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* Chris Kennedy is indeed making the rounds and talking to quite a number of people about running for governor. So, it’s his turn in the barrel…

* The Question: Caption?

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 11:42 am

Comments

  1. Chris Kennedy: He’ll take a bite out of Springfield.

    Comment by So... Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 11:44 am

  2. “Do you remember the Sixties? Vote for me!”

    Comment by Vote Quimby! Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 11:45 am

  3. Hey, weren’t you Christopher Reeve’s real Dad in the Superman movie?

    Comment by Ron Burgundy Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 11:46 am

  4. Hey I am entitled too

    Comment by DuPage Saint Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 11:47 am

  5. “I’m like Rauner, but with a heart and conscious… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 11:48 am

  6. Vote for Kennedy! The only thing bigger than his dental bills is his heart.

    Comment by So... Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 11:50 am

  7. Bill Daley and William Kelly can’t be the only campaign teasers around

    Comment by titan Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 11:51 am

  8. How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

    Comment by Huh? Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 11:53 am

  9. “I am Chris Kennedy and I approve this mullet.”

    Comment by Lucky Pierre Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 11:53 am

  10. Not a Springfield Incisor!

    Comment by LizPhairTax Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 11:53 am

  11. Have you met my 3 sons, Alvin, Simon and Theodore?

    Comment by No. 9 Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 11:53 am

  12. “I have a social agenda, I care about people”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 11:54 am

  13. The voters say they want Santa Claus, well the best I can do is the Easter Bunny!

    Comment by Lucky Pierre Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 11:55 am

  14. I thought a Kennedy could afford anything.

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 11:55 am

  15. “It’s all in the floss.”

    Comment by Precinct Captain Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 11:55 am

  16. Combining the spirit of a Kennedy with the smile of a Jimmy Carter.

    Comment by Earnest Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 11:56 am

  17. “It’s been ‘fun’ watching Bruce thru the years social climbing at the cost of other people and their careers, but… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 11:56 am

  18. “Diana Rauner just sent me a check, but… I’m not gonna cash it… no… no, I’m going to save it… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 11:57 am

  19. Vote Kennedy! He’s got a pension reform plan based on the tooth fairy model.

    Comment by So... Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 11:59 am

  20. Send Kenilworth to clean up Winnetka’s mess!

    Comment by LizPhairTax Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:00 pm

  21. Why yes, I would vote for a fat old chipmunk against Bruce Rauner.

    Comment by Reality Check Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:01 pm

  22. If I’m elected, I’ll cut costs by decorating the Governor’s office with old Illinois license plates….”

    Comment by Judgment Day Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:01 pm

  23. “Four years of Rauner will be enough. Vote for me and my RunAground Agenda - it will set Illinois on a new course.”

    Comment by enoughalready Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:01 pm

  24. “I wanted that Bruce for all the unexpected Labor support, wow… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:03 pm

  25. ===“I want to thank Bruce for all the unexpected Labor support, wow… “====

    Ugh.

    “Who is the Evelyn woman and why is she looking to be hired… hired for what?

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:05 pm

  26. Making mullets great again.

    He just won Forby’s district with 101 percent of the vote.

    Comment by Michelle Flaherty Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:05 pm

  27. “Because if there’s one thing we all know voters want right now, it’s a family made of career politicians”

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:06 pm

  28. “Eh….what’s up, Doc?”

    Comment by phocion Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:06 pm

  29. we still believe in the Chicago Skakel vote.

    Comment by Amalia Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:08 pm

  30. crest whitening strips, they work!

    Comment by Ghost Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:13 pm

  31. Clint Howard can play me in the Hollywood version…

    Comment by Lenny Bruce Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:16 pm

  32. He also loves his dogs…

    https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/9d/a9/4f/9da94f23cf515febd64faaf17b4b08a2.jpg

    Comment by 47th Ward Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:21 pm

  33. “I’m on my way to the Gallatin County Fairgrounds to present my agricultural policy … Should I wear my Brooks Brothers suit or overalls?”

    Comment by Downstate Dem Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:27 pm

  34. “I say we move the State Capital, maybe to Flossmoor?” ;)

    Comment by JustRight Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:30 pm

  35. “Ask not what your state can do for you, ask if your state can pay their bills.”

    Comment by OurMagician Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:41 pm

  36. “I’m saying cheeeeze!”

    Comment by Stones Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:50 pm

  37. I’m from the cautious side of the family that doesn’t view silly risks as alluring.

    Comment by A guy Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:51 pm

  38. People say I am toothless. I am not toothless. And if I find the man who is calling me toothless, I shall destroy him.

    Comment by siriusly Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:52 pm

  39. “I’m a Yankee Doodle, born on the 4th of July, in Boston, MA”

    ^a slogan and all factually accurate.

    Comment by DuPage Don Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:52 pm

  40. I’m not only the Hair Club president, I’m also a client!

    Pearl Drops…See the Whiteness. Feel the Shine.

    Comment by 4 percent Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:53 pm

  41. I forgot to add quotation marks, sorry. It is a quote.

    Comment by siriusly Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:53 pm

  42. ^* Yankee Doodle Dandy

    Comment by DuPage Don Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:53 pm

  43. Moving to Montana soon…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ialhaxhr7iA

    Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 12:57 pm

  44. Major disappointment said there’s a superstar general disorder in the mansion

    Comment by Rabid Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 1:00 pm

  45. Brusha Brusha Brusha, it’s a new ipana!

    Comment by Allknowingmasterofraccoondom Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 1:07 pm

  46. “My wife just said I could run for Governor.”

