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* Gov. Bruce Rauner visited Hormel Foods in Rochelle today…
* The Question: Caption?
posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:06 pm
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You make how much? Have to talk to management, you’ll be better off with gift cards.
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:07 pm
Baloney?
Baloney!
Comment by The Captain Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:08 pm
Hamming it up after cutting pork from State budget.
Comment by Suburbanon Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:08 pm
“Judy, nice to meet you. Now, how about showing me how I can make a budget balanced by adding some of those new ‘fillers’”
Comment by How Ironic Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:09 pm
“If my budget passes, Illinois will be the world-leader in production of Soylent Green!”
– MrJM
Comment by MrJM Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:10 pm
I’m fixin’ to cut a lot of pork. Can you show me how?
Comment by Shawshank Red Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:10 pm
Please keep the pork out of Springfield.
Comment by Cook County Commoner Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:10 pm
Before we shake hands, you don’t belong in a Union do you? I’d better put on a pair of gloves if you do.
Comment by How Ironic Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:11 pm
spam spam spam spam spammity spam
Comment by Jeff Trigg Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:13 pm
I’ll distract him with a handshake and you grab his wallet from his left back pocket. We’re gonna need the money.
Comment by PublicServant Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:15 pm
Rauner: Oh, you’re not a Republican? I’m not either.
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:15 pm
So - what is this Spam you silly people keep talking about?
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:16 pm
Rauner: There you are! Yes, I need to send 177 hams to my new friends in Springfield. Can you personalized them?
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:17 pm
You wouldn’t want to see how we make sausage in Springfield
Comment by Anon Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:19 pm
Rich, the civilians add to the difficulty!
“Caption?”
Rauner: Yeah, you don’t believe what I said yesterday either, no one does, heck, even I don’t…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:19 pm
2 Scissors!! Let’s try again on the count of 3.
Comment by Veritas Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:20 pm
I hope she washed her hands before she went back to work.
Comment by The Unknown Poster Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:20 pm
The emergency room special interest delegation.
Comment by vole Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:20 pm
Usually the Missus directs the House staff charged with kitchen responsibilities to place the tinned goods out of sight of our visitin’ guests. We do so love tinned meats, but why should Muffy or Kip see any proof of that perverted and twisted fascination of ours?
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:21 pm
Rauner: I’ll see what I can do, but I’m trying to pretend I’m against that until May..,
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:21 pm
‘We need you in Springfield to help make the sausage!”
Comment by RNUG Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:21 pm
Show me where you cut things.
Comment by jt Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:23 pm
Rauner: You guys are doin’ a great job, just great. The Raunerbots haven’t been this well-fed since the Primary, keep the canned hams comin’
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:23 pm
I was told that the Chateau Margaux 2009 has the perfect bouquet for the crap you can!
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:25 pm
“Into this wild-beast tangle these men had been born without their consent, they had taken part in it because they could not help it; that they were in jail was no disgrace to them, for the game had never been fair, the dice were loaded. They were swindlers and thieves of pennies and dimes, and they had been trapped and put out of the way by the swindlers and thieves of millions of dollars.”
― Upton Sinclair, The Jungle
Comment by Kasparov Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:25 pm
Rauner: Been waitin’ all mornin’ to meet you! Where you holdin’ those 67 horse heads I ordered?
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:26 pm
You know that all the killin’, cuttin’ and processin’ would be a lot more fun if they weren’t forcin’ you to be on a union.
Comment by Quizzical Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:27 pm
Amazing!
That is the smell my van has!
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:27 pm
Rauner: Oh no, I don’t do that anymore. I buy state parties and dismantle them piece by piece, you’re fine…selfie?
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:28 pm
You have no idea how many cases of your product I have forced down the throats of helpless seniors in Florida!
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:29 pm
Race you to the bottom, ladies!
Comment by haverford Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:30 pm
Can you can AFSCME?
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:30 pm
Rauner: Are you the one I see about the extra key to open my Spam?
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:30 pm
I have a shiny new dime for each of you!
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:31 pm
Rauner: I dunno what y’all do here, but my email address is full of your product every day…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:31 pm
Mr Rauner–the magic beans are in that batch of chilli over there
Comment by train111 Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:32 pm
Rauner: That’s right, givin’ Spam for Easter, and fruit cakes for Christmas…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:33 pm
El Saludo desde Evelyn!
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:33 pm
I’ll be sending the state employees here shortly.
Comment by Yatzi Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:35 pm
Rauner: There you are! My shipping address has changed. Use the 10th address listed, the Springfield address, to ship those props..,
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:36 pm
So whose payin’ for those hair nets? Bet it isn’t you, you parasite!
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:37 pm
“$9.00 per hour you say? No wonder Hormel isn’t profitting like it should be. Where’s your boss?”
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:37 pm
Rauner: Evelyn wanted to see your assembly line but the state insurance policy we got her forbids Evelyn to be near large equipment and factory floors…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:38 pm
Rauner: No, I’m not the Shop Stewart, I’m the union busting governor, hello..,
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:39 pm
Our pets love it!
