Great Insult
- With Republicans serving their 15th consecutive year as a minority in the Illinois House, and ninth year out of power in both the state Senate and governor’s mansion, the GOP hurled names like “dictator” and “tyrant” at Madigan, speaker of the House for all but two of the past 29 years and the state’s Democratic chairman.
“We are under the thumb of a controlling, vindictive, ethically challenged, self-serving leprechaun, and I mean no disrespect to leprechauns, Speaker Mike Madigan. He has spent the last 40 years in Springfield, making himself rich, trading on his position of trust,” said Illinois GOP Chairman Pat Brady, likening the state to a “third-world republic like Venezuela.”
The "leprechaun" crack makes the entire comment. We heard Daley described similarly but without all the preceding adjectives.
posted by SCC at 12:02 AM
39 Comments:
Past Brady should have been the Governor of Illinois
The obvious severe conflict of interest between madigans law practice and his role in the legislature is enormous. Where is the Illinois Attorney General, Liver lips Lisa. Off dealing with her little "pet causes". Ugh, thinking about the utter despicableness of this situation makes me want to vomit. God grant your servants some relief from these devils.
Considering that Madigan is also responsible for most Republicans in this state being elected its all a bunch of pointless grandstanding. Still is funny though.
where's me gold?
Yeah madigan is scum, but what's with all the Irish bashing lately? It seems the Irish or Americans of Irish ancestry are the latest piñata everyone is taking a swipe at. I doubt Brady would have described Reagan the same way. I didn't vote for madigan, but I'm glad I didn't vote for Brady either!
One of the business agents busted with a double dipping city pension was a Madigan stooge. Another one of his pets came on our job, went on days with weekends off immediately, and was a typical union goon. He was very pro-union, except for the part about shared sacrifice.
You could tell the guy was special when he was given a grand send off at retirement. He got a pension from the union and the city. Nice.
Funny, Everyone seems to foret the last 40 years we've had Republican Governors for 32 of them& Pate Philips was the Speaker
There's one huge difference between Brady and Reagan in case the guy beefin about the ethic slur against the Irish didn't notice. Reagan was never the tyranical, dictator that Madigan is. Reagan worked for the people not himself, his family or the few connected slugs that are destroying this state,city and county. Reagan was for the people. Madigan is for himself.
Brady is an idiot. Anybody who wants creationism taught in the public schools is goofy. They were both terribly poor choices - with no one in sight for the next gov. election.
there is a reason they spend so much money to get elected. they get the power to extort from business men by passing laws that adversely affect them. or money from the tax payers, so they can protect the children. they always find a reason to take money from the public for some noble reason. so basically they are pimps and extortinists.
It's easy to talk big. Blago did it too and look where it landed him.
Yeah madigan is scum, but what's with all the Irish bashing lately? It seems the Irish or Americans of Irish ancestry are the latest piñata everyone is taking a swipe at. I doubt Brady would have described Reagan the same way. I didn't vote for madigan, but I'm glad I didn't vote for Brady either!
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You die hard demorats are hilarious. In the face of failure you still will tote the democratic talking points. What, Brady didnt blow enough chi-machine pols for you? Look at Detroit moron.
Actually he would have been better off without the ethnic slur. He has a great point but the gutter position doesn't serve him well.
Until the voters wake up and start voting, this will continue. The only people that vote are the suckers that either are, or THINK they are getting something from the thieves they are voting for. Everyone needs to vote, and vote for the person they think will help the City, County or Nation.
SCC,
Posters are confusing Bill Brady, who ran for governor with Pat Brady, the chairman of the Illinois GOP, that made the comments about Madigan. They are not related, much less the same person
The Republicans were no better than Madigan when they had control in Springfield. They are ALL fucking corrupt thieves and liars. No wonder this state is bankrupt.
And those diamond shapes in his Lucky Charms aren't marshmallow, either.
Big Jim Thompson is Madigan's role model.
Anyone that thinks there is a difference between republicans and democrats isnt very smart. They play up the party when it suits them and serve their own personal agenda the rest of the time. Educate yourself and vote for the person not the party.
And madigans daughter lisa looks the other way at all the corruption like daddy like daughter!
If you are engaged in unethical behavior it helps to have annointed a child of yours to be the one responsible for investigating the same...
Yeah madigan is scum, but what's with all the Irish bashing lately?
as long as another Irish guy does it, I'm good with it
Funny, Everyone seems to foret the last 40 years we've had Republican Governors for 32 of them& Pate Philips was the Speaker
. . . and the only constants ? The Dem Madigan and pension shortages
And his "adopted" daughter Lisa NEVER investigates "Daddy"
Good strategy on the part of GOP, voting democrat= voting for Madigan. Also true.
