Republicans on Judiciary Swat McDonald, Lawlor, Like Pinatas

Thursday March 19, 2009

Back from a few days assessing mountain slush piles and threadcounts on living room rugs in northern Vermont, the Blogster returned to the Capitol this morning to see that the Catholic backlash against Sen. Andrew McDonald and Rep. Mike Lawlor, co-chairmen of the Judiciary Committee, has not ceased.
The GOP lawmakers on the committee spent nearly two hours trashing them on the bill that would have changed the way Catholic parish boards are run.
Rep. Themis Klarides, R-Derby, usually an island of calm, was nearly beside herself and she lost track of her cliche while chastising McDonald and Lawlor. .
Klarides: “The famous saying is you never discuss…what is it?…sex and politics at a dinner party. Why? Because…religion. I forgot about it….sorry. I do all three just in case, just to be careful. But seriously, the reason why people say that, is because those are highly controversial things. I think the first thing you can assume if there’s something that has to do with religion, it’s going to be controversial…”