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Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - Posted by Rich Miller

* Your one-word summation of this spring legislative session? One word only, please.

       

136 Comments
  1. - Perrid - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 3:55 pm:

    Futile.


  2. - pawn - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 3:56 pm:

    Covfefe


  3. - 47th Ward - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 3:56 pm:

    Unconsummated


  4. - Linus - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 3:57 pm:

    TIRESOME.


  5. - A guy - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 3:58 pm:

    Continuous


  6. - OurMagician - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 3:58 pm:

    Dejavu


  7. - Give Me A Break - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 3:58 pm:

    Waste


  8. - Joe M - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 3:58 pm:

    rerun


  9. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 3:58 pm:

    Repetitive


  10. - A guy - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 3:58 pm:

    Monotonous


  11. - Montrose - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 3:58 pm:

    Raunered


  12. - RE - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 3:59 pm:

    Failure.


  13. - Chairman McBroom - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 3:59 pm:

    Madigan.


  14. - dishpan - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 3:59 pm:

    Catatonic


  15. - A guy - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:00 pm:

    Not


  16. - Sir Reel - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:00 pm:

    Predictable


  17. - From the 'Dale to HP - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:00 pm:

    Boring


  18. - Wylie Coyote - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:00 pm:

    Groundhog


  19. - A guy - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:01 pm:

    Tragicomedy


  20. - Chicago 20 - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:02 pm:

    Regurgitated


  21. - AC - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:02 pm:

    Sisyphus


  22. - Concerned Citizen - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:03 pm:

    Akrasia


  23. - Lefty Lefty - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:03 pm:

    Despicable


  24. - hot chocolate - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:03 pm:

    premeditated


  25. - Christopher - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:03 pm:

    Roadblocked.


  26. - Ohhaimark - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:03 pm:

    Diabolical


  27. - cdog - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:03 pm:

    played


  28. - Curl of the Burl - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:03 pm:

    farfignewton


  29. - DuPage - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:04 pm:

    Trainwreck


  30. - AnonymousOne - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:06 pm:

    Negligent


  31. - walker - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:07 pm:

    Strangled


  32. - Railrat - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:07 pm:

    Expected


  33. - ToughGuy - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:07 pm:

    Raunerocracy


  34. - illini - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:07 pm:

    Expected


  35. - Fantasma - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:08 pm:

    Disappointing


  36. - Two O's in Goose - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:08 pm:

    FUBAR


  37. - Gruntled University Employee - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:09 pm:

    Raunered


  38. - ILGOV2018 - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:09 pm:

    Kaput


  39. - Juice - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:09 pm:

    Floccinaucinihilipilification


  40. - Cable Line Beer Gardener - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:10 pm:

    Heartbreaking


  41. - Impasse Casualty - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:10 pm:

    Rauner


  42. - Huh? - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:11 pm:

    scatological


  43. - don the legend - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:11 pm:

    Fuhgettaboutit


  44. - offonoff - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:12 pm:

    clusterducken


  45. - Jocko - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:14 pm:

    One-sided.


  46. - Last Bull Moose - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:14 pm:

    cowardly


  47. - Chicago Bars - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:14 pm:

    Excruciating


  48. - Anonymous - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:15 pm:

    Flaccid


  49. - KAY-ro - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:15 pm:

    Laconic


  50. - Anonymous - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:16 pm:

    FAIL.


  51. - Nobody Sent - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:18 pm:

    SNAFU


  52. - Just Me - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:19 pm:

    Waste


  53. - up2now - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:20 pm:

    Flame-out


  54. - KV - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:20 pm:

    Miasma


  55. - Anonymous - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:21 pm:

    Disgusting!


  56. - Bogey Golfer - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:21 pm:

    Sameoldsameold


  57. - Anonymous - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:22 pm:

    Madiganistan


  58. - Anonymous - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:23 pm:

    Strategery.


  59. - Ahoy! - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:25 pm:

    expected.


  60. - stlboy - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:26 pm:

    RaunerMadiganism


  61. - Chicago 20 - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:26 pm:

    Covfefe


  62. - anon - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:27 pm:

    Typical.


  63. - Keyrock - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:28 pm:

    Runaground


  64. - Central Guy - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:29 pm:

    Unacceptable.


  65. - Whatever - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:30 pm:

    Hypocritical


  66. - Passive Agressive - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:30 pm:

    Waste


  67. - Indie - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:32 pm:

    gutless


  68. - Nick Name - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:33 pm:

    Expected


  69. - Aim to Misbehave - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:34 pm:

    Hopeless


  70. - Amalia - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:35 pm:

    stagnate


  71. - (un)Happy - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:37 pm:

    IDIOCRACY


  72. - LibertyvilleNick - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:38 pm:

    Expense


  73. - Chicago Cynic - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:40 pm:

    FAILURE.


