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* The tree is already up at the governor’s mansion…

* The Question: Caption?

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:09 pm

Comments

All I want for Christmas is my Progressive Tax.

Comment by Matt Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:12 pm
Looks like that tree is on wheels, ready to move out of Illinois.

Illinois Exodus has reached Christmas.

Comment by Ok Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:13 pm
Time to make the donuts.

Comment by Amalia Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:13 pm
===All I want for Christmas is my Progressive Tax===

Sorry, Virginia, but Santa doesn’t exist.

Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:14 pm
“We had to buy it now before the state ran out of dough”

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:16 pm
Decorating for the calendar not the weather. It’s way too nice out to see this stuff.

I’m dreaming of a warm Christmas.

Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:16 pm
If I can’t start working for my fair tax way too early, at least I can get the tree up way too early

Comment by Fav Human Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:17 pm
“This year, The Burgermeister Meisterburger won”

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:18 pm
The Grinch left the tree. Even he felt bad for the governor.

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:19 pm
Is it just me, or is there something funny about that picture? Maybe something anatomical?

Caption..erecting the Christmas tree.

Comment by JS Mill Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:20 pm
“In an apparent attempt to win over radical turkey conservation groups, Governor Pritzker signals a refusal to recognize Thanksgiving”

Comment by fs Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:21 pm
“What do you want for Christmas?”

“I want a new progressive tax constitutional amendment.”

“You’ll shoot your eye out, kid.”

Comment by Dance Band on the Titanic Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:23 pm
Too early

Comment by Cheryl44 Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:23 pm
This now means I can throw out all that Halloween candy I keep eating, finally.

Comment by View from the Cheap Seats Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:24 pm
Aides repeatedly told the Governor that putting up the tree early wouldn’t make Christmas come any sooner, but the Governor is no stranger to wishful thinking.

Comment by twowaystreet Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:25 pm
The kindness and spirit of the holidays wouldn’t be a bad thing to start early this year

Comment by Dl Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:25 pm
And this is what you get when you get a tree too big for your house…

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:27 pm
“Might as well decorate now–I just picked up a weak signal on my car radio of the all-Christmas music on the Quad Cities light rock station.”

Also, regarding Christmas decorations at the Capitol. Will the Christmas Lights above the Capitol Dome be returning this year? After sidelined for a year last year due to Dome construction.

Comment by Chatham Resident Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:29 pm
Bailey: “Pritzker Unleashes War on Thanksgiving”

Comment by Ron Burgundy Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:30 pm
“In a budget cutting move, we eliminated Thanksgiving”

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:30 pm
“Little full, lotta sap”

“The Governor asked voters to believe that if they cut off just 3% of the tree, it would then fit in the mansion.”

Comment by fs Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:31 pm
Great balls afire - Christmas is coming

Comment by Sayitaintso Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:32 pm
Holiday decorations come early to the Governor’s mansion this year. Real estate agents wanted to make sure the listing’s photos were festive when the house goes on the market December 1st.

Comment by twowaystreet Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:33 pm
IL GOP: The Governor shows he’s above the rules by not putting a mask on the gate.

Comment by Pot calling kettle Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:43 pm
A pox on decorating for Christmas before Thanksgiving. Next there will be chemical music in the stores. Ugh.

Comment by Huh? Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:47 pm
“That’s a noise,” grinned Ken Griffin, “That I simply MUST hear”
So he paused. And Ken Griffin put his hand to his ear.
And he did hear a sound rising over the snow.
It started in low. Then it started to grow.
But the sound wasn’t sad. Why, this sound sounded merry
It couldn’t be so. But it WAS merry, VERY
He stared down at Springfield. Ken Griffin popped his eyes
Then he shook. What he saw was a shocking surprise.
Every Dem down in Springfield, the tall and the small,
Was working. Without any doom-seeking at all
He HADN’T helped an implosion coming. NONE CAME.
Somehow or other, it seemed just the same.
And Ken Griffin, with his grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow,
Stood puzzling and puzzling: “How could it be so?”
“No implosion with ribbons. No implosion with cuts.”
“No bail out packages, ifs, ands, or buts.”
And he puzzled three hours, till his puzzler was sore.
Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before.
“Maybe Illinois,” he thought, “will last forever more.”

