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* Amanda Vinicky…

Rauner, who presided over the Senate inauguration, wasn’t scheduled to make any remarks, but he offered some nonetheless.

“As my grandfather used to tell me every time I’d come to get advice, he’d say ‘Bruce, reasonable people can reasonably disagree.’ There are different ways to solve problems, different ideas, different solutions,” the governor said. “We all need to battle for what we firmly believe is right, but I hope the Good Lord grants us the wisdom to find common ground … to listen and respect to (sic) the other ideas, to come to the solution for a better future.”

That’s pretty much what I’ve been saying for the past two years in response to the governor’s relentless Turnaround Agenda push. Remember “Find another way”?

I’m glad to hear him finally mouth the words, but let’s hope he’s not just faking it for the cameras.

* Bernie…

Rauner complimented all senators for their service. He was in his drop-the-g’s mode, as he said he believes what TEDDY ROOSEVELT believed, that it is “necessary and important to be in the arena, covered in blood, covered in mud, covered in sweat, gettin’ hit and attacked and sufferin,’ but in there workin,’ in there battlin’. … You’re in there takin’ the arrows. And I know how hard it is. … Thank you for your service.”

Oh, geez.

posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Jan 12, 17 @ 10:34 am

Comments

I didn’t hear it from my grandfather, but an editorial written criticizing an action of mine from almost 40 years ago has stuck with me and guided me since then. The editorial suggested I needed to learn the art of disagreeing without being disagreeable.

Boy, how I wish today’s ‘leaders’; national, state and local, would heed such advice.

Comment by Tommydanger Thursday, Jan 12, 17 @ 10:41 am
Do as I say not as I do.

Comment by Flynn's mom Thursday, Jan 12, 17 @ 10:45 am
sounds like Rauner was doing his impression of Walter in Big Libowski…

“I got buddies in Vietnam who died FACE DOWN in the Mud so you can drink that cup of coffee…!!!”

lol

Comment by cdog Thursday, Jan 12, 17 @ 10:46 am
“…let’s hope he’s not just faking it for the cameras.”

He’s Gov. Gaslight so don’t get your hopes up.

Comment by Nick Name Thursday, Jan 12, 17 @ 10:49 am
Again with feeling

Jeez and you guys say my stuff is “dripping”!

Comment by Honeybear Thursday, Jan 12, 17 @ 10:53 am
Actions speak louder than words.

Comment by RetiredStateEmployee Thursday, Jan 12, 17 @ 10:55 am
I actually thought it was a sincere moment from the Governor. After the motions to nominate Cullerton emphasized (politely but firmly) President Cullerton’s ability to find common group and develop win-win solutions, I got the sense in the room that Governor Rauner (who was listening to all these nominations) wanted to respond to them in a positive way.

It felt sincere to me, at least, like he was acknowledging he is running his ongoing political operation but wanted to also compliment and acknowledge the Dems and respond to the very clear call to follow the Senate’s lead and embrace a compromise solution. And the Teddy Roosevelt quote felt like that’s really what he believes. He’s in the battle for what he sincerely believes is right, and wanted to compliment all the other public officials for doing the same.

I don’t know. It wasn’t a direct response to the clear call to compromise, but I think it was an authentic response.

Comment by Dan Johnson Thursday, Jan 12, 17 @ 10:55 am
That Bruce, always the warrior. What arrows has he taken? Seems to me thus far he’s made the R legislators plus Dunkin take them all.

Comment by Cubs in '16 Thursday, Jan 12, 17 @ 10:58 am
–He was in his drop-the-g’s mode, as he said he believes what TEDDY ROOSEVELT believed…—

Whoa — the governor is O.P. — Original Progressive?

Trust-bustin’, regulatin, graduated taxin,’ government expandin’ O.P?

I think he meant Warren Harding.

Comment by wordslinger Thursday, Jan 12, 17 @ 11:00 am
Anyone know which side of his mouth he was using?/s

Comment by WhoKnew Thursday, Jan 12, 17 @ 11:01 am
he’s bull something but not a bull moose.

Comment by Homer J. Quinn Thursday, Jan 12, 17 @ 11:01 am
Man, pretty soon hipboots wont even do the job….

Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Jan 12, 17 @ 11:02 am
“You’re in there takin’ the arrows.”

Remember who was originally gonna take the arrows?

– MrJM

Comment by @MisterJayEm Thursday, Jan 12, 17 @ 11:06 am
==I’m glad to hear him finally mouth the words, but let’s hope he’s not just faking it for the cameras.==

I can’t think of any time he wasn’t just faking it for the cameras.

Comment by Gruntled University Employee Thursday, Jan 12, 17 @ 11:32 am
Why was he at the Senate inauguration? Isn’t there a separation of powers/branches?

Is he goin’ to tell the GOP tomorrow that he has a “f’nin’” problems with them?

Comment by Dr X Thursday, Jan 12, 17 @ 12:00 pm
Wordslinger, I think you dropped a “G” in Warren Harding’s name!

Comment by Concerned Thursday, Jan 12, 17 @ 12:02 pm
Dr. X - if my memory serves me correctly the Governor presides over the Senate inauguration. I remember Quinn presiding in 2011 and 2013.

Comment by Team Sleep Thursday, Jan 12, 17 @ 12:04 pm
No reasonableness in leveraging…

Comment by Liberty Thursday, Jan 12, 17 @ 1:46 pm
The governor presides over the Senate until a Senate President is elected.

Hence all the drama over Blago in 2009 presiding over a Senate that was about to conduct a trial to kick him out of office.

Or Jim Thompson’s short-lived attempt to stage a GOP coup in the Dem Senate in 1981.

http://www.lib.niu.edu/1981/ii810224.html

Comment by Michelle Flaherty Thursday, Jan 12, 17 @ 2:12 pm
I hate to see one of my favorite quotations mangled. Here is the real thing from President Roosevelt:

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

Comment by SAP Thursday, Jan 12, 17 @ 5:20 pm
Crocodile tears

Comment by Rabid Friday, Jan 13, 17 @ 5:58 am