JJC Here’s what I did. I threaten to brin’ The Senate Minority leader to every meetin’, demand all calls be conference calls and mandate thw two of ‘em ride together on all his in-state junkets.
MJM: And he cut you out of the ad?
JJC Yup!
- Robert the Bruce - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:45 pm:
“Hey Mike, Can he mention me next time? I could use more name recognition for fundraising.”
“I’ll see what I can do, Senator. But first I’m trying to get him to run a free ad mentioning my property tax law firm’s name. Business has been slow.”
“And that was the first and final time that the Democrats’ team-building exercises included the home edition of The Newly Wed Game.”
– MrJM
- 3rd Party Needed - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:47 pm:
Speaker: Let’s put our heads together and see if we can spice up the next press conference by coming up with some synonyms for extreme and moderation.
President: That sound like a lot of work. What about you just try dropping some of your “g’s”?
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan reacts with disgust as Senate President John Cullerton continues to pitch the “lets talk” angle.
Said Madigan, “Those ads were extreme and he knows it. My feeling were hurt and I don’t want to talk to anyone right now.”
- Former State Employee II - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:02 pm:
Cullerton: The Governor said he’d write a One Billion Dollar check to help reduce the deficit if you would just admit publicly that Rauner is the fairest of them all.
MJM Hey did you see the funny story Ben did in the Reader?
JJC: Nope too lib for me
MJM: Very funny. He wrote we do the work on Mr.ReBoot’s building. We keep “losing” but Mr. ReBoot is too a scared to complain.
I don’t understand it either, but he told me to tell you that the ads will stop as soon as “Oswego Willy” stops making wise cracks about him. Do you know what he’s talking about? Is that some sort of strange Hastert reference?
- Ginhouse Tommy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 5:02 pm:
Rauner bought Saputo’s and is turning it into a sushi bar.
Cullerton: “Who the hell is this guy?”
Madigan: “Hang in there. Trust in me. Eventually I will wear him down like I did with all of his other GOP predecessors.”
Just remember Mike, if you hadn’t kept a strangle hold on who the democrat party nominates, he very well could have been “our” governor and think how we would have looked then.
Mike…this is serious. I know the Governor is spending millions on these crazy ads, but I just found out he is actually going to spend millions on field workers ringing doorbells come next year. Are you sure the twins can cover 12 legislative seats!
- 3rd Party Needed - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:31 pm:
So, did you cancel your August travel plans as well?
- mcb - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:32 pm:
Are we posing for Rauner’s mailer?
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:34 pm:
“Mike, you looked good in the Ad if you ask me…”
- jls - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:34 pm:
He dislikes me less than you.
- Wensicia - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:34 pm:
“I told you he’d go after you first.”
- Give Me A Break - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:35 pm:
President: I can’t look, tell me Sandeck’s light is not on.
Speaker: I thought Mapes said he took the bulb out of Sandeck’s spot on the board.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:35 pm:
“Speaker, Saputos is open, don’t worry.”
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:36 pm:
“I told him, you leave me out of the commercial and I will tell Gary not wear anymore of those shirts. Shirts? What shirts?”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:37 pm:
Cullerton: Who…
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:37 pm:
We can take him. You hit him high, I’ll hit him low.
- Anon2U - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:38 pm:
Speker, he’s got millions to burn. We ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:38 pm:
“Speaker, don’t worry, the TelePrompTer is loaded only with his talking points…”
- Anon2U - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:38 pm:
*Speaker*
- Juvenal - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:39 pm:
Madigan, Cullerton Plan Post-Budget Ski Trip
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:39 pm:
“Speaker, relax, it’s only 10:30, we’ll find your apple…”
- ClumsyTuna - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:40 pm:
Cullerton “That D’Arcy’s horseshoe is really messing with my stomach.”
Madigan “Really, John? Really? I bet Reis and Meier even think that smells awful.”
