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* It turns out that Model Illinois Government is a lot like the original. From the MIG Journal…

The first floor session of the Model Illinois Government Senate convened in the Illinois Old State Capital Friday evening.

The first bill on the docket set term limits for Senate and House leadership positions. It would require a four-year absence from serving after the completion of an individual’s second term.

The majority stood in opposition of the bill, arguing it limits the will of the people exercised in elections.

“Maybe if the Republicans could get someone elected they wouldn’t feel the need for term limits,” said Senate Majority Leader Anna Mulch.

Heh.

* Anyway, I posted that little story as a prelude to telling you that my intern, Marc Reiter, was elected MIG governor over the weekend after serving two terms as House Speaker. Before you congratulate him, just know that he has to put a budget together next year which closely resembles Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposal.

So, condolences might actually be in order.

* Today is also Marc’s birthday. From his Facebook page…

* The Question: Congratulatory caption?

posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:18 pm

Comments

1. One word. Plastics.

   Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:20 pm

2. Party today, big job ahead!

   Comment by Been there before Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:26 pm

3. Love the glasses dude! Happy Birthday and many more!

   Comment by Stones Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:26 pm

4. Congratulations upon your election.

   By this picture, I can see you take yourself far too seriously. Now is the time to be carefree, let your hair down, wear sunglasses because your future is so bright. For goodness sake, smile.

   As “governor”, I have a few tips, pointers really, to get you through your “administration;

   Don’t take anything from the Old State Capitol.

   That’s it. That’s the list.

   Also, veto any legislation that requires online identities public. I’d testify on behalf of your administration, but…well, you can maybe find someone else.

   Congrats again, don’t tske anything!

   OW

   Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:27 pm

5. Get out right now while you can.

   Comment by Cabildero Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:28 pm

6. “I’d veto that bill today, but I’m in the middle of a killer ‘Mindcraft’ session…”

   Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:29 pm

7. “Jason Plummer is our Advisor, again, this year.”

   Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:30 pm

8. “That ain’t a goatee on ‘mustache’, I had a huuuuuuge chocolate donut.”

   Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:31 pm

9. I like the idea of requiring a sociology class in high school. Makes sense to me.

   Comment by Lil Squeezy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:32 pm

10. “The governor thing is cool, no doubt, but Taylor Swift wrote a song about me. So there’s that…”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:33 pm

11. “I met with Gov. Rauner and he told me, straight up, math is an elective as governor, not a requirement.”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:34 pm

12. “The Speaker of MIG told me…I’ll be fine.”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:35 pm

13. “No, I’m showing you, I’m with One Direction…”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:37 pm

14. Joe Maddon has nothing on you Marc . Keep those glasses on if you hit up a Cubs game with the Governor

    Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:38 pm

15. “People say to understand IL politics you need to watch ‘The Godfather’. I’ve seen ‘Old School’ like a hundred times and watched Luke Wilson. He can’t run Illinois, I don’t understand…”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:40 pm

16. That Senate Minority Leader in the original article knows what he is talking about!

    Comment by George Washington Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:41 pm

17. “I could have used Rod’s football about now…”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:43 pm

18. “My trashcan van? Yeah, it’s ok.”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:45 pm

19. “I’m interning so Rich will take me to Soldier Field to see the Dead…”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:46 pm

20. Raunerin along

    Comment by LIberty Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:46 pm

21. “The future’s so bright, I hafta wear shades!”

    Comment by Arthur Andersen Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:52 pm

22. MIG is in good hands with him at the helm. Happy Birthday Marc!

    Comment by Jay Dee Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:57 pm

23. Leave all the “G”’s in. Don’t try to impress the “farmers” with a fake dialect.

    Comment by Newsclown Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:57 pm

24. A future in politics? Go for it!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgOxOwPtszY

    Comment by DuPage Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:59 pm

25. The way the math works here, Common Core or otherwise, is that your generation has saddled mine with over a $100B in debt. We’re renegotiating starting now.