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:39 pm
I bet you don’t pay for those white coats - you leach!
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:41 pm
“Do you have anything w/o so much Spam in it?”
Comment by D.P.Gumby Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:43 pm
“If we lower a couple regulations here, we can have business booming by opening a new market for cadavers.”
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:43 pm
Remember, pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered.
Comment by Concerned Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:44 pm
Rauner: Well, I’m always hiring for my own staff…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:44 pm
So, in which can do you think your other hand ended up?
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:44 pm
” It’s always a pleasure to meet Union folks , some of my best friends are Union League Club members.”
Comment by x ace Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:44 pm
Rauner: Your workplace safety and rights are my 13th concern, that you can count on..,
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:45 pm
Being at a pork processing plant make Senator Trotter’s comments even more awkward…
Comment by OneMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:45 pm
Rauner: Wow, you make THAT much?
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:46 pm
See? You guys called it “Spam” and made it popular, and I’m calling my policies “Clusterspam” and hoping it gets to be as popular as your canned crap!
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:46 pm
Im the Governor, I don’t need no stinking hair net. Hairnets are for peasants!
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:47 pm
Rauner: It takes both of you to do that? Seems like overkill…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:47 pm
I saw a homeless kid in the Caymans eat this stuff once…
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:48 pm
Rauner: I saw your severance package, I wish you good luck…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:48 pm
“Problem legislators? Won’t see them no more, governor…”
Comment by Wordslinger Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:48 pm
Worker lady: “Yes, we can.”
Comment by Shark Sandwich Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:49 pm
Rauner: I saw the Two Bobs walkin’ around in here, they’ll be by soon.
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:49 pm
I will be cutting the fat out of the hearts of state employees.
Comment by Nieva Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:49 pm
Rauner: Can’t believe you guys get real work breaks…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:51 pm
Rauner: Meeting me IS your bonus this quarter…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:52 pm
Is it just me or does anyone get the impression as more time passes with him as Gov that he still thinks he is on the champaign trail? All talk no substance. He has no plan.
Comment by Downstate Republican Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:53 pm
Rauner: No, the factory I owned like this is closed now, but what a ROI…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:54 pm
I owned you for an entire week. Remember the week there wasn’t any toilet paper? That was me. Remember the pink sludge filler? Yup. Me again. Remember the time that old man showed up thinkin’ he bought old computers? Flipped it on him.
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:54 pm
So, which spice made your friend lose her eyesight?
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:55 pm
Rauner: I truly care about you, Ms. Line Item 617, with…full medical and dental…see, I know you.
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:56 pm
Tell your union shop steward closing her eyes won’t make me go away.
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:56 pm
I’ve been told that many of our former governors janitored this plant while on parole!
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:57 pm
Rauner: Congrats, I heard all the productivity here makes the return on what they pay you almost worth freezing your wages. Way to go.
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 12:58 pm
So, how much did it cost Hormel to personalize your lab coat? - you sponge!
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:00 pm
“I dont know what I am going to do when I run out of businesses to visit outside the Chicago region”
…
Comment by Loop Lady Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:00 pm
Rauner: I have to ask. Sorry. You guys make Cannoli here?
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:01 pm
Worker: Governor, our product has more real meat than that proposal you gave yesterday, but welcome anyway…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:02 pm
Governor Rauner: “Middle class? We’ll hurt you and your family.”
Comment by Precinct Captain Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:02 pm
I’m here to tell you that you have a right to work for far less than you currently are.
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:03 pm
Rauner: Just be glad you’re not a state worker…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:03 pm
After my budget cuts take effect, your focus should switch to dog food, the new top seller for the lower classes.
Comment by Wensicia Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:03 pm
Oh, governor! Thank you for tearing down state workers who make more than me. I am so happy because if I don’t have security in my old age, no one should. Except you who clearly earned your millions through hard work and compassion for people like me.
Comment by Demise Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:04 pm
You know that unions are what has made working here a living hell.
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:04 pm
If it wasn’t for state workers, you’d be eating real meat, or a better meat-like food product.
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:06 pm
Rauner: Thank you so much for not voting for Pat Quinn…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:06 pm
Rauner: I know why you two are smilin’. Can’t buy your company anymore…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:07 pm
Our landscapin’ staffers really like stuff!
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:08 pm
Rauner: Thanks for the hard hat and lab coat. Don’t have this set in my Springfield Prop Box.
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:10 pm
Rauner: If I get my way, one of you won’t be needed. Haveca good day.
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:11 pm
I got yur stinkin’ head net right cheer. Where’s my crown?
Comment by vole Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:12 pm
Rauner: You give up collective bargaining, I’ll make sure you make it through the first layoffs, deal?
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:13 pm
Oswego Willy should team up with Chris Britt
Comment by Jolly1 Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:15 pm
Rauner: That’s right, my goal is to keep your job here, just at 70% of what your making now…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:15 pm
My staffers wanted me to ask you if you preferred being called “Spamibillies” or “Spamininnies”. I wouldn’t want to accidently insult you po’ fok!
