Tuesday, Jan 12, 2021 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Pool photo from Justin Fowler of the State Journal-Register of House Republican Leader Jim Durkin…
Keep it clean, people.
- Pizza Man - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:09 pm:
Hi House Dems..can I be your speaker? Hello?
- NIU Grad - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:10 pm:
“As your next speaker…”
- JS Mill - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:10 pm:
“The ILGOP is this close to oblivion.”
“I am this close to accepting the election results”
“I am this close to giving the Eastern Bloc a talking to”
- Red ghetto in a blue state - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:11 pm:
I am this close to being speaker.
- Sayitaintso - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:12 pm:
“Can you ‘C’ me now?”
- Anon221 - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:13 pm:
“And a 1, and a 2… come on people…I just need 60 votes. Can’t you find me 60 votes???”
- Siualum - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:15 pm:
I wish it was bigger than this, but, sadly, its not.
- fs - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:16 pm:
(Very obscure reference, but some might get it)
“I’m crushing your bill”
- Chuck - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:16 pm:
“Not wearing a mask can cause… well, you know.”
- Observation - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:16 pm:
“The itsy, bitsy spider went up the water spout.”
- TheInvisibleMan - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:17 pm:
fs wins
- Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:19 pm:
“Now, for a show of unity, everybody sing with me: ‘The itsy-bitsy spider ran up the water spout…’”
- RegularJoe - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:19 pm:
“Your lack of faith is disappointing…” (as Dems begin to gasp for air)
- Bruce( no not him) - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:21 pm:
On my left hand,I hold the ballots for the Speakers race. Not the ones that the dems day are real, but the ones from the real voters.
- Bruce( no not him) - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:22 pm:
Dang spell check. Say not day
- stateandlake - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:26 pm:
OK, players, let’s take it from Measure 38 again. Winds, pp means softer, keep it down please…
- twowaystreet - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:31 pm:
I finally figured this mask thing out, over the nose.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:32 pm:
“No. Guess… tongue in or out… ready?…. ‘Go’… “
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:33 pm:
“Point of order, how do you know I have a small piece of lettuce stuck in my teeth?”
- Skeptic - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:34 pm:
Phenominal Cosmic Power (itty bitty living space)
- glacier - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:35 pm:
I havent run the state into oblivion like Mike did.
- Left of the Lake - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:36 pm:
“My caucus has grown this much in the last decade.”
- Annonin' - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:41 pm:
See if I let go of the mike pool i can stand up…all by myself…for brief periods
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:41 pm:
“Not one time, not even this much, have I golfed on an Election Day”
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:42 pm:
“I will miss Skillicorn, Cabello, and Wehrli this much… “
- thisjustinagain - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:43 pm:
“This is the ILGOP’s relevance unless you appoint me Speaker…”
- pool boy - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:45 pm:
I said you were capricious, with a c.
- SouthSide Markie - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:56 pm:
You asked how relevant the Republican caucus has been so far to the election of a Speaker? Oh, about this much.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 3:04 pm:
“I need to say a couple things so I can use my words to fundraise, so bare with me… “
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 3:11 pm:
“It needs to be noted that 45 is a lil more than 44… “
- flea - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 3:20 pm:
I wear true n-95 face masks because they work better, and I am more important than the rest.
- Frumpy White Guy - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 3:43 pm:
That’s about the size of it and thankful it’s not any smaller.
- Dysfunction Junction - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 4:00 pm:
I’ve been willing to let the press come closer to the action here on the floor than my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. How much closer? Oh, about this much.
- don the legend - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 4:06 pm:
“I was telling the Chief that I missed him by that much.”
- SandyC - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 4:10 pm:
“I just have a teeny little question before you go, Speaker. Can I have your desk?”
- Michelle Flaherty - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 4:32 pm:
“I have this many members.”
- Huh? - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 4:43 pm:
So you’re telling me that I have to raise my mask that much and I’ll be wearing my mask properly?
Well, I lowered my mask that much because my glasses were all fogged up.
