47 Comments - 17% Solution - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 12:44 pm: Roses are Red Violets are Blue Sean Casten wants to end the SALT cap for you. - Norville Rogers - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 12:45 pm: Oswego Willy, Thanks for driving away anyone with a different viewpoint. Dedicating your life to telling kids to get off your digital lawn is a noble vocation my friend. - Dance Band on the Titanic - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 12:47 pm: Roses are reds Violets are blues With nonsense like this Dems are who voters will choose - Annonin - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 12:47 pm: Roses are Red Violets are Blue GOPies lost GovJunk And got nuthin’ new - Oswego Willy - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 12:50 pm: - Norville Rogers - I’d ask you to be my valentine, but I’m living in your head rent free, and I can’t match such a gift. To the question, Roses are red, Violets I’ve bumbled, Here’s to a rebirth of the ILGOP Hope you’ve been humbled - NIref - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 12:50 pm: Dear ILGOP, I don’t need to rhyme, to tell you how far you’ve strayed, from Dirksen’s party - Rich Miller - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 12:52 pm: I just got flowers delivered to me about 20 minutes ago. Nobody has ever sent flowers to me unless I was in the hospital. lol Life is good. Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹 - Ron Burgundy - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 12:54 pm: To IL pols of a greedy nature: Roses are red Violets are blue The guy in the diaper Has a subpoena for you - Thomas Paine - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 12:55 pm: Marigolds are orange, Irises are purple. Nothing rhymes with Capitolfax, [Insert unrelated political jab here.] - Cheryl44 - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 12:56 pm: Dear Jeanne Ives, Roses are red, violets are blue, No one will ever elect you. - Tom Collins - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:00 pm: Roses are red Illinois voted blue If the corruption don’t stop I’ll be saying ‘adieu’ - JoanP - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:01 pm: Roses are red, Violets are blue. I’m a fan of Rich Miller and his commenters, too. (Even when I disagree with them.) - Grandson of Man - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:02 pm: To the ILGOP: Roses are red Violets are blue Constantly attacking Madigan Has been terrible for you - Cheryl44 - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:04 pm: Speaking of holidays, Happy Birthday Mr. Frederick Douglass. I hope we’re closer to re-naming a park after you. - Responsa - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:05 pm: 2 cool 2 b 4gotten Think of this as one of those little heart shaped candies with a message written on it like we all used to trade at grade school. This one is dedicated to Mike Madigan - South of Sherman - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:06 pm: Does the GOP poem really read: “And this November we’ll prove we’re through”? Is that a Freudian slip? [Sent again because of previous inadvertent banned punctuation.] - Oak Parker - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:07 pm: In 2012, Joe Berrios’ opponent for Committeeman, Alonso Zaragoza, put an ad in the Sun Times that said Happy V-day Uncle Joe, Thank you for the jobs and promotions. We couldn’t have gotten them without you. With love, the Berrios family https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-berrios-cook-county-a_n_1280138 Alonso didn’t win but he got a lot of free media from the story - Oak Parker - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:08 pm: Rich, those flowers were for Oscar - Oswego Willy - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:08 pm: Roses are Red Violets are Blue I don’t miss the RaunerS But miss Slip and Sue - Oak Parker - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:10 pm: Roses are Red Violets are Violet JB saved some big bucks By pulling out his toilet - Responsa - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:11 pm: Cheryl 44’s comment made me think of this book: Douglass’ Women by Jewell Parker Rhodes. Worth a read for anyone who wants a more personal view of Frederick Douglass’ complex and very interesting life. - Groucho - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:12 pm: Roses are red Violets are blue most poems rhyme but mine don’t - Lt Guv - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:17 pm: Rich, you would delete any poem I would address to Ives - A Guy - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:19 pm: Roses are many colors, Violets, just one, Illinois, the state I love has ceased to be fun. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:21 pm: My ode today is to “Lucky Pierre” The commenter we know, extraordinaire Fun it has been jousting in word Even if your arguments are sometime absurd We agreed that a student was someone to cheer It was groundbreaking, I shed a tear New leaders are in the points still the same Voters have spoken they placed some of the blame Comic chops you show, they make me snicker Others bring a laugh, you’re quite the quipper Happy Valentines Day, wish you the best Good tidings too, and all of the rest - revvedup - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:22 pm: Rich in the hospital? What is it? It’s a big building with patients, but that’s not important now. Get well soon, Illinois and Oscar need you. And as seen online (with a photo of a Doberman holding a red rose in mouth) “Roses are red. I love you. The End.” - Bernie Epton RIP - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:36 pm: Roses are red violets are blue Crime is down A lie believed by very few - Jocko - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:45 pm: For MJM, Roses are red, Violets are blue, If the feds keep on circlin’ Michael’s ranks will be few - Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:47 pm: Oscar’s the Valentine we all like. He makes our troubles take a hike. - Froganon - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:49 pm: Roses are red Violets are blue Come November, Jeannie Ives, We’ll be through with you. - Bourbon Street - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:50 pm: To SafeSpeed: Stoplights are red, SafeSpeed is blue Because it looks as if Its business is through - Wensicia - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:50 pm: Roses are red Sunflowers are gold I’ll send warm thoughts Because we’re too cold - SpfdNewb - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:51 pm: To Illinois voters: Roses are red, violets are blue, Illinois GOP, is bad for you. - train111 - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 1:52 pm: Roses are red Violets are blue Jeanne Ives is a nut Half her party is too. - Responsa - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 2:01 pm: Bulls are Red Cubbies are Blue Thank goodness Chicago has The White Sox, too. - Rudy’s teeth - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 2:06 pm: Roses are red Illinois is blue Jeannie Ives It must hurt To be you. You resemble Miss Warren Ranting, waving, and flailing. She sinks in the polls And so do you. - Responsa - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 2:36 pm: A bright red helicopter has been low buzzing my neighborhood for over 10 minutes. Wish I knew if it is for an emergency or if somebody’s buzzing their spouse or sig other for valentines day. - Reality - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 2:38 pm: Dear Illinois, Roses are red Violets are blue When banks cut you off Its bankruptcy for you - pool boy - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 2:47 pm: Grass is green Pools are blue Can’t wait for Spring How about you? - Louis G Atsaves - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 2:55 pm: Roses are red, Violets are blue, More taxes and spending, For Illinois and you. - dbk - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 2:57 pm: To our Governor Roses are red Violets are blue DCFS is in trouble We’re paying attention And so should you. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 3:11 pm: A valentines poem to the Raunerites Destruction and pain the voters disliked You followed a couple that misled their goals Now it’s all over you lost at the polls Fear not you can change though beat to the pulpa Voters will forgive say a true mea culpa Too far you did venture, too far said the people You hoped for followers you wanted sheeple So this poem for you I hope you find helpful If your do half of this I’ll come back if you’re not careful - Jibba - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 3:31 pm: Safespeed light is red politicians are blue. The feds got some and they’re coming for you - dogonsheffield - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 3:35 pm: I pronounced the last word as “thruff” because my brain was trying to make it rhyme - lakeside - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 3:56 pm: Roses are red, Violets are blue, So many candidates and brands, Don’t know how the meter of this poem works and it’s painful. - Walleye Soup - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 4:07 pm: Roses are Red Potatoes are Browner What would Oswego Willy do if he couldn’t blame Rauner - Oswego Willy - Friday, Feb 14, 20 @ 4:23 pm: To Jim Oberweis I write you this poem Known as the milk man, I’m sure we all know him Helicopters and walls you want Illinois great You think it’s for love still it’s peddled hate Rebranding ice cream seems rather easy Trying to hide your beliefs that is rather sleazy Purity and perfection your mantra to party You think that this helps you think you’re a smarty Good luck as you run for the umpteenth time As you talk as you bellow some uneasy slime Happy Valentine’s Day to you and your family Some based in Florida going full shammy Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.