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posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:04 am

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seriously speaker, you are taller than Rosemary Mulligan. she only comes up to here on you.

Comment by Easy Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:10 am
“I lost a Congressional seat to a guy this tall.”

Comment by Reality Check Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:13 am
Mr. Speaker it’s smooth over everything!

Comment by Levois Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:15 am
Rich, really? I’ve only been back 3 days and I don’t even get a break? Well, so as not to be left out:

1. “See Speaker, then you hold your hand upside down under mine and we slap ‘em together. And that’s how you give somebody five.”

2. “I swear to God, if Fritchey tickles my neck again, he’ll think that Hoffman got off easy.”

Comment by Rep. John Fritchey Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:15 am
Speaker, you’ve never done the “Macarena”? It goes a little somethin’ like this…

Comment by The Doc Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:17 am
What do you mean you don’t know how to do the Macarena? It goes like this…

Comment by Reese's Pieces Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:18 am
Jinks…

Comment by Reese's Pieces Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:19 am
“But the trick to it, Mr. Speaker, is you gotta spread the cheese sauce really thick, all over the sliced steak, that’s how ya do it…”

Sorry.. it’s lunch time.

Comment by HoosierDaddy Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:20 am
“Mr. Speaker, I know Kung Fu.”

Comment by Obamarama Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:21 am
No Speaker, Governor Quinn waxes his head COUNTER clockwise.

Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:21 am
John Fritchey

“So, ya see, the strike zone used to be from the knees to the letters…but now a pitch up around here is called a ball! It’s the number one problem with the game today, the strike zone has changed!”

Comment by Speaking at Will Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:22 am
Fritchey returns from the new Star trek movie and mistakenly tries to explain the Klingon nerve pinch.

Fritchey discusses strategy for dealing with Cross: You sneak up on him and give a straight chop to the adams apple

Comment by Ghost Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:22 am
The Bull is this high in here.

Comment by Third Generation Chicago Native Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:23 am
Mind control vs. judo chop. Its a stand off.

Comment by Downstate weed chewing hick Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:24 am
No, no, no Mr. Speaker…we only need to raise this much more out of the common folk to pay for all of our pet projects.

Comment by Double Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:26 am
State employees.We’ll cut them off at their knees.

Comment by Mike an Ike Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:26 am
No, no, no Mr. Speaker…we only need to raise taxes this much more from the common folk to pay for all of our pet projects.

Comment by Double Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:26 am
The battle was short as Rep Fritchey used his Ninja skills he quickly learned that Madigan’s heat vision was unstoppable.

Comment by OneMan Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:27 am
Fritchey: “Okay, Speaker, I’m tired of this. You either back SB 750 or I’ll be forced to demonstrate my mastery of karate on you. Like this…”

Speaker (after a pause and a stare): “I’m not impressed. Tim, get this guy away from me.”

Comment by KGB Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:28 am
And Mike that’s when I gave a karate chop to Bob Love’s knees

Comment by OneMan Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:28 am
The tallest midget is only about this tall, Mr. Speaker

Comment by Johnny USA Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:29 am
See, Mike, the Chess board is a single plane - not three dimensional like you’re thinking.

Comment by A Citizen Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:30 am
“Look - I see you’re kinda unimpressed, but seriously, if we pile it up this high and deep, voters might think it’s all the Republican’s fault.”

Comment by VanillaMan Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:34 am
Don Stephens was throwing around those kind of numbers.

Comment by Steve Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:35 am
“Look out, Mike, Blago’s back! Judo chop!”

Comment by wordslinger Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:35 am
Let’s go over this one more time. This is paper. Paper covers rock. Scissors cut paper.

Comment by Bluefish Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:35 am
“Go ahead, Mr. Speaker - give me the old stink-eye, but look - I’m not shaking.”

Comment by VanillaMan Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:36 am
“David Carradine taught me Kung Fu, among other things.”

Comment by wordslinger Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:38 am
I have had it up to here with all this!

Comment by Third Generation Chicago Native Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:39 am
“Go ahead and cry, Mr. Speaker. I’m heartbroken over David Carradine, too. I remember that one episode where he chopped the bad guy just like this . . .”

