* Yours truly and Illinois Public Radio’s Amanda Vinicky during an appearance on Jak Tichenor’s Illinois Lawmakers…

Keep it clean, people. My mother reads this blog. Thanks.

       

106 Comments - Oswego Willy - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 11:42 am: “Rich. I knew it was you. You broke my heart.” - Come on man! - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 11:48 am: What is this, “Podcast” of which you speak? - Concerned - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 11:48 am: Amanda: “Rich, will you be my Valentine?” Rich: [the look says it all!] - walker - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 11:51 am: “Remember Rod’s campaign bus? - Anonymoiis - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 11:51 am: Rich Miller reacts to news that he won the Powerball with a ticket he threw away last night - Jocko - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 11:52 am: Rich saw for himself how drastic the upcoming budget cuts are. - 47th Ward - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 11:52 am: Rich, my sources confirm that the governor will propose a new annual tax on Wheaton Terriers next week. Care to comment? - foster brooks - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 11:53 am: whats on that teleprompter? - Fur and Loathing. - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 11:55 am: Look! A kitty! - VanillaMan - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 11:57 am: “…so that’s when he tells the nauseated talent agent that the name of the act is, “The Aristocrats!”" - Norseman - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 11:58 am: Rich, did you just get goosed by the Speaker? - Todd - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 11:58 am: So you’re gonna be a father again, how cute - VanillaMan - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 11:58 am: I voted for Brady! - Tsavo - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:00 pm: Another victim of Amanda’s whoopie cushion. - VanillaMan - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:00 pm: I gave Aaron Schock the “Millionaire Red” paint. - VanillaMan - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:04 pm: “Nope! It’s Parkay!” - unclesam - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:05 pm: Just before they go on air, Rich is informed what Victoria’s secret really is. - siriusly - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:05 pm: Capitol press corps presents Beauty & The Beast - VanillaMan - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:05 pm: “Passing a kidney stone Rich?” - Under Further Review - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:05 pm: A production still from the unfinished Ed Wood color film “The Sinister Twilight People.” Rich Miller and Vampira react to the approach of Tor Johnson off screen. - Bluefish - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:05 pm: Governor Rauner announces Executive Order 1586 which imposes mandatory prison sentences on all online reporters who post stories that are in any way unfavorable to the governor. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:06 pm: Huge fan of Amanda. “Caption?” “…after that, you really told them you you thought of them. They’re downstairs waiting for you…” - VanillaMan - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:09 pm: I think Rauner’s doing a swell job! - Oswego Willy - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:10 pm: “…that’s how that translate in English, Rich. I looked it up.” - VanillaMan - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:10 pm: Sun Times wants you to save their paper. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:11 pm: “Rauner offer for Capitol Fax is now $100 million. He told me to wait for your answer…” - VanillaMan - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:12 pm: Did you just say, dutch? How much is the bill? - A guy - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:12 pm: Oscar’s threatening to go on strike. - A guy - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:13 pm: Mapes found your phone. - Wensicia - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:13 pm: “I hear Rauner planted a hidden microphone inside Oscar the Puppy’s collar.” - A guy - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:14 pm: Your mom found your phone. - VanillaMan - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:16 pm: “Just step on it before it runs under the table again. - Gooner - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:16 pm: “And so, loyal CapFax commenters Gooner, Amalia and Arsenal all looked just like this Tuesday when the Gunners barely beat Liecester City and lost Alexis and Ramsey in the process.” - DuPage Dave - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:16 pm: Gov. Rauner has just named you the next Secretary of the Department of Human Services, Rich. - The Captain - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:16 pm: “You sent your intern out drinking with who?” - Keyser Soze - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:17 pm: At least one of you could make it in television news. - Wordslinger - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:17 pm: “Did you hear? Sox just traded Sales and Abreu to the Cubs for Edwin Jackson.” - 47th Ward - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:17 pm: Gooner, are you related to Skeeter? - manda - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:17 pm: Amanda: “So, this one night at the Lincoln Square pool…. - Todd - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:19 pm: Ah Rich — that was a live mic there. . . You might wanna go talk to the speaker first. . . - Downstate Weed Chewing Hick - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:19 