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Wednesday, Feb 26, 2014 - Posted by Rich Miller

* Gov. Pat Quinn is to _____ as Bruce Rauner is to ____?

       

94 Comments
  1. - SO IL M - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:29 pm:

    Quinn is to honesty what Rauner is to poverty


  2. - Ron Burgundy - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:31 pm:

    Quinn is to leadership as Rauner is to experience.


  3. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:32 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to an empty fridge as Bruce Rauner is to owning all food in Illinois.

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to populist strategy as Bruce Rauner is to pretending not to have populist strategy.

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to Fenwick as Bruce Rauner is to whatever school clout gets him.

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to doing the right thing wrongly, as Bruce Rauner is to doing the wrong thing and lying about it.

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to long winded as Bruce Rauner is to talking point non-answers.

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to mismanagement, as Bruce Rauner is to upper management memory loss.

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to purple ties as Bruce Rauner is to Carhartt coats.


  4. - Ravenswood Right Winger - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:34 pm:

    Quinn is to Cutback as Rauner is to Carhartt.


  5. - So. ILL - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:35 pm:

    future inmate #….future inmate #


  6. - flea - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:37 pm:

    Quinn is to Loser as Rauner is to Winner.


  7. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:37 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to withholding pay to legislators, as Bruce Rauner is to buying and selling Career Politicians.


  8. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:38 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to Forrest Gump as Bruce Rauner is to Charles Foster Kane.


  9. - Wensicia - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:39 pm:

    Quinn is to a rainbow as Rauner is to the pot of gold.


  10. - Darienite - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:39 pm:

    Quinn is to Super 8 as Rauner is to Montana ranch.


  11. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:41 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to “ignorance is bliss”, as Bruce Rauner is to “ignorance is a strategy; talking point!”


  12. - 3rd Generation Chicago Native - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:41 pm:

    Quinn is to White Sox as Rauner is to Cubs


  13. - Robert the Bruce - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:41 pm:

    Quinn is to D opponents dropping out for no good reason as Rauner is to R opponents staying in for no good reason.


  14. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:45 pm:

    - Robert the Bruce -, very nice…

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to “dealing” with Rahm Emanuel, as Bruce Rauner is to vacationing and “making” Rahm Emanuel.


  15. - I'm New Here - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:45 pm:

    Quinn is to Mayor Joe Quimby as Rauner is to C. Montgomery Burns.


  16. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:47 pm:

    Pat Quinn is to Pat Quinn as Bruce rauner is to Rahm.


  17. - corvax - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:50 pm:

    Quinn is to Robert Hoover as Flip Rauner is to Greg Marmalard (RIP Harold Ramis)


  18. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:52 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to having a rooting interest for the Steelers, Red Sox and Bulls, as Bruce Rauner is to having a financial interest in the Steelers, Red Sox, and Bulls


  19. - wordslinger - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:56 pm:

    Gov. Quinn is to Col. Klink as Bruce Rauner is to Sgt. Schultz.


  20. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:56 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to 9 purple ties to choose from, as Bruce Rauner is to 9 luxury houses to choose from.


  21. - Metraman - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:56 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to shake as Bruce Rauner is to hammer.


  22. - phocion - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:57 pm:

    Quinn is to mining interests as Rauner is to public pension funds.


  23. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:57 pm:

    “Ho-Gan!!!” lol


  24. - PoolGuy - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:59 pm:

    Pat Quinn is to Frankie Carbone at Bruce Rauner is to Billy Batts


  25. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 12:59 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to not trying to get MJM’s attention, as Bruce Rauner is to having MJM’s complete attention.


  26. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:05 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to Moe Green as Bruce Rauner is to Sollozzo.


  27. - dupage dan - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:07 pm:

    Quinn is to the blather of promise as Rauner is to the blather of promise.

    Quinn is to FUMIGATE as Rauner is to FUMIGATE.

    Quinn is to fail to manage sausage making as Rauner is to fail to understand sausage making.


  28. - Wumpus - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:07 pm:

    eloquence…blinking


  29. - Bill White - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:07 pm:

    Wordslinger takes a HUGE HUGE lead . . .

