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Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 1:34 pm
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[And let’s not get too over the top or gross, please. You wouldn’t want to miss out on winning the prize, would you?]
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 1:37 pm
“…and his mother wears Army boots.”
Comment by David Starrett Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 1:39 pm
Move over.
I’ll give you a nooggie.
Comment by Cal Skinner Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 1:39 pm
“I’ll bet this never happened to Edgar Bergen.”
Comment by Anon Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 1:41 pm
New product at the fair: Madigan on a stick.
Comment by gosox08 Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 1:42 pm
OK, I’ve deleted three so far. Don’t be gross.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 1:43 pm
“You know, it’s really time to see a doctor to get this tumor on my leg removed.”
Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 1:45 pm
Mr. Cleaver worries about the family finances while the Beaver dreams up his greatest money-making scheme ever. On the next “Leave it to Illinois.”
Comment by Lefty Lefty Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 1:45 pm
i’ll take unpopular public officials for $200 alex
Comment by downstate GOP faithless Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 1:46 pm
“Mapes said he wouldn’t be here. He promised. Mapes is in big trouble.”
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 1:47 pm
Just who’s idea was it to invite Hannah Montana to sing?
Comment by anon Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 1:48 pm
MJM thinking “We just can’t let him go anywhere without him promising somebody money…children should be seen but not heard…hmmph.”
Comment by Princeville Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 1:49 pm
MJM: “I knew there was a catch to the free Nike polo shirt.”
Comment by Frank Booth Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 1:50 pm
“Hmmm… Should I kill the Lottery lease in committee again? Committee of the Whole? Full House? I just can’t decide.”
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 1:50 pm
“dum and dumber– you pick which one”
Comment by upstate Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 1:53 pm
MJM-”I can’t believe Quinn missed the plane.”
ROD-”Too bad Quinn had to miss this.”
Comment by anon Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 1:53 pm
“…plus, I’m a homey and he’s not.”
Comment by David Starrett Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 1:58 pm
side effects may include……….
Comment by long time reader, first time commenter Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 1:59 pm
“What’s your name?”
Comment by Crystal Clear Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 1:59 pm
Blago = HAIRSPRAY
MJM = HEIR PRAY (as in I pray Lisa will be the heir to this bozo)
Comment by Reality Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:00 pm
Last warning, people. I have to go to session soon, so if there’s any more gross stuff, or violent imagery, I’m gonna ban you and shut this down.
My fault for posting this photo. I shoulda known better.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:03 pm
MJM: Dang’it, Blago promised these where the sweet Starbursts, not the sour ones!
Comment by Ghost Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:03 pm
Try both shades of Just for Men: Concentrated-Power Medium Brown and Populist-Press-Conference Dark Brown.
Comment by Anon Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:04 pm
“Mike and I are homeboys, man. … There are times I consider myself the first Irish-American governor of Illinois.”
Comment by Crystal Clear Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:05 pm
Madigan thinking….I wish I was to home and this party was to hell….
Comment by Illinois Boy Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:05 pm
If I hold my breath just a bit longer…
Comment by Commonsense in Illinois Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:06 pm
House Speaker Michael Madigan makes mental notes of all those applauding Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s State Fair address so he can tube their legislation.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:06 pm
Those same three old jokes, over and over again. Emil, can’t you give him some new material? How long must I endure this? I know! I’ll just refuse to meet with him again . . . Ever!
Comment by A Citizen Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:07 pm
My vote goes to Anon 1:41, who already used the line I’d picked out. My second choice is:
MJM - “And on top of everything else I’ve had to put up with from this guy, now my thumb is stuck in his ear.”
Comment by Don't Worry, Be Happy Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:09 pm
Madigan wins gold medal in clenched-teeth contest at Illinois State Fair. Blago finishes second but vows to “rock Springfield” next year.
Comment by Mr. Cub Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:10 pm
My sock garter is slipping
Comment by Ghost Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:10 pm
Two men. No lips.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:12 pm
Rod: I love looking out at mirrored sunglasses! Now, I wonder what I can say or do that will make his head actually explode?
Comment by cynically anonymous Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:13 pm
The Speaker shows off his Popeye-like arms.
Comment by Anon Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:14 pm
If I had his hair I’d have been President!
Comment by DE Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:14 pm
Blago: “Is he looking at the top of my head? I think he is. I can feel him looking at me. Why is he sitting up there where he can look at me? What’s two hundred million times ten?”
Comment by BandCamp Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:15 pm
ever feel like there is an angry man behind you?
