Thanks to this record, there will never be another record like this in US government again. Most undoubtedly will be term limits on leadership positions in the near future.
It has been the citizens of Illinois that have suffered because of it and our children who choose to live in this State will continue to pay for his lust for power, political corruption and his ineptness because of it.
High level, anyone who wants to end Madigan’s tenure is free to contribute $, knock on doors, or even move to the 22nd district and vote / run against Madigan. Or low level, be lazy and whine about term limits.
He is a lifelong politician who has broken the record for length of time serving in the same state position. Interesting– yes. Noteworthy–yes. Heroic or inspirational–no.
=== “Are you better off today than you were 11,894 days ago?” ===
Honestly… yes. In 1983, the only things I had to my name were some toys and clothes. Heck, I wasn’t even allowed to eat a cookie without asking first. Now, I have a car, my own house, credit cards, a 401K… and I can eat a cookie whenever I want. Now tell me again how I was better off before Mike Madigan.
Those who’d like to talk about his “reign of terror” forget to mention he wasn’t responsible for the credit downgrade of multiple major public universities or the shuttering of rape crisis centers. Weird how those things just started happening in the last 3 years.
Lord knows no one loves to clown Madigan’s supposed legislative/political prowess more than me, but his caucus has always been free to do things differently. That his caucus is full of mushrooms who are more than happy to abdicate any responsibility to their constituents is meaningful but also irrelevant. It’s on them, and by extension everyone who voted for them.
Madigan is just a symptom of Illinois’ broader governmental strategy: we hand off all of our problems to someone else and act shocked when things fall apart.
- Dance Band on the Titanic - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:46 am:
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:03 am:
===Also remarkable is the fact he was Speaker 8 years out of 10 with a map the GOP drew.===
Welp, he can take “his” and beat “yours”, then he could take “yours” and beat “his”…Bear Bryant of Illinois politics.
OW - That was actually Bum Philips describing Don Shula.
“Are you better off today than you were 11,894 days ago?”- No, my children and I didn’t have a $250 billion dollar debt to contribute too with an interest payment that takes up 25% of the State budget. We had good paying factory jobs in town and the poverty rate in my town was 10% of what it is today. The citizens of our town were not looking at what state to move too to find meaningful employment with decent pay.
Stark -The credit downgrades for the State started during Quinn and the States failure to fund K-12 properly has been going on for decades. Population and jobs started leaving this state for others long ago as well. The pension debt that is driving all the fiscal hell started long ago and now the interest on that debt consumes 25% of the State budget. Wouldn’t that money be better spent on programs than on interest from debt?
===The credit downgrades for the State started during Quinn and the States failure to fund K-12 properly has been going on for decades.===
Nope. Sorry. Governors own downgrades.
Ask Mike Schrimpf…
Mike?
===“Illinois’ credit rating has been downgraded 13 times under Pat Quinn and now, because of his failed leadership, our state’s economy and finances are still broken. Pat Quinn put special interest politics ahead of Illinois workers. We need to change direction before it’s too late.” – Rauner campaign spokesperson Mike Schrimpf […]===
== We had good paying factory jobs in town and the poverty rate in my town was 10% of what it is today. The citizens of our town were not looking at what state to move too to find meaningful employment with decent pay. ==
Mike Madigan and the global economic trends he controls.
===We had good paying factory jobs in town and the poverty rate in my town was 10% of what it is today. The citizens of our town were not looking at what state to move too to find meaningful employment with decent pay.===
Most of those jobs went to Mexico, China, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, places like that.
- Commonsense in Illinois - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 11:13 am:
Has Rep. Currie introduced the bill for Speaker Madigan Day as a State Holiday yet?
- Give Me A Break - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 11:20 am:
“Has Rep. Currie introduced the bill for Speaker Madigan Day as a State Holiday yet?”
No, but the Washington State Apple Grower’s Association just gave the Speaker their Lifetime Achievement Award and stated Macintosh Apples will from this point forward be known as “Madigan Apples”.
