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* Speaker Michael Madigan is to Gov. Pat Quinn as ____ is to ____.

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 1:48 pm

Comments

  1. Lyndon Johnson/Jimmy Carter

    Comment by amalia Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 1:49 pm

  2. …as well done is to half-baked.

    Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 1:52 pm

  3. Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd

    Comment by Downstate Illinois Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 1:52 pm

  4. Gene Kelly to Graucho Marx

    Comment by OneMan Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 1:57 pm

  5. Carefully coreographed achievement is to dumb luck

    Comment by Captain Illini Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 1:59 pm

  6. The obvious one is…
    The Wizard is to The Scarecrow
    Or..
    Newt Gingrich is to Michelle Bachmann

    Comment by Suburbs Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:00 pm

  7. John Boehner / Barack Obama

    Comment by Pot calling kettle Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:05 pm

  8. As Machiavelli is to Don Quixote

    Comment by J Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:05 pm

  9. The Count / Cookie Monster

    Comment by Pot calling kettle Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:06 pm

  10. As Machiavelli is to Will Rogers

    Comment by Ache El Mencken Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:06 pm

  11. granite / pudding

    Comment by Pot calling kettle Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:06 pm

  12. Henry VIII::The Pope

    Comment by Lakeview Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:07 pm

  13. apples/pop rocks

    Comment by Michelle Flaherty Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:08 pm

  14. Soy :: Boy

    Comment by MKA1985 Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:09 pm

  15. An apple is to a kitten.

    Comment by Pot calling kettle Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:11 pm

  16. power/truth

    Comment by Anonymous Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:11 pm

  17. As coal power is to wind power.

    Comment by Pot calling kettle Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:11 pm

  18. Cellini is to G-Rod

    Comment by spring Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:13 pm

  19. Mr. D is to Mick Jagger.

    Comment by lake county democrat Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:13 pm

  20. lcd, would that be Mr. D as in “Dancing with Mr. D” or would it be Dick Duchossois?

    Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:15 pm

  21. Puppeteer is to Puppet

    Comment by downstate hack Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:16 pm

  22. Randy Hultgren is to Joe Walsh

    Comment by OneMan Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:17 pm

  23. Snidely Whiplash / Dudley Do-Right’s less competent twin brother.

    Comment by Ken in Aurora Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:17 pm

  24. Rupert Murdoch is to Bill Mays

    Comment by Ha Nice One Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:19 pm

  25. Oliver Hardy/Stan Laurel

    Abbott/Costello

    Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis

    Comment by South of Sherman Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:19 pm

  26. Speaker Michael Madigan is to Gov. Pat Quinn as Vito is to Fredo.

    Comment by Simon Valentine Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:24 pm

  27. Speaker Michael Madigan is to Gov. Pat Quinn as J. Edgar Hoover is to Harry Truman.

    Comment by Aurelius Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:26 pm

  28. As Rumplestiltskin is to Cinderella (this is for anyone who watched “Once Upon a Time” last night)

    Comment by Pot calling kettle Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:27 pm

  29. Off shore oil spill :: aquatic wildlife

    Comment by Cheryl44 Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:28 pm

  30. Emperor Palpatine to an Ewok.

    Comment by Anonymous Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:32 pm

  31. a bulldozer is to a sand shovel

    Comment by Mom Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:38 pm

  32. The Emperor is to Darth Vader.

    Comment by Luke Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:41 pm

  33. Hammer is to Anvil.

    Comment by QBRNST Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:42 pm

  34. …the Velvet Hammer is to the Velvet Fog

    Comment by wordslinger Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:45 pm

  35. As Cancer is to Alzheimer’s?

    – MrJM

    Comment by MrJM Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:46 pm

  36. Rich Miller: Carol Marin

    Comment by Yellow Dog Democrat Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:48 pm

  37. as order is to chaos?

    Comment by Carl Nyberg Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:52 pm

  38. this is better.

    Michael Madigan is to Pat Quinn as having a plan is to good intentions.

    Comment by Carl Nyberg Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:56 pm

  39. Ernie Banks it to Vic Roznovsky

    Comment by Former WRMN politics Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 3:01 pm

  40. Aw, c’mon Rich…I self-censored. :-)

    Comment by QBRNST Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 3:01 pm

  41. Madigan: A 35 foot cigarette boat with an unknown payload, on full throttle, going round and round, eroding the shores of Lake Springfield.

    Quinn: An 8 foot dinghy with no paddle, caught in the wake of said cigarette boat.

    Comment by Cheswick Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 3:12 pm

  42. spit is to drool.