- old-pol - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:41 pm:
“This one is a believer.” “No, he can’t be, can he?”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:41 pm:
Cullerton: Who ARE those guys?!
- Jose Abreu's next homer - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:42 pm:
I hope Terrence Goggin or Patrick John Ryan don’t run against me next election.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:42 pm:
“Speaker, you worry too much, everything’s gonna be beautiful…”
- Team Sleep - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:43 pm:
“It’s like a Committee of the Whole with no role.”
- Juvenal - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:43 pm:
80 Years of Bland Ties
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:43 pm:
“You should worry Speaker, I’ll probably still be President after 2016…”
- Anonin' - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:44 pm:
JJC Here’s what I did. I threaten to brin’ The Senate Minority leader to every meetin’, demand all calls be conference calls and mandate thw two of ‘em ride together on all his in-state junkets.
MJM: And he cut you out of the ad?
JJC Yup!
- old-pol - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:44 pm:
“He’s behind me, isn’t he?”
- Old Shepherd - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:44 pm:
“Bruce always liked you best.”
- Robert the Bruce - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:45 pm:
“Hey Mike, Can he mention me next time? I could use more name recognition for fundraising.”
“I’ll see what I can do, Senator. But first I’m trying to get him to run a free ad mentioning my property tax law firm’s name. Business has been slow.”
- MrJM - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:46 pm:
“And that was the first and final time that the Democrats’ team-building exercises included the home edition of The Newly Wed Game.”
– MrJM
- 3rd Party Needed - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:47 pm:
Speaker: Let’s put our heads together and see if we can spice up the next press conference by coming up with some synonyms for extreme and moderation.
President: That sound like a lot of work. What about you just try dropping some of your “g’s”?
- BW - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:47 pm:
Only in Illinois would you market a $1 million ad buy as economic development.
- Team Sleep - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:47 pm:
“Oh, Danny Boy…”
- Arizona Bob - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:50 pm:
“So Mike, my new idea will revolutionize commercial property assessment and all but eliminate any need to petition for reassessments….”
- Joe M - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:50 pm:
Cullerton: Maybe we should start droppin our “ings” and wearin Carhartt jackets too.
Madigan: Good idea. Can you pick up one of those jackets for me too. I’ll start practin on droppin my ings.
- 47th Ward - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:51 pm:
So I told Sheila she’d be happier in the House and that you’d back her against Terri Bryant.
- Commander Norton - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:53 pm:
“I swear, John, if you say ‘negotiate’ one more time, you’re not getting invited to the boat club next year.”
“And I swear, Mike, if you say ‘extreme’ one more time, I’ll loan you John Patterson.”
- phocion - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:53 pm:
It’s a tie between old-pol and old shepherd. Well done.
- Albany Park Patriot - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:53 pm:
“What do you buy the man who has everything? No, seriously, what do you buy the man who has EVERYTHING?”
- Buzz Phrase - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:54 pm:
For the love of god won’t someone think of the children and give the school teachers a raise.
- Enviro - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:57 pm:
Maybe it’s time to vote on that $10 minimum wage bill.
- A guy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:57 pm:
I said Steve and Rikeesha should never talk to each other.
- vole - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:58 pm:
Cullerton: “Maybe we ought to concede on the term limits deal.”
- Lionheart - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 2:58 pm:
Can I have a bite of your apple?
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:00 pm:
“Speaker, don’t worry, getting to the press room is easy, you won’t get lost…”
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:01 pm:
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan reacts with disgust as Senate President John Cullerton continues to pitch the “lets talk” angle.
Said Madigan, “Those ads were extreme and he knows it. My feeling were hurt and I don’t want to talk to anyone right now.”
- Former State Employee II - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:02 pm:
Cullerton: Inconceivable
MJM: Huh?
- A guy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:04 pm:
Don’t ever say that name out loud. Just call him mayor of EP
- Leatherneck - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:04 pm:
So how did people in your district react to news of the Cardinals’ hacking scandal?
