63 Comments - happythursday - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:29 pm: “No respect, can’t get no respect” - Norseman - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:30 pm: The first beer is on Mike. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:30 pm: “I’d like to welcome all the members of Illinois’ law enforcement community joining us today… “ - Christopher - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:31 pm: I see Lou Lang, but where is the Democrat named Bud Light? - Give Me A Break - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:32 pm: A one, and two and three, all together now…… - Passive Agressive - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:32 pm: “Got my beer goggles on” - Curl of the Burl - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:36 pm: “I loved hearing myself talk so much yesterday that I did it again today.” - Curl of the Burl - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:37 pm: “Why yes - I do know the definition of sanctimonious.” - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:37 pm: “Folks, here’s the story ’bout Minnie the Moocher… “ - City Zen - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:38 pm: I know MillerCoors is headquartered in Chicago, but I believe the state should outsource whenever possible, and that includes watered-down beer. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:38 pm: “This one goes out to Lance. I miss your tweets. Tweet me back… “ - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:40 pm: “I don’t know that one, but hum a few bars and I’ll try to fake it… “ - Gruntled University Employee - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:41 pm: And a one, and a two, and a three… - 47th Ward - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:41 pm: Men, all this stuff you hear about Americans not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of the war, is a lot of BS. Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle. When you were kids, you all admired the champion marble shooter, the fastest runner, the big-league ball players and the toughest boxers. Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time. That’s why Americans have never lost and will never lose a war. The very thought of losing is hateful to Americans. Battle is the most significant competition in which a man can indulge. It brings out all that is best and it removes all that is base. - The Captain - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:45 pm: Less filling - RNUG - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:46 pm: We just need to win more office in 2018 … - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:47 pm: - 47th Ward - Forgive me, but I love it so… “Caption?” People say Medical Marijuana isn’t helpful in, like, public speaking… well, I’m here to disprove that… - Juvenal - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:47 pm: I’m Lou Lang and I get respect. Your cash and your jewelry is what I expect. - Piece of Work - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:48 pm: The only sponsor we could find to fill the back drop was Bud Light. All of the Illinois companies didn’t return our calls. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:48 pm: The top precinct captain? They win a Cadillac… - Earnest - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:48 pm: We may support union rights, but our party messaging is anything but “organized.” - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:50 pm: “You’ll see. You’ll all see. The Great Pumpkin will rise… “ - Dance Band on the Titanic - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:50 pm: When you Tweeted Lou Lang in the Bud Tent I thought you meant something else. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:52 pm: “I told the governor. I told him twice, actually. It’s a 3/5th override… “ - GA Watcher - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:54 pm: “Feelings. Nothing more than feelings…” - SAP - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:55 pm: Bud Light is for closers. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:55 pm: “Tweed… for lack of a better fabric, is good. Tweed works…. “ - Lakeview Dude - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:57 pm: Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to How To Give A Lou Lang Lecture 101. I hope you all brought your notebooks! - 47th Ward - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:59 pm: I just got back from a pleasure trip. I took my mother-in-law to the airport. I’ve been in love with the same woman for 49 years! If my wife ever finds out, she’ll kill me! What are three words a woman never wants to hear when she’s making love? “Honey, I’m home!” Someone stole all my credit cards, but I won’t be reporting it. The thief spends less than my wife did. - Anonymous - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:01 pm: “Ha ha, yes, Mike, I am kinda high up here…” - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:02 pm: “It was a dream. One day at State Fair, Lou Lang sent over a bottle of Champagne for us… “ - Rich Miller - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:02 pm: Hey, wait a second. This isn’t Captain Geech & The Shrimp Shack Shooters. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:05 pm: “You could go 55 to Lake Shore Drive, sure, but if you’re asking me, I’d take Lower Wacker, then pop out at… “ - Rich Miller - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:06 pm: “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. We’re sure glad to be here in Springfield tonight. We’re the Good Old, Blues Brothers, Boys Band from Chicago. We sure hope you’ll like our show.” - 47th Ward - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:06 pm: Is this thing on? I can hear you breathing out there. