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* Winner gets lunch on me if you live in the Chicagoland area and like Portillo’s.
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Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 11:53 am
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Illinois Jerks.
Comment by IDOT'er Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 11:55 am
Hey Dennis, look here, this is the thumb House Speaker Madigan told me I could stick up my….
Comment by Dirtybird Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 11:59 am
Sit on it and spin, Dennis.
Comment by Deleted Daily Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:03 pm
easy now.
Comment by Kevin Fanning Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:06 pm
“…and then he put in his thumb, and pulled out a plum, and said…$25,000, please…”
Comment by anon2 Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:07 pm
“I am going to fight for the people of Illinois, to do the people’s business, to get beyond the bickering and the partisanship of Springfield. Hey, Dennis. You want the Prairie Parkway? Pull my thumb.”
Comment by ZC Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:09 pm
“Go ahead, Dennis. You can suck my thumb. It’s clean.”
Comment by The 'Broken Heart' of Rogers Park Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:09 pm
“It’s my way or the highway. You know how to hitch hike, don’t you?”
Comment by The 'Broken Heart' of Rogers Park Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:11 pm
“I declare a thumb war!”
Comment by Sinister Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:13 pm
“I would like to thank my good friend Speaker Hastert for the funding for the nice comfy fed pens.
[Pause]
Not that I might be a defendant or anything. That was just stuff my lawyers put in that response.
[Pause]
Go Cubs! How about that Fukodome? Reminds me of a kid named Banks. Did I ever tell you about the game when Banks hit one out? Let me tell you . . .”
Comment by Skeeter Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:14 pm
“I was a boxer, and Dennis here was a wrestler, and together we will box and wrestle for the working families of Illinois.”
Comment by VanillaMan Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:16 pm
Since our budget is so tight Mr. Speaker, this is how you are going to have to get back to Yorkville.
Comment by OneMan Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:17 pm
“Seven lonely days
and a dozen towns ago
I reached out one night
and you were gone….”
Comment by anon2 Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:17 pm
Why are you not frowning like the rest of these guys.
Comment by OneMan Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:18 pm
Lol, nice one VM.
Comment by Kevin Fanning Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:18 pm
“Have what it takes Dennis to thumb wrestle me?”
“Do ya, big boy?”
“My posse here says you’re chicken!”
Comment by VanillaMan Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:18 pm
So I told all those drug addicts and their kids “you’re outta here!” “But look on the bright side, we’ve got more money to educate you homeless, motherless kiddies!”
Comment by Erickson Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:22 pm
“And one day I was hitch-hiking and a car pulls up and a little black girl says ‘Hey look, it’s Mayor Daley!’ I told to lock herself inside the house because crime is so out of control, which will be cured if we pass my jobs bill.”
Comment by Vote Quimby! Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:28 pm
Wudda you mean you dont remember the secret handshake? A little shake, a little bake, no, it’t not coming to ya? ….ahh Dennis you gotta learn to live a little…
Comment by Speaking At Will Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:31 pm
A little bit of everything in that one Quimby.
Comment by Kevin Fanning Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:32 pm
I had to do something to avoid the intense gaze of the bald guy above the gov’s elbow….(scanning crowd for potential targets)
Comment by Vote Quimby! Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:34 pm
“There ain’t no fleas on me,
There ain’t no fleas on me,
There may be fleas on some of you Mugs but,
There ain’t no fleas on me!”
Comment by A Citizen Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:38 pm
Or, perhaps more to the point:
“There ain’t no bugs on me,
There ain’t no bugs on me,
There may be bugs on some of you Mugs but,
There ain’t no bugs on me!”
Comment by A Citizen Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:40 pm
“And, I pledge to the people of Illinois, my hair will never look like Denny’s.”
Comment by walter sobchak Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:46 pm
“Here, go ahead and suck on it. You just purse your lips together, take it in your mouth and it all gets better…. works for me”
Comment by North of I-80 Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 12:53 pm
Remember some months back when “The [wrestling] Coach” almost resigned his honorary post of publicly pitching the capital plan with the Governor? That all changed after losing a fateful [thumb] wrestling match…I guess Poshard won his.
Comment by COPN Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:02 pm
“Back me up on this one, Denny…..you said you wanted apple slices and coffee…we had apple slices and coffee.”
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:05 pm
“1,2,3,4, I declare a thumb war… um, a special session, I mean”
(BTW, Portillo’s ships anywhere in the US overnight, one big beef without the peppers please)
Comment by Clown Band roadie Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:09 pm
Is there a booger on the end of his thumb?!?!