Comment by Anon Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:40 am
Where’s your other hand…?

Between two pillows…

Those aren’t pillows!!!

(I can never resist a good Planes, Trains, and Automobiles reference.)

Comment by Heartless Libertarian Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:40 am
“Mr. Speaker, please let me explain. Assume you are GRF, now assume that we only project the revenues to come to here. The distance between my hand and the top of your head is what we in the government call a shortfall or budget gap.”

Comment by Fredbird Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:41 am
Let’s just crush the state employees and their families and that’s more money we’ll have for ourselves.

Comment by bmrnp Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:42 am
John Fritchey’s audition to become the next Speaker — with the Speaker thinking to himself: “This is the worst impression of me I have ever seen or heard. My hand chop motions are always VERTICAL; never horizontal. No one can do it right. Well, looks like I’m still going to be here for a while.”

Comment by unclesam Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:46 am
Madigan / thought balloon:

I am — DOOM! I rule here.

Comment by fisher Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:47 am
This is how G Gordon Liddy taught me to hold my hand over a lighted candle.

Comment by one observer Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:47 am
Madigan, silently: “OK, John, now move your hand over to the green button. That’s right. Move it. Slowly. Slowly…”

Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:48 am
Speaker, if you cut your apple in half this way, it gives you a new perspective on how Blagojevich was rotten to the core.

Comment by Blogger2 Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:53 am
The Speaker disapproves as Rep. Fritchey demonstrates his take on the patented Vulcan Death Grip.

Comment by Jake from Elwood Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 12:05 pm
C’mon Mr. Speaker, we gotta hokey pokey for the people…”You put your left hand in…you put your left hand out.”

Comment by April-Wha???? Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 12:12 pm
Speaker, Blagoof’s head is this flat. He just puffs the hairpiece to make it look round.

Comment by 2ConfusedCrew Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 12:14 pm
Fritchey: you know, I think the people have only had it up to here with us…
Mike: Nah, not even close John we hit reset when we got rid of Blago it starts all over, does it not…

Comment by anon 58 Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 12:14 pm
The level of bull has reached this level and is increasing!

Comment by Downstater Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 12:19 pm
Give me some skin, brother!

Comment by Dudeman Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 12:27 pm
Fritchey: “Have you seen the picture of me standing next to Bill Cartwright? I come up to about here on him! And that’s while I’m standing on a chair!”

Madigan (thinking): “I must banish all violent imagery from my mind. It IS possible. I must banish all violent imagery from my mind!”

Comment by ahem Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 12:32 pm
wax on — wax off

Comment by Todd Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 12:36 pm
without your heels, you’re this big

Comment by rf Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 12:39 pm
Seriously, Mr. Speaker, you’re taller than a leprechaun.

Comment by the Other Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 12:47 pm
Seriously Mike, you’d look quite gubernatorial with a Flat Top haircut!

Comment by A Citizen Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 12:53 pm
Fritchey: “Ok Mr. Speaker don’t turn your head, but I have a clear shot at Tom Cross with this rubberband.”

Comment by Anon Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 12:54 pm
So if the top of the Capitol rotunda was the measurement for average intelligence, the collective measure of our State legislature’s intelligence would come up to around here.

Comment by BigDog Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 12:55 pm
Mr. Speaker the problem with your reign the last 6 years was that the last senate president was taller than you … the new one is only this tall … thus giving you an advantage!

Comment by WOW Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 12:58 pm
I snagged a fish THIS BIG with the same stink bait we sent Quinn last month

Comment by Das Man Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 1:00 pm
MJM: I need a drink.

JF: Had mine. Rock steady for the special session…

Comment by Lefty Lefty Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 1:01 pm
See, you start off like this real slow and unassuming like, and then… Shocker!

Comment by anon Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 1:06 pm
The speaker is not impressed with an impromptu Sieg Heil from Fritchey.

Comment by Anon Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 1:11 pm
“Hey Moe! Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!”

Comment by phocion Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 1:13 pm
“If you weren’t on that soapbox, you’d be this tall”

Comment by You Go Boy Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 1:16 pm
Madigan: “These aren’t the droids you’re looking for”

Frichey: “These aren’t the droids we’re looking for”

Comment by siriusly Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 1:27 pm
Hey Mike remember when I was this tall? And I told you I wanted to be a Doctor and you said kid you can’t make money being a Doctor you have to get into politics…

Comment by democrat Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 1:28 pm
My vote is for the mind control-judo chop standoff!

