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Tuesday, Aug 8, 2017 - Posted by Rich Miller

* Press release…

The ever-popular butter cow will be unveiled Wednesday, August 9 at 11:00 a.m. in the Dairy Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds.

Illinois Agriculture Director Raymond Poe, State Fair Manager Kevin Gordon, Miss Illinois County Fair Queen Claudia VanOpdorp and Dairy Building superintendent Marla Behrends are scheduled to attend the ceremony. Dairy refreshments will be served.

“The Butter Cow is one of the most photographed and most visited attractions of the Illinois State Fair,” said Illinois Ag Director Raymond Poe. “For more than 90-years, fairgoers have looked forward to this buttery bovine creation. We are extremely proud of our partnership with the Midwest Dairy Association, which allows us to keep this long-standing tradition alive at the Illinois State Fair, and we cannot wait to see what they have in store for this year’s sculpture.”

The Illinois State Fair is planned for August 10 – August 20 in Springfield, Illinois. Start planning your visit today by visiting our website (www.IllinoisStateFair.info) and download our free mobile app.

* The Question: Your prediction for how the Best Team in America™ will mess this up? Snark is heavily encouraged, of course.

       

140 Comments
  1. - Arsenal - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:39 pm:

    Get degrees fahrenheit and degrees celsius confused, melt cow.


  2. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:39 pm:

    Rauner administration demands that no udder or teats be scene in deference to new sex ed guidelines.


  3. - Concerned Dem - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:40 pm:

    It will be made out of margarin.


  4. - Lt Guv - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:40 pm:

    Fail to pay the electric bill.


  5. - Arsenal - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:40 pm:

    They might also let the obvious spy with the laughably fake name “Claudia VanOpdorp” get too close to the thing and she sabotages it.


  6. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:40 pm:

    Governor issues AV demanding peanut butter cow. Nut allergies among fair goers skyrocket.


  7. - Boone's is Back - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:41 pm:

    They will wrongfully announce the number of votes needed to win.


  8. - Century Club - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:41 pm:

    As God as my witness, I thought butter cows could fly…


  9. - Cubs in '16 - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:41 pm:

    ===Dairy refreshments will be served.===

    Including the cow.


  10. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:42 pm:

    They will smear butter over a real cow…

    …claiming the “butter-painted” cow will save millions.


  11. - Casual observer - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:42 pm:

    Dairy belongs to Wisconsin. We should have an Asian carp carved out of tofu.


  12. - 47th Ward - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:43 pm:

    Not paying the electric bill for two years comes back to bite them.


  13. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:43 pm:

    Governor insists that the new butter bull is actually a cow.


  14. - Lt Guv - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:43 pm:

    Cow? What does a cow have to do with butter? Butter comes from the supermarket in sticks. . . everybody knows that.


  15. - 47th Ward - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:44 pm:

    You’ve heard of a greased pig contest? Well, wait until you see a buttered cow contest. Woo boy, fun on the farm.


  16. - blue dog dem - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:44 pm:

    Butter cow, the other white meat.


  17. - Linus - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:44 pm:

    I don’t know but I sure hope we get to see the Governor dress up as a butter cowboy. Yee haw!


  18. - Dairy Air - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:45 pm:

    Guv’s new body man tweets butterface joke, gets udderly creamed in press, Pritzker et al milk it, dude’s put out to pasture.


  19. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:45 pm:

    Rauner fails to notice that he was the model for the farmer milking it for all its worth.


  20. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:45 pm:

    Evelyn will try and pose with the butter cow and she lean on it, accidentally tipping it over…

    live… on TV


  21. - George - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:46 pm:

    BTIA ™ ordered the butter from an Indiana dairy farmer named John Galt. But Galt quit a few weeks back and the BTIA can’t find replacement butter because don’t believe it’s possible someone else is capable of making butter if given the opportunity.


  22. - Cubs in '16 - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:46 pm:

    The Team will offer photo opportunities for little wranglers sitting on top of the cow.


