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My eyes! It burns!

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* Give ‘em trolling points…

That’s two Illinois politics Rickrolls in two days. (Headline explained here.)

Happy birthday, Speaker Madigan.

posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 9:36 am

Comments

1. How were the IPI types such spectacular failures at real jobs in the executive branch when they have dorm-room bong-hitter skills like this?

   Comment by wordslinger Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 9:47 am

2. I often find myself thinking, you just can’t make this stuff up!

   But, I guess you can…..

   Comment by WhoKnew Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 9:53 am

3. The only way this would be better is if it were Madigan sending it to IPI

   Comment by MissingG Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 9:57 am

4. Love this! Happy Birthday Mr. Speaker!

   Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 9:57 am

5. What did I just watch? My eyes are burning.

   Comment by Snapper Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 10:00 am

6. One question. I’ve now been Rick rolled twice this week… but it was here… so Rich rolled? Asking for a friend.

   Comment by Exit 59 Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 10:10 am

7. Great use of nonprofit money. The 1% donates money (tax deductible) for this.

   Comment by Claud Peppers Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 10:11 am

8. First - this is pretty damned funny. It really is. It’d be funny with about any legislator morphed into the video…

   But, how does the IPI square this with their years of trying to prove they are a legitimate (non-partisan?) policy influencer?

   It reinforces what most of us with a grain of common sense already know - they are a cheap, partisan, sleaze generator.

   Advice for the BGA - this approach is a great way to make your knuckle-dragging followers laugh…if you’re trying to take them away from IPI.

   Comment by Carhartt Union Negotiating Team Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 10:16 am

9. Well played IPI. Really need to lose this pariah in House Speaker’s clothing.

   Comment by Stand Tall Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 10:17 am

10. Supporters of an organization called the Better Government Association in a state that leads the nation in distrust of state government are “knuckle draggers”

    Priceless!

    Comment by Lucky Pierre Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 10:18 am

11. the really funny part is that we all know Tillman starts every morning watching himself in the mirror signing this into his hair brush

    Comment by Leigh John-Ella Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 10:22 am

12. The first 30-35 seconds pretty funny…….tooooo looooong.

    Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 10:26 am

13. “singing” this into his hair brush

    Comment by Leigh John-Ella Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 10:26 am

14. oh, so close. should have substituted a dancing map of Illinois for the blonde woman.

    Comment by Amalia Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 10:38 am

15. A bit long, but really funny. The pitch for term lmits at the end seems like a disjointed add-on.

    Comment by Langhorne Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 10:43 am

16. And remember, donors get a tax write-off for supporting this charitable content.

    Comment by Man with a Plan Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 10:44 am

17. Happy Bday Speaker! Thanks for fighting BR, but let the next generation (or next next) take it from here.

    Comment by Rutro Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 11:19 am

18. All property tax appeals will now go through Stock Aitken Waterman.

    Comment by City Zen Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 11:26 am

19. Does the IRS ever review 501(c)(3) staus? How is this not political?

    Comment by 19th ward guy Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 11:52 am

20. It’s really a funny piece. Maybe just a toe ring away from being completely ingenious. /s

    Don’t know what it accomplishes, but it’s very fun to watch. Once.

    Comment by A guy Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 11:57 am

21. I’m shocked that the IPI knows what a rickroll is… Kudos.

    Comment by Boone's is Back Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 12:03 pm

22. Did you notice in the video that every take of him smiling was the same footage? Some poor schmuck had to search hours and hours of video to find scenes of MJM smiling and could only come up with one.

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 12:12 pm

23. ===How is this not political? ===

    Oh, c’mon. It’s not a campaign ad.

    Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 12:16 pm

24. Is too long 1:10 was enough and the remap plug is lame when you look at the IPI/GOPies clown car. Now we need a version with Tilman at the Globe.

    Comment by Annonin' Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 12:52 pm

25. Here I thought I was going to get through the week without being scarred for life by IL politics again

    Comment by South of I-80 Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 1:12 pm

26. Hilarious. From one whack job to another whack job. Can we eliminate BOTH?

    Comment by Taexedoutwest Thursday, Apr 19, 18 @ 4:39 pm

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