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Question of the day
Thursday, Aug 1, 2013 - Posted by Rich Miller * As we all know, Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon announced her campaign for comptroller yesterday. A photo from an event…  Let’s all have a little lighthearted fun and welcome her to the campaign. Yesterday’s post got a bit nasty (some of it for good reason, but you should’ve gotten it outta your systems by now), so try to keep it light today. * The Question: Caption?
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- John A Logan - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:24 am:
Sheila Simon campaigns after returning from a Georgia Tech home game.
- Darienite - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:24 am:
Why yes, this blazer was once a bedspread - why do you ask?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:27 am:
“No, no .. all my supports…they must have got held up by traffic, or parking, or… something …”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:30 am:
“I told Sneed that I wanted to be Comptroller … I guess that didn’t get printed …”
“I know a ‘Pat’, I know a sweet girl named ‘Quinn’, but ‘a Pat Quinn’ … no ringing bells, sorry.”
- Roamin' Numeral - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:33 am:
“Yeah, Dillard told me to make the ‘IL’ in my first name a different color on those signs behind me. Then, it would’ve looked like they said ‘She a Simon.’ I thought about it. But I was afraid I’d be copying.”
- anonymoose - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:34 am:
Ms. Simon’s frumpy yellow jacket reminds me of a humiliating bathrobe my college roommie (’80s) never used (purchased by his mother). Maybe the ol’ gently used bathrobe has been recycled?
Therefore, a lengthy caption….”I’m on a tight campaign budget and found this yellow jacket shopping at Judy’s favorite thrift store.”
- Keyrock - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:35 am:
Yellow? I ain’t yellow!
- AFSCME Steward - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:37 am:
Accounting 101, what’s that ?
- Jake From Elwood - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:37 am:
Sheila expresses surprise in learning that Illinois does not have a Lt. Comptroller position.
- Responsa - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:37 am:
“Some people seem to think I’m not experienced or imaginative enough to hold high office. Well, as an example to show you how well I am able to plan for any and all of the state’s contingencies, I had campaign signs for *several* offices printed up in advance. So there.”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:38 am:
“Let me be quite clear; I never bail. I am as solid as anyone, I will stick to this race, and run a strong campaign because I am someone you can count on to be there, through thick and thin!… “
- John A Logan - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:39 am:
“Yes, I have been in contact with the SIU law school, and there is a job waiting on me.”
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:39 am:
Look, I respect Eric Zorn, but he’s dead wrong about the clawhammer style. Classical banjo is played by clicking up on the strings with your fingers and down with your thumb. Like this.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:42 am:
“No, this was the smallest room that was available, but keep in mind, filling rooms for announcements is overrated …”
- Responsa - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:43 am:
(You inspired me, OW)
“I have never used twitter or email ah, inappropriately, and you have my solemn promise that I never will.”
- Ruby - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:45 am:
Where can we find a “Dress for Success” fashion consultant?
(This is meant to be helpful political campaign advice.)
- Wensicia - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:45 am:
“Actually, this blazer was cut from the parlor curtains. In these tough economic times, I chose the Scarlett O’Hara solution.”
- dupage dan - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:45 am:
No, I am not a Rod Blagojevich impersonator. I have always worn my hair like this.
- Raising Kane - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:46 am:
5, yes that is 5 supporters back there, if you count my thumb and I do.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:46 am:
Sorry, Rich … lighthearted …
“I am the Lieutenant Governor, you all know what the office does, so that means I have loads of free time for Campaigning …”
- dupage dan - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:47 am:
Yes, I can confirm I have been asked to appear on “What Not To Wear”. I’m gonna tell Stacy and Clinton I want to keep the jacket, tho.
- ChrisB - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:49 am:
Accountants wear green hats. Lawyers wear snazzy blazers.
- Spliff - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:49 am:
“yes, yellow is the new black.
“of course I can beat her … Rod beat her and he wasn’t even my fathers daughter!
- Raising Kane - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:50 am:
Sure finding earrings to match this hideous was tough but I found a pair in Dixon of all places.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:51 am:
“The last plank of my platform is pretty controversal and I hope you get this down exactly as I am telling you this; I am going to remove the ‘M’ …and the ‘P’ … remember, I am getting rid of both letters … and replacing them … with an ‘N’ …’Controller’ … I know, there are going to be some out there thinking this might be overreaching, but Illinois needs to make such a move … ‘Comptroller’ to ‘Controller’ … Now I will take some questions …”
- Ron Burgundy - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:52 am:
“I picked my outfit today to celebrate the humble Twinkie. Yellow on the outside, white on the inside. Much like me, the Twinkie has had its ups and downs, and apparently has no expiration date.”