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:48 pm
A Jewish governor decorating for Christmas is not a phallus-y after all.

Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:49 pm
2020… the year without a Santa

Comment by thoughts matter Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:53 pm
Later the Governor had no comment about the large lump of coal with fair tax on it that was found under the tree

Comment by OneMan Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:57 pm
Gifts will be socially distancing the Pritzker Administration

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:58 pm
Cubs in ‘16 definitely gets it.

Comment by JS Mill Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:58 pm
===Cubs in ‘16 definitely gets it.===

First thing I saw. Not sure what that says about us. lol

Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 3:00 pm
A Christmas to go….

or

On the move for a virus-free Christmas…

Comment by Mama Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 3:05 pm
Too early… plus, who needs an reminder that Scrudge isn’t handing out anything but a deadly virus this year?..

Comment by MakePoliticsCoolAgain Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 3:06 pm
‘But I’ll….have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas’

Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 3:08 pm
==A pox on decorating for Christmas before Thanksgiving. Next there will be chemical music in the stores. Ugh==

“Dollar General and Walmart said it’s okay–they have had Christmas decorations up and for sale since Labor Day.”

Comment by Chatham Resident Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 3:12 pm
The wheels on the tree go round and round . . .

Comment by Monroe Steet View Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 3:13 pm
==‘But I’ll….have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas’==

“At least the ornaments and lights are not all-blue, unlike say, about 12-17 years ago.”

Comment by Chatham Resident Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 3:14 pm
I’ll give the front gate wreaths a week before they disappear…

Comment by From the far, far western suburbs Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 3:15 pm
After the last ten months, I’d be perfectly happy if we put the New Years decorations out ASAP.

– MrJM

Comment by @misterjayem Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 3:23 pm
curbside Christmas

Comment by bball_coach Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 3:36 pm
The weather was nice. I put my outside Christmas lights and manger up this past Saturday.

Comment by RNUG Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 3:36 pm
Hint: Start your holiday shopping now. Illinois really needs the revenue.

Comment by Grandson of Man Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 3:37 pm
- JS Mill - Do you think the photographer was deliberately trying for that effect?

Comment by RNUG Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 3:40 pm
===Do you think the photographer===

Take it easy

Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 3:41 pm
Executive Mansion manager: Whew (banned punctuation). I’m glad we bought this with a voucher before the Fair Tax failed.

Comment by RNUG Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 3:44 pm
“You think that’s a big tree, you should see the squirrel that was living in it”

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 3:46 pm
“Why is the floor wet, Todd?”

“I dunno, Mar-go”

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 3:47 pm
Smart state Workers take advantage of a nice warm day to put up the tree and wreath. No fools they.

Comment by Responsa Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 3:58 pm
a reminder that better times are ahead - family gatherings, reflecting on a bountiful year….. scratch that

Comment by We'll See Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 4:10 pm
“Hey Pritzker, what are you going to do with a tree that big?”

Comment by Ducky LaMoore Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 4:26 pm
Still not as early as the Holiday Lite!

Comment by Precinct Captain Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 4:36 pm
“Mmmmm….Doughnuts”

Comment by Yellow Dog Democrat Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 5:27 pm
“Like the Mansion, did that tree and all its ornaments once also belong to Gov. Matteson?”

Comment by Chatham Resident Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 8:48 pm
==“Mmmmm….Doughnuts”==

With corporate sponsorship this year by Mel-O-Cream.

Comment by Chatham Resident Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 8:49 pm
Sorry, Fair Tax didn’t pass, so we had to use last year’s decorations.

Comment by Too soon? Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 10:40 pm
Fair tax, Madigan, pandemic …

It’s always Christmas when you inherit $3.4 large

Comment by Quizzical Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 11:29 pm
What kind of fertilizer are u going to feed it and watering to keep it alive thru Christmas? Hope more than your tax agenda.

Comment by Big Rocker Tuesday, Nov 10, 20 @ 12:11 am