49 Comments - Commonsense in Illinois - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 1:47 pm: Let go… No, you let go… No, you let go… No, you let go… Z!!!!! - Anonymoiis - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 1:49 pm: “Santa? Lookin good without the beard! Now, about that pension fix I wanted for Christmas…” - Schock Girl - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 1:49 pm: I’m trying to look hip for the press so would you mind pretending we look like old friends and do this…oh what do the kids call it… oh the “bro” handshake - VanillaMan - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 1:50 pm: Shaking up Chillicothe! - Bogey Golfer - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 1:50 pm: “Nice jacket - Carhartt? “I wear nothing but.” - Anonymoiis - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 1:50 pm: Man, the office has really aged Z already - Ron Burgundy - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 1:51 pm: “Thanks for looking at my tennis elbow. I’ll pass on the hernia check.” - Bill White - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 1:52 pm: Dude, do you have any specific recommendations on budgetary solutions? - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 1:53 pm: Always harder to do with Civilians! “You can come to the Inaugural festivities, as long as you’re not a press person, ok?” - VanillaMan - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 1:54 pm: “Mr. Saacks! How are those Trans-Healthcare computers working out for you down there in Florida?” - Rich Miller - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 1:56 pm: Anonymoiis takes a strong early lead!!! - VanillaMan - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 1:56 pm: George? Its always good to see you finally have that ankle bracelet off! - VanillaMan - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:00 pm: I’m really not an empty suit. - Louis G Atsaves - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:00 pm: Hey, where can I get a jacket like that? - MrJM (@MisterJayEm) - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:00 pm: “Two hands? And you still can’t twist my arm? Good luck with Madigan, Bruce!” – MrJM - VanillaMan - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:01 pm: Now that I have finally met you Chillicothe Charlie, my next stop will be meeting Oswego Willy. - VanillaMan - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:02 pm: Incoming governor meets the AP reporter covering the inaugural ceremonies. - Jimmy CrackCorn - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:03 pm: 2015 Governor-Elect Bruce Rauner shakes hands with 2019 Ex- Governor Bruce Rauner. - VanillaMan - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:06 pm: Mouseketeer meets Pensioneer. - VanillaMan - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:07 pm: Bruce meets man claiming to have lived for the past two years in a basement on one of Rauner’s estates. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:07 pm: “Bruce, Mr. Griffin & Mr. Uihlein are here. I was told to take you to them…” - VanillaMan - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:08 pm: Bruce Rauner meets Pinot Pete as they exchange secret Wine Club handshakes. - VanillaMan - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:09 pm: So where’s that famous chili and coffee this town is famous for? - VanillaMan - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:10 pm: Chillicothe? OWN IT! - VanillaMan - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:13 pm: “Yeah - I’m probably going to be the last Republican governor Illinois is going to have for the rest of its existence.” - VanillaMan - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:14 pm: Rauner meets man who invented the Illinois Death Spiral. - William j Kelly - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:14 pm: Well, the last time I fell down they didn’t find me for a week but other than that the nursing home isn’t sooo bad. - Anonymous - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:14 pm: “I promise to be a governor for all Illinoisans, even rich old white men.” - pothole - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:15 pm: “I’m you from the future. It’s going to be a rough four years.” - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:16 pm: “Sir, you don’t need to hold my elbow to keep from falling that’s Slip and Sue you need to worry about.” - Ron Burgundy - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:17 pm: Constituent: “Members Only?” Rauner: “The jacket or my administration?” - VanillaMan - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:17 pm: Bruce Rauner takes wrestling advice from Batman’s Adam West. - VanillaMan - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:19 pm: Ebenezer? I am Marley! - VanillaMan - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:21 pm: Rauner meets Arizona Bob - William j Kelly - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:28 pm: When I couldn’t find any help I just dug a latrine and waited for the nursing home inspecters to show up! - Give Me A Break - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:29 pm: This has to be the post of the year! - VanillaMan - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:21 pm: Rauner meets Arizona Bob - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:35 pm: “Shake hands with Speaker Madigan like this…squeeze his elbow till he cringes, then he knows who’s in charge…” - Wordslinger - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:39 pm: “That’s very flattering, and I know it’s legal now, but I’m already married….” - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:41 pm: Rauner shakes hands and wishes a happy belated birthday to Elvis. - Empty Suit - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 2:51 pm: “Shall we dance..I’ll lead” - Charlie B - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 3:00 pm: Hey dude says one grey haired man to a futurerey haired man, “how’s that pension reform thing working for you?” - Fiscal Sense - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 3:15 pm: You’re the first person I can honestly “look up to” (literally) in Illinois! - exbricklayer - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 3:45 pm: Do I know who you are? No. But if you ask one of the nurses here at the home they’ll remind you are, that’s what I do when I forget. - D.P.Gumby - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 3:47 pm: Yo Gotti “Lookin in Da Mirror” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXsy0vzzLnM - AC - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 3:49 pm: He looked into Rauner’s eyes, and saw a good soul. - Wensicia - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 3:56 pm: “…so, now you understand why I’m coming after your pension….Ouch! Let go of my arm!” - Leatherneck - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 3:56 pm: Bobby Knight has moved to Chillicothe, IL? - SO. ILL - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 4:27 pm: Duck lips selfies! - Republicrat - Friday, Jan 9, 15 @ 4:42 pm: Vinny (Bruce): I fit in better than you at least I’m wearing cowboy boots. Mona Lisa Vito (Red Sweater): Oh yeah, you blend. Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.