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Question of the day
Tuesday, Jul 21, 2015 - Posted by Rich Miller * Gov. Bruce Rauner has nicknames for everybody. He calls me “RM,” which isn’t all that creative if you ask me. I’d like a better nickname, please. House Speaker Michael Madigan told WGN Radio yesterday that the governor calls him “Chief.” Madigan said he now calls the governor “Chief” as well. * The Question: Can you come up with better nicknames for each man?
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- Wensicia - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:10 am:
Rauner: Rock
Madigan: Hard Place
- A guy - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:11 am:
Speaker = Porky
Governor = Solomon
R Miller = Lethal Ink
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:11 am:
Rauner: Chief
Madigan: Chiefer
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:12 am:
MJM - “Don”
- Missing G - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:12 am:
I’m not your buddy, guy
- Huh? - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:13 am:
Wensecia - you forgot everybody else that is between the rock and hard place.
- z - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:14 am:
Rauner: Flounder
Madigan: Moe
- Robert the Bruce - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:15 am:
Rich: “Tribune”
Rauner: “Union Yes!”
Madigan: “Cell Phone”
- cez - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:17 am:
Rauner: Austin Powers
r. No
Madigan
- In a Minute - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:17 am:
Rauner=Hope
Madigan=No Change
- Collinsville Kevin - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:18 am:
Tweedledum & Tweedledee
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:18 am:
Ok, I really like MJM = Cell Phone…
- ssMoLassy - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:20 am:
Captain Chaos and The Controller
- Linus - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:22 am:
MJM: Apple
Rauner: Oranges
- walker - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:23 am:
MJM: The Last Pharaoh
BR: Marc Antony
RM: The Adder
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:23 am:
Rauner = the Plumber.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:24 am:
RM = “Notebook”
- Juvenal - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:24 am:
Rich: Cap’n Crunch
Rauner: Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, aka “Lucky”, “Quinnster”, or “Red”
Madigan: Citizen Cain
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:24 am:
Rauner - Maverick
Sanguinetti - Goose
MJM - Iceman
Cullerton - Slider
ILSC - Viper
L Madigan - Captain Ahab
- Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:24 am:
Rauner: Thurston
Madigan: Skipper
- The Colossus of Roads - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:25 am:
Rauner- Mr.1%
Madigan- Mr.99%
Rich- Oscar’s dad
- 47th Ward - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:25 am:
Rauner’s nickname for Madigan: (deleted)
Madigan’s nickname for Rauner: (deleted)
- so... - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:25 am:
MJM: Nosferatu
- Stoney - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:26 am:
MJM: Master Po
Rauner: Grasshopper
- birds - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:26 am:
Rauner: G
Madigan: 60
- Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:26 am:
Madigan: Big Cheese
Rauner: Swiss Cheese
- cez - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:27 am:
Rauner: Unlucky Luciano
Madigan : Signore Grande Testicoli.
- Ipso Facto - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:29 am:
Rauner: Chumley or Dudley Do Wrong
Madigan: Chicago Tuxedo
- Wensicia - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:30 am:
I forgot Miller: Consigliere
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:31 am:
I’m good with MJM as Cell Phone and RM as Notebook, Rauner is tough, probably tougher than I thought originally…
- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:32 am:
===and RM as Notebook===
Except I never carry one.
- Gooner - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:32 am:
I think Rauner’s “blame Madigan, part 2″ plan might be a wrong tactic. Why make the guy appear to be even more powerful than he is?
Rauner should take a page out of Buddy Ryan’s playbook and call him “98.”
As to Madigan, he’s going to want to remind Bruce that he’s outlasted them all. How about “Gov. #8.”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:33 am:
Madigan: Don Corleone
Rauner: Don Adams
- DuPage - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:34 am:
Rauner: Emperor without clothes.
Madigan: Emperor of the North.
- Ipso Facto - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:35 am:
Rauner: Dory
Madigan: Big Mike Wazowski
- Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:36 am:
RM: Blogzilla
- Ash - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:36 am:
I’ve always called Madigan King Madigan. It used to be derogatory, but now I’m glad he is the King. You would not publish me name for Rauner…
- LizPhairTax - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:39 am:
Apple
Carhartt
‘buca
- Langhorne - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:40 am:
Rauner: scooter
Mjm: mikey
Rm: fritz
- Name Withheld - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:40 am:
RM: Woodstein
Richard Goldberg: Emily Post
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:41 am:
===Except I never carry one.===
Its a metaphor, you are keeping the “notes” of the goings on, Illinois’ Blog of Record…
(Sighs, takes the page of a notebook with words ‘Miller - Notebook’, rips it out, crumpled it, laying it aside the laptop.)
