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* Pat Quinn from the old days…

* The Question: What do you think the “young” Pat Quinn would say to Gov. Pat Quinn if the two could meet today?

If you don’t know much about Quinn’s history, this 1980 Illinois Issues story would be a good place to start…

Quinn is a “bad boy” on the Illinois political scene. A gadfly. An energetic, committed man, who, depending on who you talk to, is either slightly naive, or is, very simply, a ruthless demogogue. Most will agree, however, that he is clever.

Publicly, Quinn fancies himself a self-styled Howard Jarvis, firmly of the belief that the public dog should wave the bureaucratic tail and not the other way around. They laughed a year ago when Jarvis got Proposition 13 on the California ballot, Quinn said. They stopped laughing when it passed. Quinn is ultimately trying for the same kind of citizens’ initiative in Illinois. The object of Quinn’s ire, however, is not the tax structure but the shape of Illinois politics and the need, he says, to keep the politicians honest and their fingers out of the public till. […]

And while he cringes when hearing criticism, Quinn says his group will win someday. “If you’ve got a bill you want passed, I wouldn’t advise hiring me as your lobbyist,” said Quinn. “I haven’t exactly endeared myself to the politicians in Springfield. Our group is not even as quote “respectable” unquote as Common Cause. But sometimes it’s necessary to open some boils if you want to cure things.”

Quinn sees his work as an example of 1960’s activism applied to the more inner-directed 1970’s. “At first the activists wanted to change the world,” Quinn said. “When that didn’t work, they decided to try changing the nation. Now the emphasis is on state and local issues. The issues may be the more mundane, but the problems are more relevant to people’s day-to-day lives. “There was a survey that showed there are more members of public interest groups like Common Cause and the Ralph Nader group than there are dues-paying members of the Republican and Democratic parties. We’re in the mainstream. This is where politics is headed.”

* Best response wins a ticket to the August 17th Chicago White Sox game vs. the Kansas City Royals. The White Sox Caucus bought up 200 seats and I snagged [as in “purchased”] a bunch of them, so I’ll be giving them away from now until then. The seats are in left center field.

If you’re not a Sox fan [horrors!] or can’t make it to the game, you can elect to give the ticket to someone else or put it back in the pile for another day.

Have fun.

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 11:41 am

Comments

We became the leader of the Great State of Illinois how?!?! No wonder we lost all of our hair…

Comment by I wish I were Mrs. Guillen Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 11:44 am
Young Pat Quinn would tell the current Pat Quinn: “Stick to your principles. The public loses respect for polticians who vacillate on the issues.”

As a White Sox fan, I wish they woulda kept Brian Anderson and waived Dewayne Wise. Now we have two left handed hitting center fielders and lose a late inning defensive replacement.

Comment by Ravenswood Right Winger Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 11:47 am
I do see the resemblence with Bradley Tusk. Are they kin?

Entry: “Patty, wow did you miss out. You could have hired Andrew Shaw for your posse! “

Comment by CircularFiringSquad Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 11:55 am
I dunno what young Pat would say to old Pat, but I can picture old Pat saying to his younger self “You know, regarding that Cutback Amendment, all I can say is, be careful what you wish for, you might get it.”

Comment by Secret Square Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 11:56 am
“Who knew so many fleas lived on the bureaucratic tail…”

Comment by Inish Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 11:56 am
YOUNGER Pat Quinn to OLDER Pat Quinn: “Just keep sticking to sunday afternoon press conferences, populist rhetoric, support for our troops, super 8 motels, support for anything green, defying conventional political wisdom, disheveled hair, lackluster fundraising, and striped purple ties and you will do fine!”

Comment by anon the phenom Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 11:57 am
The old Pat would reprise his anti-income tax slogan he used against Gov. Ogilvie in 1972: “Remember the tax, give ‘em the ax”!!!

Comment by Legaleagle Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 11:58 am
What do you think the “young” Pat Quinn would say to Gov. Pat Quinn if the two could meet today?

“Hey Governor-man, you’re lookin’ like you’re try to prove that government can’t work. Where is the innovation? Where is the progress? How could you let that old man, Michael Freakin’ Madigan deny Illinoisans what they need? Where’s the pot legalization, for joint’s sake? You can’t be considered a leader when you’re behind him, kissing his butt. Voters can’t see ya, and before you know it, your’re yesterday’s tomatoes when they send you packing. Got a bong?

