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* I already posted my newspaper column, but I want to pick out one section for our discussion here…

Meanwhile, it occurred to me as I watched Quinn’s speech at the Illinois State Fair’s Governor’s Day event that the guy wouldn’t recognize a campaign theme if it was bleeding to death on his front lawn.

Voters need simplicity. When they think about a candidate for major office, one word or short phrase needs to come to their minds. “Hope,” “Change,” “It’s the economy, stupid,” “What’s she thinking?” etc.

But Quinn is just all over the place, not only with his attacks on Brady, but in his defense of his own governance. One minute, he’s whacking Brady for not paying his taxes, the next he’s talking about the new jobs at Ford, the next he’s whacking Brady on some social issue or for missing a vote, the next, he’s holding a news conference to sign some obscure bill.

* The Question: What campaign theme would you recommend for Gov. Pat Quinn? Snark heavily encouraged.

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 11:34 am

Comments

Three in a row. Lets keep the line moving.

Comment by We Todd Did Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 11:37 am
Don’t blame me! Vote for me so I can turn this around, again.

Comment by Rachel Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 11:39 am
This may be a sign that I am listening to too many Sox games, but I think something like “Stale, not Fresh” might work as a theme for PQ.

Comment by Responsa Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 11:40 am
“it’s about…wait your quitting??? No hang on, let me get you a raise to stick around… oh wait what did Brady just say?”

Comment by A.B. Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 11:42 am
Re-elect Pat Quinn. He’s still an outsider.

Comment by Anonymous Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 11:42 am
“SQUIRREL!”

Comment by Concerned Observer Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 11:43 am
Vote for Quinn, because the economy WILL turn around if we can just raises taxes enough!

Comment by Paul, Just This Guy, You Know? Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 11:44 am
I can’t believe you would vote for Brady.

Comment by Give Me A Break Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 11:47 am
I won’t kill your puppies.

Comment by Really?? Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 11:49 am
I’ve made it a year and 1/2 without being indicted, do you really want to risk this streak with a new guy?

Comment by dr clean Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 11:51 am
“No wait, on second thought”
or
“Seriously, would you want this job at this point?”

Comment by OneMan Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 11:51 am
Pat Quinn … the People’s Train Wreck

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 11:54 am
Pat Quinn… This 1st Year Was Just Practice.

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 11:56 am
His theme should be “complete transparency” which Quinn should demonstrate by living in a transparent box without food suspended over the loop from now until the election. Worked when David Blaine did it in London. Hey, then after the election he can say his new governing style will be “lean and mean”. A twofer.

Comment by Bluefish Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 11:57 am
PQ not IQ!

Comment by Amalia Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 11:57 am
Quinn … Now It’s Fredo’s Turn!

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 11:58 am
Pat Quinn … Land of Lincoln meets Land of Confusion.

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:00 pm
“Help!”

“What A Mess!”

“It Was Like This When I Got Here”

“It Could be Worse”

“Bound to Get Better”

“Win One for the Soyboy”

“Give Me a Break — I’m a Nice Guy”

“I Need the Work”

Comment by wordslinger Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:03 pm
Pat Quinn….I put the Ill in Illinois!

Comment by Davey Boy Smithe Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:04 pm
Quinn…too disorganized to do too much damage to Illinois.

Comment by Robert Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:04 pm
Bringing the Bermuda Triangle to Illinois, one spinning compass at a time.

Comment by KeepSmiling Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:08 pm
Pat Quinn … Going It Alone Never Looked So Good.

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:09 pm
Pat Quinn … “Leave a theme, Take the Cannoli”

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:11 pm
More annoying to Mike Madigan than Brady.

Comment by Pot calling kettle Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:11 pm
Pat Quinn-Working Illinois

Comment by zatoichi Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:12 pm
No Winn Quinn

Comment by downstater Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:12 pm
Before the primary I posted this for a bumper sticker:

“Vote Quin” (ran out of room for the last “n”)

I don’t see how anything has changed.

Comment by Pot calling kettle Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:14 pm
Quinn, like a good pancake I flip before my position overheats

Comment by ghost Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:14 pm
Not as sucky as Rod…yet.

Comment by Anon Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:16 pm
Pat Quinn: A disappointment we can believe in.

Comment by Sacks Romana Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:17 pm
Quinn/Simon … Making This Election ‘Special’

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:19 pm
” blue, no red!”

Comment by mia Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:20 pm
Pat Quinn … Bringing Legislatures Down to Size, 59 At a Time

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:23 pm
Governor Quinn - Medicine Woman

Comment by VanillaMan Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:24 pm
Vote for me Pat Quinn, I’ll be anything you want me to be.

Comment by Waco Kid Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:25 pm
Quinn: At least he’s not a crook.

Comment by cicero Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:25 pm
Last Season Was a Rebuilding Year.

