Thursday, Sep 10, 2015 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Pictured, Sen. Heather Steans (D-Chicago)…
Lawmakers overturn Rauner veto of heroin abuse bill http://t.co/qHMlo4WBgm pic.twitter.com/g8iUZKCsRC — Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) September 9, 2015
Lawmakers overturn Rauner veto of heroin abuse bill http://t.co/qHMlo4WBgm pic.twitter.com/g8iUZKCsRC
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) September 9, 2015
* The Question: Caption?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:15 pm:
“Speaker!! You pulled a ‘Vote Countula’!”
- Emily Miller - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:18 pm:
This is not a caption, but I have literally been sitting and staring at my twitter feed like this for the last ten minutes.
- Formerly Known As... - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:19 pm:
Speaker! Wake up!
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:20 pm:
“Schoenberg… Where’s Schoenberg… “
- John A Logan - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:20 pm:
Arise!
- OneMan - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:22 pm:
Even one of your faithful Raunerbots wondered what the hell you were thinking on this one governor.
- Amalia - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:23 pm:
It lives….it lives!!!!!!
- A guy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:24 pm:
…and with your spirit.
- Blago's Luxurious Grey Mane - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:25 pm:
You mean I can’t count to 15 on two hands?!?
- My New Handle - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:25 pm:
How did so many of my Republican colleagues get to vote in favor of override?
- A guy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:25 pm:
Narcan. Me want Narcan.
- Norseman - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:26 pm:
Yoda said this was the way to raise things, but so far the taxes are staying the same.
- A guy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:26 pm:
The hypnotized one gets when more than 70 agree.
- NIref - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:29 pm:
Senator Stearns with Chicago Red Hots’ famous invisible hot dog.
- Anonymous - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:30 pm:
See just wear long sleeves to cover your track marks problem solved
- Anonymous - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:32 pm:
How’s the underworld suppose to make money now
- Anonymous - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:35 pm:
A real political junkie
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:37 pm:
…and the Polish guy says, “hey, look at what I almost stepped in.”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:38 pm:
“Hey… Hey… Hey! Oberweis! Where’s my ice cream!”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:41 pm:
“Whadda mean the Eagles cut Tebow?!?!”
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:42 pm:
There’s no methadone program for those hooked on state spending. It’s cold turkey for thousands of Illinois’ neediest citizens.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:43 pm:
“You can’t table this now, I have the votes this time… “
- Team Sleep - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:46 pm:
“I can keep talking louder if you want!”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:48 pm:
“More cowbell! More! More!”
- Anon2U - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:49 pm:
“Budget math? Once I get to ten I can’t count any higher… see?”
- Anonymous - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:52 pm:
Look. There’s nothing up my sleeves. Now pick a card…
- Anonish - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:53 pm:
Why was this even a thing? Oh. never mind.
- Mr. 1017 - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:53 pm:
“officer I swear that bag isn’t mine”
- Mama - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:06 pm:
What the Heck?
- Formerly Known As... - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:12 pm:
Sen Steans, with caucus members, under the spell of Speaker Madigan.
- walker - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:13 pm:
“Pennies from Heaven for me and you…”
- Formerly Known As... - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:14 pm:
Sen Steans and caucus members beg Speaker Madigan to lead a more liberal House, like their Senate.
- Stones - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:19 pm:
“Muffler Man? Sure, I can do a pretty good impression!”
- Tommydanger - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:20 pm:
“Dunkin is here?”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:21 pm:
“I’m so confused I can’t even remember how to do the Vulcan salute!”
- Huh? - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:25 pm:
Oh God, we beseech you for thine intervention to lift this burden which has been laid across our shoulders …
- DuPage Bard - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:26 pm:
WTH just happened?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:28 pm:
“Oh no. No. No! ‘Red’, press ‘Red’… “
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:30 pm:
“The next guy who calls me a ginger is gonna get these–around his neck!”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:31 pm:
“Mr. President! Verification?! I’m right here!”
- zatoichi - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:32 pm:
From the second verse. Kick it to C flat major. Ready.1.2.3.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:32 pm:
“I coulda been somebody. I coulda been a contender!”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:40 pm:
“Then I said to Miller, ‘Whatta ya MEAN you’ve given up corn dogs’?”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:43 pm:
“Come down from the chandelier, Mr. President! I’ll catch you.”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:45 pm:
“Heyyyy, macarena!”
- LBJ - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:51 pm:
Shouldn’t have dropped that tab before I got on the floor. Whoa!
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:53 pm:
“Heroin? We need a program for politicians who are addicted to stubbornness!”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:55 pm:
“For the last time, you DON’T put ketchup on a hot dog!”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 6:24 pm:
“Yo! Jimmy John’s delivery guy in the gallery! Toss that bag right down here, son.”
