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* Speaker Madigan and Paul Green…

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 12:35 pm

Comments

1. “Slow down there, Speed Racer, I have a few more shots at the Trib to take, then questions…”

   Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 12:37 pm

2. “I’ve been practicing how to laugh in moderation.”

   Comment by Dome Gnome Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 12:38 pm

3. “Evelyn, easy… Easy… there’s the chair.. got it?… No, just sit… easy… easy… There.”

   Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 12:39 pm

4. Throw me the ball governor - I’ll run with it!

   Comment by Kerfuffle Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 12:40 pm

5. Paul Green thought bubble: “This is the City Club of Chicago–I can’t say the things in this question submitted by Goldberg!”

   Comment by Concerned Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 12:41 pm

6. Hey! Here!… No… no, just toss the Apple right up here… “

   Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 12:42 pm

7. This is not tomorrow’s news

   Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 12:42 pm

8. - Kerfuffle - great minds.

   “Oh, ok, ‘Field Goal’ (holds hands, preparing for paper triangle football to be “kicked”)

   Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 12:44 pm

9. Tossing the political football.

   #hut-hut-HIKE-Mike.

   Comment by 47th Ward Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 12:44 pm

10. Showing my bulldog shadow puppet

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 12:46 pm

11. “The reason I haven’t tweeted from ‘At Speaker Madigan’ for almost two years is because… I’m not on The Twitter… You understand?”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 12:47 pm

12. the tax increase target i want painted in my back should be this big

    Comment by Ghost Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 12:49 pm

13. “It’s just a jump to the left …”

    Comment by Dave Dahl Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 12:54 pm

14. Simply put, Governor Rauner wants to lower wages, to take them from up there and bring them down to here.

    Comment by 47th Ward Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 12:57 pm

15. “I’m as frustrated as you are that the Sox aren’t going anywhere as long as Ventura is our Manager”

    Comment by Stones Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 12:58 pm

16. “You can take that question, and you can put it in the ash can!”

    Comment by Dave Dahl Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 1:00 pm

17. “Hold it right there. You recording this?”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 1:02 pm

18. My favorite apple? My favorite apple is the Goldrush. Yeah, picked after a killing frost. You know they were developed by an Arborist at the University of Illinois. Yeah, they are the best, hands down.

    Comment by Beaner Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 1:03 pm

19. “Robbie Gould’s holder takes the snap like this…”

    Comment by Skeptic Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 1:03 pm

20. “Lance! Stop tweeting pictures of me”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 1:10 pm

21. “See? I told you my hands were clean.”

    – MrJM

    Comment by @MisterJayEm Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 1:13 pm

22. “I’m getting to it, relax, who’s telling the joke here?”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 1:13 pm

23. “Wait, just hold it one second. I’m here to speak. I was told there’d be no math today… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 1:14 pm

24. To massage the budget, you have to hold your hands like this…

    Comment by Huh? Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 1:14 pm

25. And that’s why they call it a double dribble.

    Comment by pool boy Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 1:16 pm

26. And so, in conclusion, I’d just like to say, these are not the droids you’re looking for.

    Comment by 47th Ward Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 1:25 pm

27. I don’t want takes to raise more than the number of fingers on my hands.

    Comment by Ahoy! Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 1:31 pm

28. “It’s all done with wires and tiny motors. This gizmo goes in my mouth, see, then I press a button and get a fairly lifelike smile.”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 2:04 pm

29. “Ravioli THIS big! You really have to try it some time.”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 2:05 pm

30. Had this dream last night where I……….then I woke up.

    Comment by Bogey Golfer Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 2:05 pm

31. “You can go up or you can go down. But you can’t go sideways. The State is already going sideways.”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 2:06 pm

32. “Now look, Mr. Reeder. I already answered your question about the chicken or the egg. I’m not gonna answer any more ‘gotcha’ questions. Got it?”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 2:12 pm

33. Stay off the loop it’s full of grass Bowls

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 2:12 pm

34. “Pat, I told you twice to stop throwing soybeans at me. Don’t make me come over there.”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 2:13 pm

35. “Yes, I read the Enquirer article about Mr. Goldberg having a higher I.Q. than Einstein, but let’s remember…it IS the Enquirer.”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 2:18 pm

36. “OODA? Are you sure you don’t mean oompa loompa?”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 2:22 pm

37. Rauner said 10?

    It’s a 10 finger death punch. Saw it on Badlands.

    If you stretch the strings this way they are harder for the next person to get them off your hand

    Comment by zatoichi Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 2:23 pm

38. “No sense of humor? I beg to differ. Obviously you’ve never seen my You Tube video of me dancing Gangnam Style.”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 2:26 pm

39. “Please calm down, sir. You read your schedule wrong. Rich Miller will be here NEXT week.”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 2:31 pm

40. Pushing always ends in shoving

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 2:49 pm

41. Hey look Mike Madigan and Mike Huckabee!

    Comment by Empty Suit Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 3:02 pm

42. Whoa, whoa, whoa, Mary Ann, didn’t you learn your lesson from the July 15th press conference when I schooled you on the pay raise question?

    Comment by DuPage Don Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 3:11 pm

43. I’d start with closing the tax loop holes

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 3:16 pm

44. I have a candidate? I thought it was a muppet from sesame street

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 3:30 pm

45. Not having public meetings keeps the voters out of the loop

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 3:43 pm

46. Then I faked right … Then continued left !!!

    Comment by Common tater Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 7:25 pm

47. I once passed a tax increase “THIS BIG”.

    Comment by Just Me Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 8:43 pm

48. As you can see, whenever I talk about sound policy and budgeting, even the goo goo professors fall asleep.

    That’s why I’ve come to rely on hinky deals with ward bosses, ballot shennanigans and patronage goons.

    Comment by Quizzical Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 9:37 pm

49. I think we can squeeze the primary between St Patrick parade and St Patrick day

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Dec 15, 15 @ 10:28 pm

50. That Goldberg really knock’s me for a loop

    Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Dec 16, 15 @ 12:03 am

51. Hadoken!

    Comment by Man with a plan Wednesday, Dec 16, 15 @ 8:21 am

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