Here’s what ya do. You take a page from President Carter and turn the thermostats down. You install solar panels on the roof of the Mansion, and the Dome. You put windmills on the property, and build one on top of Sears. That’ll show folks that you are the real deal, that you care about the environment and the cost of government.

Then you stage a coup against Michael Freakin’ Madigan. The guy is dead weight. When he gets up to do his 8:37 morning pee break - with the apple - you have your people introduce legislation to strip him of his leadership powers. He’ll be in the can, chewing on that Gala apple core, while getting canned at the same time! What do ya say? Brilliant? And the voters are going to love you for it! It will totally crank the stereophonic media machine to, like, ELEVEN!

Grab some newspaper reporters from the big guns like the Trib, or the Times and start working that media magic! Folks like innovators - that’s what ya gotta be!

Now ya saw how Walker screwed up. I was there, sitting right in the front seat of that damn Dodge Royal Monaco sedan. That Jackinheimer is slurring his gin and tonic in the back seat and gettin nothing done! Not you, baby! Listen to me, Governor, and you’ll be riding shotgun with Joe Biden right into the White House! OH-YAH!”

Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:06 pm
Still single huh?

Comment by Speaking at Will Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:09 pm
I can’t believe what you turned into.

Comment by Bill Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:10 pm
Older Pat to Gov. Pat, “I want what you got. How did you do it?”

Comment by Carl Nyberg Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:12 pm
“That Mike Madigan guy, he’s what’s wrong with politics in Illinois. Take him on and crush him.”

Comment by Jim Landis Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:13 pm
Younger Quinn to Older Quinn: “You’ve gotten soft old man. Get back on your meds, clear your head and go for the juggular! Tell it like it is — that what the people want. No more of this pansy-schmanzy compromising crap! Show them whose got the strongest backbone and the biggest bite!”

Comment by unclesam Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:15 pm
Young Pat to Old Pat:
“It was easier back in the day - I had the unlimited, unbridled future and a tunnel vision and commitment temporarily granted to arrogant youth. Now you are in Phase III - the horizon getting closer, and your age/experience has brought some wisdom, but unfortunately more ambition than courage. Go back to the tunnel vision to do right, because, dude, before you know it, it’ll be all over.

Comment by You Go Boy Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:16 pm
“Now I undertsand completely what is meant by the old saying, be careful what you wish for because you just might get it”….

Comment by Anonymous45 Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:16 pm
Young Pat to Old Pat, “You gotta remember to curl the lip when you talk; that’ll show’em you mean business!”

Comment by southpaw123 Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:19 pm
Sire, King of Illinois. As King all you have to do is disband the house and senate, than you really are the King. Didn’t the house just pass a resolution about that?

Comment by Master Plan Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:20 pm
“It’s a disgrace that the governor and the General Assembly can find the time and energy to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for their campaign funds from special interests, but can’t pass a progressive budget that funds the needs of hardworking, taxpaying families.”

Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:26 pm
“If we’re the governor, then who is the opposition? And we took care of that Madigan dude first, right? Oh, for pete’s sake.”

Comment by Lefty Lefty Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:32 pm
Oh, so by fighting the powerful I can become powerful myself…hmmmm…interesting. Just one question…how do you fight “the man” when you become “the man” without hurting yourself?

Comment by quandry Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:39 pm
Young Pat to Older Pat:”You’ve got to know your enemy and organize accordingly.” and what happened to Keith Lesnick with
that mess about petitions for a machine candidate in the late
80s?

Comment by Amy Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:39 pm
“What happened to you, man? It used to be about the MUSIC.”

Comment by Gregor Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:40 pm
Dude what’s with the hair? And why does your voice sound so hoarse?

Comment by Levois Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:43 pm
That pic looks a little too much like one of Blago’s fair-haired right-hand men…

Oh, the contest?

“What the heck does “Ombudsman” mean, anyway!?!”

Comment by I. Raymon Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:43 pm
By vouching for Rod and running on his ticket in 2006, you threw away any credibility you built over the years as a reformer.

