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* From our pal Mary Ann…
Rahm and Rauner together at #Google opening pic.twitter.com/GlfuC0Jucl
— Mary Ann Ahern (@MaryAnnAhernNBC) December 3, 2015
posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:23 am
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Hey, Bruce! Isn’t that Paul Simon two seats to your left?
Comment by Big Joe Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:26 am
RE - So am I going to get any money from the State this year?
BR - Who are you?
RE - Mayor of Chicago.
BR - Don’t know the guy.
Comment by Huh? Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:26 am
“Do Not Google That Phrase”
Comment by Jeff Trigg Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:28 am
Bruce!! Open your eyes!! It is not going to look too good on CapFax!!
Comment by Big Joe Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:28 am
“Too tell you the truth, Rahm — I’m really more of an ‘Ask Jeeves‘ kinda guy…”
– MrJM
Comment by @MisterJayEm Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:28 am
No caption. Just the thought that public office ages people.
Comment by Keyrock Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:29 am
Hey Rahm, I said keep your hand out of my pocket!
Comment by Big T Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:29 am
I know he’s here. I can feel his eyes on me.
Comment by A guy Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:29 am
Rauner: Let’s pretend we don’t know each other. I need to make you look like the enemy for now.
Rahm: Does that mean our families vacation together for next summer is off?
Comment by Joe M Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:31 am
Rahm counting ceiling tiles, and Bruce dreaming of the nice $1000 bottle of vino they will be sharing after this whole Google thing is over.
Comment by Big Joe Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:33 am
“Pass the wine bottle, please.”
Comment by Dome Gnome Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:33 am
If I can’t see him, he can’t see me. Whew that was close.
Comment by burbanite Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:34 am
Rahm’s 1,000 yard stare
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:34 am
Waiting their turn in the Thunderdome.
Comment by Amalia Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:34 am
Are they happy to be next to each other.
Comment by Levois Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:34 am
Hey Bruce! Did you get the same family discount on your trip to Cuba?
Comment by Big Joe Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:35 am
You’ll pretend that you don’t see me,
but watch me out of the corner of your eye.
I’ll pretend that I don’t see you watching me, but secretly watch you back.
Yes. Good game plan.
- Unknown
Comment by Anon221 Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:35 am
Both thinking to themselves:
“Just don’t look over, or make any moves, and maybe he won’t notice I’m here.”
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:35 am
does best. Fat fingers strike again.
Comment by Huh? Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:36 am
Imagine yourselves in a happy place….Not Chicago Illinois for crying out loud!!
Comment by Big Joe Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:36 am
“Rahm”
“Bruce”
And… Scene
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:37 am
“I wonder if it’s possible for me to just dump this office and sign up for one of those internships from that one movie”
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:37 am
Don’t sit so close to me!
Comment by Wensicia Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:37 am
Bruce, I never got that fish. You promised!
Comment by Big T Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:44 am
[Could I call a Caption Contest timeout just long enough to ask: who’s the guy wearing red pants and a green bow tie, to Rauner’s left?]
Comment by Dome Gnome Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:44 am
Rahm to Bruce:
“It’s so easy to be you.”
Comment by Austin Blvd Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:44 am
Dang it, Wensicia, now that song’s stuck in my head!
Comment by Anon221 Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:45 am
Rauner (out the side of his mouth): When they invited me to this, I agreed to come only if I got to sit next to you. How about you and Cullerton ganging up on Madigan? Or at least be a spy for me and let me know what Madigan is thinking. I’ve got ways to make it worth your while.
Comment by Joe M Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:47 am
“Pants-on-fire silent protester.”
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:48 am
BR: “If I don’t open my eyes, I can’t make eye contact, QED.”
RE: “Revenge is a dish best served cold.”
Comment by wordslinger Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:49 am
BR: I hope that Ahern woman isn’t around to snap our picture together.
RE: If I just space out it will look like I am paying attention.
Comment by Big Joe Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:50 am
“Johnny Ola told me about this place…”
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:54 am
Rauner: “If I wish hard enough and then open my eyes, maybe Dunkin will be the one sitting next to me. What a Christmas miracle that would be!”
Comment by Realkewlio Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:54 am
Hey Bruce. Do you who this guy is, next to me? Do you know who his protege in the State House is?
You’re welcome.
Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:55 am
If we can get my Turnaround Agenda passed, imagine the investment Bing would make in Chicago!
Comment by Jimmy CrackCorn Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:55 am
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/31/fashion/men-in-red-pants-stuck-in-old-cultural-baggage.html?_r=0
Comment by Anon221 Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:57 am
“Ok, alright, ok… Thank you, thank you… I now need two volunteers for this next trick… Two guys from the audience… “
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:59 am
If I had a kerchief I could be blowing my nose right now!
Comment by ColdofWinter Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:01 pm
Lol Willy. You beat me by a few seconds. I was going to add:
Old man Daley would never come here but Goldbergknows these places like the back of his hand.
Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:02 pm
Nice embalming job — “he looks so much like he did in real life!”. Or, heh, someone stole one of the characters from the wax museum in spring patch and is having it fill in for the governor.
