DISQUS

CapitolFax.com: Question of the day

  • Six Degrees of Separation · 6 months ago
    Rod...I love you THIS much!
  • The Doc · 6 months ago
    USA Patrick Fitzgerald, channeling the state GOP, claims that the state budget deficit is only "this" big.
  • John Bambenek · 6 months ago
    This is how big of a chance that Rod gets an innocent verdict
  • Pat collins · 6 months ago
    About that much chance for acquittal.
  • Maxwell Smart · 6 months ago
    Missed indicting Burris by that much....
  • Bill · 6 months ago
    Nope, No way! As tempting as this is...discretion is the better part and all that.
  • I'm Just Saying · 6 months ago
    This is the only way I can answer this one......

    I caught a crawfish/Minnow and it was this big :)
  • Levois · 6 months ago
    The possibility of Blagojevich actually being innocent is only this much.
  • MrJM · 6 months ago
    "I'm crushing your head! Crush! Crush!"
  • Six Degrees of Separation · 6 months ago
    The "U" of I is next on my list.
  • Wacker Drive · 6 months ago
    Very small violin for Rod.
  • Anon · 6 months ago
    Only a "C" student in law school would think he was innocent.
  • Anon · 6 months ago
    Look into my eyes... You are getting sleepy... sleepyyyy... You will tell me where Lisa Madigan is....
  • Mongo · 6 months ago
    Borrowing from another comment...

    "USA Patrick Fitzgerald, channeling the state GOP, claims that the chances of taking back the Governor's seat in 2010 is only “this” big.
  • Red Ranger · 6 months ago
    "There is this much of a chance that Rod will be home for Christmas 2010"
  • wordslinger · 6 months ago
    "...Simon said I was this close to going to Hollywood. Paula liked my dance moves, but Randy thought I was a little pitchy. Maybe an a capella "Livin' La Vida Loca" wasn't the best choice for my audition..."
  • Ghost · 6 months ago
    There is a better chance of a amel passing between my fingers then Blago being found innocent....


    or


    Beware the secret federal nerve pinch of fetal position! We used it once on a sitting State Governor and are not afraid to use it again.
  • Northsude Bunker · 6 months ago
    Patti and me are this close.....
  • Merry Fitzmas! · 6 months ago
    The leash I bought for IL public servants is this long.
  • Duff · 6 months ago
    "You have failed me for the last time, (fill in name of recently indicted pol)" followed by heavy Darth Vader breathing. For all the Star Wars geeks...
  • Downstate weed chewing hick · 6 months ago
    Mr. Fitzgerald, can you tell me how close you are to an indictment of Jungle Patti?
  • North of I-80 · 6 months ago
    Any corruption in Chicago City government? Oh just THIS much. [feel free to substitute Cook Co or State of IL etc]
  • Tollway Dan · 6 months ago
    The signal for Tick Tock!
  • Ghost · 6 months ago
    I miss collins this much.
  • bankman · 6 months ago
    I am this close to more indictments
  • dupage dan · 6 months ago
    "Missed it by that much", (Don Adams, "Get Smart")
  • wordslinger · 6 months ago
    .... and then I add just a pinch of cinnamon. I call it Banana Bread a la Patrick. And the secret ingredient is love."
  • ahoy · 6 months ago
    I"m going to get a confession out him by using my finger, thumb and this stare.
  • Anonymous · 6 months ago
    "Let me demonstrate my electric courtrooom style: watch for the spark..."
  • In the Land of Silos and Cows. · 6 months ago
    Rich ...

    Little risky for a contest, you are congratulated .. good luck to all resonding.
  • MidStateAnon · 6 months ago
    I auditioned for the new Transformers movie but they rejected this signature move... well, it worked on Rod and Emil
  • Diamond Dog · 6 months ago
    Matt's brain is "this big" because he can't think of a single joke not having to do with the size of, um, stuff.
  • MidStateAnon · 6 months ago
    #2: I had an invisible pill that will cure the state government, but Roddy let Patti take it with her to the jungle and she bartered with a witch doctor to guarantee a not-guilty verdict for him...
  • Balance · 6 months ago
    I never was very good at that shadow animal thing.
  • Dan S, a Voter and Cubs Fan · 6 months ago
    "I have less then this much patients for Illinois politics".
  • Anon · 6 months ago
    Fitzgerald, showing he can indeed loosen up, shows his technique for the drinking game "Quarters"
  • Die Hard Cub Fan · 6 months ago
    I am this close to announcing my campaign for Governor of Illinois.
    (Please sir, we need you.).
  • zatoichi · 6 months ago
    We keep on grinnin' 'til the weekend comes
    Just a pinch between your cheek and gums
    All night long. All night long
  • Little Egypt · 6 months ago
    Years ago, I thought of changing careers and came this close to going into the blog business and calling it The Capitol Fax.
  • Bluefish · 6 months ago
    If you thought Obama was cool swatting that pesky fly then watch this trick.
  • Truthful James · 6 months ago
    We are down to the nitty gritty on the Blago case, The nitty is done and there is just this much of the gritty left.
  • Captain Flume · 6 months ago
    Nope, this is LESS than zero!
  • Steve · 6 months ago
    He wasn't "this" close to being indicted. The Family Secrets Trial was two years ago and John DiFronzo is still a free man.
  • Highland, IL · 6 months ago
    We let Mrs. B leave the country after we implanted her with a tracking device about this big....
  • Bobs yer · 6 months ago
    yes, I just quit smoking? How could you tell?
  • beyond over · 6 months ago
    "We did a measurement of his testicular virility..."
  • Third Generation Chicago Nativ · 6 months ago
    Rod Blagojevich does have an honest bone in his body, and it's this big.
  • Fitzmas · 6 months ago
    "Mike Flannery -- I'm crushing yer Head!"
  • anon · 6 months ago
    I'm squishing your head. I'm squishing your head.
  • Arthur Andersen · 6 months ago
    "Do I think the GA will not be in session in July? There's a chance. How much? About this much."
  • Anon · 6 months ago
    I passed my law exam by this much
  • Alvin · 6 months ago
    This is how much prosecutorial ethics I have.
  • siyotanka · 6 months ago
    What do you mean I look like Beaver Cleaver...why I outta take my fingers and flick you like this...
  • David · 6 months ago
    We're this far from the wheels falling of the state of Illinois.
  • David · 6 months ago
    I meant "off"
  • long time state worker · 6 months ago
    I am getting ready to change all the light bulbs in my office with this one move..
  • trafficmatt · 6 months ago
    "How did we get the information on Rod? We'll, we hired a dozen little gnomes to sneak around his office. The largest one was THIS big."
  • OurMagician · 6 months ago
    There's this much chance a budget gets passed
  • Political observer · 6 months ago
    This is how much of a chance I give Gov Sanford at not being invesitgation by his state's own AG...or of getting the keys to the locks his wife changed.