Comment by slinger Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:44 pm
Governor Darth Vader: Patrick! Give yourself to the Dark Side. It is the only way you can save your friends. Yes, your thoughts betray you. Your feelings for them are strong….
Young Pat Skywalker [igniting light saber, screams]: NO!

Comment by Dooley Dudright Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:46 pm
What do you mean the “fire in my belly” is going to have a whole new meaning in 2009?
Pass the Rolaids please

Comment by Hank Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:46 pm
“Well, Governor, if you’re having trouble getting the legislature to see things your way, get on board with our petition drive here: with the statewide initiative we can go right around the legislature, and we’ll make the will of the people the law of the land.”

Comment by james Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:48 pm
Tapping into populist enthusiasms will continue to be a successful strategy in Illinois — you’ve done it for as long as anybody, and you’re good at it. But recognize that when you go from outside change agent to really running the government, you have to adjust your competencies while maintaining your principles. You can’t run a state government like a guerrilla campaign. So be smart and be competent (which I know you’re capable of) while focusing your populism on your policy set, not your shtick.

You have the ball now; act like you know what to do with it, and start making the changes for people that you’ve always wanted to. Unless you can show that you’ve learned something about government in all your years of poking and prodding it, nobody — not you, and not the constituents you care about — is going to be better off for your service, and that would be a shame.

Comment by Kyle Boller's Clipboard Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:48 pm
Howard Hughes

Comment by Macbeth Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:49 pm
Young Pat Quinn to Old Pat Quinn: “Be true to thine own self, Pat”.

Comment by John Doe Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:50 pm
I think the young Pat Quinn would tell the old Pat Quinn “You’ll say anything to get elected”

Comment by Stones Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:54 pm
What they heck have you been doing for the last 6 years … smelling the flowers? … Wake up, man the nightmares over … time to get to work.

Comment by WOW Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:54 pm
You raised more money than the Speaker’s daughter?

Sellout!

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 12:56 pm
“Plastics!”

Comment by Johnny on the spot Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:01 pm
“Now look what you’ve done.”

Comment by Cheswick Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:02 pm
Now that I’ve met the ghost of Christmas future, I’m going to mend my ways so that never comes to be! God bless us every one!

Comment by Earnest Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:05 pm
Older Quinn to youthful Quinn:

“What were you thinking?”

Comment by Cheswick Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:06 pm
Dude, there are computers everywhere, why are you still putting all of our ideas on those little notecards?

Comment by Small Town Liberal Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:09 pm
“Wow you Big Irishman you, nice digs old boy…” Young Quinn skeptically looks around “you’re not selling out on me are you? Nah, you wouldn’t do that.” Old Quinn is speechless with disbelif as young Quinn plops down on the leather couch taking it all in, trying to ignore the now missing mane. “Gheez, who would of known populism is so expensive? I don’t want to sound pollyannaish about this, but…” Young Pat excitedly jumps back up from the couch and leans into Old Quinn’s ear as he longingly admires the untamed hair. After making sure the coast is clear, young Quinn, with hand over mouth, whispers “…have you considered legalizing pot to pay for all this man?” “Come on…”, Young Quinn pleads. “It’s a win-win. Just think about it bro. Gotta run, times up.” Leaves office with raised fist, disappearing into time’s aether. Pat Quinn, shocked, returns to budget cutting with a nostalgic sigh.

WHITE SOX!!

Comment by Quinn The Eskimo Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:11 pm
Younger Quinn to Older Quinn: “Wait, you mean the strategy developed on index cards 3001-3025 actually worked? Holy Crap!”

Comment by unclesam Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:12 pm
“Never trust anyone over thirty!”

Comment by Anon Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:17 pm
With a hint of Mr. Burns from the Simpsons, “Excellent!”

Comment by CLJ Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:19 pm
Young Quinn to old Quinn: Put the tax issue on the ballot and turst the voters to make the right decision.

Comment by Ghost Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:22 pm
Young Pat: “How did it happen, Old Pat? Where did we go wrong? When did we become one of them? When id we let our populist dreams for a better Illinois die?”
Old Pat: “Around the time we stood up with Rod to take that oath of office. I can’t get the stink off me now. [ Now OP doing a bad Michael Corleone impresion from Godfather III] Just when I thought I was out…they pull me back in”.

