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* The Senate Democrats put out a well-made and even touching video. It’s definitely worth a watch…


From Illinois Senate President Don Harmon and members of our Democratic Caucus, this is a thank you to all who are serving our communities through this very difficult time. #AllInIllinois pic.twitter.com/M27VLXpYbp

— IL Senate Democrats (@ILSenDems) April 30, 2020

* Anyway, on to the caption contest. It appears from the video that the Senate President has stopped shaving…

posted by Rich Miller
Friday, May 1, 20 @ 11:09 am

Comments

  1. Thanks for tuning in for my quarantine concert. This next tune goes back to my debut album in the 90’s…

    Comment by Ron Burgundy Friday, May 1, 20 @ 11:11 am

  2. “Yeah. I wrote that ridiculous letter. I’m not helping”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, May 1, 20 @ 11:11 am

  3. Kwame style isopropyl conservation?

    Comment by Snapple Lady Friday, May 1, 20 @ 11:11 am

  4. “So, Mr. Harmon, let me end this with, ‘I’m the governor, I’ll take it from me’… don’t summon me to a Zoom call again, unless you are bored and feel the need to write another gift letter”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, May 1, 20 @ 11:13 am

  5. Hey brother, can you spare forty-one billion?

    Comment by Independent Friday, May 1, 20 @ 11:14 am

  6. “He’s just sitting there. Said he’s waiting to hear back from Madigan, but we told him, the Speaker has no computer, let alone Zoom on it. So, he sits there, from 7 am to 7pm… i don’t think he blinks…”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, May 1, 20 @ 11:17 am

  7. Don’s video work is much better than his letter writing to Congress.

    Comment by Donnie Elgin Friday, May 1, 20 @ 11:19 am

  8. “Yes, welcome Don from Oak Park, your question for Leader Durkin’s virtual town hall”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, May 1, 20 @ 11:20 am

  9. “Don? Are your speakers on, Don… Mr. President… Don… can you hear us… is he frozen… I think he’s frozen… well, text him… No, he’s frozen… he can’t see that?… Don, you’re frozen… how can he not see that… send him another invite… no, tell him to turn the whole thing off… Don, it’s. Not. Working. … call him… no, don’t text him… who’s he on the phone with… support won’t help, tell him to log off…”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, May 1, 20 @ 11:29 am

  10. Sweet they did this.

    Comment by WeAreAVillage Friday, May 1, 20 @ 11:29 am

  11. When you leave your camera on, and you’re playing old school solitaire with people watching…

    Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, May 1, 20 @ 11:38 am

  12. You’re on mute Mr. President…

    Comment by 47th Ward Friday, May 1, 20 @ 11:44 am

  13. Elder Elf

    Comment by Todd Friday, May 1, 20 @ 11:46 am

  14. “So what I am doing, to show my solidarity with these front-line workers, is to knit a mask out of my own facial hair.”

    Comment by The Ford Lawyer Friday, May 1, 20 @ 11:54 am

  15. Do you want to hear the next one acoustic or electric?

    Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Friday, May 1, 20 @ 12:00 pm

  16. Don Harmon…the $40 some billion dollar man

    Remember this intro…”Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better, Stronger, Faster!”

    Comment by LawandOrder Friday, May 1, 20 @ 12:02 pm

  17. Thirty days in the hole

    Comment by Rabid Friday, May 1, 20 @ 12:03 pm

  18. Sen. Harmon is no Lovie Smith.

    Comment by The Way I See It Friday, May 1, 20 @ 12:05 pm

  19. Did anyone else catch that T. Cullerton went the opposite of everyone and shaved? He had been rocking a beard for quite a while.

    Comment by twowaystreet Friday, May 1, 20 @ 12:10 pm

  20. glad to see these elected officials expressing appreciation for the work of others. thank you.

    Comment by Amalia Friday, May 1, 20 @ 12:10 pm

  21. Tech Support: “Senator Harmon did you try turning your computer off and on again?”

    Comment by Steve Polite Friday, May 1, 20 @ 12:29 pm

  22. Outstanding…

    might add that the diversity of the Senate Dem caucus really stands out in this video.

    Comment by low level Friday, May 1, 20 @ 12:30 pm

  23. The Harmon Paradox: his beard is white, but somehow makes him look younger.

    Comment by Rich Hill Friday, May 1, 20 @ 12:46 pm

  24. “This one’s called It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere.”

    Comment by Rich Hill Friday, May 1, 20 @ 12:47 pm

  25. The Speaker will join the conference in a moment, he just needs to download Zoom onto his landline.

    Comment by Leigh John-Ella Friday, May 1, 20 @ 12:57 pm

  26. Just picked up the old axe after forty year absence and I am salivating over those guitars

    Comment by Peters Piece Friday, May 1, 20 @ 1:01 pm

  27. Pic from Senator Harmon’s audition for the role of Walter White in the stage production of Breaking Bad.

    Comment by Cubs in '16 Friday, May 1, 20 @ 1:05 pm

  28. Here is hoping Steve Brown lends Madigan his beard for his Zoom/Microsoft Teams round table.

    Comment by Helm Friday, May 1, 20 @ 1:06 pm

  29. I think the beard looks good.

    Comment by Perrid Friday, May 1, 20 @ 1:07 pm

  30. Funny stuff today. Thanks to the commenters for the laughs.

    Comment by Bored Chairman Friday, May 1, 20 @ 1:18 pm

  31. “Anyways, here’s Wonderwall”

    Comment by John Amdor Friday, May 1, 20 @ 2:29 pm

  32. Yes, I take requests. You want “Hard Times Come Again No More,” by Stephen Foster? O.K.

    Comment by Keyrock Friday, May 1, 20 @ 2:49 pm

  33. Great video from the Senate Democratic Caucus. President Harmon pulls off the beard really well, very Oak Park professorial with near prefect coloring.

    Comment by Anon Friday, May 1, 20 @ 3:03 pm

  34. As i’ve always said, Oak Park is a lot like Evanston.
    Kind of a college town.
    Without the University.
    Or the lake.

    Comment by 37B Friday, May 1, 20 @ 3:33 pm

  35. Love the multilingual thanks. Even the shout out to the Andersonville (?) French community.

    Comment by WH Mess Friday, May 1, 20 @ 4:26 pm

  36. I’d like to close with “Big Rock Candy Mountain”

    Comment by SAP Friday, May 1, 20 @ 4:28 pm

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