    IMHO


  30. - Publius - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:13 pm:

    Pat Quinn is to the minimum wage as Bruce Rauner is to the one per cent.


  31. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:13 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to Donald Duck, as Bruce Rauner is to Scrooge McDuck.


  32. - Mr. T - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:15 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to reality as Bruce Rauner is to facts.


  33. - Mittuns - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:19 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to soybeans as Bruce Rauner is to buckwheat.


  34. - Under Further Review - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:20 pm:

    Pat Quinn is to ethics as Bruce Rauner is to integrity.


  35. - Mittuns - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:20 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to Harry Dunne as Bruce Rauner is to Daniel Plainview.


  36. - Carl Nyberg - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:21 pm:

    Pat Quinn is to bungalow as Rauner is to McMansions, a dozen of ‘em.


  37. - Mittuns - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:21 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to government management as Bruce Rauner is to nursing home management.


  38. - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:21 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to Jerry Brown as Bruce Rauner is to Meg Whitman.


  39. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:25 pm:

    - 47th Ward -, that is the hope for many I am guessing.

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to Union’s second choice, as Bruce Rauner is to Union’s last choice.


  40. - Just Me - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:25 pm:

    Populist pro-government and their unions to populist anti-government and their unions


  41. - bored now - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:26 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to (modern day) progressives as Bruce Rauner is to (modern day) republicans


  42. - Mittuns - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:27 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to pulling votes out of violent neighborhoods as Bruce Rauner is to pulling the plug on grandma.


  43. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:29 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to understanding the levers of the Executive, as Bruce Rauner is to understanding Illinois Government.


  44. - slow down - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:32 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to the Nutty Professor as Bruce Rauner is to Scrooge.


  45. - Downstate Illinois - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:34 pm:

    Quinn is to a broken frayed crayon stub as Rauner is to a three whole 64-box sets of Crayolas, one at home, one at the office and the other at his daughter’s school.


  46. - Ken_in_Aurora - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:38 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to a Big Wheel as Bruce Rauner is to a CVO Harley-Davidson tourer.


  47. - the unknown poster - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:40 pm:

    Pat Quinn is to guns as Rauner is to public employee union bosses.


  48. - bottom rung. - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:43 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to Veep as Bruce Rauner is to House of Cards


  49. - dupage dan - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:44 pm:

    Quinn is to populist man with no hair as Rauner is to populist man with hair.


  50. - West Sider - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:44 pm:

    OW is to awesome…
    Quinn is to ‘Ship of Fools’ what ‘Rauner is to ‘Loser’


  51. - Toure's Latte - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:48 pm:

    I thought it was just a fair editorial observation, not a request to fill in the blanks.


  52. - Jerry Hubbard - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:54 pm:

    Pat Quinn is “using his hard earned money and campaign donations to win an election” as Bruce Rauner is “taking $50 million of other people’s money, wasting it for the benefit of his campaign”


  53. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 1:58 pm:

    (Tips cap, humbly, to - West Sider -)

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to receiving DNC money, as Bruce Rauner is to giving the DNC money.


  54. - Anon in Chicago - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 2:01 pm:

    Gov. Quinn is to meandering speeches as Bruce Rauner is to pandering speeches.


  55. - A guy... - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 2:04 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to Walmart as Bruce Rauner is to Wall Street?


  56. - Anarditka - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 2:25 pm:

    Pat Quinn is to skinny jeans as Bruce Rauner is to a middle class conversation.


  57. - Robert the Bruce - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 2:26 pm:

    of the fictional characters, Oswego Willy’s Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck really captures it. The other republican candidates perhaps are the little ducklings Huey, Dewey, and Louie?


  58. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 2:29 pm:

    - Robert the Bruce -, the best “finish” of a metaphor in quite some time. Drop the mic, take seat. You earned it.


  59. - That guy - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 2:30 pm:

    Quinn is to buying elections with public funds as Rauner is to buying election with personal funds.


  60. - the unknown poster - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 2:38 pm:

    @ That guy……Yuk yuk


  61. - Mr. T - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 2:45 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to Blago as Bruce Rauner is to the Wizard of Oz.


  62. - some dude - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 2:53 pm:

    Quinn is to 100 duck-sized horses as Rauner is to a horse-sized duck.


