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* I was trying to explain some campaign finance loopholes earlier today and when the conversation was over I got up to walk around and found myself humming that old state tourism advertising jingle: “Illinois, you put me in a happy state.”

And now I have an earworm that I can’t shake. So, I decided to make some lemonade…

* The Question: Your suggestions for a new state tourism ad slogan?

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:03 pm

Comments

1. Illinois - If we owe you money, we apologize for the delay!

   Comment by WhoKnew Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:07 pm

2. Take a walk on the wild side and cross the border INTO Illinois.

   Comment by train111 Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:08 pm

3. Illinois - Tourists are encouraged to visit and spend like they have no budget!

   Illinois - Just because we don’t have Right to Work doesn’t mean you don’t have the Right to Visit!

   Illinois - Because Madigan!(TM)

   Comment by How Ironic Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:09 pm

4. Oh Illinois, our budget crisis, holds on, holds on!

   Comment by Waffle Fries Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:09 pm

5. Illinois: For Sale, By Owner.

   Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:10 pm

6. Illinois — come see why we pay the highest rates on bonds!

   Illinois–come see our state universities now before they close!

   Comment by Keyrock Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:10 pm

7. Illinois: If you lived here, You’d Be Home now.

   Comment by Saluki Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:13 pm

8. Illinois, squeezin’ the beast since 2015.

   Comment by Gruntled University Employee Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:13 pm

9. Welcome to Illinois! Who needs colleges anyway?

   Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:14 pm

10. Illinois: Sorry About That.

    Comment by Saluki Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:14 pm

11. Illinois, where our Governors make the license plates

    Comment by Gruntled University Employee Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:15 pm

12. US 57 to US 24 to US 75 to Florida.

    Comment by Anon III Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:15 pm

13. Illinois, we will make you feel better about your property taxes.

    Comment by OneMan Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:16 pm

14. Replace the h with a cr and it’d be appropriate with Governor Gridlock in place.

    Comment by PublicServant Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:16 pm

15. Illinois, visit our Hall Of Convicted Politicians.

    Comment by OneMan Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:16 pm

16. Illinois, our Governor wears costumes while he perpetually campaigns instead of actually governing. So we got that going for us.

    Comment by Gruntled University Employee Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:16 pm

17. @Gruntled–I have that on a tee shirt with head shots of Blago and Geo.

    Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:16 pm

18. Illinois: Will the last person leaving please turn out the lights?

    Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:17 pm

19. Illinois: We Suck Less Than You Think
    Illinois: Enter Ye and Abandon All Hope
    Illinois: We Suck
    Illinois: Still Better Than Indiana

    Comment by Chicago Cynic Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:18 pm

20. Illinois, where college dreams come to die.

    Comment by Gruntled University Employee Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:18 pm

21. From skylines to valleys, Illinois is worth seeing.

    Comment by Polite Anon Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:19 pm

22. @Cubs-They have them for sale in our local convenience store.

    Comment by Gruntled University Employee Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:20 pm

23. Illinois. Bring a credit card run up the tab no worries.

    Comment by jimk849 Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:21 pm

24. Illinois–We’re droppin’ g’s and raisin’ fees!

    Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:22 pm

25. Illinois, where our flagship university has 23 Nobel Laureates and an A credit rating.

    Comment by Gruntled University Employee Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:23 pm

26. ===@Cubs-They have them for sale in our local convenience store.===

    That’s where I bought mine. lol

    Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:24 pm

27. “Illinois, you make me wish for a fugue state.”

    Comment by Anonymous Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:24 pm

28. “Illinois–We’re droppin’ g’s and raisin’ fees!”

    Cubs in ‘16 For the win!

    Comment by Chicago Cynic Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:25 pm

29. oops, 3:24 was me.

    Comment by Ole' Nelson Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:25 pm

30. Illinois-Sorry Folks, States’ Closed. The moose out front shoulda told ya.

    Comment by OurMagician Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:26 pm

31. “Illinois — College Free, Dumb is the New Black”

    Comment by Annonin' Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:28 pm

32. Illinois - our state government is a mess, but we’re still not Indiana !

    Comment by siriusly Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:28 pm

33. Illinois I’m in a Catatonic State of Mind

    Comment by Anonymous Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:29 pm

34. Illinois wineries: because after your stay here you’ll need a drink.

    Comment by Nick Name Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:30 pm

35. Illinois, just wait until Rauner gets RTW, we’ll make Mississippi look like California.

    Comment by Gruntled University Employee Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:31 pm

36. The Midwest Mississippi

    Comment by wordslinger Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:34 pm

37. Illinois: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    – MrJM

    Comment by @misterjayem Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:35 pm

38. Anonymous - Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:29 pm: was me.

    Comment by West Sider Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:36 pm

39. Illinois–Come see the Village People at the state fairgrounds!
    (Offer available while the Governor’s Mansion is being rehabbed.)

