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* Gov. Pat Quinn celebrated the 70th anniversary of the founding of Dairy Queen today. During the presentation, Quinn reminisced about how he had stopped at “every single Dairy Queen” when he walked across the state several years ago. That activity earned him a certain nickname from his doctor, Quinn said. Watch…

So, I guess he’s no longer “Soy Boy“? Maybe “Soy Dairy Boy” or something?

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Jun 22, 10 @ 4:41 pm

Comments

When I’m having a blah day, I should always expect a Pat Quinn news conference to cheer me up. Soy Boy, Dairy Quinn…what a guy.

Comment by Samwise Tuesday, Jun 22, 10 @ 4:46 pm
A vanilla dip in a waffle cone, perhaps?

Comment by Ron Burgundy Tuesday, Jun 22, 10 @ 4:47 pm
A waffle cone for sure, Ron, with extra nuts too.

Comment by 47th Ward Tuesday, Jun 22, 10 @ 4:51 pm
How about “the walking joke” or maybe “Bozo the Clown” for a new nickname?

Comment by Bill Tuesday, Jun 22, 10 @ 4:58 pm
Way to spoil the surprise on your Pride Parade theme, Gov’nor!

Comment by Anonymiss Tuesday, Jun 22, 10 @ 5:14 pm
I had no idea that Dairy Queen accepts expired Super 8 cards.

Comment by Corduroy Bob Tuesday, Jun 22, 10 @ 5:47 pm
Has anyone ever checked the Urban Dictionary for “Soy Boy”, if not, you should.

Comment by Ty Webb Tuesday, Jun 22, 10 @ 7:56 pm
If nothing else he’s a good guy. I enjoy his yake on life.

Comment by downhereforyears Tuesday, Jun 22, 10 @ 8:47 pm
Pat needs to get back to his roots. He is a grassroots activist.

He started CUB.

He was the most annoying anti-machine pain in the rear end in the state for over one decade.

He needs to remind voters where he comes from and what his roots are.

He was the ANTI-POL for the longest time and that needs to come across to win this election.

Comment by just a suburban punk rocker Tuesday, Jun 22, 10 @ 9:25 pm
Morning Rich, This has nothing to do with this subject matter…However, I wanted to share this with you, Rich. Quite the compliment to your blog from Andrew Sullivan! http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/06/as-the-fourth-estate-crumbles-ctd-1.html And if you aren’t familiar with Andrew Sullivan, he is one of the top “Blog” winners for the past few years running. A bi-partisan conservative that reports “news” much as you do!
Kudo’s!! To You. This is excellent exposure.

Comment by SouthernIL Wednesday, Jun 23, 10 @ 5:27 am
I suspect it would take an hour each time they stopped for Quinn to figure out what he wanted in his blizard

Comment by OneMan Wednesday, Jun 23, 10 @ 6:52 am
Ty, a link to Urban Dictionary’s soy boy won a certain paper’s blog a rare tsk, tsk from Mr. Miller earlier this year.

Comment by Michelle Flaherty Wednesday, Jun 23, 10 @ 7:16 am
I thought they called him “Mr. Misty”.

Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Jun 23, 10 @ 8:48 am
Gov. Pat Quinn continues to act very much in the role of Lt. Governor. You were/are the nice guy. Sometimes it’d help if you were a real mean SOB. How about a walk down to the legislature with a pitch fork in hand?

Comment by Vole Wednesday, Jun 23, 10 @ 8:58 am