Barack Obama: “I’m really sorry Ken.”
Ken Dunkin: “For what?”
Barack Obama: “I told Biden to appoint Dunkin Secretary of Education. That guy, he thought I meant Arne Duncan.”
“President Obama on hand in the Illinois House to congratulate the Century Club President Ken Dunkin for once again receiving 100 no votes on a bill he sponsored”.
After seeing the contest in CapFax, it occurs to President Obama to pick up the phone and call Rep. Dunkin’.
“Hey Ken, it’s Barack. Could you get with that new governor of yours and give me a hand on this Syrian refugee situation?”
- Thrillinois - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 11:46 am:
I’m making that desktop background.
- old pol - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 11:47 am:
We are not what we appear to be.
- Keyrock - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 11:47 am:
One of these things is not like the other.
- LizPhairTax - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 11:48 am:
Audacity and Hope
- Anon2U - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 11:52 am:
A man willing to work in a bipartisan manner and the President
- MOON - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 11:52 am:
Untrustworthy and Failure
- D.P.Gumby - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 11:53 am:
And w/ the new Photoshop, you, too, and be friends w/ anyone!!!
- VanillaMan - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 11:53 am:
We can be bought.
- VanillaMan - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 11:54 am:
Bernie who?
- Jose Abreu's next homer - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 11:58 am:
We just bought car insurance through The General!
- Stones - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 12:13 pm:
“Madigan has been contained”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 12:13 pm:
“Ken, what do you tell the people who are disappointed with you?”
“Same thing you do, Mr. President. I just blame it on The System.”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 12:16 pm:
“Ken, don’t you own a necktie?”
“My boss says it’s more comfortable without one.”
- Formerly Known As... - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 12:18 pm:
==Ken, when will you listen? I told you. You stab them in the back, not in plain sight.==
- Formerly Known As... - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 12:19 pm:
==Between you and me, Ken, I never really liked Madigan either.==
- The End Is Near - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 12:23 pm:
“Stand next to me and I’ll do for the Dunkin name in Chicago what I’ve already done for the Duncan name in Chicago.”
- 360 Degree TurnAround - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 12:23 pm:
Caption: “State Representative Ken Dunkin, seen here with President Obama, talking about his health care options in January 2017″.
- Ducky LaMoore - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 12:24 pm:
Vote present!
- Century Club - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 12:25 pm:
BO: Ya’know, Ken, one of the best days of my life was the day I walked out of the State House for the last time…
KD: Ummm, I’m not sure why you’re bringing that up.
- @MisterJayEm - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 12:27 pm:
“Moments later, the President’s wallet was retrieved by the Secret Service.”
– MrJM
- Wensicia - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 12:30 pm:
“Remember, Ken, party loyalty is everything!”
- Century Club - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 12:30 pm:
Obama: I was asking for Donuts.
- Bemused - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 12:31 pm:
Relationships can sure change with time.
I remember when a lot of folks wanted to change French Fries to Freedom Fries.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 12:32 pm:
Poor President Obama…
- 360 Degree TurnAround - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 12:34 pm:
Barack Obama: “I’m really sorry Ken.”
Ken Dunkin: “For what?”
Barack Obama: “I told Biden to appoint Dunkin Secretary of Education. That guy, he thought I meant Arne Duncan.”
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 12:35 pm:
“… and the lesson is you can’t help when the unsavory get close to Presidents, even before they were in the White House”
- Sue - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 12:39 pm:
Kind of wish the guy on the left was in the WH. He couldn’t possibly do a worse job then Obama
- 360 Degree TurnAround - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 12:40 pm:
“President Obama on hand in the Illinois House to congratulate the Century Club President Ken Dunkin for once again receiving 100 no votes on a bill he sponsored”.
- Henry Francis - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 12:46 pm:
One guy wears ties, the other breaks them.
- Austin Blvd - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 12:47 pm:
After seeing the contest in CapFax, it occurs to President Obama to pick up the phone and call Rep. Dunkin’.
“Hey Ken, it’s Barack. Could you get with that new governor of yours and give me a hand on this Syrian refugee situation?”
- mokenavince - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 12:48 pm:
Politicans make strange bed fellows .
- Mama - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 12:51 pm:
One knows how to work with his party. The other one is clueless.
- Honeybear - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 1:12 pm:
Ugh (that’s all I’ve got to say)
- Lane Tech Lenny - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 1:17 pm:
“Dunk, being a lame duck is not so bad.”
- Huh? - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 1:26 pm:
One guy hated by republicans and some other guy.
- future - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 1:32 pm:
2 guys who won’t be in office much longer
- burbanite - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 1:33 pm:
“I told you I was a Democrat.”
- olddog - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 1:34 pm:
Oops! I posted at 1:33 to the wrong thread. Sorry about that.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 1:42 pm:
As President Obama finds out, even a “Michael” like him will have a “Fredo” hanging on all the time.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 1:46 pm:
(A very respectful hat-tip to - @MisterJayEm -)
“Vultures, vultures everywhere.”
- The Machine - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 1:48 pm:
One good man and the President.
- Republicrat - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 1:53 pm:
Separated at birth?
- *...* - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 2:37 pm:
Kenny and Barry go together like peas and carrots.
- siriusly - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 2:43 pm:
Some Republicans don’t think he was born in this country.
Some Democrats don’t think he was born on this planet.
- Blue dog dem - Tuesday, Nov 17, 15 @ 5:44 pm:
…when things get a little tough, just blame ‘W’.