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Question of the day
Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 * Imagine, for a moment, that a friend was visiting from out of state. Let’s say this person had never been to Illinois and knew nothing about our politics. Let’s also say that your friend asked you to sum up Illinois politics with one word. * Question: What would that one word be?
- Posted by Rich Miller
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- How Ironic - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:07 am:
FUBAR
- the Other Anonymous - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:08 am:
Bloodsport.
- Amuzing Myself - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:08 am:
chaos
- Anonymous45 - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:10 am:
wackadoodle
- Reader - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:10 am:
Ridiculous
- Ghost - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:11 am:
WAR!
- Ghost - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:11 am:
internecine
- Dan S, a voter and Cubs Fan - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:12 am:
circlejerk
- S. Illinois - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:13 am:
“;oiweriosdfdfj;asdiofuaposidf&%%#asdfk” In other words…incomprehensible nonsense.
- Fries is Extra - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:14 am:
insane
- Sir Reel - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:14 am:
Joke
- Anon - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:15 am:
pathetic
- anon - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:15 am:
baffling
- VanillaMan - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:15 am:
Chicagoan
- John Bambenek - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:18 am:
Epic Fail.
Ok that’s two words.
- Frost - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:19 am:
counterproductive
- Newbie - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:19 am:
Toxic
- Anon - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:19 am:
Testicular
- Montrose - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:19 am:
ironic
- Moderate Repub - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:19 am:
circus
- fan of cap fax - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:19 am:
Sad!
- Anon - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:20 am:
untruthiness
- Muskrat - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:20 am:
Egomaniacal.
- culatr - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:20 am:
cluster
- HV in HP - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:21 am:
delicious
- ZC - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:21 am:
Raw
- Capitol View - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:21 am:
Oblivious
(there is a state goverment to run, folks. Get over the political games and start acting responsibly.)
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:21 am:
Enriching
- ChiCountryGuy - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:21 am:
DEMOCRATS
- Larry Mullholand - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:21 am:
Shameful
- Anon - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:22 am:
Kleptocracy
- Ghost - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:22 am:
lol @ Rich
- Huh? - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:23 am:
I have to use 3 words
Circular Firing Squad
- Railfan - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:24 am:
Farkakte.
- S. Illinois - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:24 am:
Yes, Mr. Miller, you have quite the lemonade stand going. lol
- Phineas J. Whoopee - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:24 am:
Jeepers, I can’t be the first one to say what Illinois Politics is:
Corrupt!
- BandCamp - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:26 am:
Chicago
- bored now - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:28 am:
gotta go with whoopee here. i’m not sure how much a difference rich’s word is, although i’m certain he meant it for himself. but the same word seems to be true for many illinois pols, as well…
- Painfully Obvious - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:29 am:
Disfunctional
- IlliniM - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:30 am:
Emilriffic
Blagotastic
- shorty - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:30 am:
incompetant
- BehindTheScenes - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:31 am:
Bizarre!
- A Citizen - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:33 am:
Intoxicating
- freddy - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:33 am:
SICKENING
- Rod sez I'm pork - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:35 am:
Puerile
- North of I-80 - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:35 am:
Corrupt -used already so:
Selfish
Of 1 phrase can be used:
Pay to Play
- Speaking At Will - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:36 am:
exemplary
- Ken in Aurora - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:36 am:
With a tip of the hat to our host…
“Rodomized”
- Commonsense in Illinois - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:37 am:
Closed
- Vote Quimby! - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:37 am:
Sophomoric (from dictionary.com): conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature
- Siyotanka - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:37 am:
Boondoggle
- MetroEast - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:38 am:
“Most Corrupt State”
- MetroEast - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:39 am:
One word…A toss between Corrupt and Dysfunctional
- Anonish - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:40 am:
preschool sandbox
- Anon - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:41 am:
Incestuous
- bored on 1 - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:42 am:
Constipated
- clj - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:42 am:
Democracy
- HoBoSkillet - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:43 am:
HA!