  23. - Casual observer - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:46 pm:

    Lt. Governor shows up for the ceremonial butter cow tipping.


  24. - ILPundit - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:46 pm:

    Citing the fact that the 2017 Butter Cow sculpture was made by a Chicago resident, Rauner will use his executive powers to reject the cow, calling for a better sculpture made from real Illinois.

    After the cow is returned, the BTIA will discover that they cannot get a new butter cow on short notice, therefore the 90 year streak of state fair butter cows will end.

    The BTIA will loudly proclaim this as a win for the Governor.


  25. - Henry Francis - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:47 pm:

    Noticing attendance at the Fair is lagging, they create a Butter Madigan, attracting all the IPI message board posters to show up and give it a piece of their mind.


  26. - Tbd - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:47 pm:

    “Speaker Madigan and the Democrats he controls tried to give the butter cow to Chicago. I said no. No butter bailouts for Chicago. I won’t do it.”


  27. - Lt Guv - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:47 pm:

    Butter cow called a Nazi.


  28. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:47 pm:

    Governor incorrectly assures fairgoers that butter cow is fat free, cheaper to make and hates uniouns.


  29. - Cubs in '16 - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:48 pm:

    Pin the tail on the cow.


  30. - Cubs in '16 - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:50 pm:

    Mistakenly enter it into the livestock judging contest.


  31. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:50 pm:

    Crowd shocked to discover the butter cow giving birth to a two-headed calf named Juggalo.


  32. - blue dog dem - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:50 pm:

    Its not really a butter cow, its a chiffon cow.


  33. - Lt Guv - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:51 pm:

    Butter cow discovered to be from the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences. Declared to be a plot from CPS, CTU & Rahm to bailout Chicago. Cow blowtorched into buttermilk.


  34. - Anonymous - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:51 pm:

    Butter cow carver is not paid in a timely fashion. Unveiled is a block of butter with a knife stuck through it with a note. “I tried to work under the direction of your new staff. However, they kept changing the guidelines and I could work under those circumstances. Do it yourself!”


  35. - kickin' tails - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:52 pm:

    the butter cow announces that while she was proud to have served the illinois state fair for 90 years, she will be retiring at the end of her current term


  36. - Ghost - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:52 pm:

    Raymonds speech:

    “Wretches! ye loved Rauner for his wealth and hated him for his pride”


  37. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:52 pm:

    Rauner announces replacement of butter cow with IPI staffer.


  38. - George - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:52 pm:

    Rauner fired the state butter sculptor after the veto override. The IPI provided the best butter sculptor in America as a replacement, but it turns out he’s an IPI staffer whose relevant experience is that he once made a clay pot in junior high.


  39. - Century Club - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:52 pm:

    Accidentally orders a bitter crow. Declares it new State Animal of Illinois.


  40. - JM1996 - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:53 pm:

    Wisconsin’s 1st District offers $3 billion in corporate welfare to win cow. IPI and Trib Edit Board blame Madigan and TRS.


  41. - Rich Miller - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:53 pm:

    Fed up with months of haranguing by the governor, the butter cow stuns the audience by announcing her retirement moments before the unveiling.


  42. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:55 pm:

    SOS Jesse White teaches butter cow to do roll over and somersault over Rauner.


  43. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:55 pm:

    Measurements are given in inches not feet… a perfect miniature scaled cow is unveiled.

    Incident is known as BTIA(tm)’s “Stonehedge” moment.

    “Our cow goes to 11″


  44. - Cubs in '16 - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:56 pm:

    Typo leads to order for a ‘butter coward’. Sculptor creates it in Rauner’s likeness.


  45. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:56 pm:

    Governor Rauner discovers butter cow’s head in his bed.


  46. - Anon - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:56 pm:

    The cow quits and Rich complains about how Rauner didn’t find another job in government for it


  47. - Baloneymous - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:57 pm:

    BTIA tells media the butter cow is a real cow. Then spends rest of fair having IPI dispute the real facts on Twitter, and has Dept of Revenue prove the cow paid taxes in 2016 so it must be real. Meanwhile, butter cow display windows are password protected due to a glitch in the Sharepoint servers run by DoIT. After fair butter cow is moved to undisclosed warehouse for its own protection. When asked questions regarding fiasco, Rauner replies with one word — Fair. Media assumes he was talking about state fair and not a fair question.


