118 Comments - Formerly Known As... - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:11 am: Monique Davis’ mind appears to be melting. - MrGrassroots - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:16 am: It’s so hot, Speaker Mike Madigan looked like he broke a sweat. - chitownboy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:17 am: dog? - PublicServant - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:18 am: because of Springfield’s continuing inaction on “pension reform”. Also, a lack of “Pension Reform” is responsible for cancer, and the gulf oil spill too. - ChicagoR - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:19 am: It’s so hot, it must be a conspiracy to make Lisa Madigan governor. - John Kass - Just passing by - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:19 am: The Pixies are joining Riot Fest! Ok, that’s got nothing to do with the heat… - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:19 am: Rauner’s campaign makes sense to me… I applauded Tom Cross’ decision to stay in the House… Jason Plummer’s Star Wars figures melted …. Mike Madigan was seen sweating… the Speaker called Lisa to get some “Cold Shoulder” his way… - Whatever - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:19 am: It’s so hot, Bruce Rauner’s campaign cash is burning up. - enoughalready - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:20 am: Squeezy refuses to sun himself on the Capitol dome. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:21 am: Sen. Oberweis offered me some “Politcal” Ice Cream … and I took it … - 47th Ward - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:23 am: It’s so hot that my air conditioner ran out of coolant. The repairman put the White Sox lineup in there to cool things down. It’s nice and cold now. - Timmeh - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:23 am: “It is so hot that the Chicago Police Department would do anything for a bottle of water.” - CircularFiringSquad - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:23 am: Kassamoron submitted dumbest piece since hi school and Tribbies ran it - Chavez-respecting Obamist - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:25 am: I’m not going outside today. - Stones - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:26 am: PQ’s Motel 6 frequent customer card melted. - Rollo Tomasi - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:26 am: You could fry an egg on Quinn’s or Daley’s head! - OurMagician - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:28 am: It’s so hot, Pat Quinn sounded coherent for a minute. - Amalia - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:30 am: …I’d rather be in Denver watching baseball! (and I loathe the Cubs.) - RNUG - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:33 am: It’s so hot, Chicago’s bond ratings are melting down - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:33 am: The HGOP Golf Outing was canceled, but Tom played anyway … the frozen Strawberries Jack Dorgan stole, thawed… - RNUG - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:34 am: … the Statehouse A/C couldn’t keep up with the hot air - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:36 am: It’s so hot, Dwight Kay’s calculator stopped working. - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:40 am: It’s so hot, Bruce Rauner tried to clout his kid into a Canadian school. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:42 am: It’s so hot, Pongee’s tires are melting from inactivity… - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:43 am: It’s so hot, Lisa Madigan just announced she’s running for prime minister of Sweden. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:43 am: It’s so hot, the Rauner Rubber Chicken is now grilled… - Publius - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:44 am: ….rich miller wrote the shortest question of the day in history. - Loop Lady - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:45 am: fish want to get caught. armadillos are moving here. people are going tanning salons for fake bake. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:46 am: It’s so hot, the Rutherford campaign is tweeting pictures of Dan with ice cubes… - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:47 am: It’s so hot, Speaker Madigan has decided to retire and take a position as one of Santa’s elves. - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:48 am: It’s so hot, Jack Franks doesn’t have the strength to return a reporter’s phone call. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:49 am: It’s so hot, the Gov candidates are only choosing LG mates with pools … - Darienite - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:50 am: It’s so hot, Rahm is sitting this one out. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:51 am: It’s so hot, my box of Cannoli looks like chunky soup … - RonOglesby - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:52 am: Its so hot I hallucinated Monique Davis winning the nobel literature prize - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:52 am: It’s so hot, Todd agreed with Wordslinger yesterday. [True story.] - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:53 am: It’s so hot, Oscar is asking to be toilet trained. - Pot calling kettle - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:53 am: A Pat Quinn speech actually cooled the room. - Jake From Elwood - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:57 am: The City of Chicago leased Lake Michigan to a private vendor. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 11:58 am: It’s so hot, ABDI ran out of Beer… - Ron Burgundy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:00 pm: The candidates actually took off their Carhartt jackets! - dupage dan - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:04 pm: It’s so hot the butter cow melted in the freezer. It’s so hot in Illinois the Cheeseheads have locked the door to Wisconsin. It’s so hot in Illinois Rod Blagojevich thinks he has it pretty good in CO. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:05 pm: - Ron Burgundy - and - Jake From Elwood -, Well done!! Rich, all I am TRYING to do is trying to keep up with ya …great stuff It’s so hot, Speaker Madigan’s daily apple was just applesause… - Todd - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:05 pm: The Governor stopped by my poolhouse for a meeting over concealed carry - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:08 pm: It’s so hot, I think I’ll take the afternoon off. - siriusly - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:09 pm: It’s so hot, Fox News is doing a story about global warming. I tried - but Rich - your Jack Franks line is the winner. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:11 pm: It’s so hot, the Slythern House kool-aid looks mighty refreshing … - OurMagician - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:11 pm: It’s so hot, Pat Quinn went to pension reform committee meeting. - Anonymous - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:14 pm: Its so hot, Ricketts put a slip and slide in the middle of Wrigley Field and invited the rooftop owners over to join him. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:15 pm: It’s so hot, Rahm got up and danced … - downstate commissioner - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:15 pm: Dang Rich, you beat me to an Oscar comment, but I’ll try: It’s so hot, Oscar opened the refrigerator door, and all of Rich’s beer disappeared…. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:16 pm: It’s so hot, my sunscreen whispered, “Please, not today!”…. - Ron Burgundy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:17 pm: Joe Berrios hired three more relatives just to fan him! - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:17 pm: It’s so hot that Bill Brady has decided not to raise any more campaign money. Wait… He already did that. My bad. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:17 pm: It’s so hot, the heat liquified Tom Cross’ 7-iron … - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:19 pm: Ron Burgundy for the lead! - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:21 pm: It’s so hot that Ty Fahner has decided to cave to the unions, just, you know, to get this over with so he can go back to his Olympic sized pool. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:21 pm: - Ron Burgundy - Nicely played … It’s so hot, Kirk’s yard signs turned into atucal Lard … - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:23 pm: Now, OW zooms into the lead! - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:24 pm: It’s so hot that the owner of Boones has decided to invest in a new air conditioner. (Don’t I wish.) - Ron Burgundy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:26 pm: Jim Oberweis is actually popular. Jason Plummer landed a huge popsicle stick contract. Bruce Rauner is avoiding meeting people and decided to stay home and run TV ads. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:26 pm: It’s so hot, no one inturrupted Kirk Dillard’s annoucements - Ron Burgundy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:27 pm: That Speaker Madigan’s icy stare is producing its own rain clouds. - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:28 pm: It’s so hot, Kirk Dillard forgot to mention that he was Jim Edgar’s chief of staff in his stump speech. - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:29 pm: Burgundy regains the lead! - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:31 pm: Rich, the Edgar mention!! Awesome… It’s so hot, Bill Brady came to Chicago to see about “this big lake eveyone keeps talking about” - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:32 pm: It’s so hot, Pat Quinn is now just going to work tirelessly at night, not day. - Ron Burgundy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:32 pm: That Alex Clifford said he would stop talking if the Metra board threw in an air conditioned rail car. - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:34 pm: LOL, OW! It’s so hot, I’m almost thinking of swimming in Lake Springfield. - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:34 pm: It’s so hot, Pat Quinn is using his lucky purple tie as a sweatband. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:35 pm: Geez, this bar is getting really high … - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:42 pm: I have self-edited 3 that can’t cut “it”… It’s so hot, Pat Collin’s “hot seat” seems warm at best … - nothin's easy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:44 pm: …bond ratings agencies are warming to illinois’ financial position… - West Side the Best Side - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:45 pm: It’s so hot, I imagined I read posts that said Monique Davis is saying CPD is responsible for the killings in her neighborhood and Tio Hardiman is thinking about running for governor. Better head to the ER for possible heat stroke. - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:46 pm: It’s so hot, Google just asked me to use Bing. - Wensicia - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:47 pm: It’s so hot, Mayor Emanuel was seen dancing in Buckingham Fountain, sans shirt! (video to follow) - Amalia - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:51 pm: it’s so hot, the Metra board thinks it will be cooler in a room even if they all appear together. - Stones - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:52 pm: It’s so hot that Rauner’s pool is warmer than his hot tub and his steam room! - Ron Burgundy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:54 pm: That Pat Quinn has something in his refrigerator, and that something is Pat Quinn. - lake county democrat - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:56 pm: It’s so hot, Edward Snowden hacked into government computers to find the nearest slurpee vendor. - Darienite - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:56 