    Comment by anon Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 3:28 pm

  43. Diamond to Glass

    Madigan is as sharp as they come,
    While Quinn is transparent and easily broken

    Comment by anon sequitor Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 3:30 pm

  44. Rock/hard place: between

    Comment by Cincinnatus Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 3:52 pm

  45. order :: chaos

    Comment by Wensicia Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 3:54 pm

  46. Grandmaster in chess / toddler playing checkers

    Comment by Farker Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 3:59 pm

  47. email: carrier pigeon

    Comment by Doc Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 3:59 pm

  48. Speaker Michael Madigan is to Gov. Pat Quinn as Machivelli is to Spongebob Squarepants.

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 4:11 pm

  49. Speaker Michael Madigan is to Gov. Pat Quinn as Literature is to Archie Comics.

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 4:12 pm

  50. poison ivy is to a kid

    Comment by NW Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 4:20 pm

  51. Oil and Water

    Comment by ah HA Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 4:21 pm

  52. “. . . as Jeff Skilling is to Tom Skilling.”

    Comment by The End Is Near Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 4:27 pm

  53. as Napoleon is to Colonel Klink

    Comment by Cuban Pilot Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 4:34 pm

  54. Sammy Hagar::Gary Cherone

    Comment by Boone Logan Square Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 4:40 pm

  55. A shark to a blowfish

    Comment by Zool Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 4:51 pm

  56. Lou Brock is to Ernie Broglia

    Comment by 1776 Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 5:16 pm

  57. Yoda is to Jar Jar Binks

    Comment by siriusly Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 5:50 pm

  58. as D-Day is to Grenada…

    Comment by Vote Quimby! Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 6:18 pm

  59. ..as Ferrari as to Yugo.

    Comment by Arthur Andersen Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 6:28 pm

  60. make that “is to Yugo.”

    Comment by Arthur Andersen Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 6:28 pm

  61. one more-

    as Heineken is to Blatz.

    Comment by Arthur Andersen Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 6:33 pm

  62. As Father is to red headed step-son..

    Comment by mouthy Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 6:37 pm

  63. Capt Fax to ___________(insert any hapless Tribbie)

    Comment by CicularFiringSquad Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 6:58 pm

  64. corruption / incompetence

    Comment by RichardtheLionHearted Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 6:59 pm

  65. …as chess is to checkers

    (ok not that original but surprised no one else had taken it yet)

    Comment by DuPage Dave Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 7:13 pm

  66. Tweedledum and Tweedledee

    Comment by Das Man Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 7:14 pm

  67. The Sunday crossword puzzle is to a search-a-word puzzle in a first grader’s Weekly Reader (do school kids have those anymore?)

    Comment by Roadiepig Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 7:36 pm

  68. Machiavelli is to Sling Blade

    Comment by Sangpol Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 8:20 pm

  69. salt; wound

    or shrewd is to naive

    Comment by downstater Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 8:25 pm

  70. …as butter is to toast.

    Comment by KGB Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 9:52 pm

  71. Moe is to Curly

    Comment by zatoichi Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 9:54 pm

  72. Cardiologist is to Chiropractor
    Garden Hose is to Squirt Gun
    Stud is to Gelding
    Wedding Cake is to Twinkie
    Praying Mantis is to Gadfly
    Brahm’s Lullaby is to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

    Comment by VanillaMan Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 9:56 pm

  73. cat : mouse

    Comment by my 2 cents Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 10:58 pm

  74. …as Livia Drusilla’s patience is to the Sybil’s frenzied uttering

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Nov 15, 11 @ 12:58 am

  75. Villians are to Indiana Jones

    Comment by The People Speak Tuesday, Nov 15, 11 @ 6:59 am

  76. Blago/George Ryan

    Comment by MeAgain Tuesday, Nov 15, 11 @ 7:11 am

  77. giant to a dwarf

    Comment by SUE Tuesday, Nov 15, 11 @ 7:46 am

  78. Anon 12:58 — That is some classy. Ave!

    Comment by soccermom Tuesday, Nov 15, 11 @ 8:33 am

  79. anonymous 12:58- Got it, good one!!
    J. at 2:05 wins it, in my opinion.

    Comment by Downstate Commisioner Tuesday, Nov 15, 11 @ 8:41 am

  80. Alec Baldwin: Stephen Baldwin

    Comment by Bonsaso Tuesday, Nov 15, 11 @ 8:57 am

  81. Harry:Lloyd
    Lex Luthor:Bizzaro Superman

    Comment by Wumpus Tuesday, Nov 15, 11 @ 9:13 am

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