Well, I’m takin’ my time, I’m just movin’ on
You’ll forget about me after I’ve been gone
And I take what I find, I don’t want no more
Just everything includin’ your front door
“Actually, we’re doing a crossover. ‘Dad’s Home State’ is going to be on ‘The Ranch’ and I just came back from shooting my scene. They said to dress normally and be yourself, whatever that means, so… “
“I’m goin’ huntin’ when I leave here. Racoon huntin’ ’cause me and maw are tired of Spam. See my pearl snap shirt? Wanna see my $18 watch? My beater van is barely runnin’ but it got me here. Yee haw, I love plain folk.”
- Jake From Elwood - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:19 pm:
I’m gonna take you by surpise, and make you realize, Mad-i-gan.
I gonna tell you right away, I cant wait another day, Mad-i-gan.
I’m gonna say it like a man, and make you understand, Mad-i-gan.
I loathe you.
- Curl of the Burl - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:20 pm:
“Sign all those big state contracts!
You know they’ll have great expectations.
But when they hear we’re out of money
They’re gonna be litigatin’…yeah yeah!”
- Jake From Elwood - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:25 pm:
Meanwhile, Pat Quinn is photographed seeking comped tickets for the Engelbert Humperdinck show.
- Henry Francis - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:25 pm:
Pouring the 2015 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild into this Miller Lite can was genius Lance. I can swish it in my mouth as much as I like and no one is the wiser. I just wish we had an old Stag can to use.
“You guys seem all cool. After this, head over to my place, the fairgrounds, for the ‘After Concert’. I have Smash Mouth and Dave Matthews playing, and Coldplay on after midnight…”
It’s a stone groove brothers and sisters! Takes you back to a time when Illinois was in the red and you could pitch the Lottery as a means of funding public education. Yowsa!
LOOK AT HOW I’M DRESSED! JUST LIKE YOU! I’M RICH BUT I AM JUST LIKE YOU PEOPLE! I ATE A HOT DOG AT A GAS STATION ON MY WAY HERE! I’M ON PAINKILLERS JUST LIKE YOU!”
- 47th Ward - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:46 am:
“If only I could find a way, I’d feel like I’m the man you believe I am
And it gets harder every day for me, to hide behind this dream you see
A man I’ll never be”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:47 am:
“They told me I was going to a tractor pull. This is the costume for that… “
- Liberty - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:47 am:
The whole outfit is out of place but I guess he is used to it.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:48 am:
“Oooo… shoulda wore the biker vest…”
- Ole' Nelson - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:48 am:
A man of many hats, but apparently no “Governor” hat in the collection.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:49 am:
“I wear what I want. I picked out my own name, ‘Frankenstein’, and I can do a mean loogie trick after eating 50 packets of ketchup… “
- A guy - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:49 am:
“Kill da Wabbit”
- Red Rider - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:50 am:
This is it. I thought it was the Boston tee party. What no stag beer, I have the hat for it.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:50 am:
“Scuba Steve is back at the Director’s House… “
- Rocky Rosi - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:50 am:
He is in the zone.
- Slippin' Jimmy - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:50 am:
When does Willie Nelson play?
- A guy - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:51 am:
Heard you gotta hunt for this band to find ‘em these days.
- Hamlet's Ghost - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:51 am:
Caption:
Well, I’m takin’ my time, I’m just movin’ on
You’ll forget about me after I’ve been gone
And I take what I find, I don’t want no more
Just everything includin’ your front door
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:51 am:
“Oooo. I’m the smelly kid here… “
- A guy - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:51 am:
Boston??? I thought it was Nugent.
- Get it Solved - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:52 am:
The Governor is Feelin Satisfied.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:52 am:
“Sonny and Layla got married. I became governor. No need for a sequel.”
- A guy - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:53 am:
OK, nobody knows it’s me. Where’s Willy? Not Nelson, the dude from Sandwich or Oswego or wherever?
- Anonymous - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:55 am:
Does this group want to get in the habit of posting pictures of what members of then General Assembly were doing in Springfield on session nights?