Move on from Mike Madigan and concentrate on our worse governor in modern Illinois history. He’s a billionaire that likes to blame others and cannot answer simplistic questions. At the end of the day and term, he’s the governor who has failed everyone in this state. In addition, hates the lower and middle class including unions. He’s the Koch Brothers 2.0 for Illinois. He’s no good for the people of Illinois. Nor is Proftrauner too. Let’s get back to the middle voters of Illinois.
===Cal Ripken Jr is in awe of MM.===
A lot of Ripken’s teammates thought he should have walked away from the record because he was hurting his team playing stale, tired, and hurt. A lot of Madigan’s teammates think the same.
OW - are you going biblical? “Nice try, thou”. ‘Though’, maybe? Not a criticism, but if we’re going biblical here, I need to dust off my Good Book. Lol
Anyone who’s dealt with the crew in his operation has had to notice that they were pretty uniformly very smart, well organized, obsessive about every detail, and extremely hard working.
- Golden delicious - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:39 pm:
- Stones - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 9:56 am:
Like him or not it’s a remarkable record. It’s difficult to envision it being broken in today’s world.
- Give Me A Break - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 9:59 am:
Also remarkable is the fact he was Speaker 8 years out of 10 with a map the GOP drew. Wonder if Mapes sent Lee a clock just to be nice.
- Annonin' - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:00 am:
That was Saturday…wonder why Dave and Capt fax were 3 days late?
- Ambassador Abe - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:01 am:
Thanks to this record, there will never be another record like this in US government again. Most undoubtedly will be term limits on leadership positions in the near future.
- A guy - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:03 am:
Maybe we can turn his birthday into a holiday too?
Just not sure he was ever born. Just always was.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:03 am:
===Also remarkable is the fact he was Speaker 8 years out of 10 with a map the GOP drew.===
Welp, he can take “his” and beat “yours”, then he could take “yours” and beat “his”…Bear Bryant of Illinois politics.
- DrurysMissingClock - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:03 am:
Here’s to another 12,000
/s
- Lunar - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:05 am:
“Are you better off today than you were 11,894 days ago?”
The legacy of Michael J. Madigan will be a lust for power, old-school political maneuvering, wink and a nod corruption, and self over state.
Time to move on.
- Leatherneck - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:06 am:
“Solomon Blatt and those legislators he controlled.”
- Dick Butka - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:06 am:
Congratulations, Speaker Madigan. No snark.
- Cubs in '16 - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:07 am:
Cal Ripken Jr is in awe of MM.
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:07 am:
Proving quantity does not equal quality.
- 47th Ward - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:08 am:
He’s the Iron Man now, and like Cal Ripken’s record, no one will ever break this one.
- Norseman - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:10 am:
Rauner/IPI “it’s Madigan” smack coming in 1, 2, …
- RNUG - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:10 am:
Half of any job is just showing up every day. It’s a monument to perseverance. And that many apples …
- Arock - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:13 am:
It has been the citizens of Illinois that have suffered because of it and our children who choose to live in this State will continue to pay for his lust for power, political corruption and his ineptness because of it.
- Leatherneck - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:14 am:
- RNUG - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:10 am:
Half of any job is just showing up every day. It’s a monument to perseverance. And that many apples …
Also all those healthy, delicious meals at Saputo’s.
- Aldyth - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:16 am:
That daily apple seems to have lived up to it’s legendary reputation. Congratulations, Mr. Speaker.
- Huh? - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:18 am:
Long live the King. Long live the King.
- DuPage Saint - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:19 am:
Well Blatt was also the longest serving state legislator in U S History. 53 years so Madigan has that to shoot for. Both Democrats tho
- Smitty Irving - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:19 am:
High level, anyone who wants to end Madigan’s tenure is free to contribute $, knock on doors, or even move to the 22nd district and vote / run against Madigan. Or low level, be lazy and whine about term limits.
- Responsa - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:20 am:
He is a lifelong politician who has broken the record for length of time serving in the same state position. Interesting– yes. Noteworthy–yes. Heroic or inspirational–no.
