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* You may want to click on the pic for a larger version so that you can fully appreciate the look on the governor’s face…

Caption contest!!!

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 10:55 am

Comments

Someday this State Senator and State Rep will call me Mr. President…

or

If I use the force perhaps they will go away

Comment by OneMan Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:05 am
You’ve got two choices Illinois….

Give up your Comcast, or get hit by Brian Urlacher.

Comment by GoBearsss Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:07 am
OOh! Microphone!

Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:07 am
Introducing the Blago mannequin doll, his staff forgot to open his eyes.
Blago’s really at home watching Hanna Montana.

Comment by Northside Bunker Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:08 am
“Unlike the gentlemen behind me, I am the real reformer!”

Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:10 am
Meow meow meow meow
Meow meow meow meow
Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow

(Simpsons fans will get it)

Comment by Old Shepherd Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:13 am
“I wonder if Brian Urlacher is a contributor yet?”

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:14 am
Fully concentrating on using their combined psychic powers, Sen. Barack Obama and Gov. Rod Blagojevich attempt to make Rep. John Fritchey disappear.

Comment by Captain Flume Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:16 am
” … and please, Lord, place the staff of Moses into the hands of me, your worthy shephard, that I may part the sea of opposition to my glory in the general assembly, and that the guy on the end will stop overshadowing my greatness. Amen.”

Comment by Snidely Whiplash Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:16 am
Obama: ” … and please, O Lord, do not let anyone take a picture from an angle including Governor Elvis and I in the same shot. Amen.”

Comment by Snidely Whiplash Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:19 am
Obama: “Hmmm. Nice pants, Fritch.”

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:19 am
“Close your eyes, click your heels 3 times together and repeat after me…..there’s no place like home. There’s no place like home”

Comment by Mr. Whiskers Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:24 am
Rep. Fritchey introduces a future president, a future hall of famer and a future has-been.

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:32 am
Now THIS would be a hug that made headlines!

Comment by Vote Quimby! Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:43 am
If I squint real hard that kind of looks like Alexi Lalas…

Comment by The Doc Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:48 am
And just so he knows how much I dislike him, I shall not look at him. Ever. Blah blah blah Fritchey.

Comment by Geraldine Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:50 am
BO: If I close my eyes, I can’t see him.
RB: If I close my eyes, he can’t see me.

Comment by Downstate weed chewing hick Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:51 am
Too much AV power makes the day grow weary for some.

Comment by midstate anon Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:51 am
I’d like a cookie.

Comment by Levois Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:52 am
“I told Hoffman like 30 times last night that I needed to be home by nine o’clock. Geez, I can barely keep my eyes open. I wonder what’s for lunch? Grilled cheese, I hope. Then maybe a little nappy nap. And some cake. Chocolate cake. Wow, that Urlacher is a cool guy. I wonder if he likes Elvis? I should ask him, but I think I’ll just rest my eyes…. What?! What?! Oh, no! Did I fall asleep? Standing up? I wonder if I snored again. Oh, man, some chocolate cake will be nice after that nap….”

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:54 am
to the weed chewing hick: LOL! That was funny!

Comment by Geraldine Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:55 am
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Comment by Commonsense in Illinois Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 12:06 pm
“I just finished the ‘Investigative Trans Chant’ that will render anyone under federal investigation in a standing, sleepy, trans state, easy for anyone to see. I am just sad we didn’t have an example handy to show you how it works …”

Comment by In the Land of Silos and Cows Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 12:08 pm
Dear Lord, Please make the Republicans let me into their Party. Then please let me come back as Sarah Palin. For this I pray, Amen.

Comment by A governor's prayer.... Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 12:10 pm
Obama - “1, 2, 3, ….4 ….5, 6, ….man, Fritchey needs to learn how to use spell-check ….”

Comment by In the Land of Silos and Cows Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 12:11 pm
Uh-oh. Too much chocolate cake. uhhhhhhh. oufff. I hope Fritchey just had his shoes cleaned, because I think… I’m… gonna…

Comment by KeepSmiling Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 12:14 pm
Now why did Patti have to go and put a block pm the Hannah Montana channel…

Comment by Clancy Chancellor Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 12:15 pm
JF: Man I am at the mic and I am giving a pretty good speech…
BU: If he doesn’t hurry up I am going to sack John, my knees are killing me.
RB: How much longer is this guy going to speak, (singing in his mind) You aint nothing but a hound dog.
BO: I think I am going to tackle John, I think I can take him…

Comment by He Gone... Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 12:23 pm
Fritchey: “And that concludes my 90 minute dissertation on why we need the 7 percent solution. Now, on to my 50-point plan for property tax assessment reform.”