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:15 pm
I’m just like you, but unfortunately I’ve been cursed by wealth!
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:22 pm
Rauner: That’s right, I do live in the Mansion…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:22 pm
Rauner: Can I stay for lunch? Coffee Break? Even you Union meeting? Anything that’ll keep me from governin’..,
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:25 pm
You can afford to eat Spam? Hormel’s paying you too much.
Comment by Bluefish Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:25 pm
You know, it’s 23.4% cheaper to make SPAM in China.
Comment by Beans and Franks Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:26 pm
Rauner: You guys saw my van, right?
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:27 pm
OK, here’s the deal: I won’t tell you what I’m cuttin’ to balance the state budget and you don’t tell me how you make the Spam. Trust me, we’re both better off not knowing.
Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:30 pm
Diana, just this morning said - “Let them eat Spam!” - and we both laughed until the mobs with torches pushed through our mansion gates.
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:36 pm
OH - so the hair net was supposed to cover the hair on my head! Silly me!
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:37 pm
Rauner: Well, nice meeting you guys, don’t wabt you noth to fall behind any more than a good management team deems acceptable…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:43 pm
Rauner: Yeah, I do this during your breaks so its a win-win for me and your bosses.
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:44 pm
Rauner: Thanks for having me, oh hello, yeah, thanks, boy this place is huge, big building, reminds me of my 5th and 7th houses…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:46 pm
Rauner: You guys trust me, right…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:49 pm
Rauner: People ask me “Where’s the beef?” and I tell them “It’s here, at Hormel!”
Comment by Rufus Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:54 pm
Rauner: Did you guys get your gift cards from msnagement yet?
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 1:55 pm
Lookie here folks! She’s got four fingers AND a thumb!
Comment by cdog Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 2:04 pm
Sure seems chili in here.
Comment by A guy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 2:09 pm
We’re coming out with a new product called Oswego Chili. You can eat it everyday, but it will backfire on you if you have too much of it.
Comment by A guy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 2:10 pm
Rauner: Yeah, I know about how that truth in advertising can backfire…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 2:14 pm
What kind of wine goes with this “spam” stuff?
Comment by Pot calling kettle Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 2:15 pm
Rauner: thanks, yes, well, you know what they say, “Warm hands, cold heart”…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 2:15 pm
Rauner: No, trust me ladies you don’t want a state job, because before long I’ll have more blood on the floor in the Capitol than here in Rockford.
Comment by IB Strapped Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 2:21 pm
Willy, you have over 40 comments on this one. Hard to count and scroll at the same time. You really like this picture that much?
Comment by A guy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 2:32 pm
Well if CapFax is to be trusted I might catch on fire if I touch you but what the heck…
Comment by OneMan Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 2:35 pm
For - A Guy -,
Rauner: You guys have that phony ham, my speech was phony baloney, so this visit made sense.
“You’re not helping” …- A Guy -
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 2:39 pm
Nice to meet y….psych! (moves hand toward scalp)
Comment by Jocko Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 2:40 pm
Fox Inspecting the Hen House
Comment by Enviro Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 2:47 pm
Pink slime visit’s hub city
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 2:50 pm
“Hi nice to meet you. I could replace you with someone that makes minimum wage.”
Comment by Ducky LaMoore Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 2:52 pm
Rauner: Boy Evelyn wanted to be here but her steel-toe, rubber sole, shoes aren’t ready for actual hazards. She does have a hard hat and matching neck brace…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 2:57 pm
Rauner: I wanted to come here, personally, and thank you, and the factory, for all the props you made for me these last 18 months. The craftsmanship…the van…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 3:00 pm
Rauner: Nice to meet you, nice to meet you, see you guys, I’m runnin’ late for a slide presentation explainin’ how workers like you are ruinin’ Illinois…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 3:03 pm
=== Oswego Willy - Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 2:39 pm:
For - A Guy -,
Rauner: You guys have that phony ham, my speech was phony baloney, so this visit made sense.
“You’re not helping” …- A Guy - ===
C’mon man, look at the can. There’s at least 5% real ham in there.
I thought you’d like to the new product “Oswego Chili” You could market it like crazy.
Comment by A guy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 3:36 pm
=Rauner: You guys have that phony ham, my speech was phony baloney, so this visit made sense.=
Now I will call this:
Fox Inspecting the Ham House
Comment by Enviro Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 3:41 pm
- A Guy -, that’s not where you weren’t helping, and you know it.
Get some story boards up for advertising, and get a picture of my good side for the can…
Rauner: is it you, or you…who puts the globe on the beer bottle in the opening credits?
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 3:41 pm
“Start makin’ your party plans now, Sweetie! Cuz’ by 2022 you’ll be makin’ $10/hr!”
Comment by Arnold Ziffle Thursday, Feb 19, 15 @ 5:03 pm