* A new mailer from Dan Proft’s Liberty Principles PAC declares: “Chicago Democrats have been in charge of Illinois since leggings and headbands were the exercise fashion rage”…

If you can’t read it, at the bottom it says “Olivia Newton-Madigan.”

I’m sure y’all can come up with a better caption that that.

       

91 Comments - The Captain - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:03 pm: Why are there no apples? - mcb - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:07 pm: I told Lisa, no pictures of daddy during his private workouts. - Bill White - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:09 pm: Caption: Unfortunately, demographics is destiny - Nieva - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:10 pm: You are just trying to get me banned! - Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:10 pm: “You don’t like this? Well, kick in or find Jane Fonda-Cullerton in the mailbox.” - Jimmy - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:11 pm: Let’s get physical, physical. I’m gonna get physical. - Transplant - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:12 pm: You should have to sign an agreement to not create horrors when you learn to PhotoShop … - Carl Nyberg - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:13 pm: GOP Quixote makes another charge at Speaker Windmill. - Barton Lorimor - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:15 pm: OK. Either this post really exists, or I am having some very serious side effects to the flu shots they are offering today in the Stratton Bldg… - js - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:16 pm: I’ve always had a leg up on you. - Willie Stark - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:17 pm: I hope Dan Proft eventually gets some quality mental health counseling to help him work through the deep psychological issues and traumas that clearly afflict him. Let’s not pretend this picture is just about making fun of the Speaker or the 1980s in the service of his political point. I’m glad he’s wasting his millionaire buddies’, who have their own issues, $ this way. - Steve - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:18 pm: Mike Madigan is always in fashion: Mike Madigan supported transgendered bathrooms before it was cool and this photo proves it. - Formerly Known As... - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:20 pm: Am I crying tears of laughter or horror right now? Can’t tell. - admin - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:22 pm: New mailer: dan proft - larry dominicks mini- me. - Rich Miller - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:26 pm: The cover photo of the much anticipated Steve Brown tell-all book. - Hacksaw Jim - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:27 pm: Seriously? Is this supposed to pursuade swing voters? - tsavo - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:29 pm: The lean, mean, Democratic machine - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:30 pm: Speaker Dorothy Michaels leads the chamber in jazzercize. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:31 pm: “The Rocky Horror Caucus Show” - dupage dan - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:32 pm: Jane Fonda’s new “Work Out 2030″ video has just been released. Get it on Amazon today! - AlabamaShake - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:32 pm: At first glance I thought that this was Steven Tyler. - circular firing squad - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:32 pm: Got love Proft nuttiness in full bloom Only funnier moment is watching Uline’s face as his cash is peed away Li - AFSCME Steward - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:33 pm: “I’m sure y’all can come up with a better caption that that.” The caption ain’t the problem here. Does anybody have a very sharp object about eyeball size that I can borrow for a couple of minutes ? - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:34 pm: “The Crying Apple Game” - Anonymoiis - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:34 pm: I didn’t realize Mike Madigan was in Poison - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:35 pm: “Do you have split ends? Does your hair get frizzy when you sweat?…” - Steve - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:36 pm: Dan Proft is wrong. One party rule is in style and always has been in Chicago , since 1931. Strength through unity. Dissent can’t be tolerated. Elections are symbolic gestures to make the majority feel like they are “democratic”. But, photos like these aren’t going to change too many minds. Can you say Chapter 9 in a federal bankruptcy court, because the next recession and next bear market in the S&P 500 isn’t going to be kind to Chicago. - Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:37 pm: “Skippy always said he had pictures.” - Ducky LaMoore - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:39 pm: David Lee Roth limbers up for 2025 world tour. - AFSCME Steward - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:41 pm: Mike Madigan after Bruce Rauner “shook Up Springfield” - ??? - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:42 pm: I know you provided a warning and all, Rich, but dang….my eyes! My eyes! - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:42 pm: People always wondered, “Why did they shut down the General Assembly Gym”… - Nonplussed - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:44 pm: Lisa is thanking God she is adopted. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:44 pm: The Speaker worried about people seeing him golf, …and judging him…but you give him a Richard Simmons video… - Responsa - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:45 pm: Laughter is the best antidote for what ails Illinois politics - Well then - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:45 pm: Don’t put this baby in the corner. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:46 pm: ALL PHOTOSHOP BANNED IN IL; PRISON MANDATORY - LizPhairTax - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:49 pm: Direct Male - Anon - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:50 pm: Over 40 years and still feeling foxy - Responsa - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:50 pm: Say Yes to the Dress girls get back at mama. - Angel's Sword - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:53 pm: Paid for by the Democratic Party of Indiana. - A guy... - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:54 pm: When Steven Tyler quit American Idol, that was my chance, and I took it! - Yellow Dog Democrat - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:54 pm: Is it just me, or is Dan Proft completely obsessed with cross-dressing? This is, I believe, his second gender-bending mailer. - Big Muddy - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:55 pm: All this does is mock Madigan. Politically is does nothing except waste money. Proft proves once again what a shallow thinker he is and makes me wonder the level of sanity of anyone that would give him money. Caption: Kicked off the Notre Dame cheer team, Madigan finds other ways to exploit his girlish figure. - Nonplussed - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:55 pm: All that is missing is a banner ad telling me I can get ripped in 4 weeks or that Ron Jeremy will share his secret to a huge…… - A guy... - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:57 pm: From Chuck Goudie’s tell all book, “My secret album” - Angel's Sword - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:57 pm: Picture supposedly found in a locked room in Speaker Madigan’s house… - How Ironic - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 12:59 pm: @ Nonplussed - “Ron Jeremy will share his secret to a huge…” Caucus? - Nonplussed - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:00 pm: @How Ironic: I don’t know. I haven’t clicked on the ad…..yet - Toure's Latte - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:02 pm: Not enough bleach in the world to wash that image out of my eyes. Well played Dan Proft. