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Friday, Apr 17, 2015 - Posted by Rich Miller

* The governor stopped by Springfield’s Grab-A-Java today…

       

89 Comments
  1. - Bradley A. Zahn - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:20 pm:

    I’m not really a governor, but I play one on TV!


  2. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:21 pm:

    “That $63 million was well spent. People love me!”


  3. - Stones - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:21 pm:

    The painting doesn’t do justice to the receding hairline.


  4. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:21 pm:

    “This reminds me, I need to cut all funding to all the arts…”


  5. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:23 pm:

    “Can I get one of these ‘posters’, no make it 9, for my houses…”


  6. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:25 pm:

    “Oh geez, hope my blind trust bought coffee this month, prices are soaring.”


  7. - Boone's is Back - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:26 pm:

    IL, a right to brew state


  8. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:27 pm:

    “I didn’t want to say anything, but they misspelled my name…oh…oh, now I get it.”


  9. - Amanda's Puppy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:27 pm:

    I see Rauner’s educational reforms are having an impact on Illinois’ children!


  10. - Begging for change - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:28 pm:

    Welcome to RaunerBucks


  11. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:30 pm:

    “Do I get endorsement money? No? Take the picture anyway, I guess…”


  12. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:31 pm:

    “That reminds me, email all those groups I cut funding for, suggest coffee or lemonade stands…”


  13. - AC - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:31 pm:

    “This is truly an honor! So, who was the last person you featured here?”


  14. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:32 pm:

    “No, no coffee for me, thanks. I’m more of a wine drinker…”


  15. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:33 pm:

    “No! I don’t want Cannoli, just take the picture…”


  16. - walker - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:33 pm:

    “A two-fisted kinda guy.”


  17. - CharlieKratos - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:34 pm:

    Give me a double-mocha latte, extra whip right now or we’ll have a ^%$&@# problem!


  18. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:35 pm:

    “I’d get a hot coffee for Evelyn, sure, but you know how she is…it’d be personal injury lawsuit waiting to happen, warning or not!”


  19. - CharlieKratos - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:35 pm:

    “Give me a sugar-free French Vanilla frappe or the autistic kid gets it!”


  20. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:36 pm:

    “See if that apartment above this place is still for rent…”


  21. - vole - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:37 pm:

    Brewers, Rauner, and Schlitz give me the …


  22. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:37 pm:

    “I need about… say… 177 $25 gift cards…”


  23. - man with a plan - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:37 pm:

    The only head bigger than Bruce’s is Bruce’s.


  24. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:38 pm:

    “Put my coffee on Schock’s account, will ya?”


  25. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:40 pm:

    “I like it, but… where’s the Carhartt?”


  26. - AC - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:40 pm:

    “A one dimensional caricature of a wealthy capitalist turned governor, standing in front of yet another promotional wordplay sketch from Grab-a-Java”


  27. - CharlieKratos - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:42 pm:

    “I’ll tell Madigan that I’ll pick him up a coffee while I’m here… but then I won’t. That’ll teach him I’m the boss!”


  28. - AC - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:42 pm:

    “Never lie to your barista, or the speaker!”


  29. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:45 pm:

    “No. No no. Those are the Lang Brownies. Coffee only, thanks…”


  30. - AC - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:47 pm:

    The worst part of wakin’ up is Rauner with a cut.


  31. - Anon - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:47 pm:

    1) “Two for me, none for you.”

    2) “Guess which one has the ball under it and win funding.”

    3) “Is the cup half full or half empty? It doesn’t matter because it’s mine.”


  32. - bored to zzzzzzzzz - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:47 pm:

    See those cups folks are holdin’ out? You’ll be seen’ lots more held out for spare change when I really get goin’, turnin’ this state around and shakin’ it up to suit the 1 percent-ers who are buying Illinois with me!


  33. - Jocko - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:48 pm:

    One is a one-dimensional caricature that’s trying to get you to buy something…and the other is a sign.


  34. - Anonymous - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:48 pm:

    “It’s true…my hands are surprisingly small.”


  35. - Bradley A. Zahn - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:49 pm:

    Are those coffee mugs or Solo cups?


  36. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:49 pm:

    “…oh, and pick up an Apple Cider for Mike, my friend…”


  37. - AC - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:50 pm:

    Brews Rauner, Bruce Rauner, Madigan boos Rauner


  38. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:52 pm:

    “No, that’s not it, I like the banner, I was hoping to run into Phoebe or Joey, or even Monica…”


  39. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:54 pm:

    “Just as long as I don’t need to give these guys like $100,000 or be their new partner or something, I’ll take the picture…”


  40. - Sir Reel - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:55 pm:

    To brew a Bruce Rauner, allow extra time to thaw his cold heart.


  41. - Demoralized - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:56 pm:

    We have made an unfortunate spelling mistake in our message. As a result, we feel we must issue a clarification.

    The sign should have read “Bruise Rauner”

    We apologize for the error.


  42. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:57 pm:

    “No, … I said I got it,… but it’s still spelled wrong… the spelling is the gag, eh?… I’m a numbers guy, words, not so much…”


  43. - HangingOn - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 1:59 pm:

    Ya know, I think there’s too many coffee beans per cup. If ya cut the amount of beans by 30% then ya really got somethin’”


  44. - The Colossus of Roads - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 2:00 pm:

    Grab-A-Java gets an A for creativity!


