“The machine has pounded with their power in the past. They have outspent us two, three, four-to-one. Not this time. Not this time. We’re going toe-to-toe — and, in fact, we’re going to do better than them!” — Bruce Rauner, Aug. 17, 2016.
– MrJM
- 32nd Ward Roscoe Village - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:20 pm:
Blago: “The object of my affection (duck) has changed my hair’s complexion from gray right back to black…”
This. It has come to this. Two horrible candidates and two horrible mascots. I am not a “furry” myself, I do not want to judge,but come on. I am sure Mark and Tammy might be nice people, but the Senate is too important.
“When I was Quinnochio I got $30, a box lunch, 4 ride tickets, and a picture with the butter cow. I told them right off, I’m not doing this again for less than 10 ride tickets and 2 deep fried pickles”
- Ron Burgundy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 12:56 pm:
Duck A L’Orange
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 12:58 pm:
RAUNER SHOWCASES JOBS CREATED
Governor Touts Himself as Actor in Creations
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 12:59 pm:
RIGHT TO PROPS BILL HEADS TO GOV FOR SIGNATURE
Rauner Prepares Prop Pens For Event
- GA Watcher - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:00 pm:
Guy in Duck Suit: To think I go my Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago for this.
Guy in Blago Prison Suit: You think you’ve got it bad. I’m the Governor’s Chief of Staff!
- Ron Burgundy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:07 pm:
Orange is the New Quack
- x ace - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:08 pm:
” Went for ‘F…… Golden ‘ Goose and got stuck with a f….. Yellow Duck “
- Ron Burgundy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:09 pm:
Blago and a duck walk into a Walgreen’s.
“We’ll take a tube of sunscreen, just put it on his bill.”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:14 pm:
LOCHTE AND AGENT IN US, WHEREABOUTS UNKOWN
- Commonsense in Illinois - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:15 pm:
Damit Durkin…go along you said…we’re leaders - he’ll take care of us you said…this is our reward?
Shhh, Chris…the press is coming over.
- 3 months left - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:17 pm:
“It’s sweatier under here than Kevin Artl’s palms when Mark talks to the press.”
- @MisterJayEm - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:19 pm:
– MrJM
- 32nd Ward Roscoe Village - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:20 pm:
Blago: “The object of my affection (duck) has changed my hair’s complexion from gray right back to black…”
- pool boy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:24 pm:
Now we know what Rich Miller and Oswego Willy do at the fair.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:28 pm:
“We get $9 an hour now, but we get a bump once we join the union… “
- A guy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:30 pm:
I sure hope that golf cart in the background is Security.
- Bigtwich - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:30 pm:
A Bro with a Duck.
- Quizzical! - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:42 pm:
Sweet Lord it’s hot in these costumes! Next year let’s dress in shorts and hand out gear-shaped ‘Don’t be a cog in Madigan’s Machine’ popsicles!
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:44 pm:
“Who’s Tammy?”
“I dunno”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:48 pm:
“Hey… Here comes another phony costume character… ”
“Do we call him Bruce or Gov. Rauner… “
- Name Withheld - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:50 pm:
A fowl and a foul
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:51 pm:
“What agency are you the director of?”
“No, no. You first… “
- Henry Francis - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:51 pm:
Appealing to low educated voters.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:52 pm:
“No. Seriously. Who’s Tammy… “
- A guy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:52 pm:
Duck: You need to update the hair on that costume.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:55 pm:
“I was in a ‘Chicago Fire’ episode last season, ‘Victim in pajamas 3′… ”
“I knew I saw you before. And now we’re both here… “
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 1:58 pm:
“You know, ‘Dad’s Home State’ has some seriously good kraft services… ”
“And we get SAG scale for this, without any lines. How great is that… “
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 2:00 pm:
“There’s a ‘Lance’ guy that will want a selfie with you. He takes the selfie… and says something like ‘Take that, Lou Lang’… just be aware…”
“Thanks.”
- SAP - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 2:03 pm:
Duck Amuck
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2j6pt1?GK_FACEBOOK_OG_HTML5=1
- Delimma - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 2:03 pm:
I heard that on September 1 they were going to go on strike but their healthcare would be free! I’m so confused.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 2:06 pm:
“(Whispers) Hey, your sign’s upside down… Heh, made you look… “
- Biography - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 2:08 pm:
This. It has come to this. Two horrible candidates and two horrible mascots. I am not a “furry” myself, I do not want to judge,but come on. I am sure Mark and Tammy might be nice people, but the Senate is too important.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 2:19 pm:
Good to see @hannahmeisel tweeting more…
“Caption?”