  63. - PublicServant - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 3:05 pm:

    Pat Quinn is to Cluelessness as Rauner is to Ruthlessness.


  64. - Walker - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 3:11 pm:

    Pat Quinn is to hummingbirds as Bruce Rauner is to bitcoins.


  65. - Rahm - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 3:11 pm:

    Pat Quinn is to Don Quixote as Rauner is to Patton.


  66. - Empty Suit - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 3:36 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to the Chicago Way as Bruce Rauner is to Chicago Way?


  67. - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 3:45 pm:

    Quinn is Big Baby and Rauner is Hugs A Lot.


  68. - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 3:47 pm:

    Quinn is Age of Aquarius, Rauner is Age of Nefarious.


  69. - Jerome Horwitz - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 3:47 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to Curly as Bruce Rauner is to Moe.


  70. - railrat - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 3:53 pm:

    Quinn is to proletariat as Rauner is to bourgeois


  71. - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 3:54 pm:

    Quinn is “Lost In Space”, while Rauner is “Lost In Translation”


  72. - railrat - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 3:55 pm:

    Quinn is to Che as Rauner is to Thatcher


  73. - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 4:02 pm:

    Quinn is Peppermint Patty, Rauner is Lucy Van Pelt


  74. - bottom rung. - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 4:04 pm:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to Ditka as Bruce Rauner is to Hurricane Ditka


  75. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 4:16 pm:

    quinn is to killing union contracts as rauner is to killing grandma.


  76. - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 4:17 pm:

    Quinn is Jack Black, Rauner is Sirius Black


  77. - Farquhar - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 4:19 pm:

    Quinn is to social responsibility as Rauner is to leveraging profitability at any cost.


  78. - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 4:20 pm:

    Quinn is MaryJane, Rauner is Bit O’ Honey.


  79. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 4:31 pm:

    Quinn is to [insert name of person that has posted to the CapFax once] as Rauner is to Oswego Willy.


  80. - transplant - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 4:46 pm:

    Pat Quinn is to bought, as Bruce Rauner is to buying.


  81. - Smoggie - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 4:57 pm:

    Pat Quinn is to cheap briefcases as props as Bruce Rauner is to cheap watches as props.


  82. - Steve - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 5:12 pm:

    Pat Quinn is Diana Mendley Rauner as Bruce Rauner is Diana Mendley Rauner.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8vor-eahSQ


  83. - Pot calling kettle - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 5:31 pm:

    Pat Quinn is to living in the Governor’s mansion as Bruce Rauner is to wearing a Carhart jacket.


  84. - Pot calling kettle - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 5:33 pm:

    Quinn is to downstate as Rauner is to the 99%


  85. - Will County Willy - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 5:39 pm:

    Gov. Quinn is to Eeyore as Bruce Rauner is to Tigger.


  86. - Siriusly - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 7:55 pm:

    Pat Quinn is to Eli Thompson as Bruce Rauner is to Gyp Rosetti


  87. - selene - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 8:17 pm:

    Pat Quinn is to a family restaurant as Bruce Raunner is to a pawn shop.


  88. - Just The Way It Is One - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 8:54 pm:

    Pat Quinn is to being populist as Bruce Rauner is to being wealthy.


  89. - anon - Wednesday, Feb 26, 14 @ 9:37 pm:

    Governor Quinn is to compromise as Rauner is to compromised.


  90. - Anonymous - Thursday, Feb 27, 14 @ 5:48 am:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to ” Tap Water” as Bruce Rauner is to a “Diamond Martini”.


  91. - Steve Rhodes - Thursday, Feb 27, 14 @ 8:01 am:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to Meatballs as Bruce Rauner is to Caddyshack.


  92. - Sage - Thursday, Feb 27, 14 @ 8:19 am:

    Gov. Pat Quinn is to Michael Madigan as Bruce Rauner is to Michael Madigan.


  93. - Anonymous - Thursday, Feb 27, 14 @ 8:40 am:

    quinn is to dudley doright as rauner is to snidy wiplash


  94. - Anonymous - Thursday, Feb 27, 14 @ 11:20 am:

    quinn is to bullwinkel as rauner is to Mr Big.


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