Governor Rauner meets with Wolverine and his henchman to discuss a new movie involving avid cyclists and trade welders who join forces to defeat the mutants.
- Give Me A Break - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:40 am:
Hey guys I got 2 pals that need work. I will make a whopper donation from my foundation and you grab K. Dunkin and S. Levine O.K.?
BTW Mr. Levine — who I don’t know — will not be available for a few months.
Our hero Gov Rauner! What a privilege to stand next to man who is the ultimate Show Horse! Doesn’t even have to provide a budget for his own agencies, let alone anybody else!
One cool dude that gets to just goof off ALL THE TIME! OUR HERO!!!!!
This picture is taken literally across the street from his condo. Did he put on a helmet to cross traffic? Was he worried about being pelted with tomatoes?
Rauner has always been very comfortable wearing a helmet, since birth, I believe. If it wasn’t for protective head gear, Bruce Rauner would have had a serious head injury by now, trying to get his head through doorways.
There is another Instagram post of this photo, uncropped, from the organization’s account, which seems to indicate that Rauner just happened to be rollerblading through the park at the time.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:27 am:
“Is my helmet on straight?”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:28 am:
“Sure, I got time for a picture, just shuttin’ down the state… “
- Abe the Babe - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:28 am:
While Rome burns…
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:28 am:
“Gotta protect that left side of the brain, ya know… “
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:30 am:
“Nah, it’s a prop helmet, it’s mit suppose to actually fit… “
- pool boy - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:30 am:
Where’s my Carhart apron?
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:31 am:
“No, that’s not MY bike, I drove the trashcan van. Helmet required.”
- Juan MacLean - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:32 am:
Hey Wolfman - you’re positive I’m supposed to wear it like this?
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:32 am:
“No, it’s not MY helmet, it’s Evelyn’s, I’m just mocking her is all… “
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:33 am:
After two accidents, Governor Rauner takes no chances driving around town in his state vehicle.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:34 am:
Photographer, (whispers), “I thought Tony Hawk was shorter, actually… “
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:36 am:
“I’m suppose to wear the knee and elbow pads too but I don’t wabt to look too goofy… “
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:37 am:
“Gimme a sec to tilt the helmet like the kids do… “
- LizPhairTax - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:38 am:
Let’s all pretend we care about schools together!
- AC - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:38 am:
No, I’m not doing anything important, I have plenty of time to pose for a picture.
- Abe the Babe - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:38 am:
Governor Rauner meets with Wolverine and his henchman to discuss a new movie involving avid cyclists and trade welders who join forces to defeat the mutants.
- Give Me A Break - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:40 am:
Apron? I don’t need no sticking apron.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:41 am:
“Holy Toledo, fellas, where did you guys get the Carhartt Aprons?!”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:41 am:
“Say ‘Fire Madigan’… “
- Dirty Red - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:42 am:
“Thanks, Chicago! We had a great time. Nashville is next for Bruce and the Lamb Chop Band!”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:43 am:
“Ken. Hey… Dunkin! Get off the tandem bike and take a picture of me with these fellas… “
- Jack Stephens - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:43 am:
You guys union? Did you know you would be better off if you made less money?
- Stones - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:49 am:
Rauner must have learned how to wear his helmet from Fernando Rodney
- Ghostbusters - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:52 am:
Thought bubbles from left to right…
Left: “I’m from New York. How bad can their governor really be?”
2nd from left: “This photo is sure to make CapFax!”
2nd from right: “Did you take the photo yet? How long does it take? Get me away from this guy.”
Right: “I can’t believe that guy from New York said ok when the governor begged us to take a pic with him.”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:54 am:
- pool boy -, apologies.
“Caption?”
“Nah, I don’t have a kid in the cart behind the bike, I store all my props I’m there, just in case… “
- Anonin' - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:55 am:
Hey guys I got 2 pals that need work. I will make a whopper donation from my foundation and you grab K. Dunkin and S. Levine O.K.?
BTW Mr. Levine — who I don’t know — will not be available for a few months.
- cdog - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:56 am:
Our hero Gov Rauner! What a privilege to stand next to man who is the ultimate Show Horse! Doesn’t even have to provide a budget for his own agencies, let alone anybody else!
One cool dude that gets to just goof off ALL THE TIME! OUR HERO!!!!!
- A Jack - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 8:58 am:
“I crashed my bike running from my budget cuts, but these kind fellas helped me up.”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:00 am:
No. No, I actually AM a cyclist, I actually PRETEND to be governor. Picture?”
- Ahoy! - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:01 am:
The Governor is now thinking about growing sideburns and donating the Harley to the Illinois State Museum.
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:01 am:
Peddling the agenda
- Jimmy CrackCorn - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:03 am:
Paul Kahan invites Governor Bruce Rauner to the opening of his new restaurant (Re)Publican.
- Keyrock - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:03 am:
Ther was no work for me in Springfield, so I was looking for something to do, and these guys said they could put me to work!
- walker - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:04 am:
Four Leaders Meeting
- Jimmy CrackCorn - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:05 am:
Paul Kahan creator of “Big Star.” Bruce Rauner creator of “Super Stars.”
- Gentlemen, behold! - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:06 am:
“Who is Michael Dukakis?”
- Quizzical - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:06 am:
Let me put a helmet on before I ask you this. $22,000 is a good income for a cook, right?
- Ducky LaMoore - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:12 am:
“Alright now older white males without a college education, remember, when I go down in flames, you are my last constituency, okay fine.”
- Former Titan - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:13 am:
Three men and a baby.
- Gentlemen, behold! - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:15 am:
“At least here I don’t have to hold that can of Stag and pretend to drink it.”
