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Wednesday, Jan 31, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller

* Not gonna happen. Wouldn’t be prudent…

       

101 Comments
  1. - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:09 pm:

    It takes a tough governor to make a chicken this tender.


  2. - Can haiku be a caption? - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:10 pm:

    An Unfulfilled Quest
    Ending with Stammer and Quake
    Pequod going down


  3. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:10 pm:

    Besler has had better days…


  4. - Henry Francis - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:10 pm:

    Is the chicken on Ives’ payroll? Or JB’s?


  5. - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:11 pm:

    $500,000 from Uihlein and all we get is a dude in a chicken suit?


  6. - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:11 pm:

    It takes a tough opposition to make a governor this chicken.


  7. - walker - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:11 pm:

    big turnout


  8. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:12 pm:

    “Dan, how much for you in a chicken suit…

    “$500,000, and not a dime less…”


  9. - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:12 pm:

    Note to Rauner - more eggs, please.


  10. - wordslinger - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:12 pm:

    Has Rauner sewn a chicken patch on his Village People’s vest?


  11. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:13 pm:

    “Hey… HEY… this is my corner toilet bowl head”


  12. - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:13 pm:

    Unlike Rauner, Ives believes the egg came first.


  13. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:14 pm:

    “Take the picture after I finish my smoke… “


  14. - Iggy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:14 pm:

    oh please. The Governor doesn’t need to acknowledge this or a person of her character. Here is a reminder of who Jeanne really is, for all the folks on her that have suddenly fallen head over heals for Ives.

    http://chicagoist.com/2015/09/03/watch_one_state_reps_slut-shaming_r.php


  15. - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:16 pm:

    The first sign of a planned “coop d’etat”.


  16. - Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:17 pm:

    “This will teach him to pay us chicken feed out at the ranch in Montana.”

    #RaunerChicken


  17. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:17 pm:

    “Hey..hey… Those are my clothes… it’s hot in here…”


  18. - Anonymiss - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:17 pm:

    Squeezy ain’t got nothin’ on me.


  19. - wordslinger - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:17 pm:

    Blast from the past, from those who gave you “Rocky and Bullwinke” and “George of the Jungle.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xki4tWcsSK0


  20. - Smitty Irving - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:17 pm:

    As long as the Governor doesn’t hire Peter Griffin …


  21. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:18 pm:

    “For an extra hundred, I’ll wear roller skates.. “


  22. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:19 pm:

    No it’s not… no… it’s not… seriously, it’s not… no… No… NO… the sigh isn’t upside down, stop it… “


  23. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:20 pm:

    “This costume smells like steak”


  24. - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:20 pm:

    The lesser known of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - Bruce, The Chicken Who’s Not In Charge.


  25. - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:21 pm:

    Don’t, I say don’t bother me dog, can’t ya see I’m thinkin’


  26. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:22 pm:

    “No, I’m union.”


  27. - Jocko - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:23 pm:

    Maybe it’s me, but I think that imported prairie chicken is genetically modified.
    https://tinyurl.com/yd4w9wys


  28. - Northsider - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:23 pm:

    Gov. Rauner’s favorite pollo player from Winnetka showed up at the SOTS for moral supp, er, never mind.


  29. - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:24 pm:

    We do governors right.


  30. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:24 pm:

    “Say I’m a turkey again. Say it.”


  31. - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:25 pm:

    I guess $500,000 is chickenfeed.


  32. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:26 pm:

    “Did I win? Do I get the Taylor Swift tickets?”


  33. - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:26 pm:

    Can’t be Rauner’s chicken - all of his are boneless.


  34. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:27 pm:

    “I thought Burl Ives was dead?”


  35. - Texas Red - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:28 pm:

    Is this Chicken GMO free?


  36. - Linus - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:28 pm:

    “The buck-buck-baGAWK stops here.”


  37. - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:28 pm:

    A chicken pox on them both.


  38. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:28 pm:

    “The sign makes no sense. What is there to debate? Burl Ives is a Eastern Illinois University treasure. Who’d disagree?”


  39. - OneMan - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:31 pm:

    He looked over at his pal flippy, finished his smoke and drink then got up from the bar and left. Flippy and the other political mascots knew that meant only one thing, there was going to work this cycle after all.


  40. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:31 pm:

    “I think I got pink eye”


  41. - Robert the 1st - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:31 pm:

    I wonder what a gig like that pays…?


  42. - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:32 pm:

    Front of sign: Debate Ives

    Back of sign: Then come on down to White Fence Farm with the best broasted chicken in all of Illinois!


  43. - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:32 pm:

    Chicken-fried staffer.


  44. - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:33 pm:

    No black? I guess we know where Ives’ chicken stands on the issue of sexual harassment in the capitol.


  45. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:33 pm:

    “No, say it fast… faster… say it faster… see… it’s funny”


  46. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:34 pm:

    “I thought about wearing these ‘Chick’ Taylor costume gym shoes… “


  47. - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:34 pm:

    There’s no debate: the costume gig is the worst entry-level job in politics.


  48. - jls - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:35 pm:

    The Buaawk! stops here.


  49. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:36 pm:

    It takes weak opposition to make a governor this chicken.


  50. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:36 pm:

    “Yep… I know… well, it’s not my first choice… uncomfortable too… ugh, where would you keep your watch?”