– MrJM

Comment by MrJM Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:26 pm
VanillaMan … Nice Work!

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:26 pm
Squirrel the new kitty.

Comment by ArchPundit Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:27 pm
This year is here!

Comment by ArchPundit Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:29 pm
Quinn, One vanilla rich dupage shore governor, word!

Comment by ghost Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:31 pm
Sorry, I wasn’t up to the job. See ya…

Comment by Behind The Scenes Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:31 pm
A variation: Pat Quinn: He’ll always be an outsider.

Comment by Anonymous Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:32 pm
WIN with QUINN

Comment by The Shadow Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:35 pm
Pat Quinn … Patrick Fitzgerald’s Governor.

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:35 pm
“Fire and forget.”

Incidentally works equally well for Brady.

Comment by Dirt Digger Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:37 pm
Vote for me–I’m doing the best I can!

Comment by Lefty Lefty Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:37 pm
Man I wasted a lot of time on those damn dogs. From now on I focus only on Plummer.

Comment by Joe from Joliet Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:40 pm
Pat Quinn….I can hide in the bathroom too!

Comment by Davey Boy Smithe Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:40 pm
Pat Quinn … When Mediocre is Your Only Option.

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:40 pm
Quinn … finding the squiggly path to the bottom line but in the end that is all the taxpayers care about.

Comment by Vole Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:43 pm
“Remember Mondale”

Mondale lost his bid for President during the debate when he admitted he would have to raise taxes to balance the budget if elected. “He will have to do the same thing; the difference is, I told you now, he won’t”

Mondale was correct about everything but the idea that being honest with the voters about the budget and taxes would win him respect. The other guy, like Brady, promised a lot of stuff and also that he would lower taxes at the same time. Of course, the people elected that liar.

Comment by Gregor Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:44 pm
Jobs today, jobs tomorrow, jobs everyday!

(Did we get enough employment apps out to the county chairmen and Chicago aldermen?)

Comment by Joe from Joliet Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:44 pm
59 down, 177 more to go

Comment by Cynic Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:45 pm
“I am doing everything in my power to get elected, er, I mean to get Bill Brady elected.”

Comment by Knome Sane Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:48 pm
Quinn: I just got my Super 8 VIP card re-activated. Voters of Illinois, please give me the chance to use it for state business.

Comment by Responsa Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:48 pm
Vote for Dilbert’s Pointy Haired Boss!

Comment by Betsy Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:48 pm
“Vote Quinn, Illinois’ version of Herbert Hoover”

Comment by Knome Sane Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:49 pm
Vote Quinn, I’m the dog who caught the bumper.

Comment by Knome Sane Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:50 pm
Quinn for Illinois: It Can Get Worse!

Comment by Rahm's Parking Meter Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:52 pm
More honest than the preceding governor!

Comment by Levois Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:53 pm
Pat Quinn: Honest to a fault…the San Andreas Fault.

Comment by Graham Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:55 pm
“Change Is Overrated”

Comment by anon Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:56 pm
Weebles wobble, but they don’t fall down.

Comment by KGB Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:57 pm
I’m the accidental Governor and I’ll fix the state buy accident!

Comment by Kevin Highland Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 12:59 pm
Pat Quinn — Change it turns out he doesn’t even believe in.

Pat Quinn — Working hard to not offend you or impact you in any way.

Pat Quinn — Big Company Bad, Small Company Good

Pat Quinn — What’s that bleeding to death on my front lawn

Pat Quinn — Looking confused for you.

Comment by OneMan Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 1:06 pm
“Pat Quinn: People vote for Populists–Right?”

Comment by Jake from Elwood Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 1:07 pm
Pat Quinn–Wait Until Next Year!

Comment by D.P. Gumby Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 1:14 pm
Quinn, cuz Quimby already has a job.

Comment by A.B. Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 1:17 pm
“The Flighty Quinn”, it comes with a theme song, lyrics below with apologies to Manferd Mann and Bob Dylan.

THE MIGHTY QUINN (QUINN THE ESKIMO)
Manfred Mann

- words and music by Bob Dylan
- Manfred Mann’s cover reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968

- lyrics adapted for this post.

Come all without, come all within
You’ll not see nothing like the Flighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You’ll not see nothing like the Flighty Quinn

Everybody’s building ships and boats
Some are building monuments, others are jotting down notes
Everybody’s in despair, every girl and boy
But when Quinn the Democrat gets here
Everybody’s gonna holler “Oy!”

