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posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 1:48 pm
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Lyndon Johnson/Jimmy Carter
Comment by amalia Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 1:49 pm
…as well done is to half-baked.
Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 1:52 pm
Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd
Comment by Downstate Illinois Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 1:52 pm
Gene Kelly to Graucho Marx
Comment by OneMan Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 1:57 pm
Carefully coreographed achievement is to dumb luck
Comment by Captain Illini Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 1:59 pm
The obvious one is…
The Wizard is to The Scarecrow
Or..
Newt Gingrich is to Michelle Bachmann
Comment by Suburbs Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:00 pm
John Boehner / Barack Obama
Comment by Pot calling kettle Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:05 pm
As Machiavelli is to Don Quixote
Comment by J Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:05 pm
The Count / Cookie Monster
Comment by Pot calling kettle Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:06 pm
As Machiavelli is to Will Rogers
Comment by Ache El Mencken Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:06 pm
granite / pudding
Comment by Pot calling kettle Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:06 pm
Henry VIII::The Pope
Comment by Lakeview Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:07 pm
apples/pop rocks
Comment by Michelle Flaherty Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:08 pm
Soy :: Boy
Comment by MKA1985 Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:09 pm
An apple is to a kitten.
Comment by Pot calling kettle Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:11 pm
power/truth
Comment by Anonymous Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:11 pm
As coal power is to wind power.
Comment by Pot calling kettle Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:11 pm
Cellini is to G-Rod
Comment by spring Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:13 pm
Mr. D is to Mick Jagger.
Comment by lake county democrat Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:13 pm
lcd, would that be Mr. D as in “Dancing with Mr. D” or would it be Dick Duchossois?
Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:15 pm
Puppeteer is to Puppet
Comment by downstate hack Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:16 pm
Randy Hultgren is to Joe Walsh
Comment by OneMan Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:17 pm
Snidely Whiplash / Dudley Do-Right’s less competent twin brother.
Comment by Ken in Aurora Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:17 pm
Rupert Murdoch is to Bill Mays
Comment by Ha Nice One Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:19 pm
Oliver Hardy/Stan Laurel
Abbott/Costello
Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis
Comment by South of Sherman Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:19 pm
Speaker Michael Madigan is to Gov. Pat Quinn as Vito is to Fredo.
Comment by Simon Valentine Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:24 pm
Speaker Michael Madigan is to Gov. Pat Quinn as J. Edgar Hoover is to Harry Truman.
Comment by Aurelius Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:26 pm
As Rumplestiltskin is to Cinderella (this is for anyone who watched “Once Upon a Time” last night)
Comment by Pot calling kettle Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:27 pm
Off shore oil spill :: aquatic wildlife
Comment by Cheryl44 Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:28 pm
Emperor Palpatine to an Ewok.
Comment by Anonymous Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:32 pm
a bulldozer is to a sand shovel
Comment by Mom Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:38 pm
The Emperor is to Darth Vader.
Comment by Luke Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:41 pm
Hammer is to Anvil.
Comment by QBRNST Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:42 pm
…the Velvet Hammer is to the Velvet Fog
Comment by wordslinger Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:45 pm
As Cancer is to Alzheimer’s?
– MrJM
Comment by MrJM Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:46 pm
Rich Miller: Carol Marin
Comment by Yellow Dog Democrat Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:48 pm
as order is to chaos?
Comment by Carl Nyberg Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:52 pm
this is better.
Michael Madigan is to Pat Quinn as having a plan is to good intentions.
Comment by Carl Nyberg Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 2:56 pm
Ernie Banks it to Vic Roznovsky
Comment by Former WRMN politics Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 3:01 pm
Aw, c’mon Rich…I self-censored.
Comment by QBRNST Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 3:01 pm
Madigan: A 35 foot cigarette boat with an unknown payload, on full throttle, going round and round, eroding the shores of Lake Springfield.
Quinn: An 8 foot dinghy with no paddle, caught in the wake of said cigarette boat.
Comment by Cheswick Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 3:12 pm
spit is to drool.