- Frank W - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:47 am:
Machiavellian
- Slice & Dice - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:48 am:
I liked FUBAR but will go with SNAFU
- Phineas J. Whoopee - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:48 am:
Incestorruptional
- Policy from the Right - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:50 am:
Dictator for 24 out of 26 years
- Skeptic Cal - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:51 am:
Quoting from the matchmaker Michaleen Oge Flynn (played by Barry Fitsgerald) in “The Quiet Man” the word is ” HOMERIC “
- romeosatan - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:52 am:
governorincompetantbackbenchergoingtoprisonandwillnotpassgo
- Belle - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:54 am:
BoughtNPaid4
- Patriot - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:56 am:
Patronage
- Micky - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:56 am:
How about “nauseating” - I don’t know about everybody else but, that is the feeling I get whenever I think about this whole “process”!
- observation - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:58 am:
Embarrassing. (I actually used it this week when explaining the Special Session to visitors from the UK).
- Little Egypt - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:58 am:
NON-testicular
- Plutocrat03 - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:58 am:
whosencya
- OneManBlog - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:01 am:
personal
- wordslinger - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:02 am:
Complex.
- Vote Quimby! - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:05 am:
Infuriating, yet entertaining
- Ken in Aurora - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:06 am:
Anxiously awaiting Bill’s entry…
- Vote Quimby! - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:07 am:
Say, this isn’t one of those QOTDs designed to generate multiple short answers to show increased visitor traffic during significant events at the statehouse, is it?
Works for me!
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:08 am:
Demo-licious
- Hickory - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:08 am:
Inept!
- Sweet Polly Purebred - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:12 am:
Yummy
Addictive
(To a lif long pol junkie like me!)
- Pickles!! - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:15 am:
Comedic
- crackpot - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:16 am:
NeoFeudalism
- Springfield Alum - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:16 am:
Fukudome
- Daley - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:16 am:
Machine.
- IllinoisBelows - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:17 am:
Expected….can we make Chicago it’s own state??
- 4% - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:19 am:
fascinating
- Ivory-billed Woodpecker - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:19 am:
Stalemated.
- iPhone - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:21 am:
Elvis!
- Carleenp - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:21 am:
Frustrating.
- Steve - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:22 am:
Burke
- cermak_rd - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:26 am:
complicated
- Lefty Lefty - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:29 am:
Hellhole
- Ken - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:33 am:
ASININE
- Retired IDOCC - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:35 am:
Emilblagoized
- Kevin Fanning - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:37 am:
Vindictive
- South Side Mike - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:37 am:
Anencephalic
(relates to the disease that causes babies to not develop major portions of the brain during a pregnancy)
- anon - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:37 am:
purchasable
- Tom B. - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:43 am:
Nuts
- whisperquiet - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:43 am:
Craptastic!!
- former State employee - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:48 am:
Sociopathic
- Anon - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:50 am:
GOLF
(because all the other 4-letter words are already taken)
or JANFU (”joint army-navy . . . ,” as in everyone’s involved)
- Loyal Whig - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:52 am:
Entertaining
- schroedk - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:53 am:
Derelict
- Vote Quimby! - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:57 am:
Olympic-worthy!
- unclesam - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:59 am:
“Aristocrats!”
- Mr. Cub - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 12:01 pm:
SNAFU
- If It Walks Like a Duck... - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 12:02 pm:
“Kakistrocracy”
PS To unnclesam - Too funny
- Vote Quimby! - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 12:07 pm:
Clan-tastic!
- Vote Quimby! - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 12:08 pm:
Please note that’s clan-tastic! with a ‘c’ not a ‘k’.
- Nate - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 12:09 pm:
broken
- BannedForLife - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 12:10 pm:
nepotism
- Blackjack - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 12:31 pm:
Swordfight
- decaturvoter - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 12:32 pm:
Chicago
- Ambush Bug - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 12:34 pm:
Unvictorious!
- JonShibleyFan - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 12:41 pm:
Krausened.
- SO ILL - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 12:45 pm:
Snark-tastical
- phocion - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 12:46 pm:
Priapismatic
- Freya - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 12:51 pm:
Oz
- jerry 101 - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 12:56 pm:
bush-esque.
- Gus Bode - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 1:08 pm:
ummmmmm
- Joe D's Cousin Ralph - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 1:08 pm:
It depends on whether the person is prepared to hear the truth.
- He Gone - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 1:15 pm:
Cracky
- K to the 3 - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 1:18 pm:
raunchy
- One of the 35 - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 1:21 pm:
Hedonism
- Justice - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 1:28 pm:
Tenacious
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 1:28 pm:
Felonious.