- a drop in - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:43 am:
Rauner: Thinks he’s boss.
Madigan: Knows he’s boss.
O. Willy: Should be boss.
- downstate commissioner - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:43 am:
Madigan: The old gunfighter-because he never loses.
Rauner: Blago # 2- because he thinks he will beat Madigan.
- cez - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:43 am:
Rauner: the Tall guy
Madigan :the short guy (of course the one time the Gov. calls Madigan this nickname..it is his last utterance).
- Six Degrees of Separation - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:43 am:
BR - “GIT” (Godfather-In-Training)
MJM - “Warmest Regards”
RM - “The Dude”
- Tommydanger - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:46 am:
Madigan: Hope
Rauner: Less
Put em together and its Hopeless
- Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:47 am:
Rauner: Titanic
Madigan: Iceberg
- Frank Pentangeli - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:47 am:
Scylla and Charybdis. ..
- Gantt Chart - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:51 am:
Madigan: Emperor Palpatine
Rainer: Baron Von Carhardt
Miller: Scoop
- aunt_petunia - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:52 am:
Rauner: Mr Burns
Madigan: Sideshow Bob
- Tommydanger - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:55 am:
Rauner:
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:56 am:
Ok, I’m sold only on Cell Phone…
Rauner - Harley
RM - Records
- Tommydanger - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:57 am:
Rauner: Brumeister
Madigan: Amadigancana
- Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:57 am:
Madigan: Muhammed Ali
Rauner: Randall “Tex” Cobb
- MurMan - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:57 am:
BR: Campaigner-in-chief
MJM: Majority Mike
RM: Rick Pearson doppelgänger
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:58 am:
“Records” - off the record, for the record, vinyl records…
(Tips cap to - a drop in -, heaven helps us all!)
- Tsavo - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 11:59 am:
Madigan: Little Ceasar (the movie, not the pizza)
- Tommydanger - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:00 pm:
Rauner: Cousin Brucie
Madigan: Madian (I gotta drop my G’s bro)
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:02 pm:
Rauner - H.D. (Harley-Davidson)
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:03 pm:
Apple sauce and pal lee
- Mittuns - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:03 pm:
Madigan: Red Delicious
Rauner: Philip Blake
Rich Miller: The Beard
- Mittuns - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:06 pm:
Mike Madigan: The Master
Bruce Rauner: Mitt
Rich Miller: John Millner
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:06 pm:
Dumb and Dumber
- A guy - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:06 pm:
Speaker = Smithe
Governor= Smythe
Miller = Smith
- Springfieldish - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:13 pm:
Rauner: King George III
Madigan: Draco
- globalguy - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:13 pm:
Mad Dog
Rat Face
- Robert the Bruce - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:15 pm:
Rauner: Casey Jones
- GA Watcher - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:20 pm:
Governor: Bruce Almighty
Speaker: Iron Mike
Rich Miller: Cappy
- Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:24 pm:
Rauner: Bird Dog
Madigan: Pit Bull
Rich Miller: Oscar Sr.
- Jake From Elwood - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:26 pm:
Madigan: The Orchard-Master
Rauner: Captain Carharrt
Miller: The Scribe
- Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:27 pm:
Rauner: Cowboy Boots
Madigan: Wingtips
Rich: Hush Puppies
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:39 pm:
Let’s make them a band, call ‘em The Bookends.
- IllinoisBoi - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:46 pm:
Rauner: Son of Blago
Madigan: Father of Blago
- Jasper - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:52 pm:
Skippy, Scooter, and Lumpy
- Ghost - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:52 pm:
Rauner: Robber Baron
Madigan: Machiavelli
RM: Winnebago locks (hat tip to Melville’s “White-Jacket”)
- Keyser Soze - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:56 pm:
R. Miller = Rick as in Pearson
- Nick Danger - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 12:59 pm:
Rauner = G-luv
Madigan = Matty (Methuselah)
Rich = Sherlock
- X-prof - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:03 pm:
Stick with Chief and Chief, but only if the governor and speaker sign up to dance together at half time for all home games. Picture it. Would that break the gridlock?
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:05 pm:
Battleship,ship of state,pontoon
- A guy - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:06 pm:
Clark Kent
Lex Luther
Jimmy Olsen
The first two are interchangeable. The last one is not.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:06 pm:
Rauner: Bottom Line
Madigan: Party Line
Rich: Deadline
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:19 pm:
Excellency and speaker
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:23 pm:
Rauner: Dewey
Madigan: Cheatum
Cullerton: Howe
- Last Bull Moose - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:31 pm:
Rauner: Burnside. Keeps charging the bridge when he could ford the creek.