Comment by ahoy! Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:15 pm
MJM quietly thinks “fiberglass hair, dang, why didn’t I think of that?”
Comment by A Citizen Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:15 pm
cynically anonymous wins an ad because I spit out my Pepsi all over my brand new keyboard. The contest continues, however.
CA, send me an email.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:16 pm
Blue Shirts and Pleated Khaki Dockers All the Rage on Springfield Fashion Scene
Comment by Anon Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:16 pm
One looks angry and the other clueless.
Comment by Levois Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:16 pm
With kindest personal regards, I remain downwind of the b****** of the Blagojevich people.
Comment by Prairie Sage Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:30 pm
This year I have the sun in my eyes, but soon enough I’ll have the daughter instead.
Comment by Trent Green's Clipboard Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:30 pm
…He’s looking out over what smiling faces…there..I frown-everybody frowns…
Comment by Commonsense in Illinois Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:31 pm
The smartest man is always the one with the largest forehead.
Comment by A Citizen Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:38 pm
“Is the sun shining directly behind me? Because it feels like something is burning a hole in my back.”
Comment by Kevin Fanning Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:42 pm
I knew I shouldn’t have worn blue.
Comment by DuPage Moderate Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:43 pm
Okay, everybody repeat after me…Mr. Speaker, turn that frown upside-down! Great, Great…Thank you very much…
Comment by Commonsense in Illinois Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:44 pm
Sitting behind him, not being able to see his lips move, it’s hard to tell for sure that he’s lying.
Comment by A Citizen Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:45 pm
“Well, I don’t know why I came here tonight,
I got a feeling that something ain’t right,
I’m so scared in case I fall off my chair,
And I’m wondering how I’ll get down the stairs,
Clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right, here I am
Stuck in the middle with you.”
Comment by stealers wheel Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:47 pm
Whats Cross doing with that water ballon?
or
The Hair Club for men presents before and after pics of their new treatment.
Comment by Ghost Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:57 pm
Great moments in the Illinois Democratic Party.
Comment by Steve Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:57 pm
OMG, there’s a big bug on my leg, uh oh, it’s just Blagojevich. For a second there I was worried.
Comment by DuPage Boy Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 2:57 pm
This corn dog is giving me indigestion.
Comment by Trent Green's Clipboard Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:01 pm
Madigan: Is Desmond Tutu wearing a Blagojevich t-shirt?
Blagojevich: Just two more miracles, and it’s “St. Rod, Patron Saint of Compromise.”
Comment by COPN Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:01 pm
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, . .
Comment by Louis G. Atsaves Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:03 pm
MJM: “If I have to listen to homeboy blame me for the education funding crisis one more time then I am outta here.”
Comment by Kevin Fanning Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:04 pm
Two pigs in a poke.
Comment by Anon Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:04 pm
On the way to the Democratic convention in Colorado, Speaker Madigan threatens to turn the car around.
Comment by Crafty Girl Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:04 pm
Grumpy says; Where’s sleepy, doc, bashful, happy and sneezy?
Comment by Irish Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:08 pm
MJM sports latest idea to plug $2 gazillion hole in the budget: Nike-sponsored sportswear. The back of the shirt says “Overtime In Hell 2008″
Comment by Millstadt News Guy Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:09 pm
MJM: “Aww phooey, I’m always being benched by Coach…”
Comment by IllinoisBelows Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:10 pm
Hmmm, sitting behind him with the sun on his head, it’s clear where the hair covers up the scars where the horns were removed. Hmmmm !
Comment by A Citizen Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:16 pm
Keep an eye out for rotten eggs.
Comment by Hickory Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:27 pm
Testicular verility taken to a new low
Comment by Anon Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:28 pm
I should have known better than to touch his hair… now I’ll never get my arm out.
Comment by Wifey Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:29 pm
“The half-baked sermon causes spiritual indigestion”
- Austin O’Malley
Comment by anon sequitor Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:34 pm
“Mike, just squint a little bit more and you can see the pie in the sky!”
Comment by Cogito Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:36 pm
That apple blago cut up for me earlier is making me gassy.
Comment by Ghost Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:38 pm
“Bachelor Number 2, what kind of kisser are you?”
Comment by Downstate weed chewing hick Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:40 pm
From top to bottom - The Good, The Bad, and cut off at the bottom, The Ugly !
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:40 pm
- Anonymous - Um, sorry, that was me.
Comment by A Citizen Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:41 pm
Rod: Oh stewardess, I speak jive.
