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* On the left, The Southern’s outdoors writer Les Winkeler. On the right, Illinois AFL-CIO President Tim Drea…

I asked Tim if Winkeler was his older clone…

No but he is really good looking.

* The Question: Who is your doppelganger?

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 2:00 pm

Comments

=== The Question: Who is your doppelganger?===

Does it have to be an Illinois politician?

Comment by Just Me 2 Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 2:09 pm
Nope.

Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 2:09 pm
QOTD kinda defeats being able to maintain some form of anonymity on CapFax;)

Comment by Anon221 Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 2:11 pm
Cook County Sheriff Sheahan. Was mistaken for him on a regular basis when I worked at the Thompson Center. Was in Springfield for Quinn’s inauguration and Jim Durkin thought I was Sheahan.

Comment by Last Bull Moose Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 2:18 pm
Jerry Garcia

Comment by Pyrman Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 2:26 pm
===QOTD kinda defeats being able to maintain some form of anonymity on CapFax;)===

Unless any of us look like Brad Pitt or George Clooney, I don’t think maintaining anonymity is going to be an issue

QOTD: In looks, Garrison Keillor (although I was better looking as a young man but alas father time has taken its toll). In personality Sherlock Holmes.

Comment by Big Jer Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 2:27 pm
A cross between Brad Pitt and George Wendt

Comment by Morty Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 2:29 pm
I don’t really have one, but since I haven’t gotten a haircut in a while the top of my head looks like a cross between Pat Quinn and the guy from the Operation game.

Comment by Stuff Happens Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 2:34 pm
Clooney.

Comment by Token Conservative Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 2:35 pm
My looks and hairline have tracked with Phil Collins since the eighties.

Comment by Slugger O’Toole Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 2:37 pm
Also, the Rich Miller/Russ Langmore (Ozark) comparison is uncanny.

https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/1005_CAPFAX_Wood_COLOR1-900×751.jpg

https://www.tshirtsonscreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ozark1×03chevrolettshirt-1.jpg

Comment by Token Conservative Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 2:38 pm
Ugh…silly websites. Try this:
https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/2019/11/04/rich-miller-talks-state-government-corruption/

https://www.tshirtsonscreen.com/ozark-chevrolet/

Comment by Token Conservative Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 2:44 pm
I used to be confused quite frequently with my first cousin and former Republican State Rep. Barbara Wheeler. Considering our very different voting records, it resulted in some interesting encounters! Miss having her in the GA…

Comment by Ann Williams Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 2:54 pm
Gritty.

– MrJM

Comment by @misterjayem Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 2:56 pm
Richard Gere’s older, dumpy brother.

Comment by langhorne Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 2:58 pm
My younger sister. When we were traveling together last year, an astonishing number of people asked us if we were twins.

Comment by JoanP Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 3:00 pm
Patty Duke

Comment by GDUB Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 3:02 pm
I’d tall you but then I’d have to change my nom de CapFax.

Comment by Chicago Cynic Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 3:02 pm
BTW, when I saw that over the weekend, I had to reread the story because I thought, damn, that looks just like Tim Drea.

Comment by Chicago Cynic Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 3:03 pm
Probably… Tom Cross.

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 3:04 pm
When I taught at a western university, I was regularly mistaken for the university prez. I introduced myself to him as his on-campus double and he promptly offered me tenure if I’d start covering his meetings with state legislators and higher ed bureaucrats. I declined but he didn’t hold it against me.

Comment by Flapdoodle Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 3:10 pm
John Wayne

Comment by repete Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 3:11 pm
Back in the day, Tom Selleck. These days, Walter Brennan… (Do you think Tom Selleck has a reverse mortgage?)

Comment by The Magnificent Purple Wombat Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 3:20 pm
Max Headroom

Comment by Teddy Salad Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 3:22 pm
Michael Flynn

and there was a time or two years ago when I was mistaken for Joe Mahr.

Comment by John Patterson Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 3:25 pm
A mix of Nancy Sinatra and Britney Spears.

Comment by Cheswick Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 3:26 pm
Homer Simpson

Comment by Papa2008 Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 3:28 pm
bobby knight

Comment by flea Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 3:30 pm
Older?

Comment by Les Winkeler Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 3:42 pm
I’d like to say Sean Penn, but it’s probably more like “middle-aged guy behind you in line at Walmart who looks stoned”

Comment by Lester Holt’s Mustache Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 3:42 pm
From what people tell me: Face: Gary Cole; hair: Janick Gers; speech: Kevin Bacon. Best I can do.

Comment by DownstateR Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 3:43 pm
If I were to cast Rich Miller in a movie I would use Zach Galifianakis.

Also, there are a cadre of us bald, bearded, slightly overweight politicos that if one of us commits a crime the other will be arrested.

Comment by Peoples Republic of Oak Park Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 3:50 pm
Senator Durbin has an assistant that is a dead ringer for me. We even own the same shirt….

Comment by Just Another Anon Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 3:50 pm
Most of my family members.

Comment by A Guy Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 3:57 pm
Animal (the muppet)

I so need a haircut

Comment by Lurker Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 3:58 pm
My Wife tells me(on occasion) I look like a fool…an old one.

Comment by Dotnonymous Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 3:59 pm
Lots of catfish on this site. lol

Comment by drudge Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 4:00 pm
I don’t know … but my ex-wife used to swear I had a twin running around her home town and even driving the same type and color of car. I got blamed for stuff I never did …

Comment by RNUG Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 4:05 pm
Maybe Michael Frerichs … I’m kind of tall also, but he is a couple of inches taller.

Comment by RNUG Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 4:08 pm
Governor Pritzker.

Comment by ArchPundit Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 4:47 pm
BTW, this also means Patton Oswalt for me

Comment by ArchPundit Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 4:49 pm
Chapin Rose

Comment by OurMagician Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 5:01 pm
Drew Barrymore?

Comment by Ok Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 5:26 pm
Steve Martin

Comment by Reggaeman Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 5:44 pm
Elmo

Comment by bhartbanjo Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 6:09 pm
I used to be confused quite a bit with Keith Magnuson of the Blackhawks in my younger days. It was a lot of fun in the Rush Street bars back in the day.

Comment by "Old Timer Dem" Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 6:41 pm
We used to play to celebrity look alike game at work.

I had a lot of Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth on Game of Thrones) with the occasional Tim Conway

Comment by Titan Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 6:41 pm
I’ve been told I resemble a younger Frederick Douglass…but more worn out and whiter.

Comment by Dotnonymous Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 6:45 pm
Years ago someone said I looked like Beau Bridges. The shorter, portlier Bridges brother.

Comment by bogey golfer Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 7:20 pm
There’s approximately 30 million old white guys in Illinois government that look like these two.

Comment by Sonny Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 9:26 pm
Bill Clinton.

My wife doesn’t see it but I’ve been told so by perfect strangers at least 50 times.

Every time it happens I tell my wife I’ve been “Clintoned” again.

Comment by Glenn Monday, Jun 22, 20 @ 10:01 pm
Zack Efron.

Comment by filmmaker prof Tuesday, Jun 23, 20 @ 1:13 am
When I was in my forties, I was mistaken for Alan Dershowitz on several occasions in Clerks Office of the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Comment by Fishingvest Tuesday, Jun 23, 20 @ 6:56 am
Before I became a crone, I looked like Valerie Harper.

Comment by yinn Tuesday, Jun 23, 20 @ 8:02 am
I have been told I have Nickolas Cage’s facial expressions …probably fom Leaving Las Vegas

Comment by NorthsideNoMore Tuesday, Jun 23, 20 @ 8:54 am

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