Comment by Downstate weed chewing hick Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:23 pm
You can’t plant a tree in a sidewalk.

Comment by Quinn's Best Hits Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:24 pm
YP to OP:

“You’re the man.”

Comment by COPN Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:30 pm
I don’t think young Pat would say anything. I think he would just hurl like Neo did when he found out the truth about the matrix.

Comment by Nick Nameless Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:31 pm
“Don’t piddle-diddle around, old man….Feb. 2 is right around the corner.”

Comment by Roy Halladay Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:37 pm
Guess I died before I got old.

Comment by Cousin Ralph Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:37 pm
You’re not going to change the world by letting Mike Madigan wag you man.

Comment by ahoy Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:38 pm
YP said this when walking with Walker..

“Remember the tax and give’em the axe” So what happened, OP

Comment by Remembering when Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:38 pm
Gov. Quinn: “All right. This one time I’ll let you ask me about my affairs.”

Young Quinn: “Is it true? Is it?”

Gov. Quinn: “No.”

[Young Quinn smiles and walks into his arms]

Young Quinn: “I guess we both need a drink, huh?”

[Young Quinn goes to the kitchen to fix a drink, but sees Jerry Stermer, Sean Vinck and Jack Lavin enter Gov. Quinn’s office]

Stermer: “Don Corleone.”

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:38 pm
i think speaking at will wins

Comment by colt 45 Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:42 pm
Young Quinn: “You know how they’re going to come at you?“

Gov. Quinn: “They want to arrange a meeting between me and Madigan. On Cullerton’s ground. Where I’ll be safe.“

[Young Quinn is silent for a long moment]

Young Quinn: “Cullerton. I always thought it would be Daley.“

Gov. Quinn: “It’s the smart move. Cullerton was always smarter.“

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:45 pm
“Don’t sell out to the man….Wait a minute, you ARE the man! Dude!

Comment by ceasar Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:48 pm
“What a difference a career makes in a man”!

Comment by Anonymous45 Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:48 pm
“You have become what you used to oppose!”

Comment by One of the 35 Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:50 pm
Young Quinn: “I’m gonna make you an offer you can’t refuse”. Looks just like a character from a Godfather movie.

Comment by Dan S, a voter and Cubs Fan Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:51 pm
Well, Rich, if that’s how you’re going to play it:

Gov. Quinn: There is no escape. Don’t make me destroy you. Young Pat, you do not yet realize your importance. You have only begun to discover your power. Join me, and I will complete your training. With our combined strength, we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to Illinois.

Young Pat: I’ll never join you.

Gov. Quinn: If you only knew the power of the Dark Side. Speaker Madigan never told you what happened to your ideals.

Young Pat: He told me *you* killed them!

Gov. Quinn: No. I am you, 30 years from now.

Young Pat: No, no, that’s not true. That’s impossible.

Gov. Quinn: Search your feelings, you know it to be true!

Young Pat: No! No!

Comment by Kyle Boller's Clipboard Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:55 pm
So you actually maneuvered Madagin into getting rid of the guv so you could take over? Man, what did you have to give up to get that to happen? Your first born And your soul? Whew, hard negotiator!

Comment by A Citizen Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 1:55 pm
YPQ to OPQ ” We have met the enemy and he is us”

Comment by Reggaeman Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 2:04 pm
“The Cutback Amendment did what?”

Comment by Ted Kord Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 2:12 pm
Old man take a look at your life, I’m alot like you were. . .

Comment by Jake from Elwood Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 2:14 pm
“Now what do we do?”
From the movie The Candidate.

Comment by Another Dart fan Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 2:18 pm
YQ slumps in a dark corner, head in hands, whispering - “..the horror…the horror..”

Comment by RobRoy Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 2:23 pm
Young Pat to old Pat:

“Pssst! Hey, um… … Legalize it.”

Comment by hmmm Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 2:25 pm
Young Quinn to Older Quinn:

What’s it like doing press conferences inside buildings? And without a card table? With reporters?

Comment by Quinn's Best Hits Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 2:30 pm
Young Pat Quinn: “Hey, is this heaven?”
Old Pat Quinn: “No, it’s Springfield.”

Comment by OldSmokey2 Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 2:33 pm
Young Quinn to Old Quinn: “Hey, check out this new briefcase…I think I’ll name her Betsy.”