  45. - Liberty - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 2:00 pm:

    Sippin


  46. - Tsavo - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 2:05 pm:

    Looks like a movie poster from the late 60s:

    “Count Rauner, Vampire”


  47. - anonlurker - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 2:15 pm:

    A face you can trust…
    at your own risk.


  48. - AC - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 2:15 pm:

    “All publicity is good publicity, isn’t it?”


  49. - 47th Ward - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 2:19 pm:

    Hey Governor, is skim OK? They don’t have 1%.


  50. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 2:23 pm:

    “I can stay here all day. Anything that keeps me from havibg to do this silly governor job…”


  51. - AC - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 2:26 pm:

    “No matter how much they ridicule me, I’d still rather go here for coffee than be lectured at Starbucks!”


  52. - Concerned - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 2:27 pm:

    Hey, I just bought the Washington D.C. franchise for this!


  53. - Honeybear - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 2:38 pm:

    Brews Rauner-Stop in for a hot cup of “I don’t care about your needs”


  54. - BlameBruceRauner - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 2:39 pm:

    Selfy with myself! Oh what fun to be the Gov!


  55. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 2:40 pm:

    “It just coffee - Governor’s Edition”


  56. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 2:43 pm:

    “I hope your labor costs are low, nothing’s worse than an overpaid barista”


  57. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 2:48 pm:

    “They forgot the dogs!”


  58. - HangingOn - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 2:51 pm:

    “Rauner Coffee: A bitter brew guaranteed to leave a bad taste in your mouth”


  59. - Aschockedobserver - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 3:02 pm:

    I see 2 shakes, but where’s the freakin’ hammer? fix it or we gotta problem.


  60. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 3:06 pm:

    “Oh yeah, they showed me the new one for Evelyn; it says ‘Sip and Sue’…yeah, I thought it was funny too.”


  61. - Aschockedobserver - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 3:06 pm:

    hey Mike can you hold one of these shakes so I can pick up that hammer, you trust me right?


  62. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 3:18 pm:

    “Got it? Great. Ok gotta roll, it’s Friday, my day to dismantle social services, you’re coffee is great…”


  63. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 3:22 pm:

    “Ask if they have WiFi in there, I’d like to get that EO out while the Speaker is heading north and won’t know…”


  64. - A guy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 3:35 pm:

    No cream. Sugar after deciding on bitterness.


  65. - Come on man! - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 3:52 pm:

    Brews Rauner? More like Boos Rauner!


  66. - Jake From Elwood - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 3:54 pm:

    Nice Masters jacket, but why not the Carhartt?


  67. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 4:07 pm:

    “Can we work out a deal; all the groups I tell to just eat cake, if they bring the cake over, will you let them buy coffee? No, no, full price, I want you to profit…”


  68. - Hawkeye in Illinois - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 4:10 pm:

    As Grandpa used to say, this guy is full of beans and could use a good roasting.


  69. - Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 4:11 pm:

    “See? I’m one of you. I don’t wear a necktie either.”


  70. - lil' enchililada - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 4:11 pm:

    Ya know, this coffee might be darker than my soul.


  71. - Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 4:12 pm:

    “No, it is realistic. On special occasions I DO wear a toupee made out of mustard.”


  72. - Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 4:14 pm:

    “You can send my royalties for the poster right to the Governor’s mansion. Or talk to my lawyer.”


  73. - Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 4:15 pm:

    “What’s that? You put my face on your sign because it also keeps people awake at night?”


  74. - Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 4:16 pm:

    “This portrait is still only half as big as the one in my house in Paris.”


  75. - Quizzical - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 4:17 pm:

    Stay away union hacks. This coffee is for closers.


  76. - Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 4:18 pm:

    “I enjoy a good joke. So can you explain this one to me again?”


  77. - Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 4:20 pm:

    “Boy, I am so lucky Jonathon Link was looking for a job. Now i can open an Instagram account.”


  78. - Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 4:21 pm:

    “If one more person says I don’t know beans, I’m going to cut their funding.”


  79. - Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 4:24 pm:

    “I’ll bet nobody’s painting flattering portraits of Darin LaHood.”


  80. - Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 4:26 pm:

    “No, he did a good job on the painting. I’m glad Pat Quinn found work.”


  81. - Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 4:28 pm:

    “Java? Yeah, I’ve got offshore accounts there, too.”


  82. - Anon221 - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 4:43 pm:

    “Hey Guv- turn around!”


  83. - Reality Check - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 4:57 pm:

    OW at 1:37 is subtly brilliant. Nicely done.


  84. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 5:00 pm:

    (Tips cap to - Reality Check -)

    “Just don’t give it away, I hate handouts…”


  85. - Anonymous - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 5:18 pm:

    Like coffee, I’ll keep you awake at night.


  86. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 5:47 pm:

    “Paul Newman got into food products kinda like this…”


  87. - Anon - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 6:03 pm:

    2 Cups, 1 Rauner

    I win!


  88. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 6:05 pm:

    “See, I’m making my mark in Springfield”


  89. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 17, 15 @ 6:08 pm:

    “Now this slide shows, yet again, another way the oebsions can be fully funded in 6 maybe 7 years…”


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