Comment by Y2D Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 1:44 pm
No SERIOUSLY Speaker, THAT SANDWIcH WAS THIS BIG…….. LOTS OF CHEESE

Comment by Inish Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 1:58 pm
Thank goodness we changed the Video Gaming Act to allow taverns to have gambling that are 1000 feet from a school to now only 100 feet away from a school without nobody noticing…Now we can just put height restrictions on the machines for the kids to play like at Great America, figure this big…

Comment by Corey Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 2:22 pm
Shhhh… That’s Monday’s story.

Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 2:23 pm
Mr.Speaker, please, when you call for a vote and I do this, it means I need better instructions on how to vote!

Comment by LisleMike Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 2:23 pm
MJM: “I can elevate his hand and make him smack himself on the back of the head. When will these guys learn my powers?”

Comment by casual observer Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 2:25 pm
We were standing there and Rod’s plane came by flying by like this

Comment by Highland, IL Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 2:38 pm
phocion wins!

Comment by Bill Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 3:04 pm
F: The third hole just went on and on as far as ….
M: Like I care.

Comment by zatoichi Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 3:04 pm
our junior senator of illinois is exactly this tall.

Comment by Thomas Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 3:49 pm
our junior senator of illinois is exactly this tall.

Comment by James Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 3:50 pm
And it just hovered there in mid air like this, and then Alexi got out. I dont know how he can afford a state-owned flying saucer, but the voters are going to love it.

Comment by Downstate weed chewing hick Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 4:05 pm
I accepted the AFL -CIo endorsement in my congressional race and then I really stuck it to them on Sunday night with my no vote on the income tax. That was good, right boss . I did good, right?

Comment by Pete Granata Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 4:09 pm
JF: C’mon, Mr. Speaker, please unfreeze me. I was just teasing you with that “dirt off your shoulder” thing after Quinn walked away. He didn’t see me.

MJM: Mr. Fritchey, don’t you ever try to touch me again or you will be frozen colder than the Arctic Circle.

Comment by Arthur Andersen Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 4:20 pm
Mike, I understand the GOP record request itself was this high.

Comment by Anon Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 4:35 pm
I thought he was gonna throw Rock, so I threw paper and that’s why I am not wearing any pants today.

Comment by johnbtes Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 4:49 pm
Pete,

I wanted to take this opportunity to respond to your post. I believe that we need additional revenues in order to correct our structural budget deficit and to address our human infrastructure and social service needs. That is why I was not only in support of the measure passed by the Senate, but have also been a lead sponsor of HB750, the ‘tax swap’ bill, for several years now. In fact, I have openly stated that I support an income tax hike for over a decade now.

The bill that came before the House, however, has no property tax relief included in it, nor does it in any way address our education funding disparity. These are both elements which I believe are crucial to a viable income tax increase proposal. I remain hopeful that we will reconvene sooner rather than later in order to address this critical issue.

I am proud of my strong lifetime labor voting record and deeply appreciative of their support of my recent candidacy.

Comment by Rep. John Fritchey Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 4:57 pm
Mr. Speaker, I can jump this high for you.

Comment by parlimentary boy Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 5:15 pm
Practicing the age old legislative trick of misdirection, John, using his right hand, slips the Speaker’s watch off his wrist.

Comment by one observer Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 7:47 pm
Fritchey:”Mr. Speaker Please stay right here and look at me so I can get in another Tribune Picture. I got a stack this high at home and I’m only one away from the record.”

Comment by Fritchey Colleagues Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 10:04 pm
Ok Speaker you can put bamboo shoots under any finger and I still won’t vote for a tax increase.

Comment by long time state worker Friday, Jun 5, 09 @ 11:35 pm
Mr. Speaker….if we could compromise, work together “reaching across the aisle”….I think we would come in on a perfect landing for the best election year to come!

Comment by SouthernIL Saturday, Jun 6, 09 @ 11:25 am