  48. - West Sider - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:57 pm:

    “There was supposed to be a hyphen between “micro” and “waves”?”


  49. - Dee Lay - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:57 pm:

    BTIA accidentally ordered a Butter Bull forcing downstate parents to dismiss any discussion about the bull’s stick of butter.


  50. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:59 pm:

    Crowds overwhelmed by butter cow beauty, elect as their next governor, Fabio.


  51. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:59 pm:

    Butter Cow’s head is missing upon its unveiling.

    The head is later found in Speaker Madigan’s seat at Saputo’s…


  52. - George - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:00 pm:

    BTIA ™ didn’t know what a cow was, but was didn’t bother to ask anyone. We end up with a butter cat. After questioning, Rauner admits its a butter dog.


  53. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:01 pm:

    Butter cow dies after eating popular fair food.


  54. - Arthur Andersen - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:03 pm:

    Ex-Rauner staffers spike the “dairy refreshments” causing a near riot and serious vandalism to the Butter Cow.
    #RadicalCandor


  55. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:03 pm:

    Butter Cow not completed on time…

    Ken Dunkin asked to step in… He declines… Rauner blames Dunkin… Dunkin gets paid for the “scape-cowing”


  56. - 47th Ward - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:04 pm:

    They decide to place the Linda Lingle Live Lobster tent across from the butter cow.


  57. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:04 pm:

    Rauner blames Madigan for cost of butter cow, and after three year gridlock, ends up tripling its cost.


  58. - Hit or Miss - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:06 pm:

    The creamery refuses to deliver any butter for the cow because they have not been paid for two years.


  59. - Dome Gnome - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:06 pm:

    The Best Team in America™ threatens to “primary” the butter cow. She quits before her impending remoooooval.


  60. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:07 pm:

    Governor ends up in Orr building demanding to unveil this year’s butterball turkey.


  61. - Lt Guv - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:07 pm:

    Cow can’t take it anymore, wanders off to the Foghat concert to join “Lonesome Dave” forever.


  62. - Michelle Flaherty - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:07 pm:

    Butter cow auctioned off.
    Grand champion put in refrigerated case.


  63. - Ole' Nelson - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:08 pm:

    Governor decides to become part of the popular exhibit. Dons bib overalls and flannel shirt while holding a pitchfork and giving the crowd a hokey smile throughout the fair.


  64. - Anonymous - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:08 pm:

    Create a social media account for the Butter Cow, resulting in the Cow tweeting threats of violence to vegans and the media.


  65. - Cubs in '16 - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:10 pm:

    ===Butter cow auctioned off.===

    Rauner submits winning bid; names cow ‘Norman’ to appear folksy…


  66. - Demoralized - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:11 pm:

    Butter cow display axed as Governor Rauner boasts about trimming fat from the budget.


  67. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:12 pm:

    Asked by Rick Pearson why he didn’t introduce a bill using language of AV, Rauner mumbles, “Butter cow, at Fair”.


  68. - Anon - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:12 pm:

    After Rauner says he likes the cow, Rich talks about how Gov. Edgar was much more level-headed, sensible and honest his approach to the state fair.


  69. - Skeptic - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:15 pm:

    BTIA™ shows up at 11pm for the unveiling.


  70. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:16 pm:

    Man, introduced by Rauner at butter cow unveiling as Former Governor Edgar, actually retired airline pilot.


  71. - Arthur Andersen - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:16 pm:

    Rauner finds out the Butter Cow is Union and refuses to make the appearance.


  72. - Casual observer - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:16 pm:

    After the butter cow announces her retirement the IPI accuses her of milking the pension system.


  73. - Michelle Flaherty - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:18 pm:

    Rauner rides the giant slide just as latest poll numbers show his numbers track the actual descent.