Comment by Tex Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 2:34 pm
In a husky Brando voice: “You understand? You got some class. You’re a contender. You became somebody, instead of a bum. Now make them an offer they can’t refuse.”

Comment by zatoichi Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 2:37 pm
What do you know? I turned out to be a real life Forrest Gump!

Comment by Nick Nameless Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 2:37 pm
so are we suppose to fight now?

Comment by ahoy Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 2:38 pm
Ok Reggaeman-Will Pogo get to go to the Sox game, then?

Comment by Remembering when Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 2:41 pm
“They’re not still calling you a gadfly are they? Man, you gotta shake that tag.”

Comment by casual observer Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 2:45 pm
“Land of Lincoln. Government of the people, by the people, for the people. Let the will of the people be the law of the land.”

Comment by soccermom Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 3:00 pm
“If you hadn’t given that budget speech in March, I would have been the first one on the Capitol steps protesting against it.”

Comment by profiles in courage Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 3:03 pm
YQ: So now you’re one of the good old boys.
Wow! No, you can’t be me. I never would have got that twisted.

Comment by been there Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 3:26 pm
YQ: Guess I shoulda given that Cutback Amendment a little more thought, huh? It sure looks different from up here on the inside!

Comment by been there Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 3:29 pm
“Man, I knew I should have worked for Dad.”

Comment by Pleading the fifth Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 3:30 pm
Young Pat in 1980:

First we’re gonna cut the size of the House to save taxpayer money. Then we’ll run for a seat on the property tax appeals board and teach citizens how to lower their own taxes, then we’ll go to work as city revenue director and fight for the people’s money in Chicago. After Mayor Washington fires us and tells us to “get a job,” we’ll turn our attention back to Springfield. We’ll run for state treasurer as an outsider maverick and invest the people’s money in Illinois projects that make sense and grow our economy. And all the while we’ll barnstorm the entire state spreading our great ideas to let people take control of their government and cut taxes everywhere. Every Sunday we’ll have another press conference with another great idea.

Finally, we’ll cap our career as Lt. Governor serving alongside a reformer who promises not to raise taxes on people. Yes, that’s the plan. A populist, anti-tax reformer. What a legacy we’ll have!

Young Pat in 2009: You want to raise the income tax? You caved on ethics reform? Thirty years of building a brand down the drain in six months…

Comment by 47th Ward Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 3:34 pm
‘Boy, being the Governor of Illinois is actually a really lousy job to have, huh? Didn’t see that one coming.’

Comment by What he might say Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 3:35 pm
Governor? Wasn’t US Senator the logical “bully pulpit” goal?

Comment by Capitol View Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 3:43 pm
Looks like I win
Let me know when you want the address

Comment by CircularFiringSquad Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 3:43 pm
To quote Robert Earl Keen

“the road goes on forever, but the party never ends”

Comment by downstate hick Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 3:43 pm
Young PQ: [suddenly able to see the White Sox players and Chicago machine pols] Where did all of these baseball players and hacks come from?

Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 3:47 pm
YPQ “Now what?”

Comment by Inish Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 3:48 pm
Gov to young
“Some day you will take over as Governor of the State with the most political Mayham ever” you won’t believe this but you will become Governor when the sitting Governor makes history for being the first impeached in his state, oh ya, there’s more, he was caught selling the Senate Seat, yep, there will be a Senator, who becomes President from the State you are in….the first black President, and he won his Senate seat because he was up against a GOP whose wife divorced him for wanting to go to a sex club, and then they import some crazed GOP from another State to run against… see how he has that I have seen a ghost look on his face, as the Gov. Quinn, keeps going on and on about how he became Gov

Comment by Third Generation Chicago Native Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 3:52 pm
Young Pat..to older Pat…. “Wow… it’s true…when you lay down with the dogs…you get you get up with the fleas”.

Comment by Flea collar Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 3:58 pm
The young Pat looks at the governor who OK’d video poker, whose position on key issues changes daily and who sold out ethics reformers for a watered down recall plan and says …
“Do I know you?”
Today’s Quinn says: “Yeah, I’m Pat Quinn.”
Young Quinn says: “No, that me. You used to be Pat Quinn, but not anymore. So I’ll ask it this way: Who are you?”