- Commonsense in Illinois - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 7:06 pm:
I feel pretty… Oh so pretty…
- pool boy - Friday, Sep 11, 15 @ 8:47 am:
If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands.
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- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:15 pm:
“Speaker!! You pulled a ‘Vote Countula’!”
- Emily Miller - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:18 pm:
This is not a caption, but I have literally been sitting and staring at my twitter feed like this for the last ten minutes.
- Formerly Known As... - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:19 pm:
Speaker! Wake up!
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:20 pm:
“Schoenberg… Where’s Schoenberg… “
- John A Logan - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:20 pm:
Arise!
- OneMan - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:22 pm:
Even one of your faithful Raunerbots wondered what the hell you were thinking on this one governor.
- Amalia - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:23 pm:
It lives….it lives!!!!!!
- A guy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:24 pm:
…and with your spirit.
- Blago's Luxurious Grey Mane - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:25 pm:
You mean I can’t count to 15 on two hands?!?
- My New Handle - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:25 pm:
How did so many of my Republican colleagues get to vote in favor of override?
- A guy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:25 pm:
Narcan. Me want Narcan.
- Norseman - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:26 pm:
Yoda said this was the way to raise things, but so far the taxes are staying the same.
- A guy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:26 pm:
The hypnotized one gets when more than 70 agree.
- NIref - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:29 pm:
Senator Stearns with Chicago Red Hots’ famous invisible hot dog.
- Anonymous - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:30 pm:
See just wear long sleeves to cover your track marks problem solved
- Anonymous - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:32 pm:
How’s the underworld suppose to make money now
- Anonymous - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:35 pm:
A real political junkie
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:37 pm:
…and the Polish guy says, “hey, look at what I almost stepped in.”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:38 pm:
“Hey… Hey… Hey! Oberweis! Where’s my ice cream!”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:41 pm:
“Whadda mean the Eagles cut Tebow?!?!”
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:42 pm:
There’s no methadone program for those hooked on state spending. It’s cold turkey for thousands of Illinois’ neediest citizens.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:43 pm:
“You can’t table this now, I have the votes this time… “
- Team Sleep - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:46 pm:
“I can keep talking louder if you want!”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:48 pm:
“More cowbell! More! More!”
- Anon2U - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:49 pm:
“Budget math? Once I get to ten I can’t count any higher… see?”
- Anonymous - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:52 pm:
Look. There’s nothing up my sleeves. Now pick a card…
- Anonish - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:53 pm:
Why was this even a thing?
Oh. never mind.
- Mr. 1017 - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 3:53 pm:
“officer I swear that bag isn’t mine”
- Mama - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:06 pm:
What the Heck?
- Formerly Known As... - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:12 pm:
Sen Steans, with caucus members, under the spell of Speaker Madigan.
- walker - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:13 pm:
“Pennies from Heaven for me and you…”
- Formerly Known As... - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:14 pm:
Sen Steans and caucus members beg Speaker Madigan to lead a more liberal House, like their Senate.
- Stones - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:19 pm:
“Muffler Man? Sure, I can do a pretty good impression!”
- Tommydanger - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:20 pm:
“Dunkin is here?”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:21 pm:
“I’m so confused I can’t even remember how to do the Vulcan salute!”
- Huh? - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:25 pm:
Oh God, we beseech you for thine intervention to lift this burden which has been laid across our shoulders …
- DuPage Bard - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:26 pm:
WTH just happened?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:28 pm:
“Oh no. No. No! ‘Red’, press ‘Red’… “
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:30 pm:
“The next guy who calls me a ginger is gonna get these–around his neck!”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:31 pm:
“Mr. President! Verification?! I’m right here!”
- zatoichi - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:32 pm:
From the second verse. Kick it to C flat major. Ready.1.2.3.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:32 pm:
“I coulda been somebody. I coulda been a contender!”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:40 pm:
“Then I said to Miller, ‘Whatta ya MEAN you’ve given up corn dogs’?”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:43 pm:
“Come down from the chandelier, Mr. President! I’ll catch you.”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:45 pm:
“Heyyyy, macarena!”
- LBJ - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:51 pm:
Shouldn’t have dropped that tab before I got on the floor. Whoa!
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:53 pm:
“Heroin? We need a program for politicians who are addicted to stubbornness!”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 4:55 pm:
“For the last time, you DON’T put ketchup on a hot dog!”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 6:24 pm:
“Yo! Jimmy John’s delivery guy in the gallery! Toss that bag right down here, son.”
- Commonsense in Illinois - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 @ 7:06 pm:
I feel pretty…
Oh so pretty…
- pool boy - Friday, Sep 11, 15 @ 8:47 am:
If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands.