62 Comments - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 11:56 am: “Mike… it was only business with Rauner. I always liked you.” - Just Me 2 - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 11:57 am: “Mr. Speaker, I look forward to working for you (again).” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 11:58 am: “Have fun with your largest majority ever… Speaker” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 11:58 am: “Mike, I feel like I’ve been paroled… “ - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 11:59 am: “Rauner? Won’t see him no more.” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:00 pm: “Ok, Rauner, Ives, Drury, Dunkin… all gone. Let’s get Proft, for both of us.” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:01 pm: “Mike, when you said you’re settling all family business, you settle *all* family business… “ - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:02 pm: “No thanks, Speaker, I don’t want to be a Committee Chair. I’m minority leader. It is what it is” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:03 pm: “I guess your majority is so big you’re seating people on my side of the aisle. We’ll be good hosts… “ - 360 Degree TurnAround - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:04 pm: “Can I still keep my office?” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:05 pm: “I bet you wish Olsen was back next session, Speaker” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:06 pm: “… and I told her, from experience, taking on Durbin isn’t a great idea, but… “ - 360 Degree TurnAround - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:07 pm: “Leader Durkin, we would like to propose that Rep. Stava-Murray attend your caucus meetings.” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:08 pm: “Don’t tell anyone, but Speaker, I voted for JB too” - 360 Degree TurnAround - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:09 pm: “Can I hold the gavel for a second”. - northsider (the original) - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:09 pm: Among reasonable men problems of business could always be solved. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:09 pm: “You look good in your ad, by the way…” - 360 Degree TurnAround - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:10 pm: “Do you think I can get one of those director jobs? They just got a 15% raise” - 10th Ward - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:10 pm: “Guess Eddie Burke didn’t follow your ‘An Apple a Day keeps the Feds Away’ program??” - Henry Francis - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:10 pm: “Golden delicious. 12:15. Everyday. Don’t worry Mr. Speaker”. - Grandson of Man - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:11 pm: Nice tie, Mike. Watching the president’s speech tonight? - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:14 pm: ===Oswego Willie doesn’t write enough — he needs to share MORE of his wisdom.=== No. “So you know, Speaker, we wouldn’t object if you took out that Willy guy on Rich’s blog. He’s small peanuts” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:14 pm: “I just wanted to say, if you need help with creating a map or anything, my door is always open.” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:15 pm: “Speaker, I know who you might want drawn out of a map, you know who I might want drawn out of a map… “ - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:17 pm: “We’ll both miss Peter Breen, Speaker” - 360 Degree TurnAround - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:18 pm: “Leader Durkin, where is the going away party for Rep. Ives being held?” - roadhouse - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:19 pm: Practicing the secret hand shake at 3. By the flag pole. - bayleaf - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:20 pm: “Hey Mike, what do you want from Taco Bell?” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:22 pm: “Good luck with your billionaire. It ain’t all sunshine and lollipops, believe me… “ - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:24 pm: “Bruce wanted me to give you a message and I told him, ‘Governor, I don’t work for you anymore, tell him yourself’… “ - Pot calling kettle - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:24 pm: So, you’ll need how many seats on my side of the aisle? - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:26 pm: “If Pritzker keeps taking people from my side for his administration I’m going to be left with Skillicorn as a ranking member… “ - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:27 pm: “To be honest, if we’re above 40 seats after 2020 I’m calling it a win… “ - OneMan - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:30 pm: Yes, I will send you a damn clock. - Nick Name - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:37 pm: “You’re shorter than you seem from the Speaker’s podium.” - Stumpy's bunker - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:41 pm: Yes Mike, I suppose the last four years WERE “a hoot”. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:41 pm: “Speaker, you had Clemson and ‘the over’… nobody had that… “ - Jocko - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:48 pm: How about we switch things up this time around? You can play the fiscal conservative and I will be the social libertarian. - Steve - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:49 pm: “Mike , me and my wife want you to do our property tax appeals business” - Stumpy's bunker - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:52 pm: “Whatever you have in that cup, I’m gonna need some”. - Huh? - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 12:59 pm: This photo is screaming for a Godfather quote. I just can’t come up with a good one. - Dance Band on the Titanic - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 1:03 pm: With apologies to Hall and Oates: Everybody’s high on consolation Brucie tried to tell me what is right for me, yeah Jeanne Ives tried to bore me with a sermon But it’s plain to see that they can’t comfort me Sorry, Mikey, for the imposition I think I got (it got it), I got the strength to carry on, yeah I need a drink and a quick decision Now it’s up to me, ooh, and my super minority He’s gone, he’s gone Oh I, oh I I better learn how to face it He’s gone, he’s gone Oh I, oh I We now have Pritzker to replace him He’s gone, and he’s gone Oh why, what went wrong? - Precinct Captain - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 1:03 pm: “Mike, you are my father.” - CharlieKratos - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 1:10 pm: “Madigan, trying to convince Durkin to leave the room so he can bring everyone else back in to sneak in a vote for a huge gas tax increase.” - Allen Skillicorn, probably. - Anonymous - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 1:52 pm: “Mr. Speaker” is this an intimidation attempt?” “Only if you want them to be.” - Commonsense in Illinois - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 1:53 pm: “Well, Mr. Durkin, I hope you’ll join me in celebrating that our long state nightmare is over…” - Anonymous - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 1:57 pm: “You know that a tax hike is coming, Jim.. Let me know if you need a good lawyer.” - wordslinger - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 1:58 pm: “What did I tell Burke about talking on the phone? Now he knows….” - Mama - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 2:15 pm: Hey Mike, do you have any job openings? - Driveby - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 2:23 pm: - Oswego Willy - Please get a life. Or are you working on state time? - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 2:27 pm: - Driveby - Everyone’s a critic, LOL Happy New Year. Be well. “Caption?” “If I learned anything, Speaker, it’s that money changes people.” - Tim - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 2:34 pm: Don’t you have to accomplish something to congratulate each other? - wordslinger - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 2:34 pm: “So, Mike, do you know anyone who might want to bankroll my caucus now?” - A guy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 2:40 pm: With Fast Eddie Burke on the shelf, I’ll need you to take a look at a piece of property for me. - A guy - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 2:42 pm: ==With Fast Eddie Burke on the shelf, I’ll need you to take a look at a piece of property for me.== If you’re too busy, I could ask Johnny C, but I’d like to keep it in our chamber if we can. - Hamlet's Ghost - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 2:45 pm: Tell me, have you started on the next map? - JS Mill - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 2:51 pm: JD- “Umm..Mr. Speaker?” MJM- “Yes?” JD- “I am Jim Durkin” MJM- “Yes, I know who you are…Jimmy” JD- “Oh, well that’s great….I just wanted to say congratulations and that I am sorry.” MJM- “Thank you. Sorry for what?” JD- “Do I have to?” MJM- “yes” JD- “I am sorry for the last 4 years. Genuinely” MJM- ‘Not yet, but you will be.” - Huh? - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 6:36 pm: Be my friend? Godfather? - Rabid - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 9:38 pm: Scott gave me this empty disposable cup, said it was his legacy - Billinois - Tuesday, Jan 8, 19 @ 10:33 pm: “Do I even need to show up anymore?” - Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 9, 19 @ 6:32 am: “the art of this was to ignore all insults, all threats, to turn the other cheek” Mario putzo the Godfather - Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 9, 19 @ 8:20 am: Mind if I wipe my feet on your new political corpus Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.