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:58 am:
“Actually, we’re doing a crossover. ‘Dad’s Home State’ is going to be on ‘The Ranch’ and I just came back from shooting my scene. They said to dress normally and be yourself, whatever that means, so… “
- 47th Ward - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:59 am:
Duct tape dynasty.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:00 pm:
“Ashton Kutcher is shorter in person, but he liked my hat and made me say words ending in G.., “
- Your Name Here - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:01 pm:
“I gotta spit”
- Chicago Cynic - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:05 pm:
“- Anonymous - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:55 am:
Does this group want to get in the habit of posting pictures of what members of then General Assembly were doing in Springfield on session nights?”
When members of the GA decide the way to touch people is to dress up in phony costumes? Sure.
- TheGoodLieutenant - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:06 pm:
I’m not the only one droppin’ g’s
- Chicago Cynic - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:06 pm:
And hey, at least he’s takin’ the flannel out for a spin.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:06 pm:
“Oooo. I gotta git me one of dose helmets wit da two beers on da side and da straws… “
- illinoised - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:08 pm:
“I’m goin’ huntin’ when I leave here. Racoon huntin’ ’cause me and maw are tired of Spam. See my pearl snap shirt? Wanna see my $18 watch? My beater van is barely runnin’ but it got me here. Yee haw, I love plain folk.”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:11 pm:
“I got me a farm too… How big… About the size of Sang-Oh-Mo Cauntie, give or take a few hundred Ay-curs… “
- Curl of the Burl - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:15 pm:
“It’s been such a long time…
Since we had a budget…
But in my mind…deep in my mind…
I think the state can keep on going!”
- Rich Miller - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:16 pm:
===Does this group want to get in the habit of posting pictures===
The ILGOP has twice (that we know of) used video trackers on a targeted state Rep. and the comptroller.
You got no room to talk.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:17 pm:
“The foxes? They’re doin’ fine, jus fine, growin’ like weeds… may haveta move from da porch right quick… “
- phocion - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:18 pm:
“More Than No Feelings”
- Jake From Elwood - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:19 pm:
I’m gonna take you by surpise, and make you realize, Mad-i-gan.
I gonna tell you right away, I cant wait another day, Mad-i-gan.
I’m gonna say it like a man, and make you understand, Mad-i-gan.
I loathe you.
- Curl of the Burl - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:20 pm:
“Sign all those big state contracts!
You know they’ll have great expectations.
But when they hear we’re out of money
They’re gonna be litigatin’…yeah yeah!”
- Jake From Elwood - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:25 pm:
Meanwhile, Pat Quinn is photographed seeking comped tickets for the Engelbert Humperdinck show.
- Henry Francis - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:25 pm:
Pouring the 2015 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild into this Miller Lite can was genius Lance. I can swish it in my mouth as much as I like and no one is the wiser. I just wish we had an old Stag can to use.
- Harvest76 - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:32 pm:
It wasn’t on purpose, the light was out in my costume closet and I had to suit up in the dark.
- Keyser Soze - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:44 pm:
“Has anyone seen Nugent?”
w/a tip of the hat to A Guy.
- Nigel Tufnels - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:45 pm:
Where was this concert at? Shanks Hall in Milwaukee
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:49 pm:
- A Guy -
It would not be… unusual.. for me to attend a Boston concert…
“Nah. My Carhartt is being dry cleaned so I thought I wear this… and this sportin’ hat…”
- Carhartt Representative - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 12:52 pm:
Sigh, it’s been such a long time.
- Father Ted - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 1:01 pm:
“A camouflage hat at a Boston concert?”
Simple. He didn’t want to be seen.
- Carhartt Representative - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 1:03 pm:
And I begin dreaming (more than a feeling)
Till I see Madigan walk away
I see Mike Madigan walkin’ away
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 1:09 pm:
“What did I learn from Sonny? Styx, not Boston, is the greatest band in the world and they only got a bad rep because most critics are cynical… “
- Anon - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 1:13 pm:
“CK told me if I wore this hat no one would be able to see me. Then why are so many people throwing things at me?”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 1:18 pm:
“Well, I do own part of the Red Sox, does that count?”