Silence and pondering …

Comment by Frank Booth Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 4:21 pm
“Will people EVER stop getting me confused with that other tax protester guy, what’s his name — Jim Tobin?”

Comment by Secret Square Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 4:26 pm
What would Nader say about you now, man?

http://www.nader.org/index.php?/archives/1991-Pat-Quinn.html

Comment by DM Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 4:29 pm
Rich,

FWIW, I think VanillaMan and Speaking at Will deserve a pair of tickets.

Comment by Rep. John Fritchey Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 4:33 pm
Young Quinn: “Wow, I was high on angel dust and lost my bag phone at Comiskey and think the fuzz impounded by Audi 5000. Man, that cat Rusty Kuntz is the future for the Sox. If LaRussa would play him more we’d catch the Royals.”

Comment by Michelle Flaherty Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 4:35 pm
YQ to PQ:

“I can’t believe you are still listening to Filan.”

Comment by Arthur Andersen Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 4:43 pm
Old Pat to Young Pat–”Run, fast, it’s worse than we ever imagined. I’m telling you what I know now so you’ll know it then.”

Comment by Abe's Ghost Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 4:43 pm
Jeeze-louise, what changed? You or Illinois?

Comment by walter sobchak Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 5:06 pm
PQ to YQ
I’m telling you - Move to Missouri and build your political career there. Things like this business grow bigger and taller in Mo., and your hair won’t fall out.

Comment by A Citizen Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 5:11 pm
Old Pat to Young Pat: “I saw a strange thing today. Some rebels were being arrested. One of them pulled the pin on a grenade. He took himself and the captain of the command with him. Now, soldiers are paid to fight; the rebels aren’t.”

Comment by Boone Logan Square Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 5:12 pm
YQ to PQ… “It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation…and one turn at being the Governor of Illinois…to mess it up!”

Comment by Timetraveler Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 5:29 pm
“Hope I die before I get old…”

Comment by MrJM Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 5:52 pm
The picture is hysterical.

It’s one thing to criticize power. It’s another thing to weild it.

I think that Pat is doing the best he can with a bad situation. Kind of like Barack. They are both charter members of the “be careful what you wish for you may get it” club.

Let’s give the guy a chance to dig himself out of a mess that was not of his creation.

Comment by MikeintheSuburbs Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 6:06 pm
“It was alot more fun standing outside the tent piddling in, huh?”

Comment by Yellow Dog Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 6:16 pm
Young Pat - ‘What do you mean “You loved me in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”? What the hell’s that supposed to mean’?

Comment by Humphrey Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 6:17 pm
So Old Pat, you’re telling me this is it, that’s all there is, nothing changes? And your answer is “Afterall this is Illinois”?

Comment by A Citizen Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 6:34 pm
Surely I got this contest wrapped up with the John Fritchey endorsement.

Comment by Speaking at Will Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 7:04 pm
You should not have used the Palantir, Saruman!

Comment by 22skidoo Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 7:31 pm
Anon got my first choice. So, here’s my second.

Young Quinn: So…thanks to Blago’s misadventures, you finally had to face the ultimate test, huh?

Gov Quinn: Ultimate test?

Young Quinn: Ya…you know…Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.

Gov Quinn: I suppose.

Young Quinn: How d’ya do?

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 8:22 pm
YQ to PQ…. “so…You put your left foot in….and then you take your left foot out.. and then repeat?”

Comment by Hokie pokie Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 8:31 pm
Can’t use the tix…vacation out of state. But go Sox!

“This….this is it?”

Comment by Bobs yer Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 9:20 pm
“That crossing-out-the-word-Lieutenant on your business card business isn’t fooling anyone. God knows I’ve dreamed about this for years! And one word for that goofy music featured in your recent campaign ad at the Pride parade: preposterous!”

Comment by Whoah! Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 9:23 pm
Older Quinn: Make sure you cut your hair. People will need to be able to tell you apart from your predecessor because you to will not be able to pass a budget on time, nor will you be able to win a battle with MJM,

Comment by Pale Rider Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 10:22 pm
With kudos to Arthur Andersen

Old Quinn to Young Quinn: “Neither can I … .”

Comment by Smitty Irving Tuesday, Jul 21, 09 @ 10:30 pm