  74. - Jocko - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:19 pm:

    An oversight by the team leads to the creation of a Butter Caw, a bird of enormous proportions.


  75. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:19 pm:

    Netflix - “Cascading Failures” - Season 1, Episode 1

    Premiere.

    Bruce hires new faces, learns that being radically candor has its drawbacks. Diana approves all new hires, goes back on the cheese and “whine” circuit in Winnetka. Diana’s state employee uses burner phone to call Sneed. Kristina writes memos about books she never read but were rated “crazy, bat $&@#%” by Amazon. Laurel rewrites biographies using old Rauner Word Jumble, eliminates IPI from the programming, Lucci goes on Twitter blocking Twitter handles for Bruce and Diana. Brittany looks in German Cook Books for “Shaping Butter Cows for Beginners” Comedy, 73 minutes.


  76. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:20 pm:

    Rauner discovers that JB Pritzker had all trough urinals removed from fairgrounds to lower property taxes.


  77. - Anon - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:25 pm:

    Gov. Rauner dons his newest flannel shirt and, having never been on an actual farm, mistakes butter cow for actual cow. Melts butter cow’s udders while trying to milk it.


  78. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:25 pm:

    Pawar kidnaps butter cow to gain media attention.


  79. - morningstar - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:27 pm:

    Butter cow produces real cow pies, and IPI tries to sell it to us.


  80. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:29 pm:

    After assuring crowd that butter cow made of organic, cruelty-free butter, ISBE score reveals it to be yellow Crisco.


  81. - GOP Extremist - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:31 pm:

    The new guy in procurement thought he had fooled everyone with the 3/4 ton block of margarine, until Mother Nature came storming through the fair.


  82. - BigLou - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:33 pm:

    Butter cow is sculpted in bas-relief and unfinished side is displayed to public with Rauner blaming democrats for playing games.


  83. - Anon - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:35 pm:

    CTBA releases a report about how much revenue Illinois could get from a butter tax and Rich heralds it as a “realistic view of the state’s revenue needs.”


  84. - Generic Drone - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:37 pm:

    Rauner veto’s butter cow appropiations. Says butter cow to be devided amongst schools due to school funding.


  85. - Wensicia - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:38 pm:

    Using the power of his amendatory veto, Rauner demands the whole milk butter cow be replaced by a 2% reduced fat heifer.


  86. - George - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:39 pm:

    BTIA ™ doesn’t know what Scott Drury looks like. He shows up and hijacks the unveiling, claiming the butter cow is a former federal prosecutor and…no one listens to the rest.


  87. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:39 pm:

    Pritzker’s “Clock” mascot pickets Butter Cow tent with sign that reads “Rauner Vetoed Fun”


  88. - Colin O'Scopey - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:44 pm:

    The butter “cow” has horns and a pair of “Rocky Mountain Oysters”.

    It reminds me of the scene in “Kingpin” when Woody Harrelson runs up with a full milk bucket only to be told “we don’t have a milk cow”.

    “I think I’ll go and brush my teeth,” he replied.


  89. - Stones - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:44 pm:

    “That’s not a cow, that’s a bull!”


  90. - Smitty Irving - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:49 pm:

    Will employ the “12% interest is less than 3%” methodology to explain why butter is has fewer calories than margarine ….


  91. - Dance Band on the Titanic - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:52 pm:

    In retrospect, celebrating the Butter Cow’s 90th birthday with cake and candles proved to be a mistake.


  92. - Almost the Weekend - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:55 pm:

    The buttered cow is privatized and sold off to Indy for their State Fair giving Jon Kass another week of material for his page 2 column.


  93. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 2:56 pm:

    Butter cow arrives, on time, perfect, prestine, almost life-like.

    Spotlight aimed at the cow “just right”.. shows a “Union Bug” carved in the side.


  94. - Ghost - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 3:01 pm:

    Drape drops to the ground to reveal the butter cow. Present on the spinning podium is an unpaid invoice taped to a sign. Cash upfront


  95. - Disgusted Downstate - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 3:01 pm:

    BTIA fails to discover the “significant error” in the governor’s daily schedule, sends him to the event in his motorcycle riding costume rather than his cowboy costume.


