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* Gov. Rauner speaking in Springfield this week…
“From storefront shops that anchor Main Street to the high tech startups that keep American on the cutting edge, small businesses are the backbone of our economy and the cornerstone or our nation’s promise”
* Last month…
Rauner, promoting his pro-business agenda in the speech in Elk Grove Village, called the suburbs “the backbone of Illinois prosperity.”
* Last summer…
Rauner said he enjoyed his time at the Du Quoin State Fair, calling the fairgrounds “beautiful.”
“It’s wonderful to support our farm families and agriculture. It’s the backbone of our prosperity,” he said.
* Also from last summer…
Governor Bruce Rauner visited Woods Equipment in Oregon on Monday afternoon. He said businesses like Woods are the backbone of the state.
“Manufacturing is the key to our prosperity here in Illinois,” says Rauner.
* May of 2015…
Governor Bruce Rauner served as the keynote speaker at the sixth annual DuPage County Regional Business Outlook event held Tuesday at the Drury Lane Conference Center, providing his framework for driving growth and economic development in DuPage County and statewide.
Governor Rauner shared his insight with a gathering of nearly 1,000 of the region’s business and civic leaders, welcoming them as “the backbone of the Illinois economy,” before sharing his vision for the future of the state.
posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:02 pm
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A tired metaphor.
It’s usually employed by folks who have nothing interesting to say — but feel like they must say something fundamental nonetheless.
Comment by Mr. K Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:04 pm
“That’s a lot of backbones”
To be fair, I’m pretty sure the governor has a hard time recognizing a spine.
Comment by Michelle Flaherty Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:04 pm
When you borrow the mocking ongoing bit from Will Ferrell in “The Campaign”, wearing ridiculous costumes, it’s tough to take your “word” seriously…
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:06 pm
Propaganda 2.0
Comment by Red Rider Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:07 pm
Perhaps the governor should show some backbone and finally propose a balanced budget outlining which cuts should be made and which revenues to raise as required by the constitution
Comment by Former hillrod Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:07 pm
Filipino tiltiwhirl operators are this nations backbone- Will Ferrel in The Candidate
Comment by Honeybear Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:07 pm
From the man who has none…
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:10 pm
Ms. Flaherty beat me to it. I was going to say that he’s been in Springfield so long he’s forgotten what a spine looks like. And that includes when he’s looking in the mirror.
Comment by Whatever Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:10 pm
And you dear Governor are the gizzard of our great state.
Comment by Gruntled University Employee Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:13 pm
“That’s a lot of backbones” should read, “Boy oh boy that’s a lot of backbones”….
Comment by Ducky LaMoore Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:16 pm
Well, we humans do have a lot of backbones (33 vertebrae to be exact)….so he has 28 more uses before it gets ridiculous
Comment by Just Sayin' Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:16 pm
The backbone’s connected to the backbone, the backbone’s connected to the backbone, the backbone’s connected to the backbone…etc.
Comment by A guy Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:17 pm
Flashback to freshman year at Dartmouth, when a young Bruce Vincent Rauner was bounced from the archaeology program after answering “backbone” to every question on the midterm.
Comment by LakeviewJ Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:19 pm
Those words are misleading from a paper pusher billionaire. I make my living pushing paper/LBO but this man takes the cake.
Comment by Rocky Rosi Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:20 pm
Unfortunately, many of the backbones have osteoporosis that is becoming increasingly debilitating because of 1.4% increasingly inability to do his job.
Comment by Huh? Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:25 pm
Didn’t I hear Governor Rauner once say that our Illinois universities, colleges and community colleges are the backbone of Illinois’ financial well-bring?
No, probably not. That must have been somebody else.
Comment by Joe M Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:25 pm
The Governor may be able to understand backbones, but he is clueless to know that he’s the colon of Illinois, and we can’t wait for him to go…
Comment by Captain Illini Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:27 pm
Yes, Michelle beat a lot of people to it. She’s good at that.
Comment by Norseman Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:30 pm
Michelle Flaherty won the Internet today. Thank you all for participating.
Comment by Aldyth Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:30 pm
The Governor can’t really be serious, can he? This has to be some kind of inside joke by the staff. He’s using the Will Ferrell bit from The Campaign…Filipino tilt-a-whirl operators are this nations’s backbone.
Comment by KAA-boom Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:32 pm
Michelle Flaherty -
Restaurant-Quality. You outdid yourself, and that says something.
I guess if the phony Rauner is intolerable, the real Rauner Bruvr is hiding must be a peach of a guy…
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:35 pm
“Filipino Tilt-a-Whirl operators are this nation’s backbone!”
Comment by MovieGuy Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:42 pm
If Illinois is a back, it has spinal stenosis.
Comment by Bogey Golfer Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:44 pm
So if Governor Rauner sees Illinois as quadruple jointed, maybe he’ll support legalizing marijuana after all?
Comment by fed up Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:45 pm
Where’s he getting all of the backbones?
Oh, wait, …. I see…
Comment by Nobody Sent Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 3:58 pm
Amazing how broadly you can employ the same rhetoric when you’re not bound by the truth. When’s he going to say that killing AFSCME and keeing poor women from having abortions is the backbone of Making Illinois Great Again?
Comment by IRLJ Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 4:00 pm
The Rauner communications crew has been phoning it in for some time.
From the sheer number of flacks alone, you’d think you’d get a little variety.
But when you have an audience of one, why bother?
Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 4:02 pm
Destroyin’ AFSCME, closin’ universities and forcin’ social service agencies to shut their doors are the backbones of my administration.
Comment by Former hillrod Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 4:10 pm
Perfidy is the backbone of my administration.
