81 Comments - A guy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 3:39 pm: Nah, we’re good. Send it over. The stamp is ready and the ink pad ain’t dry. - Cubs in '16 - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 3:41 pm: We arm wrestle…..winner take all! - The Muse - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 3:42 pm: “Go ahead and ponder it for a bit while we ponder plans for November.” - Abe the Babe - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 3:42 pm: Cullerton thinking to himself…”Muster up a smile. Come on, we practiced this. We can do it.” ==hand shake== “nailed it”… - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 3:42 pm: “You behave in here…” - NewWestSuburbanGOP'er - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 3:43 pm: Cullerton: “Governor, please don’t say anthing to make Madigan angry, again” Rauner: ” Mr. Speaker, like I said before, I never lose.” Madigan: “Stop governin’ in the extreme” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 3:44 pm: “You got somethin’ to say, say it to my face, ‘Dartmouth’… “ - Jaded - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 3:46 pm: Speaker Madigan pulls the “Hey you’ve got something on your suit right there” trick on Governor Rauner while Senate President Cullerton thinks “he falls for that one every time”….. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 3:46 pm: “No more shines, Bruce… “ - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 3:48 pm: “If you’re gonna take me out, Bruce, don’t miss… “ - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 3:49 pm: “Dunkin’s going down, I can’t stop that now… “ - Huh? - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 3:53 pm: Governors so come and go, but I am here forever. I rule. You just think you do. - A guy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 3:54 pm: No worries, it’s just apple juice on my hand. - Beaner - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 3:58 pm: Speaker: Sorry Governor, I am not for sale. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:00 pm: “Don’t speak angry. Don’t speak angry…” - Joe M - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:00 pm: Madigan: Hey John, Bruce here thinks he is winning. Cullerton: I know. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:01 pm: “71 Bruce… Seventy… One…” - RNUG - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:03 pm: MJM (aloud) : “I was here when you came and I’ll be here when you leave.” Çullerton (thinking) Yes! Rauner (thinking) Why can’t I buy these guys? - Beaner - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:03 pm: Speaker: Governor, you understand you are just a mere short order cook. The President and the Speaker provide the groceries and set the menu. - D-Day - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:05 pm: Madigan: Laugh now, but you two have been on double secret probation since the beginning of the semester. - RNUG - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:06 pm: MJM: “Don’t make me take the cannoli.” - siriusly - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:07 pm: Madigan: “I loved you in Wall Street” - Cable Line Beer Gardener - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:07 pm: OK OK, best two out of three, Rock, Paper, Scissors - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:08 pm: “No fibs today Bruce, I’m watching… “ - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:09 pm: “I dare you Governor; say my name in your little speech… “ - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:10 pm: “Bruce, remember, you need me… “ - siriusly - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:16 pm: Cullerton “Ha! Got you Mike, I win. I told you he can say “winning” properly” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:18 pm: “Co-Equal, Bruce, just like it says in the Constitution… “ - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:18 pm: “Did you just call me ‘Old Sport’… “ - Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:19 pm: Cullerton: “Hey, Jughead, Archie and I are going over to the malt shop afterward. Wanta catch a milk shake with us?” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:19 pm: “Union yes, Bruce, Union yes… “ - Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:20 pm: Madigan: “John and I are both wearing Carhartt socks. And boxers.” - Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:22 pm: Madigan: “Looks like your pal Trump got a haircut in Iowa.” Rauner: “Oh, yeah? Well, oh yeah?” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:22 pm: “Remember, Bruce, those protesters behind the doors blame you… “ - Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:27 pm: Madigan: “Try a little pancake on top of that dome. Cuts the glare.” Rauner: “I love pancakes. We should meet at I-Hop some time.” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:28 pm: “On ‘Envelope 2′ yet Governor?” - Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:29 pm: Cullerton: (Wasn’t my plan. Wasn’t my plan at all. Not even close to my plan.) - sal-says - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:29 pm: Brucie: “Mikey, watch me stab you in the back while I’m not even facing you.” Cullerton: “This is my canary eating grin, right Brucie?” - Stumpy's bunker - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:30 pm: “If looks could kill…” - Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:31 pm: Rauner: “Scholarships? We don’t need no stinkin’ scholarships.” Madigan: “Not if you’re from…Winnet-keee.” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:35 pm: “Still waiting on your budget, Governor… “ - Wensicia - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:36 pm: Madigan as Rauner turns and extends his hand: “This is the only turn around you’re gonna get in this chamber.” - Stumpy's bunker - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:37 pm: “I’m Irish, you’re German. What could go wrong???” - burbanite - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:39 pm: “I think you need a time out Bruce.” - Stumpy's bunker - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:42 pm: “If I sit here with this special look on my face, maybe he won’t extend his hand, thus sacrificing me to the Photo-Op Gods.” - Huh? - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:45 pm: See the grinning guy, we work together. And we’ve been doing this for a long time. If you ever do anything with him, just remember he isn’t going to do anything that I don’t know about. - Huh? - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:47 pm: How much more rope are you doing to need? I have plenty more to give you. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:47 pm: “I have one son. John is his godfather. Understand?” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:51 pm: “Rahm can’t help you here… “ - Stumpy's bunker - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:51 pm: “A sitdown??? Fuggetaboutit. The fed’s will find out.” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:52 pm: “Jim Edgar was right about you, Bruce… “ - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:53 pm: Mike’s hand buzzer gag never gets old - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 4:56 pm: “I love hearing fiction, Bruce… “ - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 5:01 pm: “You tell Sandack to stop hooting before we begin, ok?” - Rich Miller - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 5:03 pm: Now youse can’t leave. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 5:05 pm: “I coulda told you Rich never work me… “ - IllinoisBoi - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 5:05 pm: Let this be our last battlefield, Lokai!!! - DuPage Bard - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 5:08 pm: Hhhhmmm smells like ……. pork? - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 5:10 pm: Rich goes “A Bronx Tale”… “Caption?” “By all means, be yourself… “ - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 5:14 pm: “Triangles, Bruce… Triangles… “ - Last Bull Moose - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 5:15 pm: I have a MAP that leads to two doors. Behind door 1 is a Tiger. Behind door 2 is a Tigress. (And not one with a blue pill.) - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 5:17 pm: “You tell Goldberg… he’s on his last chance… “ - Arthur Andersen - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 5:27 pm: “You might have nine houses but this one is mine.” - walker - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 5:45 pm: “Governor, pay attention!” - Left of Central IL - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 5:58 pm: Madigan - “I’ll drop you like so many of your g’s.” - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 6:28 pm: Goldberg said my kin would be here? - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 6:32 pm: Shaking up to the speaker - XDNR - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 6:42 pm: How’s the “hangin’ in there” going Governor? - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 7:06 pm: Goldberg told me to tell you to pay no attention to the man behind the shower curtain - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 7:16 pm: Standing up for their friendship - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 7:19 pm: Hello friend - Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 7:39 pm: Madigan: “Governor, what’s that down there by your foot?” Rauner: “I don’t see anything.” Madigan: “It’s a ‘g’. Somebody’s dopping ‘g’s on my floor. Sergeant-at-arms! A dust pan and broom. Sweep this mess up, please!” - Denizen - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 8:01 pm: pinkie shake…. - Union Leader - Tuesday, Feb 2, 16 @ 8:52 pm: Madigan: “caught you in another lie Bruce, just like on election night, when you said we spoke on the phone.” Cullerton: “Good one Mr.Speaker.” Rauner: “Damn, foiled again!” - Anonymous - Wednesday, Feb 3, 16 @ 4:49 am: Darth Madigan: “Jar Jar, make the governor check his blaster at the door” - Rabid - Wednesday, Feb 3, 16 @ 7:05 am: Primary objective - Rabid - Wednesday, Feb 3, 16 @ 7:11 am: Passing of the can - Rabid - Wednesday, Feb 3, 16 @ 7:33 am: Did I tell you Jesse wants a picture with you? - Rabid - Wednesday, Feb 3, 16 @ 7:49 am: Turnaround handout - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Feb 3, 16 @ 7:59 am: Look over here Ma’am, and you will recognize that I have a nice hand gesture for the Governor that everyone understands. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Feb 3, 16 @ 8:53 am: “Bruce, I asked Ken Dunkin to sit with the other members of your caucuses, for today… “ Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.