  74. - Lance Mannion - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:40 pm:

    Embarrassing


  75. - Honeybear - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:40 pm:

    Perfidious


  76. - Get it Solved - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:42 pm:

    Catastrophe


  77. - El Conquistador - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:42 pm:

    2019.


  78. - Henry - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:43 pm:

    Kabuki


  79. - BBG Watch - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:45 pm:

    Pitiful!


  80. - Common Sense - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:49 pm:

    Putrid.


  81. - Hyperbolic Chamber - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:50 pm:

    Neroesque


  82. - Nieva - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:50 pm:

    Joke


  83. - the girl as no name - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:51 pm:

    circus


  84. - Reformed Public Servant - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:53 pm:

    Tryin’


  85. - Henry Francis - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:55 pm:

    Competitive? (so hopefully next year we can have some compassion . . .)


  86. - SinkingShip - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 4:55 pm:

    Traveshamockery


  87. - IT guy - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 5:00 pm:

    SMMFH
    (Does that count?)


  88. - jake - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 5:00 pm:

    undercalifragilisticexpialatrocious


  89. - West Side the Best Side - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 5:00 pm:

    DILLIGAF (Rauner’s position)


  90. - VanillaMan - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 5:08 pm:

    Proof


  91. - Cook Street - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 5:11 pm:

    Expected


  92. - Lol - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 5:12 pm:

    Nothingburger


  93. - btowntruth from forgottonia - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 5:13 pm:

    Pathetic.


  94. - Illinois 1867 - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 5:14 pm:

    Millertime


  95. - Ward Heeler - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 5:16 pm:

    A Cold War acronym applies best: MAD (mutually assured destruction).


  96. - zatoichi - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 5:16 pm:

    Why?


  97. - NoNews - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 5:22 pm:

    fetid!


  98. - JDuc - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 5:39 pm:

    Predictable


  99. - weary - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 5:51 pm:

    whiny


  100. - Captain Obvious - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 5:54 pm:

    Entertaining


  101. - Paceman - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 5:56 pm:

    Shameful


  102. - Muni Guy - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 5:56 pm:

    FAIL


  103. - Anonymous - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 6:05 pm:

    Unforgiving.


  104. - Anon - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 6:14 pm:

    Covfefe


  105. - Formerly Known As... - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 6:25 pm:

    Failure


  106. - Formerly Known As... - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 6:28 pm:

    Déjàvu


  107. - Anonymous - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 6:31 pm:

    TARFU


  108. - Winnin' - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 6:37 pm:

    Raunered.


  109. - Anonymous - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 6:40 pm:

    Worthless


  110. - huey - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 6:57 pm:

    Ridiculous


  111. - Austinman - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 6:59 pm:

    Splat


  112. - Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 7:11 pm:

    Perfidiedtodeath


  113. - Thomas Griffin - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 7:17 pm:

    Foreseen


  114. - foster brooks - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 7:19 pm:

    zero


  115. - Thomas Griffin - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 7:25 pm:

    Unemployed?


  116. - Uwaga - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 7:27 pm:

    Cataclysmic


  117. - Hank - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 7:35 pm:

    Disgraceful.


  118. - Coffee - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 7:36 pm:

    Unpresidented


  119. - Downstate - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 7:46 pm:

    Devastating


  120. - POTUS - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 7:47 pm:

    SAD!


  121. - Hottot - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 7:54 pm:

    Pointless


  122. - Fiesta - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 7:55 pm:

    Craptacular


  123. - Athenian - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 8:56 pm:

    brUSELESS


  124. - Enviro - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 9:08 pm:

    Bankrupt


  125. - siriusly - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 9:13 pm:

    Grand-Bargainin’


  126. - Smitty Irving - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 9:27 pm:

    (Explicitve deleted)


  127. - IllinoisInsider - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 9:30 pm:

    Void


  128. - Hard-working Art Student - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 10:07 pm:

    Infuriating


  129. - Ed Higher - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 10:10 pm:

    Disingenuous


  130. - TinyDancer(FKASue) - Wednesday, May 31, 17 @ 10:26 pm:

    Gordian


  131. - Rabid - Thursday, Jun 1, 17 @ 7:14 am:

    Wedgie


  132. - Steward As Well.... - Thursday, Jun 1, 17 @ 7:48 am:

    “Present”


  133. - Rabid - Thursday, Jun 1, 17 @ 7:55 am:

    Historical


  134. - Commonsense in Illinois - Thursday, Jun 1, 17 @ 8:10 am:

    Embarrassing


  135. - Birdman Iceberg - Thursday, Jun 1, 17 @ 8:30 am:

    Covfefe


  136. - Anonymous - Thursday, Jun 1, 17 @ 8:36 am:

    Bullseye


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