- zatoichi - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 4:45 pm:
Look, he’s crawling up my wall Black and hairy, very small Now he’s up above my head Hanging by a little thread
Boris the spider
- Rabid - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 5:32 pm:
Let me give my list of demands for the next speaker
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- Pizza Man - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:09 pm:
Hi House Dems..can I be your speaker? Hello?
- NIU Grad - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:10 pm:
“As your next speaker…”
- JS Mill - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:10 pm:
“The ILGOP is this close to oblivion.”
“I am this close to accepting the election results”
“I am this close to giving the Eastern Bloc a talking to”
- Red ghetto in a blue state - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:11 pm:
I am this close to being speaker.
- Sayitaintso - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:12 pm:
“Can you ‘C’ me now?”
- Anon221 - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:13 pm:
“And a 1, and a 2… come on people…I just need 60 votes. Can’t you find me 60 votes???”
- Siualum - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:15 pm:
I wish it was bigger than this, but, sadly, its not.
- fs - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:16 pm:
(Very obscure reference, but some might get it)
“I’m crushing your bill”
- Chuck - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:16 pm:
“Not wearing a mask can cause… well, you know.”
- Observation - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:16 pm:
“The itsy, bitsy spider went up the water spout.”
- TheInvisibleMan - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:17 pm:
fs wins
- Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:19 pm:
“Now, for a show of unity, everybody sing with me: ‘The itsy-bitsy spider ran up the water spout…’”
- RegularJoe - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:19 pm:
“Your lack of faith is disappointing…”
(as Dems begin to gasp for air)
- Bruce( no not him) - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:21 pm:
On my left hand,I hold the ballots for the Speakers race. Not the ones that the dems day are real, but the ones from the real voters.
- Bruce( no not him) - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:22 pm:
Dang spell check. Say not day
- stateandlake - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:26 pm:
OK, players, let’s take it from Measure 38 again. Winds, pp means softer, keep it down please…
- twowaystreet - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:31 pm:
I finally figured this mask thing out, over the nose.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:32 pm:
“No. Guess… tongue in or out… ready?…. ‘Go’… “
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:33 pm:
“Point of order, how do you know I have a small piece of lettuce stuck in my teeth?”
- Skeptic - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:34 pm:
Phenominal Cosmic Power (itty bitty living space)
- glacier - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:35 pm:
I havent run the state into oblivion like Mike did.
- Left of the Lake - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:36 pm:
“My caucus has grown this much in the last decade.”
- Annonin' - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:41 pm:
See if I let go of the mike pool i can stand up…all by myself…for brief periods
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:41 pm:
“Not one time, not even this much, have I golfed on an Election Day”
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:42 pm:
“I will miss Skillicorn, Cabello, and Wehrli this much… “
- thisjustinagain - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:43 pm:
“This is the ILGOP’s relevance unless you appoint me Speaker…”
- pool boy - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:45 pm:
I said you were capricious, with a c.
- SouthSide Markie - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:56 pm:
You asked how relevant the Republican caucus has been so far to the election of a Speaker? Oh, about this much.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 3:04 pm:
“I need to say a couple things so I can use my words to fundraise, so bare with me… “
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 3:11 pm:
“It needs to be noted that 45 is a lil more than 44… “
- flea - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 3:20 pm:
I wear true n-95 face masks because they work better, and I am more important than the rest.
- Frumpy White Guy - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 3:43 pm:
That’s about the size of it and thankful it’s not any smaller.
- Dysfunction Junction - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 4:00 pm:
I’ve been willing to let the press come closer to the action here on the floor than my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. How much closer? Oh, about this much.
- don the legend - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 4:06 pm:
“I was telling the Chief that I missed him by that much.”
- SandyC - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 4:10 pm:
“I just have a teeny little question before you go, Speaker. Can I have your desk?”
- Michelle Flaherty - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 4:32 pm:
“I have this many members.”
- Huh? - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 4:43 pm:
So you’re telling me that I have to raise my mask that much and I’ll be wearing my mask properly?
Well, I lowered my mask that much because my glasses were all fogged up.
- zatoichi - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 4:45 pm:
Look, he’s crawling up my wall
Black and hairy, very small
Now he’s up above my head
Hanging by a little thread
Boris the spider
- Rabid - Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 5:32 pm:
Let me give my list of demands for the next speaker