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* From the Palos Heights/Palos Park Regional Journal…
Palos Heights retired famed magician Ron Urban and his son Renaud meet GOP governor hopeful Bruce Rauner
* The pic…
So, is this magician’s powers part of Bruce Rauner’s secret plan to increase spending, cut taxes and balance the budget? Maybe so. Or maybe Mr. Urban will make the nursing home scandal magically disappear. Or… ?
posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 9:45 am
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Hey Ron - watch as I make defined benefits disappear !
Comment by Roadiepig Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 9:48 am
BR: “Hey, Ron, you know that trick where you make your assistant disappear? Have you met my running mate?”
Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 9:50 am
== Bruce Rauner consults with his new budget director, Ron Urban. ==
Comment by Formerly Known As... Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 9:50 am
I hope each of them checked their pockets afterwards.
Comment by Precinct Captain Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 9:50 am
“Have you both met my running-mate Evelyn? She’s magical too…”
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 9:50 am
For a little background on Ron Urban…
http://www.geniimagazine.com/magicpedia/Ron_Urban
Comment by OneMan Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 9:51 am
No Ray Wardingley?
Comment by Formerly Known As... Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 9:52 am
“The ‘other guys’ I met said they can make things…’disappear’, but they are too…messy…you know?
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 9:52 am
OneMan - nice link. Mr. Urban is actually quite accomplished and has built a respected career.
Comment by Formerly Known As... Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 9:54 am
“If I say ‘Time Travel’ to you guys…what do you say to that? Like it’s September, can you get to November?”
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 9:55 am
“You guys are good. You’re good. But, you know what? I have been successful at everything I have ever done, including smoke and mirrors…”
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 9:56 am
“I think I owned, at one point, a magic shop or something…”
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 9:57 am
BR: “My solution to Springfield’s budget crisis? This guy found a whole bunch of quarters behind my ear!”
– MrJM
Comment by MrJM Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 9:58 am
BR: Watch me pull a budget out of my hat.
Comment by Casual observer Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 9:59 am
“Presto! I’m not Ron Urban. I’m Senatuh Behnie Sanduhs from Vehmont.”
Comment by Grandson of Man Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:01 am
“Tricks? You call those..,’tricks’? I got a whole party fooled I am one of them, I got voters fooled I sympathize for them, I got some reporters and editorial boards fooled I am an answer to fix things… I even got some fooled that I believe the Dopey things I say! ‘Tricks’? Fellas, I am a walking magical miracle!”
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:01 am
You guys came just in time, ‘Slip and …’, Evelyn has run out of her invisible potion. It not real, of course, we humor her to keep her quiet, so do you guys have any blue Gatorade or something you can say a few words over, just for show…”
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:08 am
These are all good, but OW @ 10:01am will be hard to beat.
Comment by Democrat Grrrl Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:10 am
What’s that behind your ear? It’s an $18 watch!
Comment by Team Sleep Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:10 am
Bruce Rauner magic trick: Fan out an ordinary deck of playing cards. Ask a volunteer to select one card from the deck. Tell the volunteer to look at the card and then to hide that card in a pocket. Buy a new deck of cards, drop it on the table and say, “Ta-dah! I’ll bet it’s one of these!”
– MrJM
Comment by MrJM Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:11 am
Bruce Rauner pictured with the only two Urban voters likely to vote for him.
Comment by PublicServant Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:11 am
“And if a nursing home magician did, in fact, saw a resident in half, that person should be held responsible.”
Comment by The End Is Near Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:12 am
Rauner: “Why’d you name your son after a car?”
Comment by Ron Burgundy Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:14 am
“A million dollars to magically change the ballots so I win”.
Comment by DuPage Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:15 am
One Urban legend meets another.
Comment by Arthur Andersen Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:17 am
- AA -, very well played!
One has spent a great a deal of time working on illusion, slight of hand, and trickery…the other two are father and son.
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:22 am
He instantly turned Rauner from a Pro-Life Conservative into to Pro-Choice Liberal so he’s definitely got some strong mojo working!
Comment by Jeepster Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:30 am
In about 40 days we’ll see what happens after the word “Poof”.
Comment by A guy... Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:35 am
Bruce so confident that he will win is already booking entertainment for the inaugural event.
Comment by 3rd Generation Chicago Native Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:39 am
The sleight of hand meets the slight of plan.
Comment by zatoichi Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:40 am
Do You Believe In Magic
Do you believe in magic in a candidate’s heart
How the budget can work out, because he is smart
And it’s magic, if believes that its true
Tax freezes work, debits don’t really accrue
He’ll tell you about the magic, gonna free us all
It’s like selling nursing home deals with one call!
If you believe in magic don’t bother to choose
Either candidate promises that you cannot lose
Just go and listen it all starts with a smile
Then they tell you stuff that cows stack in a pile
Your heart start beating and your face goes flush
They tell you lies that’d make Satan blush
If you believe in magic, come vote for me
And we’ll end poverty right now, just you and me
And maybe, if the economy is right
We’ll tax you some more, and you won’t put up a fight
And we’ll go building, baby, then you’ll see
How living in Illinois for everyone can be free!
Do you believe in magic, yeah
Do you believe like I I II believe
Now do you believe like I believe in magic
Do you believe like I believe in magic
Do you believe like I believe in magic
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:42 am
So, OK, I get Gov Quinn to climb into the box. What do I do next?
Comment by dupage dan Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:45 am
Pfft. Neither of these guys can match the magic of Rauners accountants
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:51 am
“Actually, I have two lovely assistants — one is a Democrat™ and the other is a right-wing extremist. They help me dress myself.”
– MrJM
Comment by MrJM Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:56 am
So, that’s where Sanguinetti gets her magic fairy dust..
Comment by NewWestSuburbanGOP'er Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 11:04 am
After a series of missteps that resulted in a plunge in the polls, Bruce Rauner quickly rebounded by securing the old white male magician vote.
Comment by AFSCME Steward Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 11:09 am
How good at you at communing with spirits? I’m hoping to get Harold Washington’s endorsement.
Comment by Jocko Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 11:21 am
“Local magician meets the Doug Henning of nursing home foulups”
Comment by Jake From Elwood Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 1:20 pm
Magic meets tragic
Comment by Truthteller Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 1:21 pm
Renaud: Dad, I wanted you to pull a rabbit out of a hat, not a Rauner.
Comment by Cheswick Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 1:27 pm
BR: “Ron, I am adamantly, adamantly against revealing how I’ll do my budget plan trick.”
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 2:27 pm
BR: “That yellow vest would go well with my Carhartt jacket.”
RU: “How you got Armani to tailor you a Carhartt jacket was some trick, Brucie!”
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 2:29 pm
who helped make ownership of the nursing home disapear,these guys
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:15 pm
will you guys stop levitating me
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:23 pm
graduation ceremony val victorian of magical thinking (center)
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:29 pm
hold me back i feel like punching someone
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Sep 25, 14 @ 10:31 pm
you have been succesful in making my poll numbers vanish
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Sep 26, 14 @ 5:29 am
the magicans reveal the man behind the curtian
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Sep 26, 14 @ 5:32 am
nursing home staff( dewey,cheatum and howe)
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Sep 26, 14 @ 5:36 am
that was some good magic rope
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Sep 26, 14 @ 5:45 am
hare club for men
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Sep 26, 14 @ 5:56 am