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:06 pm: “If you want to claim that, head over to the Poultry Building, with your ticket, and ask them to just leave the feathers on and pack it in ice.” - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:08 pm: “The drummer?… The Drummer… Toby Tyler.” - 47th Ward - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:09 pm: Thanks everybody. You’re a good audience. Stick around for the 10:00 show. Adults only though, it gets a little blue. And try the veal. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:11 pm: Now. Now that’s not all you do. No. What you do next is have your friends sign up their friends. K? So you sign up your friends, then their friends sign up their friends, and then you… keep up here… You make money off your friends AND theor friends, and pretty soon, you aren’t making money for you, money is working for you…” - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:14 pm: We’ll get to the Bingo soon, I promise, and that $1,738 “split the pot” game where you need 3 bingos on one card, but first, let’s talk about retirement properties, fact from fiction… “ - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:17 pm: “No… the fried ice cream… that is down by the grandstands, but no, there’s no fried cannoli here this year… “ - 47th Ward - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:20 pm: 25 dollar 30 now 30 dollar 30 dollar 30 dollar 30 dollar give me a hollar 30 dollar who will bid it at a 35 dollar bid? 35 dollar 35 35 make it 35 and a 35 make it 35 and a 35 Who will bid it at a 35 dollar bid? - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:21 pm: “I am. I’m going to bring out the bands. Just a couple minutes. That’s why I’m up here. But let’s talk term life insurance for a bit. People doktvlikecto think about it, I don’t, but… “ - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:23 pm: “I understand you were a vendor here last year… I hear ya… That’s a good point… but this year we have a budget so… - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:28 pm: “Everyone gets 2 free drink tickets, but if you stay for my entire presentation you get two additional drink tickets and… a Cozy Corn Dog… “ - 47th Ward - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:28 pm: But, if I stayed here with you girl Things just couldn’t be the same ‘Cause I’m as free as a bird now And this bird you can not change And the bird you can not change And this bird you can not change Lord knows, I can’t change Lord help me, I can’t change - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:32 pm: “Here are the rules for the pie eating contest… “ - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:34 pm: “Thank you, fans and friends and odds and ends. And now, for you gals and guys, a few words to the wise. You Jims and Sals are my best pals. And to look your best for the big contest, just be yourselves and have a ball. That’s what it’s all about, after all. So, forget about the camera and think about the beat. We’ll give the folks at home a real big treat. Don’t worry about where the camera is, just keep on dancin’, that’s your biz. Hey, if I tap your shoulder, move to the side. Let the others finish the ride! This is the event you’ve all been waiting for, the National Dance-Off. And away we go… “ - DownstateKid - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:37 pm: I got the beats with the pleats. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:41 pm: “You have to fight… for YOUR right… to party.” - Amalia - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:41 pm: Democrats Light - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:42 pm: “I haven’t seen so many empty chairs in one place since Gov. Rauner called a Special Session… “ - 47th Ward - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:42 pm: The first rule of the House Democratic Caucus is: you do not talk about the House Democratic Caucus. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:49 pm: “Thanks for asking, yes, I hear ‘Dad’s Home State’ should be coming back at some point, I just don’t know if my role is being renewed… “ - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:52 pm: “Now, now, now… Quiet down, settle down… I want a BIG round of applause… for ‘Illinois Democrat of 2017′… Doctor. Diana. Rauner.” - 47th Ward - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 4:58 pm: Our chief weapon is surprise…surprise and fear…fear and surprise. Our two weapons are fear and surprise…and ruthless efficiency. - Wensicia - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 5:00 pm: “We’re getting the band back together.” - northsider (the original) - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 5:04 pm: Oh, we got both kinds. We got country *and* western. - 47th Ward - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 5:12 pm: “I hate Illinois Nazis.” - Jocko - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 5:21 pm: “I Didn’t Get A Harumph Out Of That Guy (exclamation point)” - Rabid - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 8:27 pm: You folks seen the Rauners reading sambo to children lately - Rabid - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 8:28 pm: Did you hear Ann coulter sent a sympathy card to dr Rauner - Blago's Hare - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 10:32 pm: I like beer, it makes me a jolly good fellow I like beer, it helps me unwind and sometimes it makes me feel mellow (Makes him feel mellow) Whiskey’s too rough, Champagne costs too much, vodka puts my mouth in gear This little refrain should help me explain as a matter of fact I like beer… Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.