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*** UPDATED x1 *** Caption contest!
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 - Posted by Rich Miller * Sen. Darren Bailey and Dr. Willie Wilson…
Zooming in…  …Adding… From a reader…
Click here for his House vote and click here for his Senate vote. *** UPDATE *** It’s kinda tough to see, but here is Sen. Bailey voting remotely during floor action yesterday. If you go to the 1:00:40 mark of the BlueRoomstream video, you can hear what sounds like helicopter noise in the background…  The Senate definitely needs a rules change. No way was remote voting intended to be used this way.
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- Ill & Noise - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 10:13 am:
To change Illinois it will take some out of the box thinking. Not a fan of Bailey and his COVID politics, but I do like the new combination of people here. Good to see.
- NIref - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 10:14 am:
“I’m not racist, see I have black friends.”
- North Park - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 10:14 am:
“Some of my best friends wear masks”
- NIU Grad - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 10:15 am:
“do like the new combination of people here”
Bailey is going to spend the next half a year getting a picture with every priest and pastor in every corner of the state he can find. Not sure if that’s anything “new” for him.
- @misterjayem - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 10:20 am:
Only way I’d ever be photographed with Bailey is if I were wearing a mask.
– MrJM
- fs - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 10:21 am:
I wonder if the Rural King folks realize their employee, with badge, is being included in campaign photos. Not surprising, heck it’s probably their helicopter and pilot, but maybe not something they want out there. Or maybe they do, who knows.
“Everyone who attends today’s event will be treated to a fresh pile of fertilizer”
- EssentialStateEmployeeFromChatham - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 10:21 am:
“I’m $10,000 richer today”
- Manchester - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 10:21 am:
I think we can file this under politics makes strange bedfellows.
- Dysfunction Junction - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 10:22 am:
This is my buddy Dr. Willy, from the soon-to-be state of Chicago. Don’t mind the mask; doctor’s orders and such.
- Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 10:22 am:
Any idea where a “hard working Illinoisan” could get some of that 2+ million in farm subsidies?
- Keyrock - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 10:24 am:
I would do anything for publicity, but I won’t do that.
- twowaystreet - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 10:24 am:
Bailey’s photo album titled “Summer fun in the 51st state”
- Ducky LaMoore - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 10:26 am:
“Now if we can only get Dock Walls, Jim Oberweis and Ron Gidwitz on board, this campaign will have a winning culture.”
- Collinsville Kevin - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 10:42 am:
He gives me the willies.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 10:47 am:
One wise man wears a medical mask…
… others are wearing another type of… mask.
Masks… everywhere
- DQCardsFan - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 10:51 am:
I love this state so much that I’m willing to sicken and kill thousands of us as an expression of the depth of my love. Sheesh!!
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 10:51 am:
Bailey done got him a constituency.
#ConstantSorrowAndVictimhood
- fs - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 11:28 am:
What are the rules on conducting official business while campaigning/using political funds? I honestly don’t know, but if it’s not any violation, it’s at minimum violating the spirit of those ethics regulations. I’m guessing that chopper is likely donated or paid for by/for the campaign, no?
- Jocko - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 11:28 am:
Bailey appears to have misunderstood when the pastors cried “God help us if this guy is elected governor.”
- Bruce( no not him) - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 11:29 am:
Seems like a rather large loophole in the remote voting rules. “Why should I show up, I’m just gonna campaign and vote from my chopper”
- Give Me A Break - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 11:30 am:
Seems Chopper Jim now has some company.
- Al - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 11:31 am:
The Enemy of my Enemy is my Friend.
- Huh? - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 11:31 am:
What a maroon.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 11:33 am:
===The Senate definitely needs a rules change. No way was remote voting intended to be used this way.===
Bailey, when attending, was willing to be a hindrance to health, now Bailey is a disgrace to representative democracy.
This is nauseating
- Levois J - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 11:34 am:
Darren Bailey was outside of the House of Hope on the south side? This shouldn’t surprise me that much and yet it does…
- ;) - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 11:49 am:
Talk about blurring the line between state work and campaign work.
- Henry Francis - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 11:52 am:
Helicoptering in to the South Side wearing ostrich skin boots is an interesting look for this guy. Makes Rauner’s road trip there in his trashcan van seem quaint.
- Pot calling kettle - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 11:58 am:
Bailey is surprised so many folks want to help him win the GOP primary.
- Roadrager - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 12:08 pm:
==I do like the new combination of people here. Good to see.==
Willie Wilson and Anyone Promising To Cut Willie Wilson’s Taxes is not a new combination. In the past, that second role has been played by Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, and Willie Wilson.
- JS Mill - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 12:13 pm:
“If you think it is weird to see me in Sheecago, just wait. We haven’t even gotten to the weird part of the election yet.”
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 12:17 pm:
“If anyone sees Oberweis let him know, I’ll get him his chopper back by lunch”
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 12:45 pm:
“Look at me I’m doing interstate stuff”
- Arsenal - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 1:19 pm:
On the one hand: voting from a helicopter is cool as hell.
But on the other, much bigger hand: It’s hard to see how this is appreciably different from what got Skillicorn in trouble a year or so ago?
- Huh? - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 1:34 pm:
Helicopter parenting taken to the extreme.
- Rudy’s teeth - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 1:44 pm:
Finally, some diversity from Bailey’s meet and greet. Next time, Darren, forget the helicopter and drive the big ‘ole campaign bus to the South Side.
Or better yet, take the Red Line. Be sure to stop at Manny’s for the corned beef.
- SAP - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 3:04 pm:
Seems like the remote voting rules need a clarification that when voting remotely, you are considered to be on State property for purposes of the Ethics Act.
- Don't Bloc Me In - Tuesday, May 25, 21 @ 4:11 pm:
“Talk about blurring the line between state work and campaign work.”
Ah, yes, but Bailey is running a holy campaign, so I’m sure it must be ok. /s/