Comment by anon Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 3:28 pm
Diamond to Glass
Madigan is as sharp as they come,
While Quinn is transparent and easily broken
Comment by anon sequitor Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 3:30 pm
Rock/hard place: between
Comment by Cincinnatus Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 3:52 pm
order :: chaos
Comment by Wensicia Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 3:54 pm
Grandmaster in chess / toddler playing checkers
Comment by Farker Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 3:59 pm
email: carrier pigeon
Comment by Doc Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 3:59 pm
Speaker Michael Madigan is to Gov. Pat Quinn as Machivelli is to Spongebob Squarepants.
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 4:11 pm
Speaker Michael Madigan is to Gov. Pat Quinn as Literature is to Archie Comics.
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 4:12 pm
poison ivy is to a kid
Comment by NW Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 4:20 pm
Oil and Water
Comment by ah HA Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 4:21 pm
“. . . as Jeff Skilling is to Tom Skilling.”
Comment by The End Is Near Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 4:27 pm
as Napoleon is to Colonel Klink
Comment by Cuban Pilot Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 4:34 pm
Sammy Hagar::Gary Cherone
Comment by Boone Logan Square Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 4:40 pm
A shark to a blowfish
Comment by Zool Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 4:51 pm
Lou Brock is to Ernie Broglia
Comment by 1776 Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 5:16 pm
Yoda is to Jar Jar Binks
Comment by siriusly Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 5:50 pm
as D-Day is to Grenada…
Comment by Vote Quimby! Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 6:18 pm
..as Ferrari as to Yugo.
Comment by Arthur Andersen Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 6:28 pm
make that “is to Yugo.”
Comment by Arthur Andersen Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 6:28 pm
one more-
as Heineken is to Blatz.
Comment by Arthur Andersen Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 6:33 pm
As Father is to red headed step-son..
Comment by mouthy Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 6:37 pm
Capt Fax to ___________(insert any hapless Tribbie)
Comment by CicularFiringSquad Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 6:58 pm
corruption / incompetence
Comment by RichardtheLionHearted Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 6:59 pm
…as chess is to checkers
(ok not that original but surprised no one else had taken it yet)
Comment by DuPage Dave Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 7:13 pm
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Comment by Das Man Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 7:14 pm
The Sunday crossword puzzle is to a search-a-word puzzle in a first grader’s Weekly Reader (do school kids have those anymore?)
Comment by Roadiepig Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 7:36 pm
Machiavelli is to Sling Blade
Comment by Sangpol Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 8:20 pm
salt; wound
or shrewd is to naive
Comment by downstater Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 8:25 pm
…as butter is to toast.
Comment by KGB Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 9:52 pm
Moe is to Curly
Comment by zatoichi Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 9:54 pm
Cardiologist is to Chiropractor
Garden Hose is to Squirt Gun
Stud is to Gelding
Wedding Cake is to Twinkie
Praying Mantis is to Gadfly
Brahm’s Lullaby is to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Comment by VanillaMan Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 9:56 pm
cat : mouse
Comment by my 2 cents Monday, Nov 14, 11 @ 10:58 pm
…as Livia Drusilla’s patience is to the Sybil’s frenzied uttering
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Nov 15, 11 @ 12:58 am
Villians are to Indiana Jones
Comment by The People Speak Tuesday, Nov 15, 11 @ 6:59 am
Blago/George Ryan
Comment by MeAgain Tuesday, Nov 15, 11 @ 7:11 am
giant to a dwarf
Comment by SUE Tuesday, Nov 15, 11 @ 7:46 am
Anon 12:58 — That is some classy. Ave!
Comment by soccermom Tuesday, Nov 15, 11 @ 8:33 am
anonymous 12:58- Got it, good one!!
J. at 2:05 wins it, in my opinion.
Comment by Downstate Commisioner Tuesday, Nov 15, 11 @ 8:41 am
Alec Baldwin: Stephen Baldwin
Comment by Bonsaso Tuesday, Nov 15, 11 @ 8:57 am
Harry:Lloyd
Lex Luthor:Bizzaro Superman
Comment by Wumpus Tuesday, Nov 15, 11 @ 9:13 am