Come all without, come all within
You’ll not see nothing like the Flighty Quinn

I like to go just like the rest, I like my sugar sweet
But jumping queues and makin’ haste, just ain’t my cup of tea
Everyone’s beneath the trees, feedin’ pigeons on a limb
But when Quinn the Democrat gets here
All the pigeons gonna run to him

Come all without, come all within
You’ll not see nothing like the Flighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You’ll not see nothing like the Flighty Quinn

Let me do what I wanna do, I can’t decide ‘em all
Just tell me where to put ‘em and I’ll tell you who to call
Nobody can get no sleep, there’s someone on everyone’s toes
But when Quinn the Democrat gets here
Everybody’s gonna wanna doze

Come all without, come all within
You’ll not see nothing like the Flighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You’ll not see nothing like the Flighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You’ll not see nothing like the Flighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You’ll not see nothing like the Flighty Quinn

Comment by just wonderin Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 1:18 pm
Quinn campaign closing ad, shot straight to camera in sincere close-up:

” You know me. So when you’re standing in the voting booth shut your eyes and try to remember back to the day when you still thought I’d be a good governor. Then forget everything that has transpired since then. That way you can vote for me in relatively good conscience.”

Comment by Responsa Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 1:23 pm
Honest Pat

Comment by x's&o's Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 1:36 pm
Pat Quinn - “I won’t pardon Blagojevich”

Comment by Joe from Joliet Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 1:42 pm
Pat Quinn…Making it up for everyone.

Comment by Commonsense in Illinois Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 1:54 pm
Elect Quinn! We can’t allow a conservative to run this state and prove liberalism fails!

Comment by Segatari Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 1:56 pm
I vote for Concerned Observer - SQUIRREL!

Comment by belmont cragin kid Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 2:02 pm
“We can’t stand pat!” (With apologies to Pat Paulsen’s ‘68 campaign.)

Comment by 13 Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 2:09 pm
Road-kill candidate remembered as frantic, indecisive

Comment by Upstate Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 2:12 pm
I am not ROD!!

Comment by Anon Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 2:13 pm
“If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.” A. Lincoln

Comment by Pot calling kettle Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 2:16 pm
Pat Quinn: Ambiguity is the mother of confusion.

Comment by Cincinnatus Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 2:23 pm
Pat Quinn - too inept to go to prison!

Comment by lakeview Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 2:30 pm
“Brady has spent more on suits than I have!”

Comment by truthteller Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 2:45 pm
“Spare Some Change?”

Comment by wordslinger Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 2:45 pm
Pat Quinn, good for dogs, people…not so much.

or

Help keep Pat Quinn off unemployment, vote for him.

Comment by the Patriot Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 2:46 pm
(Q)uite (u)seless & (i)nept (N)ovember (N)inth.

Comment by Living in Oklahoma Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 2:49 pm
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, for the little guy. Zzzzzzzzzz. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. For the people… blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Transparent, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I’m honest, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I tell the truth, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Comment by Wondering... Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 2:52 pm
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it.

Or maybe not so much…

— Rudyard Kipling - Hat Tip

Comment by Cincinnatus Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 2:53 pm
HOPEfully i’ll CHANGE

Comment by CLJ Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 3:12 pm
Pat Quinn - Trying Hard.
Pat Quinn - CHa.CHa.Cha.cha..CHANges!
Pat Quinn - Government by, (no..no..ah)for, (no..) with, (no.ah) next to, (no, no, ah) because of, (hmm..no), above, (this is tough) despite the people.

Comment by zatoichi Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 3:17 pm
Think of me as a placeholder until 2014

Comment by Aldyth Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 3:38 pm
“you know me”

(on second thought that might actually not be a winner)

Comment by Bakersfield Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 3:40 pm
IP address of that deleted moron is 205.212.73.38

$100 reward for anyone who tracks the idiot down.

Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 3:56 pm
This is all I could find. Not very helpful.

OrgName: NTT America, Inc.
OrgId: NTTAM-1
Address: 8005 South Chester Street
Address: Suite 200
City: Centennial
StateProv: CO
PostalCode: 80112
Country: US
RegDate: 2005-12-08
Updated: 2010-07-30
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/NTTAM-1

Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 4:05 pm
NoTaxBill - 4th Bait & Switch GOP Gov in a Row

Comment by CircularFiringSquad Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 4:29 pm
1. Not in it to “Quinn” it!

2. Quinn to voters…”Paper bags…are tricky…I often have a difficult time finding my way out of one….so I am banning their use..in order to save the planet”.

Comment by Bullet in my foot... Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 5:22 pm
“Give me Ambivalence or… something else.

Comment by Gregor Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 5:37 pm
Quinn has a new campaign sign… in the shape of a fork.

Comment by Cincinnatus Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 6:45 pm
Completely Different Approach with the Same Oustanding Results!

Comment by Lefty Monday, Aug 23, 10 @ 8:43 pm
Pat Quinn—-”Be all that you can be”–(and that is the root of my problem).

Comment by Cool Hand Luke Tuesday, Aug 24, 10 @ 7:13 am