
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 4:01 pm:
“I won the vote, but HE ate the Cannoli…”
- Keyrock - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 4:05 pm:
You. Go to the timeout chair. Now.
- Wensicia - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 4:23 pm:
I got your Republican platform…Umm…Right over there!
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 4:33 pm:
47th wins again.
- A. Nonymous - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 4:42 pm:
“Twelve months?!?! I thought you guys said 12 days.”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 4:45 pm:
- 47th Ward -, well done!
I need to step up my game to even be in your neighborhood.
Well played.
- northshorecynic - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 4:48 pm:
Where is Jim Dvorak when I need him?
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 5:05 pm:
Wow, I’m truly humbled. Thanks.
- Amalia - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 5:26 pm:
do you believe it? I got Romney to the breakfast place that has the train running around above diners. it was awesome. are you playing Ridgemoor this weekend?
- AFSCME Steward - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 5:38 pm:
Hi buddy, I’m the new Republican party chairman… R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C-A-N,
R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C-A-N, you know, the other guys. The non-democrats. The party of Lincoln. Used to win elections.
- Just The Way It Is One - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 5:42 pm:
And one MORE thing I’ll tell ya, Senator Oberweis, is that, that, things WILL be different, and BETter for the Party now, I can assure you, ‘cuz we really SHOULD’nt always be SOOO strident, I don’t want to say, ya know, strictly, oh–conSERvative maybe(?) on all of our positions all of the time–no offense, sir, but we MIGHT, just MIGHT once in awhile want to, ya know, consider a DIFferent way of approaching certain issues, or RAces for an important Office or Offices, ya know–and that that MIGHT help work out better that way sometimes, at least, YA know? I mean, I know you’re not responding to me here right now, Senator–you seem somewhat pensive, or maybe even a little upset, but… YA know what I mean, ya do…right…???
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 5:58 pm:
47th is, in the immortal words of “Otter,” on a roll! Good work.
- fake county chairman - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 6:11 pm:
after meeting with the yakuzi branch of rep party he has a new nik name stubbles
- fake county chairman - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 6:13 pm:
i keep tying to tell them it would be easier if they had bar codes
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 6:33 pm:
Dorgan: You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it’s me, I’m a little messed up maybe, but I’m funny how, I mean funny like I’m a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I’m here to amuse you, Jim Oberweis? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?
Oberweis: Just… you know, how you tell how you’re gonna fix the ILGOP, you know?
Dorgan: No, no, I don’t know, you said it. How do I know? You said I’m funny. How the heck am I funny, what the heck is so funny about me? Tell me, tell me what’s funny!
- votecounter - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 7:24 pm:
“Cut me in-Or Cut it out”!
- fake county chairman - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 7:46 pm:
this man has the central rep comm spell bound with his strategy i will poke the dems in the eye like the the three stooges act
- Nice Kid - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 11:35 pm:
Hey, I have a new idea- lets blame everything on Madigan.
- wayward - Thursday, Jun 13, 13 @ 11:50 pm:
“Hey, did you get your suit at Penney’s too?”
- Downstate weed chewing hick - Friday, Jun 14, 13 @ 8:56 am:
“It’s gunna be like E.T. I’ll be like zzzzz and the IGOP will come back to life. You’ll see”.
- CircularFiringSquad - Friday, Jun 14, 13 @ 9:28 am:
wow this is almost as side splitting as real life
how about
“Remember, guys and gals Capt Fax thinks our websites are groovey and should help us beat the Ds hands down”