* GOP Gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey and his running mate Aaron Del Mar…
What a night on the South Side! ⚾️ Had a great time celebrating Pope Leo Night at the White Sox game, meeting so many great Chicagoans—and apparently the free Pope hats were a perfect fit! ?⛪️⚾️ pic.twitter.com/4QKyRx4k56
“People let me tell you now he’s so much fun
Whether we’re talking man to man
Or whether we’re talking son to son
Cause he’s my best friend now”
~ theme song from The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
Pope-preening political pundits proudly parade their preposterous papal pageantry, pretending that such a pompous panache presents a principled pontiff, not a petty politician.
- here we go again - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 11:01 am:
This is why Republicans in Illinois can’t have nice things. #Cringe
“Chicagoans are starting to realize that whenever there is a good time to be had, Darren Bailey will try to show up and ruin the fun. An anonymous member of the White Sox PR team privately confided, “If people hear him say ‘da Pope’ it will be like when parents started saying 6-7.”"
- Frida's Boss - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 12:48 pm:
New campaign slogan- Coming in on a wing and a prayer.
- John Greenfield - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 1:03 pm:
“You can’t imagine JB Pritzker wearing this kind of hat, can you?” (Blows dog whistle.)
When we have a Chicago meet-n-greet, only four or five people show up. So we will go to a place where the Chicago people already are, and then it will look like people are there for us!
A bit off topic…I wonder if Darren Bailey will show up at North Avenue Beach for the Air and Water Show.
At least the noise from the jets will drown out his voice…Friends.
Memo to Darren & Aaron: Dick Uihlein opted to underwrite the Northwestern Wildcats Football program with big bucks. Proof positive that you two are not even worth a long shot wager.
- Dance Band on the Titanic - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 10:43 am:
This explains how, even with the Pope’s divine intervention, the White Sox lost last night.
- George Ryan Reynolds - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 10:46 am:
The power of christ compels you!
- Luthen Rael - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 10:49 am:
Hiding their hotdogs with ketchup in their pocket and left hand off camera.
- DuPage Saint - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 10:50 am:
Hay or no har they don’t have a prayer
- Jr. Neef - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 10:51 am:
“People let me tell you now he’s so much fun
Whether we’re talking man to man
Or whether we’re talking son to son
Cause he’s my best friend now”
~ theme song from The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
- Rudy’s teeth - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 10:56 am:
The plural for doofus is doofi.
- A Non - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 10:57 am:
Pope-preening political pundits proudly parade their preposterous papal pageantry, pretending that such a pompous panache presents a principled pontiff, not a petty politician.
- here we go again - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 11:01 am:
This is why Republicans in Illinois can’t have nice things. #Cringe
- Norseman - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 11:06 am:
“We’ll do anything to win the Catholic and White Sox vote.”
- ChicagoBars - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 11:09 am:
“We were hoping to be on a mission for Dick Uihlein and his checking account. But now? We are just hoping for some divine intervention.”
- DEE - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 11:15 am:
Sorry, that black smoke coming out of the scoreboard fireworks is for your election campaigns
- H-W - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 11:27 am:
Chicago is no longer a hellhole, apparently.
- stateandlake - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 11:27 am:
Southpaw, with the full papal regalia on last night, has a better chance of being the next Governor.
- Les Nesman - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 11:34 am:
Cant wait for November when we can finally say to both of them. Na Na Na…Na Na Na…Hey Hey Hey….Good bye….
- Amalia - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 11:35 am:
No, your prayers amended with these Sox mitres did not work. Uihlein gave the money to Northwestern.
- Bigtwich - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 11:36 am:
That’s rather daring Bailey.
- SKI - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 11:52 am:
How do you do fellow Chicago fans?
- 47th Ward - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 11:54 am:
Kind of a strange promotion for a baseball team considering most modern popes never get to second base, much less score.
- Fisk - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 11:54 am:
Who paid for the tickets?
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 11:58 am:
GOP faithful model new hats perfect for hiding next generation MAGA brainwashing devices.
- Montrose - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 11:59 am:
“What? The pope thinks what about immigrants? And he says what about the war in Iran? You can delete this photo, right?”
- Ducky LaMoore - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 12:00 pm:
I would compare this to the Dukakis tank photo if there was any chance of them winning.
- Wilson - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 12:03 pm:
The real treasure is the friends we made along the way.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 12:04 pm:
Eschewing his usual seed corn cap, candidate Bailey said, “Hey, when in a hellhole, do as the hellholers do…er, lemme rephrase that…”
- Six Degrees of Separation - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 12:06 pm:
“Is that a white stocking on your cap, or is it an inverted “L”?
- Rahm's Parking Meter - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 12:06 pm:
Where is the Rabbi and the bar? We need to finish the joke
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 12:09 pm:
Adoring crowds mob the well-known and wildly popular candidates, begging for autographs. /s
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 12:14 pm:
The Pope Cam catches two characters who don’t have a snowball’s chance…
- Trinity - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 12:14 pm:
Let me wear my Cubbie blue polo to a White Sox game!
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 12:19 pm:
Candidates Bailey and Del Mar pose for a photo, after a helpful fan informed them that the pointy end of the hats go at the top.
- Leatherneck - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 12:20 pm:
Wow, Mozeliak must have really tanked the Cardinals so bad since 2022, even Darren Bailey left their bandwagon.
- Huh? - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 12:24 pm:
Was there a lightning strike nearby?
- Candy Dogood - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 12:26 pm:
“Chicagoans are starting to realize that whenever there is a good time to be had, Darren Bailey will try to show up and ruin the fun. An anonymous member of the White Sox PR team privately confided, “If people hear him say ‘da Pope’ it will be like when parents started saying 6-7.”"
- Frida's Boss - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 12:48 pm:
New campaign slogan- Coming in on a wing and a prayer.
- John Greenfield - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 1:03 pm:
“You can’t imagine JB Pritzker wearing this kind of hat, can you?” (Blows dog whistle.)
- Orland visitor - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 1:06 pm:
When we have a Chicago meet-n-greet, only four or five people show up. So we will go to a place where the Chicago people already are, and then it will look like people are there for us!
- Sox Fan - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 1:11 pm:
ADM: “Is this heaven?”
BD: “No, it’s a hellhole”
- Huckleberry - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 1:18 pm:
“We like Baseball!”
- Rudy’s teeth - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 1:44 pm:
A bit off topic…I wonder if Darren Bailey will show up at North Avenue Beach for the Air and Water Show.
At least the noise from the jets will drown out his voice…Friends.
- Blazzzer - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 2:01 pm:
Unholy alliance
- Go U NU - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 2:19 pm:
Memo to Darren & Aaron: Dick Uihlein opted to underwrite the Northwestern Wildcats Football program with big bucks. Proof positive that you two are not even worth a long shot wager.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 4:18 pm:
Neighboring fan: “Hey, I just tried to trade on you guys on Kalshi and it said, ‘WHO’?”
- Dysfunction Junction - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 4:27 pm:
The ones we wore as kids were pointier.
- McGuppin - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 4:32 pm:
They Gawn….
- Boone Logan Square - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 5:07 pm:
Hail Mary.
- GO U NU - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 5:28 pm:
@Orland visitor: Absolutely correct. Darren and Aaron are crashing parties because they cannot draw audiences of their own.
- Keyrock - Wednesday, Aug 12, 26 @ 10:59 pm:
Remember us? We used to be Ribbie and Roobarb.