The negative comments were flowing fast and furious and far more specific about issues than the positive ones. Those were more of the great job, keep up the good work type of comment.
There was nothing about it that came across as a genuine question and answer session. There was certainly nothing in his cherry picked questions that addressed anything of substance.
“Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s *because* they sat there that they were able to do it.”
“Your resume says you minored in French Culinary Arts. Most students work the frier at KFC. You busted tables at Il Picatorre to support yourself. Then you got out of college and started working here. How much did they pay you to give up on your dreams?”
“This is not an assessment of your productivity. Try not to take this personally. I want you to review this packet. Take it seriously. I think you’ll find a lot of good answers in here. This is not an assessment of your productivity”
“Gentlemen! It is imperative that we crush the unions before the start of the legislative session! And a shiny new donkey for whoever brings me the head of Roberta Lynch.”
(Goldberg whispers off camera)
“Oh, and by that I mean, it’s time to choose the employee of the month!”
Years ago you served me in the pump-and-dump-distressed-nursing-home wars. Now, it appears my mission to get to the White House has failed. My ship had come under attack from Mike Madigan and his emoji army. I have hidden information on coordinates in the middle of a CMS video about out great new health care options for state employees; only you Obi One Kenobi, will have the patience to watch it. Please send help.
There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear.
Mike Madigan has more money and people in the target districts. Donald Trump claims Rauner will fail to do well in the upcoming election because he isn’t huge enough.
“And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge electronic bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the trash can van, which was going about a hundred miles an hour down to Springfield. And a voice was screaming: ‘Holy Friedman! What are these pixelated animals?’”
- Stark - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:35 am:
Seeing as 2/3 of the image is angry faces, I’d say this is a pretty accurate representation of his actual approval numbers.
- tripod - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:35 am:
I should’ve been there
- Bobby Catalpa - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:35 am:
60% disapproval.
Pretty much in line with every recent poll.
- Dome Gnome - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:36 am:
“I don’t usually wear my heart on my sleeve.”
- Anonymouth - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:37 am:
The Lord of Casterly Rock
- siriusly - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:37 am:
“Hey Goldberg, I want that dead fish nearby so I can use that joke again if this goes badly”
- Aldyth - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:38 am:
The negative comments were flowing fast and furious and far more specific about issues than the positive ones. Those were more of the great job, keep up the good work type of comment.
There was nothing about it that came across as a genuine question and answer session. There was certainly nothing in his cherry picked questions that addressed anything of substance.
- Rabid - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:40 am:
Donald who?
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:40 am:
“No. Sorry. You all are just not ‘tie-worthy’…”
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:41 am:
Given Illinois gubernatorial history, Gov. Rauner tries out some looks for the inevitable mug shot.
- illini97 - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:43 am:
I didn’t know Carhartt made sport coats.
- Mama Retired - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:43 am:
Disapproval is what happens when you don’t care about the other 99% of the people.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:46 am:
“Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s *because* they sat there that they were able to do it.”
“Your resume says you minored in French Culinary Arts. Most students work the frier at KFC. You busted tables at Il Picatorre to support yourself. Then you got out of college and started working here. How much did they pay you to give up on your dreams?”
“This is not an assessment of your productivity. Try not to take this personally. I want you to review this packet. Take it seriously. I think you’ll find a lot of good answers in here. This is not an assessment of your productivity”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:48 am:
“You have a great question, but I’m going to say whatever I want anyway… “
- Commonsense in Illinois - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:49 am:
So, which button do I push to fire my laser at these things?
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:49 am:
“If you’re from Winnetka or know Diana or me, blink twice… “
- 47th Ward - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:49 am:
Maybe the horseshoe for lunch wasn’t such a good idea…
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:51 am:
“Yeah, I start this silly thing in a few minutes. Do I look phony enough or do I go with the cowboy hat?”
- 47th Ward - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:51 am:
I’m not really involved in this Facebook Q&A.
- 47th Ward - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:53 am:
Mike Madigan and the angry emoji faces he controls.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:53 am:
“Wow, you got that phony background makes it look like I’m really at work… No, it’s not raining here in Palm Beach… “
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:53 am:
“Pants?… Um… Well… “
- Anon - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:53 am:
“How does this new-fangled votin’ machine work? Can I vote for Trump today?”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:55 am:
“I shoulda kept the mutten chops… “
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:56 am:
“The biker vest? I left it in Chicago… Yeah… My pieces of flair add to the coat, don’t they?”
- Honeybear - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 9:58 am:
My God, I can smell the unwashed even over facebook!
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:02 am:
“Huh. That squirrel is actually water-skiing?… “
- illini - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:03 am:
“I still do not respect most of you enough to wear a tie.”