Comment by Rod sez I'm pork Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:45 pm
Rod thinking to himself: “Maybe this year, I’ll do my best Joey Tribiani impression. How YOU doin? How YOU DOIN? Screw it, I’ll just go with the Daley joke.”
MJM to himself: “If I hear that Daley joke again…”
Comment by unclesam Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:49 pm
“I would be calling Speaker Madigan to the podium at this point, but I had the State Police take him to my personal dentist a couple hours ago to have his jaw wired shut after he tragically fell down a flight of stairs. How’s that Vicodin holding up Mike?
OK, now that’t over, Speaker Madigan wanted me to announce a new funding program for Wrigley Field that he just drafted………”
Comment by trafficmatt Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:53 pm
I keep stepping on him, but he always pops back up!
Comment by Linda B Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:55 pm
Blago: Why you be hatin, MJM? All I have is love in my heart for you.
Comment by Shallow Pharnyx Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:55 pm
“so I was just standing there and President Bush walks up to me and says: “So you are the brilliant Mike Madagin I’ve heard so much about from Senator Durbin?”"
Comment by A Citizen Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:56 pm
MJM: who keeps calling me and hanging up!
RB: I love this new blackberry with madigans cell on speed dial…
Comment by Ghost Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:56 pm
(Madigan) (notice where his hand is placed) See…if I put the flashlight up to his ear, you can see light coming out the other side.
Comment by bored on 1 Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:56 pm
MJM: phew, that hair gel puts off some nasty fumes!
RB: I wonder if everyone appreciates how nice my hair looks.
Comment by Ghost Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 3:59 pm
MJM: here comes Hoffman.
RB: Here comes Hoffman!
Comment by Ghost Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 4:00 pm
The Grinch sneers down at Whoville and their hapless mayor.
Comment by Jake from Elwood Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 4:03 pm
MJM’s left hand is giving the governor a one-finger salute.
Comment by Vote Quimby! Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 4:04 pm
MJM: What’s Miller doing with that Camera?
RB: ohhh a camera!
Comment by Ghost Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 4:08 pm
“We are not amused.”
Comment by Crafty Girl Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 4:08 pm
Clint Eastwood judges the Beaver Cleaver look-a-like contest.
Comment by zatoichi Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 4:10 pm
Speaker Madigan seen here trying to use the using the Jedi mind control trick on the Governor again.
Unfortunately for him, he still doesn’t realize that Blagojevich means “toydarian” in Serbian. (that part for the true SW geeks only).
Comment by siriusly Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 4:10 pm
I can do this, I can do this, just have to concentrate hard. Telepathic Pain Ray, hmmf! Telepathic Pain Ray, Hmmmf!! Telepathic Pain Ray, HMMMF!!!
Comment by Bubs Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 4:20 pm
LOL Zatoichi!
Comment by drobfetty Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 4:23 pm
Best comments on photo caption contest in a long, long time! Special kudos to zatoichi, trafficmatt, cogito, crafty girl, downstate GOP, lefty lefty, and anon 1:41. I noticed another ironic image on this pic, too…that behind MJM you can read the word “HA”
Comment by phocion Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 4:28 pm
MJM. “I don’t believe this guy! I’m actually sitting next to an alien in a state logo polo!?! How did he manage that?!…Hmmmm …. if I stick this corn dog in his ear here, I wonder if it’ll go all the way through?!”
Comment by Amuzing Myself Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 4:37 pm
Did I remember to put sunburn lotion on my nose when I took my hemmorhoid medication? Or did I mix them up again?
Comment by BobW Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 4:42 pm
RB - I called a special session and once again Mike is here instead of the capitol.
Comment by Crimefighter Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 4:44 pm
MJM: let’s see - if we have a Con-Con, can we change our form of state government to the British, with the majority leader of the House also serving as head of the executive branch consisting of cabinets? Hmm…
Comment by Capitol View Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 5:06 pm
Madigan files $100 Million malpractice suit following botched leg transplant.
Comment by DE Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 5:11 pm
MJM: Am I smiling? I can’t tell if I’m smiling!!
(ala Joan Rivers in Insurance ad)
ROD: This is my concerned, caring, homeboy African American, son of a hardworking immigrant, William Jefferson Clinton look.
( Re; my earlier post of 3:08. You see, MJM knows where the seventh dwarf is.)
Comment by Irish Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 5:12 pm
“I have many regrets, but I’d have to say, right at this moment, judging the amateur division of the chili cook-off tops the list.”
