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* From a Peoria Journal Star headline…
Philanthropist Bruce Rauner…
* The Question: What one word would you use to describe Rauner and other potential gubernatorial candidates?
List as many as you want. Have fun.
posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:16 am
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Rauner (and any other Republican candidate):
Extremist.
Comment by Mike M Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:18 am
Hypocrite
Comment by Reality Check Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:19 am
Doomed …
Comment by RNUG Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:23 am
Rauner.
Its more than one word. But with the NFL Draft recently over I would go with “Ryan Leaf”
Comment by John A Logan Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:24 am
Narcisist
Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:25 am
Demopublican
Comment by FormerParatrooper Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:26 am
Oldman
Comment by Empty Chair Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:28 am
Unknown
Comment by unclesam Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:35 am
Onepercent
Comment by siriusly Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:35 am
Wingnut
Comment by foster brooks Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:38 am
Rauner Combine
Rutherford limited
Dillard finished
Brady Lucky
Quinn- Kool aid drinker
Lisa- untested
Daley- uninterested
Comment by votecounter Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:40 am
Toast.
Comment by Arthur Andersen Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:40 am
“Wide-eyed” (think either deer or optimist)
Comment by walkinfool Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:44 am
Governor?
Comment by Davey Boy Smithe Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:47 am
Who?
Comment by Property Owner Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:48 am
Wow.. Lots of Bruce love here…
Rambler Pat Quinn
Pontiac-Owner Rutherford
Other Madigan
Gadfly Proft
Comment by OneMan Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:50 am
Starters …
Rauner - Hoosierific, “Clou’n't”, reverseable,
Brady - Replay, Plummerless, media-shy
Rutherford - twitterful,
Dillard - 1990, by-gone, yesterday, field-less
Quinn - A.D.D., distractable, focus-less
Madigan - underestimated, overlooked, underappreciated
Daley - headliner, Sneedless, Bridesmaid
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:58 am
Vane
Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:58 am
Clou’n't Rauner! “One, one hypocritical move! Ha, ha, ha …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 11:59 am
Rauner - “Educator”, “Educating”, “Educated”
“Educator” - Charter Schools and sweetheart deals
“Educating” - his Dughter, by clouting her in to a school and moving into a condo in the city to clout her.
“Education” - What Rauner is going to get when others look into his delaings, his donations, his clouting, his unconstitutional, dilusional financial solutiions, ….
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:03 pm
Rauner - “We”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:05 pm
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh
Comment by AFSCME Steward Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:06 pm
Rauner - “Hull”-like, Hull-lite, “plastic”, Tarus-ing, Home-ful, Address-challenged…
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:09 pm
Rauner-leasedTaurus
Comment by Arthur Andersen Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:11 pm
Rauner - Quixotic
Quinn - Bumbling
L. Madigan - Default
B. Daley - Tease
Rutherford - Caffeinated
Comment by Ron Burgundy Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:11 pm
Rutherford - Dillard.
Dillard - Dillard.
Comment by Anonymour Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:12 pm
Rauner-Homesboy
Rutherford-Social
Brady-Do-over
Dillard-Don’t-ard
Quinn-Squeezed
Daley-Brother
Madigan-Next
Comment by Arthur Andersen Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:15 pm
For Oswego Willy:
Rauner: Client($)
Comment by Arthur Andersen Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:16 pm
Rauner: Featherweight
Comment by J Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:16 pm
Rauner - money-ful, mindless, hobby-less, constitutionally-challened, ignorant, hubris-ful, lecturous, mis-knowing, facade-ful, divider, coalition-less, “Base”-less, “Bloc”-less…
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:21 pm
lol
For - Arthur Andersen - = My-Bad, Sorry!
Oswego Willy not helping - Arthur Andersen -, land Rauner by posting all these words - DOPEY!
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:22 pm
Bloomberg
Comment by Madame Defarge Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:22 pm
Rauner: Plucked
Dillard: Pre-Schocked
Rutherford: Pre-Schocked
Brady: Self-Schocked
Quinn: Pre-Lisaed
Daley: Post-Lisaed
Lisa: Rusty
Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:23 pm
Rauner-Rahm
Comment by votecounter Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:26 pm
Rauner - oblivious, polling-challenged, commercial, compass-less, Rahm-ified, modest, litigation-filled, “negative” (as in a film negative), Governmentally-Cheeseheaded…
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:29 pm
Rainer - voice of the half per centers
Comment by in the know Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:32 pm
Dillard - Penny-less
Rutherford - caption-contest-worthy!
Brady - Bunch-less
Quinn - Record-less
Madigan - tested-less
Daley - fortitude-less
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:36 pm
All of them, winners and losers:
roadkill
Comment by RNUG Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:41 pm
Dec 2014. Afterthought
Comment by foster brooks Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:45 pm
Quinn - “comic”al
Daley - Whimsical
Madigan - methodical
Brady - seasonal
Dillard - procedural
Rutherford - Carnival
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:46 pm
Hyper-optimistic (with one exception)
Comment by soccermom Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:49 pm
Oligarch
Robber-baron
Clueless
Overbearing
Nobless-oblige
Deluded
Self-important
(You could really do this all day, couldn’t you?)
Comment by Adam Smith Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:50 pm
Rauner—Starter Candidate
Comment by Publius Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:51 pm
wannabe
Comment by Just Me Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:57 pm
Unethical
Comment by here we go Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 12:59 pm
Arrogant
Supercilious
Greedy
Comment by reformer Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:00 pm
Rauner - Charter Edition
Comment by Wensicia Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:01 pm
regressive
Comment by reformer Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:01 pm
Um…40 entries and no on said “rich”? Lots of political hacks here.