- Roman - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:20 am:
Madigan holds the record, but Solomon Blatt still has a cooler name.
- wondering - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:20 am:
Sure glad we have him now.
- Just Observing - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:25 am:
=== “Are you better off today than you were 11,894 days ago?” ===
Honestly… yes. In 1983, the only things I had to my name were some toys and clothes. Heck, I wasn’t even allowed to eat a cookie without asking first. Now, I have a car, my own house, credit cards, a 401K… and I can eat a cookie whenever I want. Now tell me again how I was better off before Mike Madigan.
- Steve - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:27 am:
The great moments of neo-monarchy. Illinois must be so proud that relics of the past are their future.
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:29 am:
Enough is enough. He needs to go.
- Curl of the Burl - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:30 am:
Congrats?
- Loop Lady - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:31 am:
Amazing longevity…
What motivates this man, besides the obvious?
I can’t picture IL politics without him/after he’s gone…
- A guy - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:31 am:
==- RNUG - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:10 am:
Half of any job is just showing up every day. It’s a monument to perseverance. And that many apples …===
At this point RNUG, I think it’s safe to scale this and say “apple trees”.
- Stark - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:33 am:
Those who’d like to talk about his “reign of terror” forget to mention he wasn’t responsible for the credit downgrade of multiple major public universities or the shuttering of rape crisis centers. Weird how those things just started happening in the last 3 years.
- Will Caskey - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:34 am:
Lord knows no one loves to clown Madigan’s supposed legislative/political prowess more than me, but his caucus has always been free to do things differently. That his caucus is full of mushrooms who are more than happy to abdicate any responsibility to their constituents is meaningful but also irrelevant. It’s on them, and by extension everyone who voted for them.
Madigan is just a symptom of Illinois’ broader governmental strategy: we hand off all of our problems to someone else and act shocked when things fall apart.
- Dance Band on the Titanic - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:46 am:
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:03 am:
===Also remarkable is the fact he was Speaker 8 years out of 10 with a map the GOP drew.===
Welp, he can take “his” and beat “yours”, then he could take “yours” and beat “his”…Bear Bryant of Illinois politics.
OW - That was actually Bum Philips describing Don Shula.
- Can - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:47 am:
And to the haters out there:
He’s won’t be going anywhere for a long, long time.
- Arock - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:47 am:
“Are you better off today than you were 11,894 days ago?”- No, my children and I didn’t have a $250 billion dollar debt to contribute too with an interest payment that takes up 25% of the State budget. We had good paying factory jobs in town and the poverty rate in my town was 10% of what it is today. The citizens of our town were not looking at what state to move too to find meaningful employment with decent pay.
- Arock - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:52 am:
Stark -The credit downgrades for the State started during Quinn and the States failure to fund K-12 properly has been going on for decades. Population and jobs started leaving this state for others long ago as well. The pension debt that is driving all the fiscal hell started long ago and now the interest on that debt consumes 25% of the State budget. Wouldn’t that money be better spent on programs than on interest from debt?
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:54 am:
- Dance Band on the Titanic -
http://bit.ly/2ulpaxb
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:57 am:
===The credit downgrades for the State started during Quinn and the States failure to fund K-12 properly has been going on for decades.===
Nope. Sorry. Governors own downgrades.
Ask Mike Schrimpf…
Mike?
===“Illinois’ credit rating has been downgraded 13 times under Pat Quinn and now, because of his failed leadership, our state’s economy and finances are still broken. Pat Quinn put special interest politics ahead of Illinois workers. We need to change direction before it’s too late.” – Rauner campaign spokesperson Mike Schrimpf […]===
Good try, thou.
- Dick Butka - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:59 am:
== We had good paying factory jobs in town and the poverty rate in my town was 10% of what it is today. The citizens of our town were not looking at what state to move too to find meaningful employment with decent pay. ==
Mike Madigan and the global economic trends he controls.