Comment by Former hillrod Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 4:12 pm
The man’s a tool. He can’t help himself.
Comment by El Conquistador Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 4:22 pm
Rauner thinks so little of the people of Illinois, he’ll dress in costumes and make up things mocking the intelligence of us all.
You don’t have 4,758 backbones when you actually respect 1 state and her citizens.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 4:32 pm
… and my arthritic administration has the duct tape prosthesis for your back pains
Comment by Vole Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 4:35 pm
“When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a backbone.” I think it needs work.
Comment by Skeptic Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 4:35 pm
Carnival ride operators are the backbone of Illinois’ prosperity.
Comment by Waffle fries Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 4:42 pm
The Rauner says… Backbone!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=09Uc4ZFvNt4
Comment by Anon221 Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 4:43 pm
Seriously, none of the superstars have seen this flick? Is it self-parody? Are they makin’ fun of the boss when they send him out there babblin’ like that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJQ4SwC0Rbg
Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 4:48 pm
wordslinger- the Dems should make a similar montage of Rauner’s backboned quotes!
Comment by Anon221 Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 4:52 pm
Well technically the “backbone” contains 33 individual bones. So he has 28 parts to go to cover our diverse economy.
Comment by ste_with_a_v_en Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 4:54 pm
===the Dems should make a similar montage of Rauner’s backboned quotes!===
Respectfully, “why?”
The Dems have yet to show any serious life in going after Rauner’s phoniness in any media advertising way.
Can they start now?
That would be fun.
Maybe Labor can help with Pritzker(?)
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 4:57 pm
OW- my response would be , why not. Would be more entertaining than the “Tool Man” ads. And, if they coupled it with serious notes of backbones that have been broken by Rauner, maybe it would be more impressionable.
Comment by Anon221 Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 5:02 pm
===why not===
Judge Smails said it best, “Well, we’re waiting”
I’m with ya, but where o where has the pushback been?
Maybe things will change.
I hope.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 5:06 pm
“budget with reforms” covers a lot of
ground too.
Comment by walker Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 5:14 pm
Carharts worn by a conman. That’s the backbone.
Comment by Ryan Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 5:15 pm
That’s a lot of backbones and not many G’s from our governor the jelly fish.
Comment by JS Mill Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 5:57 pm
Unfortunately he doesn’t have one.
Comment by illinoised Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 6:16 pm
Well somebody in this state has gotta have some backbone…….
Comment by Dog Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 6:26 pm
He stole this from Will Ferrell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJQ4SwC0Rbg
Comment by Wizzard of Ozzie Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 7:01 pm
Dr. Rauner’s deliberate devastation on Illinois’ fiscal, higher ed and social services backbones has malpractice written all over it!
Comment by XDNR Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 7:01 pm
Amish heater cabinet makers are the backbone of the Illinois economy.
Comment by Blago's Hare Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 7:40 pm
Asian Carp fish meal factory workers are the backbone of the Ilinois economy.
Comment by Blago's Hare Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 7:43 pm
Calhoun peach pickers are the backbone of the Illinois economy.
Comment by Blago's Hare Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 7:48 pm
Wrigley Field groundskeepers are the backbone of the Illinois economy.
Comment by Blago's Hare Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 7:54 pm
Bloomington area windmill inspectors are the backbone of the Illinois economy.
Comment by Blago's Hare Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 7:56 pm
Morton pumpkin chuckin’ official distance measures are the backbone of the Illinois economy.
Comment by Blago's Hare Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 8:06 pm
Marion toothpick manufacturers are the backbone of the Illinois economy.
Comment by Blago's Hare Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 8:17 pm
I know I speak for many Illinois citizens when I say that we’re all sick and tired of being backboned by Bruce Rauner.
Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 9:49 pm
Lots of bones in the spine..
Comment by A Modest Proposal Wednesday, May 3, 17 @ 11:03 pm
Spinal tap tour
Comment by Rabid Thursday, May 4, 17 @ 7:04 am
“Like I’ve always said: The backbone is the key to the backbone of Illinois’ backbone.”
– MrJM
Comment by @misterjayem Thursday, May 4, 17 @ 8:15 am
Capitol fax commenters are the backbone of the Illinois Economy!
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, May 4, 17 @ 8:29 am
Boneheaded thinking
Comment by Rabid Thursday, May 4, 17 @ 8:42 am
Wow, such a deep topic. Slow news day? You can pick any politician of either party at any level of government and come up with the same kind of post, using any number of campaign speech keywords. But this is a liberal-leaning blog so let’s do it with the Republican governor and give the faithful liberal followers something to type clever replies about.
Comment by weary Thursday, May 4, 17 @ 8:54 am
Heartless Rauner only has a checkbook as his backbone.
Comment by DeseDemDose Thursday, May 4, 17 @ 9:01 am
- weary -
You must’ve missed the Blago-Quinn years.
Rauner likes backbones, not unlike Cam Brady.
Rauner made himself a caricature, no one did it for him
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, May 4, 17 @ 9:06 am
Wow, to be fair I would say that every Governor that has been unable to stand up to the Speaker, ultimately giving in to the demands of ever more spending without the means to pay for it are the ones without a backbone. You can say what you want about the Speaker and Rauner with nearly a million bad things, but to say that they don’t have backbones is not one of them. Each has their opinion and no one is going to change their minds. I would say they have very strong backbones…
Comment by Exhausted Thursday, May 4, 17 @ 9:22 am
Given how slow growth in Illinois has been under his administration, maybe the animal he is describing is a turtle.
Comment by Anon Friday, May 5, 17 @ 12:53 pm