  51. - Northside City Dweller - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:36 pm:

    Man, has Mark Cavers’ career taken quite the turn…


  52. - annoying - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:37 pm:

    Mike Madigan is my homeboy


  53. - Well then - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:37 pm:

    Why did the chicken cross the road?


  54. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:37 pm:

    “I can drink it from a straw…”


  55. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:39 pm:

    “Google it. ‘Is Burl Ives dead’… what did it say… “


  56. - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:41 pm:

    Worse part of this gig? The catheters.


  57. - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:42 pm:

    The rest of the week I wear the Statue of Liberty outfit, which keeps me booked through April. I also do parties. Here’s my card.


  58. - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:44 pm:

    Yeah, this is the old Reggie Redbird suit. There was some, uh, unpleasantness at a fraternity party a few years back, and well, it’s tough to get those stains out.


  59. - TominChicago - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:45 pm:

    The chicken should be wearing a leather vest or a Carhart jacket.


  60. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:45 pm:

    “That’s the wrong finger Governor Rauner. It’s the index finger… oh… “


  61. - Rutro - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:46 pm:

    That chicken needs a biker vest or a carhart.


  62. - Albany Park Patriot - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:49 pm:

    Have no idea who to root for in this one.


  63. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:49 pm:

    “They’re doing something or another in there, I’m just suppose to stand here until until some guy named Stan gives me a money order for my time… “


  64. - Dance Band on the Titanic - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:50 pm:

    As Quinnochio used to say:
    “What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.”


  65. - AlfondoGonz - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:59 pm:

    Q: What comes first, the chicken or the debate?
    A: Trick question. The chicken comes first, the
    debate never comes.


  66. - @misterjayem - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 2:00 pm:

    Hammer and Shake ‘n Bake

    – MrJM


  67. - Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 2:02 pm:

    OW, not to mention where do you put your phone?


  68. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 2:12 pm:

    ===not to mention where do you put your phone?===

    Yikes. Ouch?

    “Tell Ma I’ll be home after I return the costume and get a Slurpees… I dunno when that’ll be… it’ll melt… I’m not getting you a Slurpees… just tell Ma… just tell Ma… “


  69. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 2:15 pm:

    “Pluck me? Pluck me?… oh… that makes more sense… “


  70. - Swift - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 2:15 pm:

    Morthland: Are you sure “I’m” the one who has to wear the suit?

    Ive: Yes Rich, my 500k is not going to pay some staffer to do this. Also, next time don’t pick the “stoned” chicken head.


  71. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 2:17 pm:

    “Whadda mean I hafta go to the fair grounds now?”


  72. - Excessively Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 2:18 pm:

    The haiku comment sent me off the deep end:

    Even worse than Quinn
    All because of Madigan
    Drops one final g

    The zen of Rauner
    He was not the one in charge
    He is three bags of dung


  73. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 2:19 pm:

    “No, the head got stuck, the zipper jammed… I drove over here like this… you try to parallel park with this on…”


  74. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 2:20 pm:

    “I’m not supposa talk or nothin’ that breaks my character… “


  75. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 2:21 pm:

    “What’s my motivation? Am I an angry chicken, wronged, looking for justice… “


  76. - Henry Francis - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 2:21 pm:

    Aaron Schock’s legal fees have become far greater than he ever imagined.


  77. - blue dog dem - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 2:23 pm:

    I’m a chickenhawk and your a chicken.


  78. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 3:19 pm:

    @47th Ward:

    Love the Foghorn Leghorn bit!


  79. - Flip357 - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 3:22 pm:

    “You’ve been watching West Wing again, haven’t you?”


  80. - Near West side - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 4:44 pm:

    Who will come in first, the chicken or the ives?


  81. - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 4:52 pm:

    Because the Secretary of State Police have no sense of humor and wouldn’t let me stand over there. That’s why pal.


  82. - Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 5:13 pm:

    truth to power


  83. - Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 5:14 pm:

    Dianna is homesick


  84. - Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 5:16 pm:

    Porch chicken


  85. - Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 5:17 pm:

    Gop coming home to roost


  86. - Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 5:21 pm:

    Eat more baloney


  87. - Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 5:34 pm:

    Bipartisanship hole


  88. - Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 5:45 pm:

    The chicken wing flocks to Rauner


  89. - GLake - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 5:59 pm:

    Los Pollos Hermanos says….


  90. - Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 6:05 pm:

    Eat this up, jeanne has some scratch


  91. - Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 6:07 pm:

    Pecking away at the turnaround agenda


  92. - Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 6:12 pm:

    Gubernatorial candidate ruffles feathers


  93. - Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 6:43 pm:

    Term limited by your own party


  94. - LoisLearned2much - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 7:09 pm:

    Dan Proft has gone fowl for his chick.


  95. - Blago's Hare - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 7:25 pm:

    Cheap, cheap. Fun, fun.


  96. - My New Handle - Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 8:21 pm:

    The reverse of the sign says,
    Eat More Pork


  97. - Rabid - Thursday, Feb 1, 18 @ 6:55 am:

    Chica goes to the Springfield for the children


  98. - Rabid - Thursday, Feb 1, 18 @ 7:00 am:

    Big bird afraid, hiding in his nest


  99. - Rabid - Thursday, Feb 1, 18 @ 7:21 am:

    rooster of the walk hen pecked


  100. - Rabid - Thursday, Feb 1, 18 @ 7:24 am:

    He ain’t chicken salad


  101. - Rabid - Thursday, Feb 1, 18 @ 7:28 am:

    My other outfit is a lame duck


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