pm: Rich: 82, 82, 82. Amanda: 82 what? Rich: Toothpicks. Amanda: There’s a lot more than 82 toothpicks, Rich. Rich: 246 total. Amanda: How many? Sally Dibbs: 250. Amanda: Pretty close. Sally Dibbs: There’s four left in the box. - Anonymous - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:21 pm: That’s how I look when I lose my last dollar at the boat…. - MrJM - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:23 pm: Amanda Vinicky breaks the news to Rich Miller that it was a cash bar. – MrJM - Oswego Willy - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:24 pm: “Rauner’s blind trust just bought your blog’s internet server…” - Gooner - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:27 pm: “After sharing a City Club podium with Biss and Murphy, Amanda is vaguely surprised and pleased to be on a panel with a person who looks and talks like an actual human being.” - 47th Ward - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:31 pm: Did I leave the comments open on that Schock post? - PrairieFire - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:36 pm: CA-AAA-AAKKKEEEE!! - downstate joke - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:37 pm: Rich thinking: “I can’t believe that she knew the punch line to THAT joke…” - man with a plan - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:40 pm: Watching the legislative sausage being made… - Gooner - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:41 pm: “Gooner, are you related to Skeeter?” 47th, in many ways it feels like all of us regulars here are related in some way. At times, this feels like a somewhat dysfunctional family, with the soccer fans off in a corner sipping Guinness and talking about whether Real Madrid can afford to give up Benzema, and even Arizona Bob feels like family, even though he’s the angry uncle who shows just to tell us all about how things have gone straight to “heck” due to those darn liberals. So are we related? Anybody who checks this blog more than three times a day may as well be related. - CircularFiringSquad - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:41 pm: AV:”Talk faster Madigan’s up next” CF::Opps, tryin’ to move but Madigan tied my shoe laces together and I’m fallin’ into Jak” - Oswego Willy - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:43 pm: “Yep. Rod said it. He said he’d give you, and only you…his first ‘behind bars’ interview…” - 47th Ward - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:44 pm: Thanks cousin. Glad to have you back, even with the European Futbol references. How anyone can watch ninety minutes of nil-nil (non)action is beyond me, but it’s a nice diversion from our usual bickering here. - NewWestSuburbanGop'er - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:51 pm: Rich: What do you mean, Rauner wants me as his new press person? Amanda: April Fool! - Gooner - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:55 pm: The nil nil games are the toughest to watch, particularly when they involve Arsenal. It is non-stop action and if it involves a side you back in a big match, the stress level can go through the roof. It is a great game, but those matches are not good for my health. But in any case, in response to 47th’s implied “who are you” question, all I can say is that I’ve got one of the more poorly concealed names here. If people think they know me, they are probably right and feel free to send a note on FB saying hello. - IB Strapped - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:56 pm: Wow, I thought you knew Oswego Willy has been hired by Rauner to run his new Blog- CapitolFacts…SORRY! - A guy - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 12:59 pm: Amanda: “Hey Rich, nice 2 piece suit. Love the vest. Why no pants?” - TGIF - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 1:01 pm: Rich (glances at Amanda): You took my appointment with the glam squad??!! - Pink E. Kent - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 1:06 pm: ” Squirrel “ - Dirty Red - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 1:11 pm: “…in the next seven years.” - Dirty Red - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 1:12 pm: Jak: “Sorry we had to cut it short, but the Speaker is standing behind you.” - Dirty Red - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 1:14 pm: “I wasn’t 100 percent sober for SOTS.” - HJohn - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 1:16 pm: “And this one time, at band camp…” - Rich Miller - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 1:17 pm: ===Jak: “Sorry we had to cut it short, but the Speaker is standing behind you.”=== That actually happened. - Dave Dahl - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 1:19 pm: == “And this one time, at band camp…” == What’s funny is it’s Rich saying that line. - Dirty Red - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 1:29 pm: Capitol Fax publisher and syndicated columnist Rich Miller reacts to the news that Tribune Company’s acquisition of the Southtown Star means he is now a contributing member of the Chicago Tribune’s editorial staff. - Filmmaker Professor - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 1:43 pm: “Ladies and gentlemen, this year’s Homecoming King and Queen!” - Anon. - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 1:43 pm: “I see you’ve discovered that some of the martini olives in this place have pits.” - Bogey Golfer - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 1:44 pm: Amanda offers her review of ‘50 Shades of Grey’. - Tommydanger - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 1:54 pm: “It was just your mom and dad Rich; there is no Santa Claus.” - William j Kelly - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 1:54 pm: Why delete a comment complementing jack tichenor? Cut me some