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:05 pm:
You read Oswego Willy too.
- 47th Ward - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:05 pm:
You know Mike, maybe instead of us playing good cop-bad cop, we might want to start playing bad cop-worse cop.
- x ace - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:06 pm:
Like John Gotti said: ” I’d be a Billionaire if I was looking to be a Selfish Boss. That’s Not Me. “
- Deep South - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:06 pm:
The “Anonymous” at 3:01 was me. Sorry.
- bloval27 - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:08 pm:
Cullerton: I’m thinking maybe Bruce is right on some of this stuff.
Madigan: Huh? *saying to himself, there’s treachery afoot*
- Dan Egan - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:09 pm:
Madigan: So what do you call the Act?
Cullerton: The aristocrats
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:11 pm:
“No, Speaker, no, I just had the van towed outside…”
- Jeff Trigg - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:12 pm:
Cullerton: Buuurrrrrp.
- Georg Sande - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:12 pm:
“Mike, have you ever shipped your pants? I just did.”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:13 pm:
“Yeah, I saw the Ad. All Bruce did was call into my Senate district during the campaign…”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:16 pm:
“Speaker, after we’re done here, I’ll show you how to work your cell phone again, don’t worry…”
- 47th Ward - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:17 pm:
So what if he knows about our law practice, Berrios is solid, a Marine, he’ll never talk. What do you think Mike?
Look…why take a chance? At least, that’s the way I feel about it.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:17 pm:
“Speaker, I wouldn’t worry. Rauner is pleasant whenever we seem him face to face. We should trust him. The Ad will never go up…”
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:17 pm:
“Unleash the hounds.”
- zatoichi - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:19 pm:
Oh, shut up.
- Suburbanon - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:19 pm:
Madigan: He said what?
Cullerton: The Governor said he’d write a One Billion Dollar check to help reduce the deficit if you would just admit publicly that Rauner is the fairest of them all.
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:19 pm:
We’re gonna ram through a tax increase of 50% for anyone earning over $ 10 million a year. Once Zell and Griffin move, this guy will resign.
- Anonymousse - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:21 pm:
Photoshop this, and viola! It’s Rauner’s next ad buy!
www.google.com/search?q=sesame+street+two+headed+monster&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=2s-BVeCTEoGLNpTUg-gK&ved=0CB4QsAQ&biw=1356&bih=615#imgrc=FVlMpSTta7AXoM%253A%3BApcS78hrR6qeuM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fs2.dmcdn.net%252FToXG.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.dailymotion.com%252Fvideo%252Fxm8l9v_sesame-street-two-headed-monster-what-s-a-rectangle_lifestyle%3B640%3B480
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:22 pm:
- 47th Ward -, LOL
“Then, Speaker, I looked Rauner in the eye and told him ‘I ain’t no band leader’, you know, kidding about things… Bruce didn’t get it.”
- Southwest - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:23 pm:
Mike, what are you scared of? You always get your way.
- Empty Suit - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:25 pm:
Cullerton- “Hey Mike if you stood on your head it would almost look like your smiling”
Madigan-”Hey funny boy you won’t be smiling when Governor Warbucks puts your mug on prime time”
- distant observer - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:26 pm:
140 years if government between us. maybe its time to move to Branson
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:27 pm:
“Speaker, it’s true, Rauner bought Saputos and won’t open until the Turnaround Agenda is passed. That’s what I heard…”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:31 pm:
“Speaker, don’t panic. Evelyn isn’t going do any magic while there no full moon…”
- Kooky in Kalifornia - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:32 pm:
Had we just left pensions alone, we wouldn’t have to deal with this guy. Quinn would still be the Governor.
- Anonin' - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:32 pm:
MJM Hey did you see the funny story Ben did in the Reader?
JJC: Nope too lib for me
MJM: Very funny. He wrote we do the work on Mr.ReBoot’s building. We keep “losing” but Mr. ReBoot is too a scared to complain.