    Comment by A Jack Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 1:07 pm

  47. “Vote for me because I’m a Kennedy and I want it.”

    Comment by Harry Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 1:09 pm

  48. “Rauner’s wife just donated a million dollars to my campaign.”

    Comment by A Jack Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 1:09 pm

  49. Do you really like me, Wally?

    Comment by pool boy Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 1:14 pm

  50. “Kennedy, just as much an Illinois name as Lincoln, Daley, and Obama…”

    Comment by frisbee Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 1:15 pm

  51. Vote for me because I have a famous last name. I want to ride the coattails of my uncles Ted and John and my dad Bobby. I’ll even talk with a funny accent.

    Comment by Huh? Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 1:19 pm

  52. All the belly aching about a rich GOP governor and the Dems go and rectruit their one Billionaire.

    Comment by View from the Cheap Seats Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 1:19 pm

  53. “I might not have the face or the brains, but I’ve got the name!”

    Comment by AlfondoGonz Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 1:20 pm

  54. Chris Kennedy: Not Bruce Rauner. Not Pat Quinn.

    – MrJM

    Comment by @MisterJayEm Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 1:23 pm

  55. Didn’t this guy play a rat in a Harry Potter movie?

    Comment by Former hillrod Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 1:27 pm

  56. Governor Christopher Kennedy

    Comment by C Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 1:28 pm

  57. I think I just saw a wabbit.

    Comment by Lovie Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 1:31 pm

  58. Im getting a short All-American baseball haircut before we shoot campaign commercials or make campaign appearances so i will look businesslike and conservative.

    Comment by Team Warwick Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 1:32 pm

  59. Cape cod vs. caped crusader

    Comment by Rabid Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 1:35 pm

  60. “Trust me. I’m the guy who hired Michael Hogan as President of the U of I.” (for those of you who don’t follow the U of I, Google Michael Hogan. then laugh. then throw up.)

    Comment by Filmmaker Professor Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 1:37 pm

  61. Do it or shut up.

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 1:41 pm

  62. See, Garry Shandling’s still alive

    Comment by Michelle Flaherty Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 1:42 pm

  63. Goldberg remover

    Comment by Rabid Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 1:45 pm

  64. How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

    Comment by Ryan Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:09 pm

  65. Dear God, and you guys get on me for supporting cussing the Governor and you’re gonna say this stuff about his teeth. As they say here,

    “You all is petty”

    Comment by Honeybear Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:15 pm

  66. petty and extra

    Comment by Honeybear Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:15 pm

  67. When I was Chair of the UI Board of Trustees, I said that I didn’t care about what happened to a demoted Administrator (Lisa Troyer), because “as a faculty member, her reporting line would go through a department head, dean, provost and chancellor first. We don’t want to get involved in something six levels deep into the university,” That is, until they got involved with Salaita.

    Comment by The Old Professor Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:16 pm

  68. I can run better than the govenor can

    Comment by Rabid Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:17 pm

  69. Too bad he’s not running in WI…the badger state…

    Comment by Loop Lady Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:20 pm

  70. “LADY!!!! Hey, LADY!”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:22 pm

  71. Eager beaver!

    Comment by lovecraft Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:23 pm

  72. If there’s a budget stalemate, he could challenge Madigan to an apple-eating contest.

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:25 pm

  73. “You know my name, orthodontics is my game!”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:26 pm

  74. “Because by 2018, Illinois will be the New Frontier again.”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:28 pm

  75. I’m not moving in until he fixes that house. We’re Kennedy’s. That means Decorators. Nothing more.

    Comment by A guy Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:29 pm

  76. “Because rich politicians are SOOOO in touch with the people.”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:31 pm

  77. Rich, I’m guessing you won’t be challenging THIS guy to bite you any time soon…

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:33 pm

  78. Poor guy got Ethel’s looks!

    Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:37 pm

  79. “It’s ‘CHOWDA’”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0R6QO9LooI

    Comment by Boone's is Back Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:39 pm

  80. That Wauner is a wascally wabbit. (Please forgive me Chris, I couldn’t help myself)

    Comment by Gruntled University Employee Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:39 pm

  81. Rich Miller
    Dental Floss Tycoon

    Comment by Gruntled University Employee Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:42 pm

  82. He is a bizarre guy

    Comment by GoAway Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 3:11 pm

  83. Streator at 2:33, That was good.

    Comment by Nieva Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 3:26 pm

  84. More problematic than the Kennedy Expressway…

    Comment by Jake From Elwood Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 3:42 pm

  85. Four out of five dentists approved this message….

    Comment by BigBadWolf Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 3:43 pm

  86. I’ll take care of this groundhog day crap!

    Comment by fightforfair Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 4:11 pm

  87. I’m excited at the prospect of trading our Governor who has no heart for a man with bad teeth.

    Comment by AC Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 4:21 pm

  88. Badgers don’t have incisors like that. They are carnivores and have teeth like skunks and raccoons.

    Comment by Former hillrod Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 4:33 pm

  89. The song “I’m alright” comes to mind.

    Comment by Jorge Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 8:35 pm

  90. Chris Kennedy in the governor’s chair will be a very positive change for the voters in IL.

    Comment by Mama Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 10:06 pm

  91. Mayor Quimby never lost an election to Montgomery C. Burns

    Comment by Henry Francis Wednesday, Jun 8, 16 @ 8:13 am

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