  96. - walker - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 3:06 pm:

    Rauner will bid on the wrong bovine.


  97. - We'll See - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 3:08 pm:

    The Gov renews his call for term limits; 90 plus years in Springfield is too long….


  98. - Hieronymus - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 3:16 pm:

    @1:50 pm “It’s not really a butter cow, it’s a Chiffon Cow”. Union setup staff, having actually seen and remembered this commercial before, place spectators’ chairs far enough away from Rauner to be just outside the “zap” zone.


  99. - Hickory - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 3:30 pm:

    Butter cow drops a pie on demo day.


  100. - Winnin' - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 3:31 pm:

    New Rauner IPI Chief of Staff Kristina Rasmussen runs into building just prior to unveiling to fire any state employee who had anything to do with the butter cow, calling it a lob of butter that offers no useful state purpose.
    Then someone reminds her that dairy farmers are mostly Republican, and she says never mind.


  101. - Anonymous - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 3:35 pm:

    The IPI has always been known for their down home agricultural life styles! What could go wrong? *snark*


  102. - Newsclown - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 3:36 pm:

    Governor sees press ready to grill him about his lack of serious answers, declares he’s become lactose intolerant and melts away into the crowd.


  103. - Winnin' - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 3:37 pm:

    A well-meaning lady shows up and asks, does it have GMOs? To which Rauner responds, Yes,the best money can buy.


  104. - BIG R. Ph. - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 3:43 pm:

    Plans the display for the Illinois State Coliseum. Rafter falls on the butter cow. Yellow dung all over the place!


  105. - Doug E Fresh - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 3:44 pm:

    The Butter Cow is BRILLIANT!


  106. - dbk - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 3:47 pm:

    Gov christens Butter Cow BCIA™ (Best Cow in America), wreathes her neck in violets (Best Flower in America™).

    Indiana, Wisconsin, and Iowa get ticked off, invade Illinois, divvying it up among themselves. Gov, left all by his lonesome in Springfield, decides to create out of the former capital the BSIA™ (Best State in America) with BTIA’s, er, help. Blames whole incident on the CPS, now annexed to Wisconsin.


  107. - Keyrock - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 3:58 pm:

    Rauner sees a butter squirrel, gets distracted, and never gets to butter cow exhibit.


  108. - Robert the Bruce - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 4:01 pm:

    Scene 1: Gov. Rauner announces that he is pardoning the butter cow, prompting Rick Pearson to ask him if he is aware that it is butter shaped as a cow, and not an actual breathing cow.

    Scene 2: The D candidates for governor race to get their mocking press releases posted as the UPDATED X1 in Cap Fax. Biss throws in a shot at Madigan, while Kennedy proposes to overhaul completely how all cows, living and butter, are funded.

    Scene 3: BTIA insists the governor wasn’t wrong. This year, it was supposed to be a real cow, but that Mendoza screwed up by not transferring funds to pay for the cow. And Cullerton, at Madigan’s behest, cancelled the cow meeting.


  109. - Arthur Andersen - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 4:01 pm:

    “Kristina, VanOpdorp backwards is Prodponav. Sounds very Russian to me. I think we need to detain her and beef up security around the Butter Cow.”

    “Excellent point, Michael. Get it done right away. How did these people survive without us?”


  110. - blue dog dem - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 4:13 pm:

    Stones. The real problem with the cow vs bull mistake was when it came time to milk.


  111. - A guy - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 4:23 pm:

    The 4H club shows up with 5000 pieces of toast and cuts into the cow.


  112. - A guy - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 4:25 pm:

    Vegans hold their first statewide strike.


  113. - Ghost - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 4:40 pm:

    Rauner stands up and states boldly “Parkay”


  114. - Vote Quimby - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 4:44 pm:

    Superstar butter cow found to have been used by Indiana, hired away by BTIA(tm) at twice market rate.