- Quizzical - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:34 pm:
That’s when I said, “Hey Bruce, the jerk store called and they want you back!”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:35 pm:
“Speaker, you look puzzled, it’s not that hard. Rauner doesn’t want to govern. I know, crazy… “
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:37 pm:
“Mike, don’t worry. We sent out a search party. Ms. Purvis will be found. She’ll be ok… “
- Davos Seaworth - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:38 pm:
Cullerton: He was stabbed by many as they said, “for the watch”, then he fell to the ground, and the credits rolled.
Madigan: That’s it, I’m never watching that show again.
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:39 pm:
We need to visit the people who turned down the turnaround
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:39 pm:
“Mike, relax, I’m sending over our best Democratic weapon to take on Bruce; Mrs. Rauner.”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:42 pm:
“Speaker, I’m not saying we need to worry about Rauner… “
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:42 pm:
“No, Mike, I didn’t see where Franks was headed… “
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:43 pm:
Let’s hold up the budget till Rauner’s checks get cashed or expired
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:45 pm:
“No, Mike, I didn’t send you cannoli… “
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:48 pm:
“Speaker, yeah, I sold those ND Football tickets you have me weeks ago…”
- Tommydanger - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:48 pm:
“By the way Mike, I saw Rauner’s ad last night. You know he raised some good points.”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:51 pm:
“Mike, polling is just a snapshot in a moment. I’d do more press, that’s just me… “
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:53 pm:
“… and then, Mike, the other guy said, ‘Winter is coming’, and the episode ended… “
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:55 pm:
“Mike, it’s the sled. It’s crazy, I know, he just missed the sled… “
- phocion - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:55 pm:
JC : Mike! You do not come to 2nd Floor and talk to a man like Moe Rauner like that!
MJM: John, you’re my older brother, and I love you. But don’t ever take sides with anyone against the Family again. Ever.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 3:58 pm:
“I dunno Mike, I just talked to Rauner, he said I’d be fine…”
- Stones - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:02 pm:
“….like a bridge over troubled waters…..”
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:03 pm:
I heard the governor will be on the floor all day?
- BIG R. Ph - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:04 pm:
Brutus and Cassius
- Louis G Atsaves - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:04 pm:
What’s wrong with this Governor? Doesn’t he know the rules around here? Why does he keep fighting back?
- GA Watcher - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:05 pm:
So it’s settled. I’ll play good cop, you’ll play bad cop.
- Louis G Atsaves - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:05 pm:
Or as they kept asking in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: “Who is that guy?”
- BIG R. Ph - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:07 pm:
Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels
- Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:08 pm:
“John, you shoulda seen the look on his face when I said Cease functioning in the extreme!”
“Tell me another one, Mike!”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:10 pm:
“I’m on the right track, baby, I was born this way!”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:12 pm:
“Mike, I talked with Rauner. I can make a deal with him AND keep my Chamber…”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:12 pm:
“So then the donkey says to the elephant, ‘I’ll trade you Hillary for Trump any day!”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:14 pm:
“Lookit all them bullet holes behind us, Mike. He can’t hit the side of a barn. Stay cool, man, cool.”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:15 pm:
“Mike, you know it creeps me out when you do that. That dummy of Abe in the Lincoln Museum looks more lifelike than you.”
- Wensicia - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:16 pm:
“Why am I not in the commercial? I can think of 10,000 reasons…”
- Earnest - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:17 pm:
I’ll take this over Quinn any day.
- cover - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:18 pm:
OW @ 3:27 pm for the win!
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:18 pm:
“I’m just saying, historically the guys who wear neckties always win. Always.”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:21 pm:
“Mike, it’s just a rumor. He can’t sign an executive order forcing you to shave your head.”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:22 pm:
“Got a call from Jimmy Capparusso the other day. He said he and Pat wish you well.”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:25 pm:
“So Rahm had to sit through this Head Start deal with the Mrs. and he thought he was gonna jump outta his skin.”