Madigan: Lee. Skilled defender of an indefensible system.
Miller : Brady. Clear eyed chronicler of the carnage.
- 13thone - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:34 pm:
I like the Chief title, with a little add on.
Madigan; Chief until the very end
Rauner; Chief wanna buy his way out
- anonymoose - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:39 pm:
Mr. Rauner = “Sam the Butcher” from the Brady Bunch - too much resemblance to pass it up.
Mr. Speaker = “The Shark.” He has the steely eyes and determination of a shark.
Mr. Miller = “Phineas J. Whoopee.” I always enjoyed the cartoon, his thoughtful answers and the 3D-Black Board.
- @MisterJayEm - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:41 pm:
Rauner: Fire
Madigan: Ice
– MrJM
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:42 pm:
Vito,Paulie,an underdog
- @MisterJayEm - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:43 pm:
“He calls me ‘RM,’ which isn’t all that creative if you ask me. I’d like a better nickname, please.”
MrRM has a nice ring to it…
– MrJM
- Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:50 pm:
Rauner: Heartless
Madigan: Heart-healthy
Rich: Heartburn
- cdog - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 1:57 pm:
Wow! These are great! Best laughs of the day. Streator Curmudgeon needs to lest know when he/she is going to do an open-mic gig!
Madigan — The Eagle. Just sitting in the tree, waiting for ….
Rauner — The Prince. Way too many parallels to Machiavelli. His means are blowing my mind, and his ends are fantastical.
Rich — Mr. Miller. Lots of respect to you sir. Hope your long weekend was rejuvenating.
- Small Town Girl - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 2:01 pm:
Madigan has a well deserved nickname: The Velvet Hammer. Rauner hasn’t been around long enough to earn one.
- GraduatedCollegeStudent - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 2:39 pm:
Rauner: Keggy (the Dartmouth mascot)
- Mama - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 2:40 pm:
Madigan the Bull
Rauner the Bear
Miller is the Blogger King
- Smitty Irving - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 2:48 pm:
Rauner - John D. Rockefeller.
Madigan - The Prince (as others have noted).
- Smitty Irving - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 2:50 pm:
Forgot …
Miller - Legal & Sane Hunter S. Thompson.
- Strobby - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 2:53 pm:
Dumb & Dumber
- GEL - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 2:54 pm:
Madigan = Mad-Again
Rauner = Bruce WannaBeAlmighty
- vole - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 2:57 pm:
Tex Man, Tax Man and Tax the Weed Man
- vole - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 2:57 pm:
Tex Man, Tax Man and Tax the Weed Man
- VanillaMan - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 3:10 pm:
Rauner = Flipper
Madigan = Moby
- VanillaMan - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 3:10 pm:
Rauner = Barney
Madigan = Floyd
- VanillaMan - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 3:11 pm:
Rauner = Milli Vanilli
Madigan = Lawrence Welk
- VanillaMan - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 3:15 pm:
Rauner = Cayman
Madigan = Sarasota
- Amalia - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 3:50 pm:
Rauner - Marmalarde
Madigan - Calvados
Cullerton - Stand Up
Rich - Shred
- A guy - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 3:56 pm:
Frank
Beans
The lower GI response a day later
- Enviro - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 4:39 pm:
Madigan -Mr. Speaker
Rauner - Mr. Illuminatti
- lake county democrat - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 4:45 pm:
Madigan - Riddler
Rauner - Joker
Rich - Commissioner Gordon
- AJ_yooper - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 4:52 pm:
Rich-Capital M
MJM-controller
Rauner-Emperor
- AJ_yooper - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 5:14 pm:
Rich-Capitol M
MJM-control, but I also like cell phone
Rauner-Faux
- James - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 5:31 pm:
All of Robert Moses’ employees used to call him RM.
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 6:21 pm:
Madigan - Jabba the Hutt
- Mongo - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 7:02 pm:
Rauner- Governor
Madigan - the REAL GOVERNOR
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 8:03 pm:
Bruce Wayne,Clark Kent,and jimmy Olson
- Soccertease - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 8:29 pm:
Rauner: Thor
Madigan: Antman
Miller: Captain America
- Arthur Andersen - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 9:25 pm:
BR: Scooby-Doo
MJM: Snoopy
RM: Oscar
- Timmeh - Tuesday, Jul 21, 15 @ 9:55 pm:
MJM: 8Ball
Rauner: Pool Cue
RM: Cue Ball
- Kransky - Wednesday, Jul 22, 15 @ 3:35 pm:
RM = Larry
BR = Darryl
MM = Darryl