#MAGA tho…
- DuPage - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 11:06 am:
@- Arock - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 10:47 am:
===We had good paying factory jobs in town and the poverty rate in my town was 10% of what it is today. The citizens of our town were not looking at what state to move too to find meaningful employment with decent pay.===
Most of those jobs went to Mexico, China, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, places like that.
- Commonsense in Illinois - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 11:13 am:
Has Rep. Currie introduced the bill for Speaker Madigan Day as a State Holiday yet?
- Give Me A Break - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 11:20 am:
“Has Rep. Currie introduced the bill for Speaker Madigan Day as a State Holiday yet?”
No, but the Washington State Apple Grower’s Association just gave the Speaker their Lifetime Achievement Award and stated Macintosh Apples will from this point forward be known as “Madigan Apples”.
- Hey Now - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 11:29 am:
Move on from Mike Madigan and concentrate on our worse governor in modern Illinois history. He’s a billionaire that likes to blame others and cannot answer simplistic questions. At the end of the day and term, he’s the governor who has failed everyone in this state. In addition, hates the lower and middle class including unions. He’s the Koch Brothers 2.0 for Illinois. He’s no good for the people of Illinois. Nor is Proftrauner too. Let’s get back to the middle voters of Illinois.
- justacitizen - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 11:40 am:
===Cal Ripken Jr is in awe of MM.===
A lot of Ripken’s teammates thought he should have walked away from the record because he was hurting his team playing stale, tired, and hurt. A lot of Madigan’s teammates think the same.
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 12:08 pm:
OW - are you going biblical? “Nice try, thou”. ‘Though’, maybe? Not a criticism, but if we’re going biblical here, I need to dust off my Good Book. Lol
- Colin O'Scopey - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 12:08 pm:
Reminds me of the country song: “How can I miss you if you won’t go away?”
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 12:11 pm:
Hey Now - coincidentally I’m watching Larry Sanders Show. Funny, funn stuff, Hank.
- titan - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 12:37 pm:
It was no accident.
Anyone who’s dealt with the crew in his operation has had to notice that they were pretty uniformly very smart, well organized, obsessive about every detail, and extremely hard working.
- Golden delicious - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:39 pm:
How do you like them apples?
- 47th Ward - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:41 pm:
I am Madigan
What is on his mind?
Can he see or is he blind?
Will he call my bill
Or bury it in Rules like he will?
Is my bill alive or dead?
No one knows what’s in his head
He’ll just pass new laws
Exposing all his enemy’s flaws
Zeke taught him to deal
Teaming with Big Jim’s appeal
Then they stopped the time
For the White Sox future shrine
Should anyone cross him
He just glares at the world
Planning his next move
That he soon will reveal
Now the time is here
For Madigan to spread fear
Vengeance from the Chair
With the rules that Lee thought fair
Nobody loves him
They just do what they’re told
Nobody crosses him
They all fear his revenge
Heavy bills ahead
Fills the sponsors full of dread
Campaigning as hard as they can
Madigan lives again
- OneMan - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 1:42 pm:
Solomon Blatt sounds like the name of a guy who takes the family farm and then ties someone to railroad tracks.
Based off of old movies, it seems at one time in America being tied to railroad tracks was the third most common way of murdering someone.
Also along those same lines, it turns out quicksand is a much lower risk that cartoons lead me to belive.
- Lucky Pierre - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 3:14 pm:
He has certainly been successful accumulating power and wealth.
What is his legacy to the middle class families in Illinois he claims to be so concerned about?
Illinois residents have the least fatih in their state government of any state in the union.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/189281/illinois-residents-least-confident-state-government.aspx
- Amalia - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 3:29 pm:
any more records that Madigan is near? because if yes, he’s not going anywhere.
- SB1isCooking - Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 5:55 pm:
Its not easy herding a hundred cats for 11,894 days in the House. Congrats Mr. Speaker.
- Mr B. - Wednesday, Aug 9, 17 @ 1:11 am:
Lifelong democrat here. Madigan is super toxic and an anti-hero for Illinois. I’ll toast the day he leaves office.