Peoria announced as GOP convention host
Friday, Jul 10, 2015 - Posted by Rich Miller
* The quadrennial convention will be held in Peoria…
The Illinois Republican Party has chosen Peoria as the site of its 2016 state convention.
The Peoria County Republican Central Committee will be the local host of the event May 20-22, 2016. It will be at the Peoria Civic Center and Peoria Marriott Pere Marquette. […]
Besides Peoria, finalists were Bloomington-Normal, Champaign-Urbana, Collinsville and Springfield.
Next year’s theme?
- Factcheck - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:29 pm:
Around the World with Aaron Schock
- Stuff Happens - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:29 pm:
“Twitter and Your Government”
- very old soil - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:29 pm:
How to be a minion.
- @MisterJayEm - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:32 pm:
“Buh… buh… BUT MADIGAN!!1!”
– MrJM
- burbanite - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:34 pm:
Sham Wow!
- Almost the Weekend - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:39 pm:
$10,000 reward for you, you, and you!
- Wordslinger - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:41 pm:
Schock and Ardis.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:42 pm:
Hopefully this year, someone doesn’t forget to include me…
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:43 pm:
“Sponsored by Cat”
- thunderspirit - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:43 pm:
=== Next year’s theme? ===
Second Verse, Same as the First!
- Concerned - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:44 pm:
“Everything in moderation, nothing in the extreme.”
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:46 pm:
“How much will THIS cost me?” - Bruce Rauner
- Anonin' - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:46 pm:
The real other finalists were 2 weeks in those towns. Peoria “won” with one weekend… Will Parry Leader be here or just fly over?
- How Ironic - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:47 pm:
U-Turn Defense and the GA.
How to avoid looking foolish, even when your boss boxes you in.
$10,000 ways to sleep better at night.
How rubberstamps are different than mushrooms.
- Educated in the Suburbs - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:47 pm:
Mileage counts double in Peoria!
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:50 pm:
“You never know “who” may show up”
- G'Kar - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:50 pm:
Will Rauner play in Peoria?
- walker - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:50 pm:
“Just win baby!”
- Anon221 - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:50 pm:
To: All Illinois Republicans
From: The State Committee
Note that the website address for 2016 is changing from
http://www.weareillinois.org/
to http://wearingthejacketillinois.org
to build on this year’s theme of Standing With Bruce.
That is all.
- G'Kar - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:52 pm:
Illinois Republican Party State Convention–Sponsored by Big Al’s!
- zatoichi - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:53 pm:
Pick a side.
- Formerly Known As... - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:54 pm:
A person named Dan O’Day in the comments of that story says
==Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.==
- VanillaMan - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:54 pm:
“This time - we mean it!”
- VanillaMan - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:55 pm:
“The Color Yellow”
- downstate commissioner - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:55 pm:
Raunercrat Convention
Home of the late Robert “Bob” Michel, highly respected Republican congressman back when you could use “respected” and “Republican” in the same sentence…
- And I Approved This Message - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 2:56 pm:
How to Get Your State Out of Deep Yogurt.
- VanillaMan - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 3:00 pm:
“The GOP - Brought to you by the number “B”, the letter “60″ and the color “cash”.”
- VanillaMan - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 3:01 pm:
“Smart and Sassy!”
- VanillaMan - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 3:01 pm:
“Did You Want Fries With That?”
- VanillaMan - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 3:02 pm:
“More Whining, Less Members!”
- VanillaMan - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 3:03 pm:
“Fake The Shake”
- VanillaMan - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 3:03 pm:
“The Other White Meat”
- Stones - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 3:06 pm:
Coincidence that it’s in the same town as Big Al’s?
- Vote Quimby! - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 3:10 pm:
“Fixin’ to Keep Shakin’ Up Springfield, By Golly!”
- Vote Quimby! - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 3:11 pm:
==Coincidence that it’s in the same town as Big Al’s?==
Collinsville has easy access to many more “clubs.”
- A guy - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 3:12 pm:
We’re choosing the Center this time.
- No Longer A Lurker - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 3:12 pm:
“Just Vote Present”
- How Ironic - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 3:25 pm:
GOP rank and file starting to realize that RTW doesn’t mean “Right To Wallow” and what voting “Green” feels like.
