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* From the twitters…


Speaker of the House Michael J. Madigan on the Illinois budget impasse pic.twitter.com/T9tjpKdKgV

— LFFU Local 3009 (@Lombard3009) April 12, 2016

* The Question: Your caption?

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 2:33 pm

Comments

  1. THIS is how much I trust the Governor.

    Comment by Cubs in '16 Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 2:38 pm

  2. it was this BIG…. that’s all this BIG i tell you.

    Comment by Allen D Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 2:40 pm

  3. Seriously! You can tell, because he has small hands, just like Trump!

    Comment by CharlieKratos Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 2:41 pm

  4. ….and that’s when I said “Bruce, no matter how many ‘pants on fire’ whoppers you tell the Fire Fighters Union isn’t going to come running to you!”

    Comment by How Ironic Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 2:42 pm

  5. This is how to knock on doors. Urge your members to do so before November.

    Comment by PublicServant Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 2:42 pm

  6. This is the chance the Turnaround Agenda has in the House.

    Comment by Give Me A Break Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 2:43 pm

  7. See this, this is how much of a chance that the governor has of passing his agenda.

    I’ve talked to the governor and found out that this is how much compassion he has for the people who are most in need of state services.

    I’ve figured out that this is how much the governor knows about his job.

    Comment by Huh? Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 2:43 pm

  8. The Speaker uses ASL communication skills when the scheduled Interpreter for the Deaf was unable to attend the luncheon.

    Comment by Beaner Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 2:44 pm

  9. Guy to Madigan’s right - one more word and I win the buzz word bingo. How close is anyone else to filling the board?

    Comment by Huh? Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 2:46 pm

  10. Guy at far left of Madigan - zzzzzzz

    Comment by Huh? Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 2:47 pm

  11. Guy at far left of Madigan - Oh geez, a CapFax caption contest.

    Comment by Huh? Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 2:51 pm

  12. ….and that’s when I said “Bruce, you see that glow flashing in the corner of your eye? That’s your career dissipation light. It just went into high gear.”

    Comment by How Ironic Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 2:51 pm

  13. And then you take it out of the oven after about ten minutes, and you will have the tastiest casserole North of the Mason-Dixon line.

    Comment by Man with a plan Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 2:52 pm

  14. So I’ve been trying to teach Bruce how not to speak like a goober. I say “Bruce, it’s a hard G”. winninG…turninG

    Comment by Cubs in '16 Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 2:52 pm

  15. And so I says to Gov. Rauner,
    Knock three times if you want to do a budget.
    Knock twice if the answer is no.

    Comment by Cheswick Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 2:54 pm

  16. Mike Madigan is “Boom Shaka Laka”

    Comment by Anonymouth Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 2:58 pm

  17. Speaker Madigan, having recently taken inspiration from a Jeff Dunham show but having forgotten his sock puppet at the office, introduces his new ‘character’….Governor Epic Fail

    Comment by Cubs in '16 Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 2:59 pm

  18. ….and that’s when I said to Bruce “Ok. But now the itch starts. The ‘Runaground Agenda’ flash starts. ‘Hey, I’m a Reformer. Reformers don’t just stand around.’ You can tell me, that’s what it was, wasn’t it?”

    Comment by How Ironic Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 3:07 pm

  19. So I said to him, “if you don’t understand plain English, I’ll use sign language.” And then I did this, and this. That spells NO Governor.

    Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 3:15 pm

  20. “And that’s when the old man told me, ‘You have the bone structure and chi flow of a kung-fu genius.’”

    – MrJM

    Comment by @MisterJayEm Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 3:22 pm

  21. So I showed him my old card from Local 211 and I said, “from my cold, dead hand Governor.”

    Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 3:24 pm

  22. That joke would be funnier if I remembered to bring the dummy, but you get the idea.

    Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 3:28 pm

  23. “The only ‘turnaround’ the Governor is gonna get from me is when I ‘turn around’ this hand and raise one of my fingers.”

    Comment by Bronco Bahma Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 3:32 pm

  24. So, the governor asked me if he could slip his Turnaround Agenda into new budget talks and I said, “First, slip through this.”

    Comment by Wensicia Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 4:02 pm

  25. Madigan demonstrates the chokehold that he has over the General Assembly while the firefighters watch him burn out of control.