- Albany Park Patriot - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:04 am:
“I paid 100,000 to join a wine club and own nine separate residences. But believe me when I tell you that you can do without social services!”
- walker - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:04 am:
Bring out the grill and patio, and lighten up a bit. This is FB.
- Anon - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:06 am:
“Remember when I said I’d be doin’ this again? Me neither.”
- Ron Burgundy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:07 am:
Screenshot from the in-development game app Pokémon Gov.
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:08 am:
Alien overlord
- Rabid - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:10 am:
High noon at the ok corral
- Rabid - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:16 am:
Here’s one from a filipino
- 47th Ward - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:19 am:
“Gentlemen! It is imperative that we crush the unions before the start of the legislative session! And a shiny new donkey for whoever brings me the head of Roberta Lynch.”
(Goldberg whispers off camera)
“Oh, and by that I mean, it’s time to choose the employee of the month!”
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:20 am:
“I have become comfortably numb.”
- Earnest - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:21 am:
Read my lips, not my actions.
- sal-says - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:22 am:
This is my best mug shot pose. Gotta be ready.
- Quizzical - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:23 am:
Years ago you served me in the pump-and-dump-distressed-nursing-home wars. Now, it appears my mission to get to the White House has failed. My ship had come under attack from Mike Madigan and his emoji army. I have hidden information on coordinates in the middle of a CMS video about out great new health care options for state employees; only you Obi One Kenobi, will have the patience to watch it. Please send help.
- Slippin' Jimmy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:24 am:
That (banned word) Donald promised no one would ever know I slept at Mar Lago, what the ( banned word) was I thinkin’ ?
- Jocko - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:24 am:
No flag pin? I guess he only wears the states he’s conquered on his lapel.
- Christopher - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:26 am:
Rauner is shown after he had his mornin’ glass of Republican joy juice
- IllinoisBoi - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:27 am:
There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear.
- Old Shepherd - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:27 am:
Is this the beat box guy from those annoying Charter commercials?
- 47th Ward - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:35 am:
Pretty cool and so easy. I can see how Sandack got caught up in all of that on-line monkey business. Which one of these is the tweeter button?
- A Jack - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:36 am:
Sorry, I can’t answer any questions right now. Speaker Madigan just gave me a sour gummy.
- Dysfunction Junction - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:51 am:
ATHIIIA (Ask Thurston Howell the 3rd Anything)
- AlfondoGonz - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:55 am:
“Hey, Sandack, am I working this thing right?”
- Whatever - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:58 am:
“Get the quarter in Zoltar’s mouth, and you get your tax increase.”
- Bluegrass Boy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:58 am:
So “Dad’s Home State” is now on IPI-TV?
- VanillaMan - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 11:00 am:
So - are the kiddies eager to see their Uncle Brucie on Spacebook?
- A guy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 11:06 am:
And that’s all I’m gonna say about that.
- VanillaMan - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 11:07 am:
Oh great!
A rerun!
I love it when that dumb governor screws up and has to be bailed out by Benson!
- VanillaMan - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 11:09 am:
Look a rerun!
This is that show about the incompetent governor who has to be bailed out by Benson!
- d.p.gumby - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 11:11 am:
The Man in the High Castle
- 100 miles west - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 11:24 am:
Leave the base at once and come to me with Kylo Ren. It is time… to complete his training.
- Joe M - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 11:48 am:
I have ruled.
(And I don’t care about votes in the General Assembly or what the Illinois Supreme Court has to say.)
- South Central - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 11:56 am:
“Looking down my nose at the rest of you.”
- Rabid - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 12:07 pm:
Why am I being unfriended?
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 12:10 pm:
“Goldberg! Get some Spray ‘n Wash and get that bird doo-doo off my lapel!”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 12:11 pm:
“Whatta ya mean? Of course there’s room for another head on Mount Rushmore.”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 12:12 pm:
“And this is how Hitchcock looked in his cameo in ‘Vertigo’.”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 12:13 pm:
“Ya know, if you stare at an Asian carp in an aquarium long enough, it has a strange effect on you.”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 12:15 pm:
“Shoot. I need one of those selfie sticks. You can’t see the arrowhead and feathers on the gag arrow going through my head.”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 12:17 pm:
“Hey, ck, which look is better? White shirt without a tie or plaid shirt with my polka dot tie?”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 12:19 pm:
“It’s still out of focus. I don’t look like Cary Grant yet.”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 12:21 pm:
“And this is why you should never drink hot cocoa for breakfast.”