- How Ironic - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 3:28 pm:
Breakout sessions:
“Thinking outside the box you’ve been put in”
“Why your boss votes the opposite”
“Reasons to come to work, even as your boss works hard to make you irrelevant”
“How to shake hands, even after your palms have been greased by the Gov”
- Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 3:37 pm:
“All ‘present’ and accounted for, governor!”
- Anonin' - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 3:49 pm:
Soecial workshop on “How our present votes are totlly different than Obama’s”
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 3:55 pm:
Off the I-74 highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of beef jerky rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
The Convention was now in sight
There Bruce stood in the doorway, I heard the mission bell
Then I was thinking to myself this could be Heaven or this could be $&@#…
Then he lit up a see-gar and he showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor I thought I heard them say
“Welcome to Rauner Indoctination”
Such a lovely place
(Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at Rauner’s Indoctrination
This time of year
(This time of year)
You need to be here”
His mind is Carhartt twisted, he got the Trashcan Van
He’s got a lot of funny funny frat-boys that he calls friends
How they spin it on the Twitter, sweet summer gags
Some spin to remember, some spin so we forget
So I called up the Chairman, “Please bring me Kool-Aid”
He said, “We haven’t had that spirit ’round since the last debate”
And still those buzz words are calling from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night just to hear them say
“Welcome to Rauner Indoctrination
Such a lovely place
(Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
They’re living it up at Rauner Indoctrination
What a nice surprise
(What a nice surprise)
Bring your alibis”
Mirrors on the ceiling, the strawberry shakes on ice
And he said, “You are all just prisoners here of my own device”
And in the master’s chambers they gathered for the feast
They stab steaks with their steely knives but they just can’t eat a piece
Last thing I remember I was running for the door
I had to find the passage back to Oswego, by 3 or 4
“Relax,” said a Superstar, “We are programmed to deceive
You can check out any time you like but you can never leave”
- Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 3:57 pm:
Wow, VMan.
Wow.
- How Ironic - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 4:00 pm:
@ Rich Miller,
That was OW. But still, I’m in awe.
- Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 4:02 pm:
===That was OW. But still, I’m in awe. ===
You’re right, of course. I saw the song and didn’t even think of looking at the name.
Wow.
- Stones - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 4:03 pm:
OW - well done! Bravo!
- How Ironic - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 4:04 pm:
Additional Breakout Sessions:
“Why Jesus would demand we stop heating the poor and other nonessential spending”
“Free Motorcycle Classes- better than autistic kids”
“Ventilators are for chumps”
“How to blame MJM for anything”
- Norseman - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 4:04 pm:
The theme is “Tons of Money”
The entertainment features The O’Jays singing their hit song imitation band singing,
“For the Love of Money.”
Donald Trump, the most recognized rich guy in America, has been invited to be the keynote speaker.
There will be autograph sessions featuring Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin, and Mitch Daniels, former governor of Indiana. Both will be signing copies of their respective state’s Right to Work laws and Walker will be selling his guide to sticking it to unions.
Rauner superstar staffer, Linda Lingle, will give seminars on the Hula Kahiko.
Attendees will receive a free convention t-shirt from Caterpillar with a bulldozer running over union employees.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 4:06 pm:
Thanks all, happy Friday.
- too obvious - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 4:07 pm:
It’s Mike Madigan’s fault this thing is in Peoria.
- Juvenal - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 4:09 pm:
OW -
So, does that mean you are going again this year?
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 4:22 pm:
- Juvenal -,
If I get “invited”, I’ll let you know.
Maybe an email from “ck”?
“Hello ow-
We know you’re busy during the state convention, so don’t bother coming.
Thanks!
ck”
- Arthur Andersen - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 4:24 pm:
Norse, don’t forget the “Cash Grabber” machine where each delegate stands in the glass box and tries to grab as many bills as they can in 30 seconds while the fans blow the Bucks around. This time, they will be Raunerbucks(tm) redeemable for valuable prizes at the Convention Gift Shop. Everything from I❤️ Bruce coffee cups to Carhartts.
- VanillaMan - Friday, Jul 10, 15 @ 4:59 pm:
Very nice!
A claasix!