- OneMan - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:53 am:
Man I hope the guy in the curling t-shirt doesn’t ask another question…
- Ed - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:57 am:
hee haw
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 11:59 am:
“I call this ‘Oswego Willy’ yellow ..like that fabulous button ‘Norseman’ designed …”
- Treefidy - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 12:00 pm:
“And here is my campaign manager, Curious George!”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 12:03 pm:
“I will only take questions from those who can spell my first name correct when I call on you, and no looking on the posters behind me …
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 12:05 pm:
“I was going to have my Carbondale rally at the Simon Institute, but I didn’t want anything about this campaign connected to my last name … which is Simon …like Paul Simon …”
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 12:12 pm:
“Why am I driving on my “Fly-Around?” You’ve never seen me drive!”
- OurMagician - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 12:12 pm:
“And this is the 5 finger claw hold to play the banjo. I learned watching Paul Simon play, not my Dad but the other guy with Garfunkel. My Dad enjoyed the banjo, my Dad, the Senator Paul Simon. Does that answer your question about fiscal restraint?”
- God's Country - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 12:19 pm:
Signage - $40
Gas for trip - $100
Meeting OneMan - Priceless
- wordslinger - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 12:19 pm:
“Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! We have four, no, five weapons….”
- wordslinger - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 12:21 pm:
“Yeah, Dillard told me to make the ‘IL’ in my first name a different color on those signs behind me.Then, it would’ve looked like they said ‘She a Simon.’ ”
That might work, actually, lol.
- Rollo Tomasi - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 12:22 pm:
As Lt. Governor the only qualification was breathing. Now you say I have to know the difference between a debit and a credit? This is way harder than I thought it was going to be.
By the way you know my father was Paul Simeon?
- Anon. - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 12:22 pm:
And unlike a certain other candidate for statewide office, I still have all of my fingers!
- Stones - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 12:23 pm:
“Not only am I the best banjo player in this race but I can also create blazers from bedspreads!”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 12:30 pm:
“Endorsements? Sure … Joel Daly and Sundowners …”
- Norseman - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 12:40 pm:
No, I’m not talking about Alan Dixon. It’s the town of Dixon. You know, that village somewhere outside of Chicago.
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 12:40 pm:
“No, Mr. Plummer, I don’t believe there is a Lt. Comptroller position, but thank you for coming.”
- Norseman - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 12:41 pm:
Cemeteries? What’s that have to do with the Comptroller.
- Barry manilow - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 12:44 pm:
I’ve been looking for that coat!
- jisbell - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 12:46 pm:
It’s gonna be a fun campaign! Bango Sheila vs. Polka Judy
- Ghost - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 12:51 pm:
“you, the urban redneck with the cell phone camera, put that down!”
- Rusty618 - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 12:55 pm:
Does anybody have any banjo finger picks? I seem to have lost mine.
- Tommydanger - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 1:00 pm:
“Everyone’s been so supportive. I already have three text messages from a guy named Carlos Danger.”
- Hat Trick - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 1:01 pm:
“Lt. Governor Sheila Simon enters the race to be Illinois’ next Kooky Aunt.”
- Keep Calm and Carry On - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 1:12 pm:
No, no, no. It was all a big misunderstanding. I never wanted to run for Attorney General.
All those “spinmeisters” out there might want you to think so, but I have always dreamed of being Lieutenant Gov… I mean, Attorney Gen… I mean Comptroller of the State of Illinois.
- John Boch - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 1:16 pm:
“It’s just my jacket that’s so yellow.
By the way, I won’t use a TelePrompTer because there’s just three of us here and I can talk with you girl to girl. I mean man to man. I mean person to person.”
- Keep Calm and Carry On - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 1:17 pm:
“Loose Gravel CD’s in the trunk of my car out back. 2 for $5.”
- Soccermom - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 1:18 pm:
Okay. Invest in a step and repeat banner, so that when you’re standing in front of it your whole name appears somewhere. Personally, I would go with white letters on a blue background — I think it makes for a better photo. (Most people don’t look their best in front of a white background.)
I know that name recognition may not seem like a big issue to you, but you need to remember that there is a big chunk of the electorate that didn’t live in Illinois when your dad was in office — and most young voters have no idea who he was. You want to make sure that every photo says “Sheila Simon.”
Then think strategically about what you’ll be wearing in front of that banner. If you stay with blue letters on a white background, then wear a blue dress or blazer. Too many of these comments are talking about your distracting yellow jacket; you want people to focus on you, not what you’re wearing.
I know that you’ll dismiss this advice as “shallow comments from a shallow image consultant.” But you’re up against a popular incumbent who has more money than you do. You need to make sure voters know who you are, and that they focus on your message instead of your clothes.
Sometimes the conventional wisdom is, well, wise.
- PublicServant - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 1:20 pm:
My attire says it all. My campaign will blind you with its emphasis on brightly illuminating things that my opponent would otherwise like to keep you in the dark about.