“When I was Quinnochio I got $30, a box lunch, 4 ride tickets, and a picture with the butter cow. I told them right off, I’m not doing this again for less than 10 ride tickets and 2 deep fried pickles”
“Well, you showed them… “
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 2:24 pm:
“Oh no, I’m just filling in. Some ‘Slip and Sue’ person was too short for the duck suit so they called the agency… “
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 2:28 pm:
“You see KISS last night?”
“Awesome, amirite?”
“Exactly.”
- Illinois Bob - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 2:34 pm:
Democrat Fowl and Felon
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 2:38 pm:
“The Press better hurry up, the agency has me scheduled to be ‘Donald Trump’ at the Poultry Building at 4″
“They have me there tomorrow… “
- JS Mill - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 2:40 pm:
A guy and Zonker performing their day jobs. You figure out which is which.
- ArchPundit - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 2:40 pm:
Why is Mayor Daley in an orange jumpsuit?
—African American girl walking by
- Earnest - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 2:56 pm:
Is that really Mark Kirk in that lame duck costume?
- Ron Burgundy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 2:58 pm:
“I wonder where you’d find a Duckworth here.”
“What’s a Duckworth?”
“About 20 bucks? I dunno. Check at the barn back there.”
- Blue Dog - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 3:11 pm:
Two Fowl Hacks.
- Mama - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 3:19 pm:
Duckin Time in the Pen
- Michelle Flaherty - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 3:19 pm:
Wondered what Sandack and Murphy were doing these days
- Mama - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 3:22 pm:
Two quacks away from the golden egg.
- Ron Burgundy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 3:23 pm:
The Duck Shank Redemption
- Dance Band on the Titanic - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 3:25 pm:
He promised me a seat in the General Assembly if I stand out here like this for a few hours.
- Ron Burgundy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 3:25 pm:
Birdman of Alcatraz
- A guy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 3:48 pm:
==- JS Mill - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 2:40 pm:===
Most the educators I know are a bit more clever. I’ll continue to make an exception for you.
Wish I had time for that kind of day job.
- Gus - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 3:54 pm:
Signs Mike Z has officially run out of ideas.
- Tough Guy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 3:57 pm:
I heard one of these was Comptroller Munger spying on Mendoza at the rally.
- Precinct Captain - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 4:15 pm:
Bruce Rauner: “Halloween has come early for me!”
- JS Mill - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 4:23 pm:
=Most the educators I know are a bit more clever. I’ll continue to make an exception for you.
Wish I had time for that kind of day job.=
Oooooohh! Good burn!
First you have to have a day job. Oops, I think we identified it.
- jls - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 4:34 pm:
At least Tammy’s duck worthy.
- A guy - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 5:01 pm:
JSM, are you in a consolidated district? If so, spend a little more time at the high school. You’ve gone as far as you can go in K-5.
- Amalia - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 5:30 pm:
Duck Duck Bruce!
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 5:58 pm:
“We wouldn’t be here if Duckface hadn’t gotten us fired from Disney World for swearing at little kids.”
- JS Mill - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 6:34 pm:
@A guy- you may want to go to high school and learn to toughen up or at least come up with a worthwhile response.
On second thought, those high school kids would be pretty merciless with you.
You were probably better off stopping after jr high.
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 6:54 pm:
It looks like they spent all of their dough on the costumes and forgot to get a decent marker to make the signs.
Amateurs.
- Rabid - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 10:40 pm:
Trump supporters
- Rabid - Thursday, Aug 18, 16 @ 11:06 pm:
I thought all are VIP bags were the same
- Red tower - Friday, Aug 19, 16 @ 4:26 am:
This is what republican interns get paid to do….?
what they get paid!!
- Rabid - Friday, Aug 19, 16 @ 7:07 am:
George Ryan elvis impersonator does the disco duck
- Rabid - Friday, Aug 19, 16 @ 7:26 am:
I see a rubber trump mask in the GOP future
- Anonymous - Friday, Aug 19, 16 @ 7:53 am:
If I supported Mark Kirk, I’d hide behind a mask too.
- Whatever - Friday, Aug 19, 16 @ 8:51 am:
“Why a duck?” Chico Marx, The Cocoanuts