- AC - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 1:18 pm:
Governor Elmer Fudd hunting that pesky Madigan
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 1:22 pm:
“You guys seem all cool. After this, head over to my place, the fairgrounds, for the ‘After Concert’. I have Smash Mouth and Dave Matthews playing, and Coldplay on after midnight…”
- Say What? - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 1:26 pm:
It’s a stone groove brothers and sisters! Takes you back to a time when Illinois was in the red and you could pitch the Lottery as a means of funding public education. Yowsa!
- Jocko - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 1:28 pm:
Bruce downs some liquid courage moments before a wicked rendition of “foreplay” on air guitar.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 1:29 pm:
“I was in a ‘Boston’ cover band in the 90s. We called ourselves ‘Worcester’, for the city… He gets it”
- just sayin' - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 1:35 pm:
Oh man, did you see Hee Haw last night? Epic! Diana and I laughed so hard.
- VanillaMan - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 1:45 pm:
“I’m just lookin’ at the biggest crowd of my voter base in Illinois. White, Central Illinois good hearted Lite beer drinking GOOD OLD BOYS!”
“Look folks! I’m just like you! Unwashed masses of taxpayers! White people, just like my ads!”
“I’m dressed just like you! LOOK AT MY JEAN SHORTS - CARGO SHORTS!”
“CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SONS - BARRACUDA - WHERE’S FRAMPTON?”
- VanillaMan - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 1:51 pm:
LOOK AT HOW I’M DRESSED! JUST LIKE YOU! I’M RICH BUT I AM JUST LIKE YOU PEOPLE! I ATE A HOT DOG AT A GAS STATION ON MY WAY HERE! I’M ON PAINKILLERS JUST LIKE YOU!”
- Nobody Sent - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 2:34 pm:
Well Duh??!! The camo hat is helping him hide from his responsibilities as governor.
- Cubs in '16 - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 2:45 pm:
Gov. Rauner makes a hasty retreat after realizing “We’re going to see Boston” doesn’t mean what he thought.
- Rabid - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 2:51 pm:
Goldie said the masses would show some spine and back me up
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 4:05 pm:
When the other people in the crowd are dressed better than your governor, you’ve got a problem.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 4:07 pm:
Is that a bottle of Kaopectate he’s nursing there?
- wordslinger - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 5:16 pm:
“Ever heard the story about how Nugent snorted meth, loaded his pants and cried like a baby at the draft board? 4F.”
- Anonymous - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 6:14 pm:
“Burt Reynolds is my spirit guide.”
- Rabid - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 6:27 pm:
Superstar talent agent out of Boston
- Huh? - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 6:37 pm:
Run for your lives - It’s the headless governor! All you can see is a crappy flannel shirt and cheap jacket!
- Rabid - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 6:52 pm:
Another panhandler looking for change
- Rabid - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 7:00 pm:
Goldie said I needed a smoking jacket to go with my pants
- Rabid - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 7:10 pm:
Rep. Ives got this jacket for me to wear
- Rabid - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 7:15 pm:
Volunteer tax assessor inspecting property
- Rabid - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 7:20 pm:
Last time I saw these guys was with Romney in hyannis port
- Rabid - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 7:40 pm:
There’s that booing sound again, where’s it coming from
- Rabid - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 7:50 pm:
Springfield monorail engineer takes a break
- Rabid - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 8:07 pm:
Every time I turnaround I keep going backward? I’m lost
- zatoichi - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 8:36 pm:
Doin some Skoal wintergreen. Want some?
- Dutch 3001 - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 10:34 pm:
Hey, wanna hear me do robin William’s version of Elmer Fudd singing “Fire” by the Pointer sisters? Here gowas:
Widen in my carwa,
I turn on the wadio,
You say you don’t wuv me,
But I know your’re a wiah,
And when we kiss…fiwaaa!!
Eat your heart out, Boston!
- Rabid - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 10:39 pm:
Got the sleeves ripped off my shirt for the “get’er done” look latter
- Rabid - Wednesday, May 24, 17 @ 11:05 pm:
Could find a hat so I used camo duct tape