- Rufus D Doofus - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 1:24 pm:
Look, Mayor of Carbondale, Comptroller of the Currency, they are both easily attainable offices….don’t you agree?
- A guy... - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 1:30 pm:
Everything that rhymes with Nixon is Judy’s fault.
I had my colors done. When Carhartt makes a jacket in School Zone Yellow, I’ll wear one.
- Think about it - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 1:39 pm:
So, it’s like this: I made a conscious decision to have Sam Cahnman be the only elected official at my stops. He seems nice and he immediately bonded with my daughter.
- Norseman - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 1:44 pm:
Think about it - ouch!
- Empty Suit - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 1:48 pm:
“What have I done to fight corruption? I don’t know that one but if you hum a few bars I’ll get my banjo.”
- Raising Kane - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 1:49 pm:
Well, yes, Quick Cuts still does a $5 haircut, why do you ask?
- Bill - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 1:54 pm:
Sheila, I think you have your Snuggie on backwards.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 1:55 pm:
- Soccermon -
You handle the Dems side of the Shop. we always have room at the Con$ulting Firm…
To the Question of the Day,
“I am parked at a City Meter right now so you’all know why you are here, you see the signs behind me, you have a written announcement in front of you, and I have a long drive ahead of me ….Questions?”
- too obvious - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 1:55 pm:
I can out thrift shop Judy any day.
- The End Is Near - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 1:58 pm:
“Accrual method? Is that what you asked about? Let me say this. All these accounting questions are a cruel method for testing a candidate whose dad was a respected U.S. senator from Illinois.”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 2:06 pm:
“In regards to my sweet coat …My staff prepared this for me if I was asked about it…
I went .. and I …popped… some… ‘tags’ …I had twenty dollars in my pocket, I was hunting… looking for a ‘trade-up…This yellow dress coat is awesome…
I have no idea what I just read …”
- dupage dan - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 2:06 pm:
OW - I got an image in my mind of Joel Daly yodeling with Sheila Simon pickin’ the banjo on the same stage and about p&&d myself. LOL
- Ron Burgundy - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 2:09 pm:
“In addition to Joel Daly, I understand I’ve been endorsed by Mumford and at least one of his sons.”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 2:11 pm:
- dupage dan -,
Apologies.
- Anon. - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 2:27 pm:
And I pledge not to pay the General Assembly members, even if there is an appropriation or court order.
- 1776 - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 2:30 pm:
I may not have taken a class in accounting but I’m great at apple bobbing!
- woodchuck - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 2:30 pm:
I am so frugal I borrowed this jacket from a box that said “Kustra” on it.
- Chavez-respecting Obamist - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 2:44 pm:
- Bill - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 1:54 pm:
You win.
- WhoKnew - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 2:49 pm:
The way I see it, this Comptroller, Controller or whatever thingy is easy/peasy! We fire up the State House Print Shop and make about 7 to 10 Billion Illi-Bits. Use em’ to pay off the back log and before you know it we’re back in the Black again.
- Just Me - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 3:07 pm:
Sheila Simon stands in front of signs that say, “IM COMPETENT,” which by Illinois standards is reason enough to vote for someone into a state office.
- O BOY - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 3:09 pm:
” WHAT ME WORRY “
- Jack - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 3:12 pm:
“As Lt Governor I advocated a new tax on strip clubs, if you vote for me I promise never to perform in one.
- Paul Lyin - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 3:16 pm:
Sheila Simon after her induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
- Tommydanger - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 3:21 pm:
“I’m just wild about saffron and saffron’s wild about me.”
- Norseman - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 3:26 pm:
=== As Lt Governor I advocated a new tax on strip clubs, if you vote for me I promise never to perform in one. ===
Methinks this issue would be a tie between the two candidates.
- robertb59 - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 3:51 pm:
Yet another use for the miracle fabric of the ShamWow.
- Anonymous - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 4:20 pm:
No, I’m not a former federal prosecutor. But my dad was . . . .
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 4:42 pm:
“No, I didn’t go to SHG for high school.”
- Amalia - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 4:57 pm:
I’m the daughter, but I thought I’d wear the sun.
- Steve - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 5:15 pm:
No accounting background, no problem.
- Obamas Puppy - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 6:10 pm:
“I made this blazer right after I got my haircut this morning”
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 6:27 pm:
“Sweet little Sheila, you’ll know her if you see her”
- Rolo Tomassi II - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 6:55 pm:
Great to see a comment from “Rolo Tomassi” long lost relative. Old Rolo has not changed a bit. If his comments and those of others reflect the types of campaigns about to conducted I stick by “Duffy gets dropped in 5 rounds, Ms Simon goes the full 15 with JBT —- and wins”.
- Todd - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 10:03 pm:
what do you mean drive, what happened to the airplane?
- Steve - Thursday, Aug 1, 13 @ 10:42 pm:
I am you and what I see is me