pm: JBT wore a tube top to the office. - train111 - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 12:58 pm: It’s so hot Roland Burris took a break from chiselling more words into his masouleum. - Arthur Andersen - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:03 pm: It’s so hot Rauner’s cash is burning before he can burn it. - Small Town Liberal - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:06 pm: It’s so hot, AFSCME is actually requesting that facilities be closed. - Stones - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:09 pm: It’s so hot that Pat Quinn is going to hold a press conference Saturday afternoon to let us all know we should drink plenty of liquids, stay in the shade and check on all our elderly relatives. - A guy... - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:11 pm: It’s so hot, Rich and Oscar are considering shaving one another in areas visible and not visible to passersby. Woof. - Ron Burgundy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:12 pm: That Pat Quinn is shortening his outdoor speeches today by changing all “Land of Lincoln” references to just “LOL.” - Anonymous - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:14 pm: It’s so Hot. Illinois sweet corn has gone sour. - Anonymous - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:16 pm: It’s so Hot. Jim Edgar had AC installed on his hair dryer. - Anon - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:17 pm: It’s so hot, Bill Brady let the puppies go…he didn’t need the coats. - Anonymous - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:18 pm: I saw a dog chasing a cat and they were both walking! - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:19 pm: It’s so hot, Madigan decided to let Cross preside over the next Prefunctory Session - A guy... - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:19 pm: It’s so hot, they’ve renamed an upcoming event “The Illinois State Foul” - A guy... - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:21 pm: It’s so hot, my dog is asking me to lick him. - Anonymous - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:21 pm: It’s so hot. My slurpee came in a coffe cup. - Anonymous - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:23 pm: It’s so hot. The pension debt just melted away. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:23 pm: It’s so hot, the White Sox are going to wear shorts again… - A guy... - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:24 pm: It’s so hot a lot of local snitches are begging to swim with the fishes. - A guy... - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:25 pm: Oh God OW, I hope not! (white sox wearing shorts) - A guy... - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:25 pm: It’s so hot the comments on this topic are about to reach the same level as the heat index. - Anonymous - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:26 pm: It’s so hot. Cellini’s asphalt business just liquefied. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:27 pm: 100! - A guy …-, the White Sox wore shorts in the 70s for a spell, wasn’t a good look then either. It’s so hot, the Jesse White Tumblers are just sitting by a pool. - A guy... - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:29 pm: OW, I remember the Black Shorts Scandal very well. Still have nightmares. - Rufus - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:31 pm: It’s so hot, I’m starting to like Illinois. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:35 pm: - A guy …-, apologies for bringing back the bad visual …again. It’s so hot, Chuck Goudie decided chasing anyone today would be a bad idea - Rep. Ed Sullivan - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:42 pm: It’s so hot Illinois Review blogged about a bunch of legislators posting on FB about how hot is was. - Midstate Indy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 1:56 pm: I early voted for Plummer…twice. Jesse White started a polar plunge team. I just saw a guy burning grass in a ditch - seriously. The housing market melted…again. - Midstate Indy - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 2:05 pm: Adam Andrzejewski closed the books. - Todd - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 2:09 pm: Its so hot, oscar the puppy is in the tub wanting a bath w/cold water Rich we want pics - Bad Thoughts - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 2:09 pm: It’s so hot Sheila Simon was spotted in a bikini and no one went blind. - Todd - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 2:21 pm: Bad wins but I need to bleach my minds eyebafter that - golfman_r - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 2:25 pm: It’s so hot they took pension reform off of the front burner - RNUG - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 2:27 pm: Its so hot … there’s no water left for politicans to get into hot water. - Dirty Red - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 2:37 pm: …that locals have taken refuge inside the Armory. …that Capitol Police are encouraging visitors to play in the fountain. …that the price of an ice cream cone closely resembles that of a shot of whiskey at the top of the Hilton. …that people have willingly jumped into the Des Plaines River. …that Dan Rutherford sent his staff home early. …that Derrick Smith went to the movies even though the only thing playing was “Despicable Me 2.” - Judgment Day - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 2:49 pm: …molten lava is evaporating. - x ace - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 3:26 pm: … that Gov. Quinn and DCEO Dir. Pollet are pleased to announce the relocation to Illinois of Lucifer & Associates. - Blue - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 3:45 pm: It’s not that hot. Democratic targets are still knocking on doors! - Just The Way It Is One - Friday, Jul 19, 13 @ 3:48 pm: …that I’m MELTing, I’m MELTing, Dorothy My PreTTY!!! Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.