- The Guild of Calamitous Intent - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 1:34 pm:
Cromulent
- Bill S. Preston, Esq. - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 1:37 pm:
Cacophonic.
For those of you who are less poetic and fans of crudeness (a la JJS): Craptacular.
- Yellow Dog Democrat - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 1:41 pm:
Schadenfreude. Because as much as we complain, lets admit we all kind of enjoy watching the train wreck.
- Sweet Polly Purebred - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 1:42 pm:
Bellicose
- Belle - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 1:43 pm:
Dim-controlled
- Sweet Polly Purebred - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 1:44 pm:
Yellowdog - I think you hit the proverbial nail on the head!
- Sweet Polly Purebred - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 1:46 pm:
cookoosnest?(as in One Flew Over…)
- Say WHAT? - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 1:51 pm:
Divisive
- Lee - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 1:52 pm:
Snafu
- Irish - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 2:19 pm:
Whosfacewouldyoumostliketoseeonamilkcarton
- Futbol Guy - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 2:37 pm:
Narcissistic
- Anon - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 2:39 pm:
UNsupercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
- Bandoleer - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 2:50 pm:
Great Theatre ( I know. Two words. So sue me)
- KGB - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 3:03 pm:
Stoopid
- I want to sleep - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 3:04 pm:
Torporific.
- Mr. Jones - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 3:05 pm:
Apathy!
- Vote Quimby! - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 3:06 pm:
Pathetic.
- A little bingo - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 3:06 pm:
Nihilistic
- Please - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 3:08 pm:
Quimby, pathetic has been used. So has Chicago — several times.
How about:
Just-shoot-me.
or
Liquor-is-quicker.
- BLAGO BABE - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 3:10 pm:
Criminal
- trafficmatt - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 3:24 pm:
Discombobulated
- tunes - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 3:38 pm:
ignorant
- anon - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 3:42 pm:
or maybe . . . E.D.
- RightGirl - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 3:57 pm:
MajorityDem
- Reality Check - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 4:14 pm:
Corruption
- Sweet Polly Purebred - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 4:16 pm:
crackheaded
- Ultra50k - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 4:28 pm:
Probably nothing…as their mouth would drop to the floor breaking their jaw.
- downstate Dem - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 4:29 pm:
Dumbified
- Boone Logan Square - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 5:02 pm:
Clout.
- Marco - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 5:14 pm:
Dopey.
- god love us all - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 5:25 pm:
Toss up between:
Horse(bleep)
Lovethoseidiotictaxpayers
- anonymous - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 5:34 pm:
DEMOCRATS
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 5:58 pm:
Demolicious.
- Anonymous - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 6:00 pm:
Intriguing.
- emmejo - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 6:24 pm:
Payback. Is that one word??
- David - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 6:58 pm:
Corruptacular
- Jake from Elwood - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 7:11 pm:
gnarled
- Ahem - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 7:48 pm:
Bedusked.
- freelance editor - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 7:51 pm:
rauschless :(
- Smitty Irving - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 8:27 pm:
Kafkaesque
- jr - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 9:04 pm:
smokey
- steve schnorf - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 9:11 pm:
I agree with “complex”, but it has already been used, so “byzantine”, as in its meaning of of “extremely complex”
- steve schnorf - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 9:46 pm:
And “intense” or “hardball”
- Silent Majority - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 9:56 pm:
Whereismine
- Disgusted - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 9:56 pm:
Disgusting!!!
- Jack - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:05 pm:
Socialist
- Jack - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:07 pm:
Or to use Jesse Jackson’s favorite word:
Nuts
- ELVIS FOR GOV - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:14 pm:
CAPONE
- Sweet Polly Purebred - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 10:52 pm:
RICO
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:14 pm:
Turdulent.
- there he goes again - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:19 pm:
notpolicydriven
- Heartless Libertarian - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:29 pm:
Hackneyed
- Sweet Polly Purebred - Thursday, Jul 10, 08 @ 11:56 pm:
Insane-to-the-membrane
- Captain America - Friday, Jul 11, 08 @ 7:24 am:
Illinois ia “not-a-’good-government’-State.”
This is what I tell newcomers when I register them to vote