- @MisterJayEm - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:16 am:
“Another Instagram moment for Governor Kardashian.”
– MrJM
- Michelle Flaherty - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:16 am:
Is the helmet on backwards?
Perhaps the Turnaround Agenda could begin with the helmet.
- Jimmy CrackCorn - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:17 am:
BR: These urban foodie hipsters… Give me something that makes me look cool, so I can fit in
Aide: Bike Helmet?
BR: Nice, lets get a pic.
Aide: Governor, it’s on backwards
BR: TAKE THE PIC
- Jimmy CrackCorn - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:19 am:
This picture is taken literally across the street from his condo. Did he put on a helmet to cross traffic? Was he worried about being pelted with tomatoes?
- Michelle Flaherty - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:21 am:
After posing with the governor, the workers returned to the tree and resumed making cookies and snack crackers.
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:22 am:
Goldberg you can retire I got new taste testers now
- BeenThereB4 - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:23 am:
Photo-op sure! What budget? I’m to busy running for re-election to actually govern.
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:31 am:
Chicago sports are hot
- A guy - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:33 am:
These days you don’t go anywhere without a helmet.
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:42 am:
The baloney tour
- UnionLeader - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:57 am:
photo caption:
BR: “No other 2016 GOP candidate for President can pull this off. I think I will have CK send it to Fox News.”
- Back to Center - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 9:59 am:
Rauner’s Official Motto:
“I don’t care, and you can’t make me!”
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 10:11 am:
Fall season is upon us
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 10:12 am:
BR: “Whoa! Was that a bus that hit me or Mike Madigan?”
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 10:13 am:
Bigger they are harder they fall
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 10:14 am:
Guy on the right: (This is the third goof who claimed he was the Governor and demanded to have his picture taken with us. I can’t wait to get home.)
- ToughGuy - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 10:29 am:
Guess which one of us won a free bowl of soup for the best headgear
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 10:41 am:
Guy on the left: (I can’t believe he asked for his sushi to be ‘well done.’)
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 10:43 am:
BR: “And when I’m cruisin’ down the highway and the air is whistlin’ through my helmet, it almost sounds like Democrats playin’ their tiny violins.”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 10:43 am:
Guy on the right: (Hey, who swiped my belt?)
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 10:46 am:
BR: “Little people, gosh, I love ‘em. As long as they’re happy with minimum wage, bless their hearts.”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 10:49 am:
BR: “How come your Special today is baked apples?”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 10:52 am:
BR: “Any of you guys got a paper towel? Some joker put Crisco in my helmet and it keeps slidin’ off my head.”
- VanillaMan - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 11:02 am:
Rauner has always been very comfortable wearing a helmet, since birth, I believe. If it wasn’t for protective head gear, Bruce Rauner would have had a serious head injury by now, trying to get his head through doorways.
- Turnaround - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 11:03 am:
“I tried to turn this helmet around but couldn’t get it all the way around”
- Empty Suit - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 11:08 am:
“dire bonjour à mes petits amis. ils travaillent au pôle Nord”
- sal-says - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 11:13 am:
Raunner: ‘Brain bucket got dislodged again, explaining my goofy antiUnion obessions & why I AM The GoverNOT.’
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 11:46 am:
The only thing I can cook is the books
- Jasper - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 11:52 am:
I didn’t bring my carhart costume so I thought I would just wear this helmet backwards!
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 11:55 am:
Food cart inspector seal of approval
- Dale Cooper - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 12:00 pm:
The VW broke down so I had to rollerblade over here.
- Rich Miller - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 12:55 pm:
=== but I’ve noticed that criticism of Avery Bourne has an undertone that feels more personal ===
You mean like your comments on this morning’s Rauner photo?
- Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 1:47 pm:
Cigarette Smoking Man’s replacement meets The Lone Gunmen.
- Nearly Normal - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 1:52 pm:
Carhartt makes aprons? Gotta get one of these!
- Reality Check - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 1:57 pm:
There is another Instagram post of this photo, uncropped, from the organization’s account, which seems to indicate that Rauner just happened to be rollerblading through the park at the time.
I kid you not.
Rollerblading while Rome burns.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 2:03 pm:
==Rauner just happened to be rollerblading through the park at the time==
Sounds as credible as his meeting with the Four Leaders.
- Rich Miller - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 2:08 pm:
===Rollerblading while Rome burns. ===
You’re kidding right?
- Reality Check - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 2:56 pm:
You’re kidding right?
Um, nope.
“Look who we ran into at the park this morning! #rauneronrollerblades” https://instagram.com/p/8JStqXmR9R/
- Reality Check - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 3:03 pm:
I definitely have a new favorite hashtag. #rauneronrollerblades
It also has possibilities as an epithet or an interjection of frustration or surprise. E.g., “*&#@$ Rauner on Rollerblades, another Bears turnover!”
- concern1 - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 3:29 pm:
The helmets ok its my head that’s on backwards
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 3:37 pm:
Guy on the left: “Uh, don’t you have something more important to do, Governor?”
Rauner: “What? Me worry?”
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 3:41 pm:
Rolling blunder
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 4:14 pm:
Goldberg get my hover board
- Super Mario Brothers - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 4:17 pm:
And in my spare time, I play the new Ninja Turtle character in the latest video game.
- Raunersilverspoon - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 5:01 pm:
My mom says that only special kids get to wear a helmet….yeeeaaah I peed in the pool.
- Woodstock willy - Wednesday, Sep 30, 15 @ 5:39 pm:
My vespa does 25 when I really crank her up 1
- See the forest - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 5:21 am:
He must have sprinkled magic Rauner dust on them to get them to pose thisclose.