- All the answers - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:26 pm:
“Which of these three men - Madigan, Cullerton, or Rauner - know anything about state government?”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:27 pm:
“You know you can do anything you want. Why don’t you just pass a bill to jam all the TV signals in Illinois?”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:29 pm:
“No, I do not think having Lisa make a ruling that you have to be under 6 feet tall to hold office in Illinois is a good idea.”
- Jake From Elwood - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:42 pm:
Statler and Waldorf have come to life.
- Hip Hop on Wax - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:52 pm:
JC: “I don’t think there is any way they can keep Saad and stay under the cap next year.”
MJM: “But the kid has wheels and is a large part of the reason the cup is in Chicago.”
- walker - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 4:54 pm:
He said he’s been trying to compromise.
When?
- 47th Ward - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 5:01 pm:
I don’t understand it either, but he told me to tell you that the ads will stop as soon as “Oswego Willy” stops making wise cracks about him. Do you know what he’s talking about? Is that some sort of strange Hastert reference?
- Ginhouse Tommy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 5:02 pm:
Rauner bought Saputo’s and is turning it into a sushi bar.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 5:07 pm:
“Itching powder in his Carhartt? Nah. I don’t think that’s gonna do it.”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 5:11 pm:
“Well, yeah, that is a pretty scary face, Speaker, but I don’t think it’s gonna work on the Governor.”
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 5:12 pm:
The Blue Brothers.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 5:16 pm:
“Mike, I’ll be honest. That Caucus Twitter account you guys got, it makes no sense…”
- All the answers - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 5:21 pm:
“Which of these three men - Madigan, Cullerton, or Rauner will still be in office in 2018?”
- too obvious - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 5:24 pm:
Rauner contributed how much to Chicago Machine candidates????
- Ethan Hawk - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 5:38 pm:
Cullerton: “Who the hell is this guy?”
Madigan: “Hang in there. Trust in me. Eventually I will wear him down like I did with all of his other GOP predecessors.”
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 5:40 pm:
You are the apple of the governor’s eye
- Suburban Dad - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 5:41 pm:
Seriously, an ad on job growth paid for by Sam Zell? That’s all he’s got?
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 5:47 pm:
Let’s vist prisons
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 5:49 pm:
I think you have given him enough rope…
- the old man - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 6:19 pm:
Just remember Mike, if you hadn’t kept a strangle hold on who the democrat party nominates, he very well could have been “our” governor and think how we would have looked then.
- Cheswick - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 6:21 pm:
Cullerton: So, you keep your phone on vibrate?
Madigan: …
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 6:33 pm:
So what’s your theme song moody blues Tuesday afternoon ?
- anon - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 7:13 pm:
Mike…this is serious. I know the Governor is spending millions on these crazy ads, but I just found out he is actually going to spend millions on field workers ringing doorbells come next year. Are you sure the twins can cover 12 legislative seats!
- siriusly - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 7:14 pm:
Cullerton: Okay here’s my offer. I’ll be the bad guy and take the heat. But you have to take Biss back in the House.
- DownstateGrl - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 7:35 pm:
Cullerton: “So I told him we could probably do something on the property tax freeze thing…”
Madigan: [see face in photo]
- railrat - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 7:41 pm:
just be patient Speaker unions are gonna dump us oodles of money !!
- Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 7:58 pm:
“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine…”
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 8:20 pm:
Barkfest
- Georg Sande - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 9:38 pm:
Hey Mike, I AM taller than you now!! Cool.
- Not in the Know - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 10:48 pm:
Madigan - “Don’t look at me….you’re the one running this state into the ground”.
Cullerton - “What?”
- Horse w/ No Name - Wednesday, Jun 17, 15 @ 11:30 pm:
I mean I’m the President of the Senate. You’d think I’d at least get mentioned in the commercial.
- Right Field - Thursday, Jun 18, 15 @ 8:39 am:
“What time do we have to leave Chicago to drive Springfield?”