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 12:24 pm
Haha! Good one, Rich! (Is anyone else laughing their face off, or is this just another hysterical day in my life.)

Comment by Geraldine Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 12:32 pm
Rep. Fritchey shows off the three newest additions to Madamme Tussaud’s wax museum.

Comment by Jake from Elwood Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 12:39 pm
Even then, Sen. Obama’s mere presence made Rod sleepy and Fritchey pale.

Comment by Powerful stuff Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 12:42 pm
===and Fritchey pale.===

BHO took the tan right off of him. Didn’t think it was possible.

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 12:43 pm
Rod - “ok, how does this one go again, ‘the little girl said, ‘hey look its Mayor Daley’ … ‘hey look! It’s Mayor Daley!’ … ‘Hey! Look! It’s Mayor Day-lee!’ Think, think!”

Comment by In the Land of Silos and Cows Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 12:56 pm
Rep Fritchy…” And I would like to conclude by thanking the Governor’s office for providing the cardboard cutout, as Blago is too busy rewriting some law.”

Comment by How Ironic Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 12:57 pm
Urlacher: If a picture of this gets up in the locker room the line guys will have no mercy all week.

Comment by zatoichi Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 2:02 pm
If only Mark Cuban had been at the press conference instead… the Guv wouldn’t have been so sleepy.

Comment by Kevin Fanning Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 2:14 pm
Blagojevich: Hmmm…what’s Palin got that I don’t have?!? If only I was a woman! I bet Obama and Fritch wish they were to…”

Comment by Black Ivy Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 2:16 pm
Think I’ll get me one of those big ole Moose heads to hang over the Capitol Bldg in Springfield. That ought to get them to sit up and show me some respect!

Comment by A governor's thought.... Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 3:00 pm
RRB: Dagnabit! What was that Harry Potter ‘make-me-disappear’ spell again?!

Urlacher: Hmmm Little Lady… what do we have here?

Comment by 21st State Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 3:05 pm
Urlacher: I gotta start reading the public appearance requirements in my contract more closely.

Comment by South Side Mike Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 3:34 pm
BO: Oh gawd, Fritchey has his pants on backwards.
BU: Is that a zipper in the back of his pants?
RB: I ain’t lookin’. This must be a trick. They’re trying to get me to say somethin’ stupid. I ain’t lookin’. And I ain’t sayin’ nothin’!

Comment by Room Monitor Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 3:35 pm
Sometimes Illinois’s the coldest state, isn’t it? Isn’t it? I remember one time when I was out campaigning in January it was colder than, colder than, colder than the North Pole? Yeah!

So they must mean me when they say Coldest State, Hottest Governor! Yeah, they must!

Comment by been there Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 3:55 pm
Blago: This is the perfect opportunity to tell the story how I boxed the golden gloves as a world champion for the bears while fighting a grizzley bear with a pot on the Alaskan Pipeline….I sure can bring it all together cant I!

Comment by prairiestatedem Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 4:19 pm
“When I open my eyes I will no longer be Public Official A”.
“When I open my eyes I will no longer be Public Official A”.
“When I open my eyes I will no longer be Public Official A”.

Comment by Ante Pavelić Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 4:48 pm
to Ante Pavelić, I’ll bet you meant, “When I open my eyes, BO will be Public Official A.”

Comment by Crowley Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 5:08 pm
BU-”Enough of the Gov. Whitley impersonations, Mr. Fritchey. The kid and me are the only ones still with ya, and I’m about to leave for lunch.”

Comment by Arthur Andersen Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 6:00 pm
Urlacher: “How did I get here? I don’t know who any of these people except BJ Armstrong.”

Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 6:36 pm
blago - I am sooo bored that I am falling asleep. I’m not the center of attention. zzzzzzzz…

Comment by Huh? Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 6:56 pm
Blago - “I coulda been a contender….”

Comment by HoBoSkillet Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 8:07 pm
John Fritchey scans the back of the room after hearing someone yell “Bingo!” during the 1st annual Bingo and bunt cake fundrasier for Emil Jones the Third.

Comment by Speaking at Will Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 8:34 pm
When Obama talks, it sometimes-kind-of doesn’t bore me, but this is boring, this is why I never go in to work.

Comment by Quizzical Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:18 pm
Rep. Fritchey: I told you I could hypnotize them Brian. Now let’s make them all hug. What do you think???

Comment by Sweet Polly Purebred Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:45 pm
I’ve seen THAT look before. Somebody pass him the Twinkies! Rod’s been inhaling again!!!!

Comment by Bill Clinton Tuesday, Sep 9, 08 @ 11:46 pm
Looks like I got censored

Comment by 2ConfusedCrew Wednesday, Sep 10, 08 @ 7:43 am