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* Heh…

To be fair, he’s still running TV ads Downstate, unlike a certain person we know.

* Related…

* Bored J.B. Pritzker Brainstorming New Hobbies To Blow Money On After Winning Election

posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 12:31 pm

Comments

JB: “I’m a-pickin’…”
Irvin: “And I’m a-losin’.”
*cue killer banjo riffs*

Comment by Roadrager Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 12:37 pm
Laughing all the way to a second term!

Comment by Hmm Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 12:37 pm
If only it was a field full of cannabis and he had a guitar, then the headline could have been “JB Pritzker tries Slash and burn farming.”

Comment by Concerned Dem Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 12:40 pm
:)

Comment by Nick Name Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 12:42 pm
The hand he holds out is rejected, but yes, JB is trying. The GOP hand contains a knife to sever the ties between urban and rural communities.

Comment by Norseman Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 12:46 pm
He was never going to have those voters anyway. The suburban moderates like that he makes an effort to bring folks together rather than divide. In this case getting an A for effort matters.

Comment by What's in a name? Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 12:49 pm
I know from personal experience JB has a decent sense of humor and the absurd. That’s not an act.

Comment by Give Us Barabbas Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 12:53 pm
Um, people, it’s the Onion.

Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 12:55 pm
Still looks better than Rauner wearing Carhartt’s, and ridin’ a hog.

Comment by PublicServant Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 12:56 pm
= Still looks better than Rauner wearing Carhartt’s, and ridin’ a hog. =

I, for one, am still trying to shakeoff the depression over the effectiveness of that mockery.

Comment by Dirty Red Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 12:59 pm
I don’t know about anyone else here, but I’m admiring the Photoshop skills of the person who did this.

Comment by Lynn S. Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 1:00 pm
This is a caricature for a joke.

Others are seemingly a joke of a caricature.

Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 1:04 pm
Ironically, that’s how Bailey dresses on the day he gets his farm subsidy check.

Comment by Pot calling kettle Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 1:07 pm
never seen anyone rock a polo shirt with overalls before. The tophat screams overdressed.

Comment by cermak_rd Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 1:37 pm
how do people NOT know it is the Onion. omg….

Comment by Amalia Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 1:37 pm
= Um, people, it’s the Onion. =

True, but…he IS wearing the top hat. That is definitely a thing. Surely you can understand the confusion.

Comment by Dirty Red Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 2:00 pm
I don’t know how the Onion constructed the photo, but the hat is photoshopped.

Comment by Norseman Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 2:22 pm
“Quinn was Soy Boy, I am Corny Abe.”

Comment by Just Sayin Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 2:30 pm
“I just found the Taper Collection Lincoln Hat in this cornfield”

Comment by Just Sayin Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 2:31 pm
This is why the onion is so great.

It’s insulting rural areas, but disguised in what appears to be insult to pritzker.

Comment by TheInvisibleMan Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 2:32 pm
It’s the Onion, it’s all satire. Relax and laugh.

Comment by View from the Cheap Seats Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 2:41 pm
Dave Foley of News Radio/Kids In The Hall fame did this obscure comedy in the late 1990s called “The Wrong Guy,” he goes on the lam because he’s convinced the police accused him of murder even though they actually cleared him instantly. He wanders across the country like Kung Fu (or Scooby Doo), and eventually winds up helping a family of small-town bankers being threatened by “all those DAMN WEALTHY FARMERS” who drop by and tease them about how good the rows of corn will look after they foreclose on the bank.

Same vibe!

Comment by granville Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 3:19 pm
Mr Miller - some comments prove the axiom that the satire impaired are always the last know.

Comment by Captain Obvious Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 3:29 pm
“I just found the Taper Collection Lincoln Hat in this cornfield”

That was funnier than the onion.

Comment by Bigtwich Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 3:35 pm
Hee-Haw!!!! Call my buddy Jr Samples Bailey at BR-549.

Hillarious - Thanks Rich, made my Friday.

Comment by BTO2 Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 4:23 pm
The Bernie Bros at the Onion still define themselves oppositionally to Democrats. Remember when he and Andy Manar wore suits downstate during Manar’s 2018 primary endorsement of JB in stark contrast to the Carhart wearin’ mere millionaire we had prior

Comment by Nuke the Whales Friday, Jun 10, 22 @ 4:40 pm