    Comment by Jake From Elwood Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 4:07 pm

  26. Rauner held up his hand and said if I don’t talk about the TA agenda,he’s going to use the Pai Mei’s five-point-palm-exploding-heart technique. He was disappointed when I laughed and told him it was movie fiction.

    Comment by Norseman Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 4:18 pm

  27. I told the governor I will never pass a budget at the expense of IL’s middle class people.

    Comment by Mama Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 4:44 pm

  28. I like to wear my pants up high, with the belt about this far below my armpits.

    Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 5:08 pm

  29. “Talk to the hand, Bruce.”

    Comment by Gert Frobe Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 5:53 pm

  30. Status Quo and higher taxes all the way!

    Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 7:16 pm

  31. “This is how long Rich Miller worked for me.”

    Comment by Arthur Andersen Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 9:31 pm

  32. “Just a pinch of cinnamon on the apple crisp, just a pinch… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 9:38 pm

  33. “… and I knocked on the door… quiet-like. ‘Terrence Goggin?’ I whispered…”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 9:39 pm

  34. “What you’re looking at is the only ‘Circular Firing Squad’ decoder ring known to be in existence… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 9:41 pm

  35. “Now, everyone knows Tarrantino is crazy, but when he showed me how to do the five point exploding heart grip… this… that’ll blow anyone’s mind… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 9:42 pm

  36. “No. Like this. Say it with me ‘In Mod. Er. Ay. Shun’… Just like that… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 9:44 pm

  37. “So I sloewly, very carefully, lift… Ken Dunkin’s voting key out of his desk… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 9:45 pm

  38. “So Chuck Goudie is staking out the Ward office. Again. And it’s like 6 am, and he and his driver are asleep. So… I sneak up on the car, the guys, still asleep.. I rap on the window, ‘bam, bam, bam’! and I say ‘Ok Goudie. Lets go for a ride!’…

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 9:48 pm

  39. “So I line the up the ole seat name plates… Hassert, Saviano, now Dunkin… and admire my work… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 9:51 pm

  40. “You never knew. That was his power. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist. And like that, poof. He’s gone.”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 9:53 pm

  41. “So I’m trying to put the new battery in the smoke detectors… but they’re the small watch batteries… And I’m being so ginger trying to but the battery in, just like this…”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 9:55 pm

  42. “So, I’m drawing the new map, myself, and I saying, ‘Yes, this house’ and ‘No, not that house’ as I cut up these streets… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 9:58 pm

  43. “And I took my pen, and I signed my name, right under ‘With kindest personal regards, I remain, sincerely yours’… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 11:18 pm

  44. “Remember, dot your “i’s” and cross your “t’s”… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 11:24 pm

  45. “So I took that piece of paper the Governor gave me and I said, ‘Mr. Rauner, it says M.O.U., and I wrote in the air ‘M.O.U.’, so he understood… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 11:26 pm

  46. “So I looked at my draft list of players, scanned down, then crossed out Adam LaRoche, just like this.., “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 11:28 pm

  47. “So on the glass part of the TelePrompTer I wrote… ‘Thanks for the opponent’…because Rauner kept pretending he didn’t hear me…”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Apr 13, 16 @ 11:30 pm

  48. I’m introducing a new bill ” the Goldberg ” to help stop bridge fires

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Apr 14, 16 @ 12:02 am

  49. This is how you rip the guts out of the turnaround agenda

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Apr 14, 16 @ 12:07 am

  50. Firemen fire Madigan

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Apr 14, 16 @ 12:12 am

  51. Next years st Patrick parade committee

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Apr 14, 16 @ 12:16 am

  52. I’m going to pass this around, don’t bogart

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Apr 14, 16 @ 12:23 am

  53. Negotiation over I played rock govenor played scissor

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Apr 14, 16 @ 12:32 am

  54. How to cook the governor’s goose at the fireman’s breakfast

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Apr 14, 16 @ 12:36 am

  55. Let’s circle the mansion and blow the fire trucks air horns

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Apr 14, 16 @ 1:10 am

  56. House firefighters

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Apr 14, 16 @ 8:33 am

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