Comment by vole Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:02 pm
Nice to see Diana was able to make it without the help of her Chief of Staff
Comment by LizPhairTax Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:03 pm
This place is interesting. How’d they come up with the name Goo Goo?
Comment by A guy Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:05 pm
Rahm, I’ll see you in Cuba over the holidays
Comment by Almost the Weekend Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:06 pm
I’ve loved, I’ve laughed and cried
I’ve had my fill, my share of losing
And now, as tears subside, I find it all so amusing
To think I did all that
And may I say, not in a shy way
Oh no, not me, I did it my way
-Frank Sinatra
Comment by Century Club Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:07 pm
- 47th Ward -, well played…
“Caption?”
Gov. Rendell speaking to supporters and donors…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:07 pm
“You think Amy, is mad about your vacation plans? Imagine if you cut your wife’s funding.”
Comment by Come on Man! Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:14 pm
Anon221: I was hoping the man in red pants was the new police superintendent.
Comment by Dome Gnome Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:14 pm
“Welcome, today we’re going to discuss when your crisis becomes so big, you run out of the leverage you had hoped to create.
Who finds themselves ‘there’ right now? Some of you?…”
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:17 pm
“Now, muni bankruptcy has some major pitfalls…”
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:22 pm
DG- He looks like a young Tom Wolfe:)
Comment by Anon221 Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:22 pm
One pillar supporting the cloud.
Comment by vole Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:24 pm
Rahm to Bruce, “You’re going to be great as Kylo Ren in the Star Wars.”
Comment by Jose Abreu's next homer Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:28 pm
“Next up, this wine isn’t know for its fine vintage, or the region it’s from, or even the winery, it’s rare because it’s the last of this bottling. So… Let’s start a ‘bit’ lower, and begin the bidding at $75,000… “
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:30 pm
“And now, Diana Rauner to present Ounce of Prevention’s ‘Man of the Year’… “
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:32 pm
RE: Hey Bruce, pull my finger!!
Comment by Big Joe Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:35 pm
Numbers 1 and 2 on the list of “People in Illinois who probably shouldn’t Google themselves right now.”
Comment by Ron Burgundy Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:38 pm
Although the screenplay and film are considered the best ever, Rahm and Bruce weren’t too impressed with the stage version of “Citizen Kane”
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:40 pm
Rahm: I wonder if I would look too elf-like in those red pants…
Comment by Ron Burgundy Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:41 pm
#wompwomp
Comment by crazybleedingheart Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:47 pm
Rauner *places hand on Emanuel’s thigh*
I’m here for you, man.
Comment by Name/Nickname/Anon Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:47 pm
“And now, introducing our friend, Forrest Claypool… “
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:48 pm
“Ladies and Gentlemen, our good friend, Arne Duncan… “
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:50 pm
Bruce and Rahm head to fashion week in Paris figuring it is less dangerous there.
Comment by Amalia Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:53 pm
BR =Want to stop at the market and pick up a fish for Mike Allen after this?=
RE =Suggestions?=
BR =Salmon? Or a nice tuna?=
RE =Catfish. How about a big catfish?=
BR =I like your style, Rahm.=
evil laughter
Comment by Formerly Known As... Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:54 pm
“And a special treat… Ladies and Gentlemen… Karen Lewis… “
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 12:58 pm
I heard Google is moving to Indiana because Indiana is so awesome. Said no one ever.
Comment by Jon Spicer Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:02 pm
++++Big Joe - Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 11:26 am:
Hey, Bruce! Isn’t that Paul Simon two seats to your left?++++
I had to take three looks myself
Comment by Rollo Tamasi Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:04 pm
Rauner: Let’s see 800 million in a mutual fund paying a 4.5% dividend. The shares split 2 to 1. The value of each share has gone up $2.68 per share in the last quarter. Geez!!! I can buy a dozen more Ken Dunkins. Poor Rahm he barely has tip money.
Comment by Rollo Tamasi Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:10 pm
“I think you missed the joke, my young apprentice. See, when he asked you about vacation plans he meant a permanent vacation.”
Comment by Dirty Red Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:10 pm
… When Diana Rauner leaves her seat between Rahm and Bruce…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:11 pm
I can’t see anything. Should of brought another phone book.
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:13 pm
I thought the good witch told me all I had to do is close my eyes, click my heals together three times and I could turn this whole place into Kansas.
Comment by Johnnie F. Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:14 pm
“Now, … here’s the tricky part when trying this Trangulation move in your real lives… “
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:15 pm
Hey Bruce, Paul Simon stopped by to give you some advice!
Comment by Rusty618 Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:18 pm
BR: Hey, have you ever heard of a zero based budget?
Comment by Cheswick Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:26 pm
Imagine there’s no collective bargainin
It’s easy if you try
No Treasury agents below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today…
Imagine there’s no unions
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no death tax too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace…
You may say I’m a schemer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no Trial Lawyers
I wonder if you can
No need for income taxes or tax attorneys
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world…
You may say I’m a schemer
But I’m not the only one (me and Kenny)
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one
Comment by Beaner Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:32 pm
Diana: “Bruce, are you in your Happy Place?”