  115. - WhoKnew - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 4:49 pm:

    “You think it’s butter, but it’s snot…”
    /s


  116. - Free Set of Steak Knives - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 4:50 pm:

    Governor is asked about proposed cuts in funding to CUSD 226 by QC reporter.

    BTIA reminds press corp this is state fair, no one is interested in school funding saga.

    Reporter follows up with Ms State Fair, asks her if she is interested in the cuts to CUSD 226, her hometown of Annawan.

    Later in the day, Juliet VanOpdorp announces via Instagram she will be holding a joint press conference with Chance the Rapper followed by statewide tour.

    Twerking Video goes viral.


  117. - Huh? - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 4:55 pm:

    BTIATM has bright idea to serve hot sweet corn at unveiling of butter cow. Having never cooked sweet corn, didn’t know it had to be shucked prior to boiling. Boilers set too close to butter cow, melting the back half into a puddle. Numerous people burned while trying to shuck corn.


  118. - Mama - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 5:01 pm:

    I can’t believe its Butter.


  119. - Mama - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 5:02 pm:

    What came first the butter or the cow?


  120. - zatoichi - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 5:11 pm:

    Butter cow is delivered to cow barns in morning. Fair staff cannot find it. Fairgoers sample it with spoons from the pork producers.


  121. - A Jack - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 5:28 pm:

    BTIA accidentally ships the butter cow to Valparaiso, Indiana for the annual popcorn festival.


  122. - 37B - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 6:54 pm:

    Recognising immense photo op potential, Whiz Kids move Butter Cow outside where the light is better. By mid day panicky Whiz Kids resolve to rebrand as Butter Hippo. Everyone is too frightened to tell Bruce.


  123. - FLEA - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 6:58 pm:

    Poe Catering should melt it down for use in the director lawn events, greased pig contest, and butter cake competition. make EVERYONE HAPPY.


  124. - Rabid - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 7:00 pm:

    Best team in America unveils Mrs. O’Leary’s cow


  125. - Rabid - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 7:05 pm:

    Governor compares butter cow to sb1av, you can see it but can’t touch it or know what’s inside of it


  126. - Rabid - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 9:38 pm:

    Best team in America sends governor to dairy queen, not the fair queen


  127. - Rabid - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 9:44 pm:

    The butter cow is elsei on a bottle of glue


  128. - Rabid - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:04 pm:

    madigan riding a brahma In butter


  129. - Chicago Cynic - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:46 pm:

    Two words: Heat Lamps


  130. - DeseDemDose - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 11:18 pm:

    Transgender Butter Bull escorted out of state fair by IPI.


  131. - cc - Wednesday, Aug 9, 17 @ 1:31 am:

    Heard in area near capitol building…”They said that I am as useless as those teats on the butter cow?”


  132. - Rabid - Wednesday, Aug 9, 17 @ 7:50 am:

    best team in america clarifies the event


  133. - Rabid - Wednesday, Aug 9, 17 @ 7:57 am:

    Best team in america unveils butter cow before turnaround savings


  134. - Stumpy's bunker - Wednesday, Aug 9, 17 @ 8:05 am:

    BTIA will arrange for the governor to wear his best just-off-the-combine costume for the unveiling….Dueling Banjos playing in the background.


  135. - Rabid - Wednesday, Aug 9, 17 @ 8:07 am:

    Best team in america butterfingers another venue


  136. - Rabid - Wednesday, Aug 9, 17 @ 8:14 am:

    BTIM a country crock


  137. - Rabid - Wednesday, Aug 9, 17 @ 8:20 am:

    BTIA recives Chicago butter, it has to be whipped first


  138. - Rabid - Wednesday, Aug 9, 17 @ 8:26 am:

    Best team in america cracks case with champagne bottle


  139. - Rabid - Wednesday, Aug 9, 17 @ 8:30 am:

    Best team in america shows its butterface


  140. - Rabid - Wednesday, Aug 9, 17 @ 8:35 am:

    To the BTIA don’t have a cow


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