Comment by IllinoisBelows Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:10 pm
“See? Sucking my thumb makes everything all bright and cheery. Here, you try it!”
Comment by What planet is he from again? Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:11 pm
Haha nice try Clown Band roadie. BTW great name.
Comment by Kevin Fanning Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:13 pm
The two guys staring at the Gov: “What the…we practiced that joke with him. This is his improvement? It was killer material.”
Comment by zatoichi Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:15 pm
Go get my comb will’ya?
Comment by Louis G. Atsaves Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:16 pm
Speaker Hastert is unimpressed by the Governor’s Arthur Fonzerelli impersonation.
Comment by Jake from Elwood Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:17 pm
Shouldn’t those signs read “Illinois Worked” Rod R Blagojevich
Comment by Dan S, a voter and Cubs Fan Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:17 pm
I say “Yes”, Abramoff and Wyma are the best lobbos in DC. They got us EEEEEEverything we needed
Comment by Reddbyrd Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:21 pm
“See???? I finally pulled it out of there; what ELSE does Madigan want from me???”
Comment by Gregor Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:22 pm
“This here Speaker didn’t send no minions”
Comment by 10th Indy Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:24 pm
This is Serbian Sign Language for “Hit the road.” You’ve had your chance.
Comment by If It Walks Like a Duck... Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:35 pm
“I’m Tweedle Dum…and this is my friend Tweedle Dee…we’re here to save you Tweedle Dummer–uh, I mean MJM.”
Comment by Reality Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:37 pm
One is a former political heavyweight that no longer holds any real power. The other is Dennis Hastert.
Comment by Downstater Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:39 pm
Let me try again….I dropped a word!
“I’m Tweedle Dum…and this is my friend Tweedle Dee…we’re here to save you from Tweedle Dummer–uh, I mean MJM”
Comment by Reality Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:39 pm
Now that first scar is from when my father inlaw bit me. And you see that one at the bottom, that fresh one, that was Madigan. I just don’t know why people get so mad at me… okay everyone, special session, get to work, I’ll be at the Cubs game.
Comment by Heartless Libertarian Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:44 pm
“See the bald guy back there? He’s the one I used to make carry the hairbrush. Irony!”
Comment by Got my mojo workin' Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:44 pm
I found this here polar bear in one of our very fine state parks.
Comment by Juice Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:45 pm
The Gov says “Watch…when I wiggle my thumb like a worm, Denny tries to bite it. Every TIME!!”
Comment by How Ironic Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:48 pm
See, I can pretend its a microphone and I’m the reporter asking all those mean and stupid questions. Or I can pretend its a hairbrush. And I’ve been practicing my best Bill Clinton impression so I can sincerely deny that I’m a potential defendant.
Comment by imback Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:50 pm
Would you like my favorite pacifier?
It keeps me happy at the Capitol.
Comment by One of Three Puppets Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:52 pm
“Hey, at least this guy thinks I’m telling the truth. He has faith in Bush, Cheney, Rove, and me!”
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:56 pm
“Hey, do you think the guys behind you fell for my BS?”
Comment by Anon Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:57 pm
You know my reputation Denny. If this capitol plan does not pass, I’ll throw you under the bus too!
Comment by One of the 35 Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:57 pm
If youse don like da way tings are going, me and my meanest boz will come over and tune youse up
Comment by Plutocrat03 Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 1:59 pm
Who did I get to do my job? This Guy!
Comment by Downstate weed chewing hick Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 2:03 pm
“You are the best”,no “You are the best”,well we both know how to make money in real estate,so we are both the best.
Comment by Steve Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 2:13 pm
Don’t worry, speak, we’ll get you one of those finder’s fees!
Comment by JacksonJive Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 2:14 pm
“See Dennis, I told you Barbara Currie bite me….” but he thinking ’she can BITE ME…’
Comment by upstate Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 2:19 pm
“Ok….I want a big beef, lotsa peppers. Hoffman wants a meatball sandwich, Poshard an Italian sausage….get dogs for the rest of them. And grab something for yourself, too Denny. Get the cash from K-Fan.”
Comment by S. Illinois Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 2:21 pm
Your out of here Hastert…. anyone see Foster?
Comment by Ghost Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 2:25 pm
I don’t understand why the media keeps saying that I’m thumbing my nose at people; my thumb is nowhere near my nose — see?
Comment by Velma Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 2:36 pm
“You ain’t never killed a rabbit and you ain’t no friend of mine.”
Comment by been there Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 2:37 pm
“It hurts Denny… will you kiss it and make it all better? In fact, can you make it all better?