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:04 pm: “I want a discussion on the issues.” - Dan Proft. - foster brooks - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:04 pm: Leggings are still the exercise attire craze. And thats a good thing - Anonymous - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:07 pm: Drury is drafting the Complaint right now. - Angel's Sword - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:08 pm: Paid for by Mike Madigan for President. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:09 pm: “It’s not…personal” - Dan Proft - ZC - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:10 pm: For too long, the citizens of IL have had to dance to Madigan’s beat … - MrJM - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:10 pm: “Sweatin’ to the Oldies” – MrJM - 2 Cents... - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:13 pm: I wouldn’t attribute anything to Proft’s internal malevolence that can be explained by simple incompetence. Amateurish, bush league work that is beyond professional malpractice. - Anonymous - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:13 pm: Someone, somewhere is having a George Castanza “it moved” moment. - ArtinChicago - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:15 pm: Come and get it, for four more years!!! - AC - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:20 pm: Bruce Rauner prepares for future with Democratic leaders, reveals workout parner Mike Madigan - ZC - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:20 pm: This is just the start. Just wait, Proft is gonna give us Mike Madigan spread-eagled, Tawny-Kitaen style on a sportscar: “There he goes again, on his own.” - AFSCME Steward - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:25 pm: Does anyone still need explaining why the GOP is vanishing in Illinois ? - Ron Burgundy - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:26 pm: Xanadon’t. - AFSCME Steward - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:28 pm: An appeal for the old hippie geezer vote. - Rich Miller - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:29 pm: Anonymous 1:13 pm is most definitely in the lead. - AFSCME Steward - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:31 pm: After hearing about Michael Jordan’s new apparel shop,Mike Madigan decides to get into the clothing business himself. - AFSCME Steward - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:32 pm: MJM: Twiggy, eat your heart out. - Anonymous - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:41 pm: I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up!! - AFSCME Steward - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:53 pm: Now we all know why Mrs. Madigan picks Mike’s clothing each day. - AFSCME Steward - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:54 pm: Speakers Gone Wild - downstate commissioner - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:58 pm: I’m not good at comments, but this is funny!! Wonder if MM has seen it yet? - unclesam - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 1:59 pm: Speaker Madigan presents Illinois’ redistricting map (circa 1980)! - Old Shepherd - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 2:02 pm: “How ’bout them apples?” - Beau Joe - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 2:06 pm: Glad you didn’t hold on, AlabamaShake! I thought same thing as you did! - wordslinger - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 2:20 pm: So….. what concepts were rejected before picking this winner? I wish I could tap some of that old Schiltz money like Proft. If you get paid for this, that’s easy money. - Formerly Known As... - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 2:20 pm: == Speaker Madigan introduces Madiglo, his new line of clothing and hair care products == - DuPage Bard - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 2:21 pm: I may be the Speaker but I just want to be loved and dance. Is it wrong? - Former Titan - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 2:36 pm: The Speaker provides a jarring visual rejoinder to Liberty Principles PAC charges that he’s “inflexible.” - Wensicia - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 3:03 pm: Lisa: “Who said that’s me 10 years from now?!!” - Dixiechick - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 3:16 pm: Be afraid- be very afraid - ??? - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 3:20 pm: Dan Proft attempts to cut Speaker Madigan off at the knees. Judging from the look of the Speaker’s left leg, it appears he was partially successful. - crazybleedingheart - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 3:21 pm: Oh, I don’t want to follow Proft’s lead…and this is a lazy edit…but I just can’t get it out of my head… ********* I saw my problems and I’ll see the light We got a lovin’ thing, we gotta feed it right There ain’t no danger we can go too far We start believin’ now that we can be who we are - grease up my paaaalm They think our love is just a growin’ pain Why don’t they understand? it’s just a cryin’ shame Their lips are lyin’, only real is real We stop the fight right now, we got to be what we feel - grease up my palm [Chorus:] (grease up my palm, is the word that you heard) It’s got a groove, it’s got a meaning Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion Grease is the way we are feeling We take the pressure, and we throw away conventionality, belongs to yesterday There is a chance that we can make it so far We start believin’ now that we can be who we are - grease up my palm [Chorus] This is a life of illusion, a life of control Mixed with confusion - what’re we doin’ here? We take the pressure, and we throw away conventionality, belongs to yesterday There is a chance that we can make it so far We start believin’ now that we can be who we are - grease up my palm [Chorus repeats 2x] - Dixiechick - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 3:21 pm: Actually one of the wittier and more clever pieces of the cycle Watch for operatives around the country to ape this Unless of course that is how Proft came up with it. Nevertheless a good laugh and a pointed message - Grandson of Man - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 3:28 pm: “The campaign message that will get single young women to flock to the GOP in droves.” - Dirty Red - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 3:34 pm: This photo is posted. Capitol Fax crashes. Coincidence? - Anonymous - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 3:40 pm: =“The campaign message that will get single young women to flock to the GOP in droves.” = I don’t understand. Lately, these are the single “young” women who have been recruited into the GOP. - walker - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 5:25 pm: Cousineau has already ordered the poster for his wall. - Empty Suit - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 5:39 pm: I was warned why did I look? Oh the humanity! - Rebuttal - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 8:35 pm: Democrats have the zumbaists. It’s all about demographics you’re right Bill - Tom - Thursday, Oct 9, 14 @ 10:03 pm: gives new meaning to the term “Velvet Hammer”. Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.