Comment by Hacks Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:06 pm
Hack-
Lots of people are rich, not all of them are running for Governor because they think being rich means they know everything.
Comment by Adam Smith Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:10 pm
Rauner - Oberweis-ian, Charles-Foster-Kane”ian”…
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:12 pm
Pay-to-Play
Comment by here we go Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:16 pm
Oligarch Bruce Rauner
Goofball Pat Quinn
Overrated Lisa Madigan
‘Not Richard’ Daley
Comment by jerry 101 Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:22 pm
Elitist
Aristocrat
Idiocrat
Pension-millionaire
Hack deserves a 2nd
Comment by Jeff Trigg Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:40 pm
Corruption-enabler
Comment by Jeff Trigg Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:41 pm
beekeeper
Comment by Rudy Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:42 pm
Rauner:
Austerianonepercentercontractviolatorunionhaterslimylawevadershillforwealthycorporationsmiddleclassenemythirdworldincomeinequalitypropagatordivideandconqueror.
Comment by Grandson of Man Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:44 pm
Gubers
Comment by A Citizen Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:47 pm
- Hacks -,
===Rauner - money-ful…===
I was meaning “rich” when I posted “money-ful”…
I was “trying to capture the spirit of the thing (post)”.
Saying “rich” is a bit lazy, now saying “rich”, without SAYING “rich” is a bit more fun.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:48 pm
#elitist (Rauner)
Comment by Jake from Elwood Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:48 pm
Rauner: Delusional
Rutherford: Delusional
Dillard; Realistic
Brady; Rerun
Proft: #NotAChance (I know, not a word, but used a #)
Quinn: Underdog
Madigan: Overrated
Daley: Hesitant
Comment by Mr. Grsassroots Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 1:56 pm
“voice of the half per centers”
more like “one percenters^2″ (ie 1% of the 1%).
Comment by Chris Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 2:05 pm
Rutherford-flounder (from animal house not the fish)
Dillard-humpty dumpty
rauner-scrooge
proft-scoundrel
brady-sandpaper
schock-baywatch
daley-aarp
quinn-brownie (fema vintage)
lisa madigan- queen
Comment by Shore Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 2:08 pm
Rauner- Clouted
Rutherford- doubted
Proft-routed
Dillard- Powted
Schock- prouded
Brady - shrouded
Quinn - Spouted
Lisa-touted
Daley - who?
Comment by LisleMike Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 2:25 pm
Rauner: Foolio
Comment by Big Time Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 2:37 pm
I’m Batman!
Comment by Dan Duffy's gas pedal Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 2:47 pm
Shore, I like that. Lets do an all Animal House edition of the goober candidates:
Quinn - Bluto
Madigan - Otter
Daley - Marmalard
Rauner - Dean Wormer
Brady - Niedermeyer
Rutherford - Flounder
Dillard - Hoover
Schock - Chip Diller
Comment by jerry 101 Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 2:50 pm
Jerry101, excellent. Toga! Toga! Toga!
A tool list:
Rauner: Hammer
Brady: Lugwrench
Rut: Toolbox
Dillard:Screwdriver
Quinn: Hacksaw
Madigan: Scalpel
Daley: Level
Comment by Arthur Andersen Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 3:36 pm
Rauner: Insidious
Proft: Delusional
Brady: Shallow
Rutherford: Overenthusiastic
Dillard: Plodding
Comment by LincolnLounger Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 3:59 pm
Amateurs
Except for Lisa of course.
Comment by siriusly Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 4:49 pm
me me me me and me
Comment by tired of politics Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 5:28 pm
Rauner = Counterfeiter
Comment by x ace Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 5:42 pm
Lisa: Proactive
Comment by Ruby Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 5:42 pm
Irrelevant
Comment by Ex-Illini Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 6:21 pm
The Top Gun Edition:
Rauner: Viper
Brady: Jester
Dillard: Merlin
Rutherford: Charlie
Quinn: Goose
Madigan: Maverick
Daley: Iceman
Comment by Arthur Andersen Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 6:22 pm
Rauner: Andrewjewski
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 6:50 pm
Zesty Rutherford
Ritalin-deficient Quinn
“Body by Bacon” Dillard
Bruce Wayne Rauner
Comment by Emanuel Kant Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 7:01 pm
The best list I just made was pairing this crew up with commenters here e.g. Dillard: Cincinnatus but I think I would get deleted and/or lose some friends so just use your imagination.
In the meantime for those so inclined, the NASCAR edition
Rauner: Kurt “Rowdy” Busch
Brady: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Dillard: Carl “2nd” Edwards
Rutherford: Brad “Twitter” Keselowski
Quinn: Tony “Smoke” Stewart
Madigan: Jimmie “5-time” Johnson
Daley: Michael “Lil’ bro” Waltrip
Comment by Arthur Andersen Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 8:06 pm
Lisa Madigan: Winner
Pat Quinn:Loser
Bruce Rauner: Loser
Dan Rutherford: Loser
Kirk Dillard: Loser
Dan Proft: Loser
Bill Brady: Loser
OR
Rauner: Fleeced
Dillard: JimEdgarsChiefofStaff
Brady: has-been
Quinn - surprising
Comment by Dazed & Confused Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 8:07 pm
Rauner - Daniels
Comment by abc123 Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 8:27 pm
LisleMike’s was very clever.
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 8:36 pm
Please, abc123 - Rauner isn’t even in the same universe as Daniels.
Comment by Ex-Illini Wednesday, May 1, 13 @ 8:46 pm