"Anonymous said...
Funny, Everyone seems to foret the last 40 years we've had Republican Governors for 32 of them& Pate Philips was the Speaker
6/10/2012 02:50:00 AM"
Funny, we elect Governors not Kings
ALL spending bills originate in the House,(something about a silly constitution...not important) where Madigan reigns supreme.
Since liberal Democrats always want to blame Republicans, then blame Jim Thompson. He is the guy who sat down with Phillips, Madigan, Daley and others and organized the Illinois Combine.
You won't beat Madigan in his district, but you can take away his power by electing Republicans in every House District
All politicians SUCKS!
Yes, but lets not forget that the republicans in power in this state have gone along with the democratic dealsings. Gov. Thompson is the one who signed into law the sweetheart pension deal for Daley in the early 90's that also gave the aldermen and others great pension deals. Gov. Ryan was supported by the democrats over a downstate democratic college professor who would not cut deals with them. The entire political class cannot be trusted. I give nothing in the way of campaign contributions to any politician after it was revealed how Ryan and other spend these contributions. Parties, sports tickets, trips, meals etc. They supplement their income on the backs of the middle class through contributions. Tohell with all of them until some reformers come along. Now, Durbin is mentioning Anita Alveraz as possible US Attorney. Is he kidding? Probably not.
Anonymous said...
Funny, Everyone seems to foret the last 40 years we've had Republican Governors for 32 of them& Pate Philips was the Speaker
6/10/2012 11:49:00 AM
Pate Phillips was never Speaker of the House in the Illinois legislature. In fact, Pate Phillips was never even in the House in the Illinois legislature. He was in the Senate of the Illinois legislature, from the 23rd District. He lived in Elmhurst.
Phillips was a powerful and influential Senator, first as minority leader and later as majority leader but never, not even for one day, was he Speaker.
He is still alive and is 82. Former US Marine.
Some of you are confusing two different men named Brady. The guy who is quoted, Pat Brady, is the head of the IL GOP. I think he is a former asst. US Attorney. The guy who ran for governor is Bill Brady. State Senator from Bloomington.
Madigan has been called "The Leprechaun" for years by people in politics and government -- mainly because he looks like one.
The Speaker before Madigan in the early 1980s was none other than George Ryan.
There is NO Republican party in Illinois, they are all DemocRATs in Republican clothing. The last true Republican was Jack Ryan and you saw what they did to him, providing us with the PO(tu)S, Obama.
Some of you are confusing two different men named Brady. The guy who is quoted, Pat Brady, is the head of the IL GOP. I think he is a former asst. US Attorney. The guy who ran for governor is Bill Brady. State Senator from Bloomington.
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It really does not matter which Brady they are bashing for they still will bash anything GOP because they grey up in the system, the one party system that will fail just like Detroit. I am amazed by you demorat drones that put O and Rham in office because of party. Fucking think for yourself for once, especially if you are a cop and you see the liberal mainstream media slant everything against you. If you are a self proclaimed demorat in these times,,,you are fucking soft with no backbone to look at reality. Fact. Havent you ever got the feeling that the demorats do not like you?? Holy Shit Stupid, to continue down the party line.
Great that our FOP president makes deals with Madigan.
dont worry when comes to $
they all are in for what they can get they work together all the time
in fornt of the camera and mike it's looks cutthroat but tv wrestling it 'a "act"
as soon as we go home it's ^5 baby and give me the dope's $
they scream teachers make too much
cops make too much
and then they vote to give each other raises insurance pensions
think about how often are they actually working?
look at your aldercreatures
i would be there at 5am every day if i got paid half as much as they do to do nothing
but we go thru the nonsense all the time
we are insane doing the same stuff over and over and hoping for a different result
"Pate Phillips was never Speaker of the House in the Illinois legislature. In fact, Pate Phillips was never even in the House in the Illinois legislature."
James "Pate" Philip (born May 26, 1930 in Elmhurst, Illinois), is a Republican from Wood Dale, Illinois. Philip was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1966 to 1975.
Yeah madigan is scum, but what's with all the Irish bashing lately?
Oh, my God, cry me a pigshit-tainted river. Try darkening a few shades and see how much bashing you hear.
Is Rahm Irish? He sure gets along withbthe Irish cabal!
I am still trying to figure out how Brady lost.. well I do know it was the 20 polls in CROOK county that was suppose to NOT have reported when the race came up tight.. I find it funny however that those same polling places already knew the close race for Senator went to KIRK.. aren't all the names counted on the ballots at the same time.. how can they have counted the senator votes BUT weren't done so they could report the GOVERNORS votes till much later??? Just asking..
Would like to make a correction to Brady's comment .. Madigan is a TROLL
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