Rauner makes record bid of $104,000 for steer at state fair [View all]

Congratulations to Gov. Bruce Rauner — the Usain Bolt of buying expensive cattle at the Illinois State Fair — who on Tuesday night became the proud owner of a $104,000 steer.

Rauner, who has made winning auction bids for prize cattle at each of the last two state fairs, reached into his deep pockets to obliterate his personal best of $61,000 and the previous record purchase of $100,000.

Wearing blue jeans, cowboy boots and a red and blue plaid shirt, Rauner confidently fended off rival bidders to scoop up a 1,324-pound cross-breed named "David L."

Just as Bolt celebrated before the crowd in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday night with his trademark "lightning" pose, the governor acknowledged the audience at the state fairgrounds in Springfield with his trademark "thumbs up" gesture.

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[font color=330099]Thus supplying the governor some very expensive bullshit to shovel around.[/font]