I just don’t understand why everyone is picking on me…”
Comment by dupage progressive Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 2:40 pm
“Look, a capital budget is good for everyone who gets involved. The Speaker here is going to make millions off of the Prairie Parkway. I’m telling ya, get on board now and I’ll cut you in too for a piece of the action.”
Comment by Don't Worry, Be Happy Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 2:44 pm
Juice 1:45
Your caption is not possible. The governor has never been to a state park.
Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 2:46 pm
“When no one believes you, just dance.
Come on guys, try it - I think you’ll like it.
Remember the Hand Jive everyone? Come on, join in any time.
It’s a great way to distract everyone who asks about indictment, impeachment, churches, drug treatment. It’s what you do when people think you’re full of sh**t, DANCE, DANCE, DANCE. Come ON Denny - show ‘em what you got”
Comment by dupage progressive Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 3:00 pm
Hey can you ask President Bush, for a pardon for your favourite governor?
Comment by Lazy intern Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 3:00 pm
RB, “Denny, pull my thumb”
DH, “Good grief, he can’t even get that right.”
Comment by Downstate weed chewing hick Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 3:24 pm
Gov: “So Denny, you’re telling me you had control of the House, the Senate and the Presidency and you couldn’t get anything done?”
DH: “Yup”
Gov: “Sounds eerily familiar”
Comment by BIG R.PH. Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 3:32 pm
The Governor’s inexplicible temporary loss of depth perception results in his awkward attempt to passionately embrace former Speaker Hastert in thanks for his support on the capital bill.
Comment by Portillo's Fan Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 3:40 pm
And I told all those mean corporations to take a hike!
(BTW this is in front of the Illinois Works Banner!)
Comment by Rebel13 Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 3:49 pm
yuz, yuz, and yuz, get Fanning and that !@#$ camera of his out of here.
Comment by Ghost Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 3:58 pm
Who has two thumbs and thinks I’m a great Gov? This guy.
Comment by Matt Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 3:59 pm
Forgive me, Godfather (Hastert), but with you gone, me and Jones will come under Madigans thumb sooner or later.
Comment by Ghost Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 4:01 pm
Hey Denny - I am going down and you are coming with me - but all in all - it has been a great day!!!
Comment by LOL Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 4:19 pm
Illinois Works, but we don’t.
Comment by kj Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 4:27 pm
“You’re outta there buddy!”
Comment by Squideshi Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 4:30 pm
Hey! This guy used to be Speaker or something!
Comment by A Springfield Veteran Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 4:34 pm
“Call Disney: we will replace Ebert and Roeper!”
Comment by Gregor Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 5:06 pm
I can count on this many fingers how many nights I’ve stayed in Springfield, how ’bout you Denny?
Comment by OurMagician Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 5:30 pm
“Now all youse guys back here agree wit me , don’t youse?”
Comment by Disgusted Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 5:43 pm
We don’t do business that way. Right, Denny?
Comment by 22skidoo Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 5:45 pm
Or:
Governor, you’re a hell of a guy.
Comment by 22skidoo Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 5:46 pm
You do still have Cross on boaed, right?
Comment by eileen left Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 5:59 pm
Jeez… ya think the FEDS stink, take a wiff of this digit!
Comment by Deep Water Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 6:23 pm
“You can bite your thumb, and you can bite your friends, but you can’t bite your friends’ thumbs!”
Comment by Ahem Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 6:30 pm
See these losers behind me? Watch them ask “how high”, when I say jump!
Comment by Frank and Honest (Abe) Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 6:31 pm
You did not get it done as promised and you are OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sue me!!
Comment by dmb Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 6:57 pm
“No matter what people might say, I can honestly say that I have never…I repeat NEVER…been caught pointing a finger at anyone in the GOP for the problems we’re having in this State.”
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 7:31 pm
“So, once again, the legislative leaders we are counting on to stick with us on our capital bill fight are President Jones, that’s one, and………President Jones - oh, I already said him……Denny, help me out here…”
Comment by Numero Uno Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 8:35 pm
“We’re still good on the lobbying gig, right?
Comment by Jay SeaBee Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 9:12 pm
“If you drop that notebook, this will be the slight pressure you will be feeling!”
Comment by Jay SeaBee Friday, Aug 1, 08 @ 9:14 pm
“Are you the guy who took my comb?”
Comment by BobW Saturday, Aug 2, 08 @ 3:28 pm
Hey Denny, you believe me, right? Am I right or am I right? Right? You know how hard it is, right? Bein’ a leader and all, right? It’s hard! Tell ‘em Denny!
Comment by Lefty Lefty Sunday, Aug 3, 08 @ 1:49 am