slack rich Von deletenstien! - Chicago Cynic - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 1:55 pm: “Rich Miller learns Springfield has gone dry.” - Oswego Willy - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 2:02 pm: - Tommydanger -, that is as hilarious, as much as its untrue!! “Caption?” “Ferro just wants to talk. He says thevoffer is so sweet, you can’t refuse.” - Skeptic - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 2:05 pm: “After some top-notch investigative reporting, Rich reacts as Amanda shows him the video of his Junior High musical she found.” - zatoichi - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 2:05 pm: So Rauner said he wanted you as his Press Secretary until the IPI people stopped laughing. - huggybunny - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 2:13 pm: Rich reacts to hearing the news that Governor Rauner has just bought the house for sale next door to him. - zatoichi - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 2:14 pm: AV: I was by Niagra Falls and…. RM: NIAGRA FALLS! Slowly I turned inch by inch, foot by foot…. - Kids R Us - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 2:14 pm: AV: Take the cannoli RM: Oof - Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 2:17 pm: “Rich, did you mistake that habanero in your drink for a cherry?” - Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 2:19 pm: “Rich, I love it when you do your impression of Rauner when he got the news he won.” - Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 2:20 pm: “Rich, Jimmy Capparusso asked me to give you a message. Something about fishes.” - Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 2:23 pm: RM: “So then Powell gets this glazed look in his eyes and keeps mumbling ‘Shoe boxes…shoe boxes…’” - Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 2:30 pm: AV: “Rich, did you hear Rauner just bought a company that makes drones?” - Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 2:34 pm: RM: “So then Grant says to Lincoln, ‘Whattaya mean, this ain’t a cigar?” - Amalia - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 2:39 pm: what Gooner wrote at 12:16. or could have been my face when Spuds scored the second goal in the derby. Tequila!!!!! - Amalia - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 2:42 pm: Amanda tells Rich that Kanye West is coming to Rich’s next City Club event. - Slugger - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 2:47 pm: Squirrel!!!!! - Gooner - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 2:50 pm: Amalia, if CapFax was run by a just and fair man, considerate of all the commenters here, he would forever bar any reference to the name “Kane” from this blog due to the pain that the mere sound of that name causes a few of us. Commenters making reference to the gentleman from the Blackhawks could simply refer to #88. Just throwing ideas out there. - Joe M - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 2:56 pm: Rich, you can no longer put your drinks on my bar tab. You will have to start your own tab! - AC - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 3:13 pm: WUIS has evidence that Raunerbots are actual robots. - 47th Ward - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 3:17 pm: Last call?!? - Tommydanger - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 3:42 pm: “Oscar used to be a cat-I’ve seen the pictures.” - Tommydanger - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 3:43 pm: “You have a son, he’s 24 and a Cubs fan.” - Amalia - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 3:45 pm: @ Gooner, and I love #88! great idea! Harry Kane is just another Gareth Bale (aka the puppet from Pee Wee’s Playhouse, spud face). and hoping he’s on his way to La Liga! - Wordslinger - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 3:51 pm: “Heimlich? No, I think he’s a Guiness man….” - Anonymous - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 3:54 pm: Rich Miller, founder, writer & CEO of the Capitol Fax looks on in shock and disbelief at the mountain of dropped G’s on the house floor following Governor Bruce Rauner’s February 2015 State of the State Address. - How Ironic - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 4:06 pm: Rich Miller watching the Maury Povich show and learning that Darth Vader is THE FATHER!!! - Amalia - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 4:07 pm: Amanda informs Rich that he is in the finals for a guest spot on Men in Blazers because of his fabulous wearing of tweed. - Chicago Cynic - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 4:11 pm: “Exelon earned how much?” - Oswego Willy - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 4:19 pm: “Rich, one Brown shoe, one Black shoe this morning? Don’t worry, it’s not that noticeable. - Leatherneck - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 4:24 pm: Amanda informs Rich that Governor Rauner has just issued a surprise executive order granting her a free lifetime Capitol Fax membership. - Leatherneck - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 4:26 pm: “This segment of Illinois Lawmakers was taped during WRSP-55’s daily broadcast of the Jerry Springer show at noon today.” - Illinoisvoter - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 4:31 pm: “Really he resigned this afternoon. She has the movers set for Thursday.” - siriusly - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 5:37 pm: Amanda “I swear it’s true Rich, Rauner is buying the White Sox and they said you’re not allowed in the park” - Stones - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 5:44 pm: I gotta have this vest let out! - Black Ivy - Friday, Feb 13, 15 @ 5:46 pm: An inspired pair of insider journalists - respect to you both. Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.