    Comment by A guy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 12:59 pm

26. Two words–”Justin Bieber”

    Comment by D.P.Gumby Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 1:00 pm

27. In an attempt to out due his official counter part, the MIG Governor outdid Rauner’s $18 watch with $10 sunglasses

    Comment by jsg Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 1:01 pm

28. Only time prevents this intern from growing a full Miller beard.

    Comment by A guy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 1:01 pm

29. Sorry Marc. Putting “interned for Rich Miller” on you resume won’t get you a Cush job at IDOT.
    Happy birthday.

    Comment by Casual Observer Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 1:04 pm

30. “If I wanted to, say, rent out the back room of Saputo’s, for a meeting, what will that run me, ball park…”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 1:04 pm

31. Mr. Miller, I didn’t need to see that…

    Comment by OneMan Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 1:06 pm

32. “A 21st Century governor needs to perfect their selfies…”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 1:07 pm

33. “All I need are some tasty waves, some Capitol Fax buzz, and I’m fine.”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 1:10 pm

34. Let me start by saying “my office will not be red”.

    Comment by A guy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 1:17 pm

35. Got two for the Dead, main floor, center

    Comment by zatoichi Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 1:19 pm

36. “I wanna thank ‘Car’ ‘Heart’ for a sweet winter coat. It’s a bit stiff, but it’s what all governirs are wearing this season.”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 1:21 pm

37. Sorry, no gaggling today.

    Comment by Demoralized Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 1:25 pm

38. “I’d be at MIG, but as governor, I’m taking Peoria Charter buses to all the college campuses to to do a sweet slide presentation of my last spring break trip.”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 1:25 pm

39. Happy Birthday! Remember, when Rich tells you to “walk the dog,” he means walk the dog. When you go to D.C., you see the interns out walking the congressional pets. Carry plastic bags for picking up the you-know-what.

    Comment by Nearly Normal Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 1:26 pm

40. “(Sigh) Can you just tell Mr. Rauner, for the umpteenth time, I told him what he needs to do, he’s just not doing it.”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 1:29 pm

41. “I see that word ‘veto’, what a silly word. ‘Veto’, the spelling is the tricky part. I wanna put an ‘I’ in there but that ‘E’, it just looks silly…”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 1:31 pm

42. Since you were Governor you are entitled to order Capt Fax around…so he walks the dog, goes out for his own smokes and when he comes to tell him to write about the BVR downstate caucus disaster

    Comment by Anonin' Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 1:35 pm

43. “This is going to be friggen golden for my resume”

    Comment by jsg Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 1:39 pm

44. Hey kid, here’s some career advice: move to Peoria.

    Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 2:04 pm

45. successfully attained the second level, after Youth and Government.

    Comment by Amalia Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 2:10 pm

46. “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and legislate once in a while, you could miss it.”

    Comment by Springfield's The Avengers Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 3:07 pm

47. Happy birthday to a real mock governor with real mock wages.

    Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 4:08 pm

48. Joel, don’t crack the Faberge egg.

    Comment by Jake From Elwood Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 4:09 pm

49. (h/t - Jake From Elwood -)

    “Oh well, I guess it’s the University of Illinois, Springfield.”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 4:27 pm

50. “My platform? Liquor up front, poker in the rear, ohhhhhhhhh…”

    Comment by Wordslinger Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 5:53 pm

51. It’s pretty cold out there. Make sure someone gets you home on your birthday night. And I am not in Springfield to rescue any interns this year.

    Comment by Paul's Savior Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 6:23 pm

52. I have nothing clever for a caption, but seein’ as how I was just elected President of the MIG Alumni Association (shameless plug), I thought I’d use this public forum to wish Marc a Happy Birthday. Happy Birthday!!

    Comment by jwscott72 Thursday, Mar 5, 15 @ 8:26 pm

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