– SCAM
so-called “Austin Mayor”
http://austinmayor.blogspot.com
Comment by so-called "Austin Mayor" Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 5:21 pm
Madigan: “I sure wish the 4H would quit presenting him with gallons of pickled eggs!”
Comment by Ken in Aurora Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 5:25 pm
“I can’t believe this dumb *** forgot the words to the Pledge of Allegiance.”
Comment by Arthur Andersen Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 5:37 pm
And AA makes it 100!
Rich, your “Lottery Lease” entry was almost identical to my first one, just switch “Pension Bonds” for “Lotto” and, well, you know…
Comment by Arthur Andersen Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 5:40 pm
MJm “I got to stop eating fair corn dogs if I going to have to listen to bad hound dog loving speeches.”
Comment by decatur voter Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 5:58 pm
This thing could have been fun if Miller wasn’t such a prude.
Comment by David Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 5:58 pm
SOMETHING IN BIG HAIR AFTER ALL — Governor Rod Blagojevich uses his embalmed ‘do to pin House Speaker Michael Madigan to the dais at the Illinois State Fair.
Comment by Angry Chicagoan Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 6:15 pm
Caption: MJM and the Gov watch as a heckler in a superhero costume gets escorted away by State Troopers.
MJM callout: “Now there’s an odd fellow. Poor guy.”
Gov: “Wow, who was that masked man? I want to be just like him when I grow up.”
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 6:26 pm
Madigan to self: “I am the master of impulse control. I am the master of impulse control. I am the master of impulse control. I am the master of impulse control. As much as I want to ‘Just do it’ I won’t. Don’t do it Mike. Don’t do it Mike. Don’t do it Mike. Sure he won’t see it coming. Sure he has it coming. Just don’t do it Mike. Don’t do it Mike.”
Comment by Ahem Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 6:42 pm
MJM: I stayed in Springfield, and what happens, HE actually shows up. Gosh, what are the odds?
Comment by Heartless Libertarian Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 6:44 pm
MJM to Blago: I’ll try being nicer if you’ll try being smarter.
Blago to MJM: I’m really easy to get along with once you people learn to worship me.
Comment by Shallow Pharynx Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 7:07 pm
Madigan:
“Dang! If only I had Rod’s bangs to cover this stupid V in my forehead.”
Comment by Header Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 7:25 pm
ROD: “All these people came to see me.”
MJM: “Usually I wake up and go to the bathroom about now.”
I like Don’t Worry, Be Happy’s thumb in ear comment. It made me bust out laughing after looking at the photo another time.
Comment by Ahem Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 7:59 pm
Compared to listening to this guy speak, the kidney stone is actually enjoyable.
Comment by Quizzical Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 8:56 pm
Wonder if anyone would notice if I left for a corn dog.
Comment by Anon Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 9:08 pm
Why didn’t I run Lisa last time!
Comment by zoble Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 9:24 pm
Darn, now I’ll never know if Rich Miller Sr would’ve really done that to the Guv in front of all of these people. Should’ve returned his phone call last week!
Comment by Obamalac Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 9:27 pm
Blago: “No, I saw it over in the holding barn. And I’m here to tell you, Alderman Beavers, move over.”
MJM: “There’s something wrong with that boy.”
Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 9:57 pm
2 extra ordinarily awful people. May we never see their like again.
Comment by Avy Meyers Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 9:59 pm
Hey it’s megatron vs optimus prime.
Comment by the ole precinct captain Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 10:02 pm
MJM: “Maybe I DO need Rogaine to get hair like him. Darn it”
Comment by One of Three Puppets Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 10:14 pm
“Wonder if his campaign fund bought that fruity plaid shirt from Nordstrom’s? Thank God Brown gave me this polo shirt; I sure wouldn’t go out and buy it.”
Comment by Arthur Andersen Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 10:25 pm
170,000 a year and he still goes to SuperCuts….
Comment by OurMagician Tuesday, Aug 12, 08 @ 11:48 pm
The Speaker finally has the Governor’s ear.
Comment by Captain Flume Wednesday, Aug 13, 08 @ 7:59 am
Pretty dumb winner Rich.
Comment by Anon Wednesday, Aug 13, 08 @ 8:29 am
Honesty vs. Deception
Comment by Northside Bunker Wednesday, Aug 13, 08 @ 8:45 am
Addenda to previous post
Gepetto making Pinocchio
Comment by Northside Bunker Wednesday, Aug 13, 08 @ 9:01 am