    Comment by Keyrock Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:36 pm

40. i have no snark so I’m going to paraphrase what a friend from Oregon recently said about Chicago: “Illinois: So Dystopian.”

    Comment by Homer J. Quinn Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:39 pm

41. Illinois: “Where our sports teams are just as unpredictable and sporadic as the weather”

    Illinois: “You think gerrymandering is bad?:

    Illinois: “Still better than Indiana”

    Comment by Clark Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:39 pm

42. Illinois- Let’s all go fetal!

    Comment by West Sider Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:42 pm

43. Illinois: Spare any change?

    Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:44 pm

44. Illinois-No colleges, no recreational facilities, no budget…but Wrigley Field’s still open. How bout them Cubs?

    Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:45 pm

45. Illinois: If you’re not Black- Our cops won’t turn you blue!

    Comment by West Sider Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:47 pm

46. Vacancy

    Comment by SAP Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:48 pm

47. Illinois, you put me in a padded room.

    Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:49 pm

48. Illinois — we voted for him because we thought anyone would be better than the LAST governor

    Comment by morningstar Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:56 pm

49. Land of Lincoln, Corn and Magic Beans.

    Comment by Earnest Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:56 pm

50. Land of Shrinkin’

    Illinois: Budgets? We don’t need no stinking budgets!

    Illinois: You Must Be Lost

    Illinois: Visit Bond County, Which Must Now Legally Be Called Junk Bond County…

    Comment by Ron Burgundy Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:02 pm

51. “Illinois. Check in with us again in 21 months.”

    Comment by Anon Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:03 pm

52. Welcome to Illinois: Duck and cover!

    Comment by Ron Burgundy Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:03 pm

53. Illinois: Amber Waves of Graft.

    Comment by A guy Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:04 pm

54. Illinois–Keep the receipt in case your governor is defective. Don’t say we didn’t warn ya!

    Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:04 pm

55. Illinois: Look at the state we’re in now!

    Comment by CharlieKratos Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:05 pm

56. Illinois — See something you like? Make us an offer!

    Comment by Ron Burgundy Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:06 pm

57. Illinois: Maybe we shouldn’t be allowed to elect a Governor.

    Comment by CharlieKratos Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:07 pm

58. Illinois. We want your business, but we don’t want ya living here if ya got kids.

    Comment by blue dog dem Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:07 pm

59. Illinois–Those aren’t gunshots they’re….firecrackers.

    Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:21 pm

60. Illinois–If you ain’t squeezin’ you ain’t livin’!

    Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:25 pm

61. Illinois you put me in a hungry state, or
    Illinois you put me in a homeless state, or
    Illinois you put me in a ——- state!

    This slogan is flexible enough for folks to fill in whatever aspect of our tattered social service safety net they wish to highlight.

    Comment by Interested Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:28 pm

62. Ill in ois.

    Run a tab, we do.

    Comment by zatoichi Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:54 pm

63. Illinois–It’s really not so bad after all!

    Comment by d.p.gumby Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:56 pm

64. new state song “Run Runaway” by Slade
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikMiQZF-mAY

    Comment by Bruce (no not him) Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 5:02 pm

65. Yep, “Cubs in ‘16″ wins the interwebs today.

    Comment by Lt Guv Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 5:35 pm

66. Illinois: “We’ve got this state and its &*#! golden”

    Comment by peon Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 5:58 pm

67. I like the one we got the govenor quotes “enjoy Illinois”

    Comment by Rabid Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 6:08 pm

68. Distressed Illinois: Vulture Capitolists Welcome!

    Comment by XDNR Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 7:13 pm

69. Illinois - You Put Me In A Happy State, Better Known as Indiana!

    Comment by FormerPeorian Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 8:08 pm

70. Illinois- Mile after Magnificent Mile of Unpaid Bills

    Comment by Blago's Hare Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 9:04 pm

71. Illinois: Quit Laughing!!

    Comment by AbeLincolnIsCrying Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 11:45 pm

72. Illinois _ We tax everything, and we are still broke!

    Comment by Murf Tuesday, Apr 25, 17 @ 11:13 am

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