BR: “Yeah. The Milkshake Shack in downtown Fort Wayne.”
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:35 pm
Rahm: “Now about our funding for 2016…”
BR: “Shhh. I’m receiving a message from Swami Goldberg.”
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:36 pm
Rahm: “So I Googled ‘What should I do now?’ and I got back ‘We don’t know.’”
BR: “I just use the Magic 8-Ball Quinn left in the desk.”
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:39 pm
Since BR doesn’t recognize the letter “g”, he thought he was showing up to support all the oogles out there.
Comment by Henry Francis Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:41 pm
Man with green bow tie: (I’m wearing RED PANTS, for pity’s sake, and no one noticed!)
DR: (Who’s this guy in the red pants?)
BR: (I wonder if The Duke would have punched him out?)
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:44 pm
BR: “I’m thinking of an equation for Chicago’s funding…”
RE: “Pi R Squared?”
BR: “Pie are round. Cornbread are square.”
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:49 pm
RE: “This is as stimulating as a carton of Sominex.”
BR: ZZZZ zzzzz zzzzz
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:55 pm
RE: “When I was in high school, I used to paint eyes on my eyelids. Works every time.”
BR: “So THAT’s why Madigan never blinks.”
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:56 pm
Rahm to self: Ok, just keep looking forward and don’t make eye contact that way when you have to ask him for money it won’t be so awkward.
Comment by W.S. Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:56 pm
Woman in back row: (This tall guy keeps blocking my view. I wonder what would happen if I gave him a noogie?)
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 1:59 pm
Diana: (I wonder what I should get Bruce for Christmas this year? A plaid shirt? No, no. A gold-plated corkscrew? No, he has a whole drawer of those. Hey, how about a copy of Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People?”)
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 2:03 pm
RE: (I’m not being treated with the proper respect. At least at Olive Garden they give me a booster seat.)
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 2:08 pm
Doesn’t appear they are sharing an exclusive high priced bottle of wine today.
Comment by drop the soapbox Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 2:27 pm
“Red pants. Red pants. I am sooo glad I didn’t wear my red pants”
Comment by Tommydanger Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 2:48 pm
Hey Rahm. What’s that smell? It’s wafting from your area… I think it smells like fear!
Comment by Triple fat Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 2:53 pm
Spotlight on Rahm & Rauner? No it’s the guy with the red pants, green tie and blue shirt that looks like a walking
King rainbow that steals the show!
Comment by Gary from Chicagoland Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 3:14 pm
BR: Gotta make sure the investment team bought a piece of this.
RE: Got another f$@*?! video at the office to review.
Comment by zatoichi Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 3:42 pm
Takes a bold man to wear a green bow tie and bright red pants.
Comment by Huh? Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 3:46 pm
Weekend at Bruce’s
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 3:55 pm
“Ladies and Gentleman, Bill Daley…”
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 4:07 pm
Just trying to catch 40 winks.
Comment by mokenavince Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 4:35 pm
Bruce’s object permanence experiment:
I thought this was supposed to be a SECRET cabal, but Rahm keeps turning up everywhere like a bad penny. I’ll just close my eyes and make him disappear.
Comment by Sue Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 5:09 pm
“Goldberg said, don’t sit anywhere close to that little $&@#%*#. Boy, am I gonna hear it when I get back to the office.”
Comment by Arthur Andersen Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 5:09 pm
RE: Can’t wait to get away from these little people and show Bruce my new bottle of Dom Perignon.
BR: Can’t wait to get away from these little people and show Rahm my new bottle of Chateau Lafite Rothschild.
Comment by Cook County Commoner Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 5:27 pm
Wishing he wasn’t there.
Comment by Enviro Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 5:27 pm
What if Siri is syrIan?
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 5:33 pm
I see nothing
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 5:38 pm
Turning a blind eye
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 5:39 pm
Sorry Charlie
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 5:42 pm
Wow my turnaround agenda is working already
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 5:48 pm
Remember when you told everybody at New Trier that you would show them all? How’s that working out for you?
Comment by Anon Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 6:50 pm
Get this yahoo away from me
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 7:08 pm
Goldberg calling a sleeper cell
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 7:58 pm
I’ll keep an eye out for you mayor
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 8:46 pm
Rahm: Ummm, Bruce?
Rauner: yeah?
Rahm: I really like you.
Rauner: I know. I like you too, little buddy.
Rahm: No, Bruce, I mean I REALLY like you. Know what I mean?
Rauner: Still no money for Chicago, little buddy.
Rahm: Ah, man.
Rauner: Want some popcorn little buddy?
Rahm: yeah…
Rauner: Me too. Why don’t you get us some, little buddy?
Rahm: Ah man…
Rauner: how do you think I got rich, little buddy? The Rauner gravy train just pulled out of the station and both you and Chicago missed it.
Rahm: Ah, man…
Comment by dutch3001 Thursday, Dec 3, 15 @ 8:47 pm