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 12:22 pm:
@vanillaman, that was classic, thanks for the days brightspot.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 12:24 pm:
“I’ll just stand real still next to the mannequins here in the Lincoln Museum and see if anybody recognizes me.”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 12:26 pm:
“And here’s my impression of Mike Madigan opening his Christmas presents.”
- Winnin' - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 12:31 pm:
This is my impression of Lou Henson.
- Man with a Plan - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 1:20 pm:
He looks like he is saying something in a snooty British accent.
- Vote Quimby! - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 1:24 pm:
“Release the hounds.”
- Huh? - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 1:47 pm:
Wha..? I’m sorry, I nodded off for a second. Could you repeat your comment supporting my agenda?
- Huh? - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 1:54 pm:
This is the face I make when I hear a former supporter says my administration is a disappointment.
- The Fool On The Hill - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 2:00 pm:
This is me after I ate a bowl of firebrand chili at Joe’s.
- siriusly - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 2:36 pm:
And our next question is from Seymour Butts . . . go ahead Seymour
- efudd - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 2:38 pm:
“What part of oligarchy don’t you people understand?”
- Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 2:59 pm:
“Remain Caim! I, Chip Diller, order you to Remain Calm,”
- Valerie F. Leonard - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 3:18 pm:
“…to my subjects…”
- Rabid - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 3:19 pm:
Look upon
- Stones - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 3:39 pm:
“You love me! You actually love me!”
- Rabid - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 3:50 pm:
Lookout man
- The one - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 3:55 pm:
Pleased to meet you…Hope you guess my name.
- Rabid - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 4:01 pm:
Seeing eye to eye with the youth
- Old Lobbyist - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 4:07 pm:
Mike Madigan has more money and people in the target districts. Donald Trump claims Rauner will fail to do well in the upcoming election because he isn’t huge enough.
- zatoichi - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 4:10 pm:
And you are who?
- Empty Suit - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 4:17 pm:
“Lemons are sour”
- Rich Miller - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 4:37 pm:
“And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge electronic bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the trash can van, which was going about a hundred miles an hour down to Springfield. And a voice was screaming: ‘Holy Friedman! What are these pixelated animals?’”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 4:40 pm:
“I thought you can’t type those type of words on Facebook”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 4:41 pm:
“Friend request from Karen Lewis? Whaa… “
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 4:42 pm:
“How come the Dartmouth Libray unfriended me?”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 4:43 pm:
“I shoulda Googled Evelyn Sanguinetti before I hired her… “
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 4:44 pm:
“They took down my ‘Oswego Willy’ Facebook page. Huh. Live and learn… “
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 4:45 pm:
“So this is what’s going on at my 9 houses… right now? All 9 cameras are working?”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 4:46 pm:
“I thought having a camera watching my money all the time would be exciting… Kinda boring… “
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 4:48 pm:
“And… the Red Sox won… and the Steelers won… and the Bulls have nothing going. People complain about fantasy sports… Why?”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 4:52 pm:
“When will Rich post a picture of Oscar?”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 4:53 pm:
“I just renewed Netflix… “
- dmc - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 4:56 pm:
the Homer Simpson line comes to mind “D’oh!”
- Rabid - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 5:18 pm:
Look into my eyes your feeling sleepy
- Rabid - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 5:41 pm:
Hindsight
- Rabid - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 7:00 pm:
Focused like a laser
- Rabid - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 8:00 pm:
Eyeing a second term
- Rabid - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 8:23 pm:
Soothsayer trance
- Rabid - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 8:33 pm:
Whatever
- Rabid - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 8:35 pm:
The culture club
- Rabid - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 8:37 pm:
Keep eye on prize
- Rabid - Wednesday, Sep 21, 16 @ 10:07 pm:
The eyes are the window to the soul
- LakeCountyOG - Thursday, Sep 22, 16 @ 12:30 am:
Stand by for my “Upchuck Agenda.”
- Rabid - Thursday, Sep 22, 16 @ 1:06 am:
High society
- Rabid - Thursday, Sep 22, 16 @ 7:29 am:
Upper crust consoling the populist
- Rabid - Thursday, Sep 22, 16 @ 9:45 am:
Quick Goldberg get my sash
- Rabid - Thursday, Sep 22, 16 @ 11:05 am:
Goldberg aren’t we going to show the IPI trailer?
- Rabid - Thursday, Sep 22, 16 @ 11:11 am:
Would you buy a used car from this man?
- Rabid - Thursday, Sep 22, 16 @ 11:14 am:
Asleep at the wheel
- Rabid - Thursday, Sep 22, 16 @ 11:25 am:
Goldberg will this platform improve my performance
- Rabid - Thursday, Sep 22, 16 @ 11:30 am:
Goldberg sàid your from emergent order and this will be edited