I guessed the other day how the Bay State’s legislature defied democracy to deny citizens a vote on homosexual marriage:
Let me decode this for those unfamilliar with how these things work: Legislators were bought off. Pet spending projects were approved. Nephews were hired. Favors were banked. Not only will Massachusetts voters not get to vote on this, they will pay in a dozen other ways for the privilege of being ignored.
Howie Carr provides some informed, and more detailed, speculation::
They had the Gang of Nine, the vote switchers, or should I say, the buyouts. Explained Kris Mineau of the Massachusetts Family Institute of the buyouts: "They all told us they were with us." They were lying.
Did someone say "quid pro quo"? Yesterday was the quid, now come the quos - am I right, Rep. Brian Wallace of Southie?
My hunch is that Rep. Paul Kujawski’s brother Jan now will get even more OT at the ABCC, and do you suppose the tosspot solon’s son is now in line for a permanent job as a toll collector at the Mass Pike?
Of course we all wish Rep. Tony Verga a speedy recovery after his tumble at the State House Wednesday. The pro-family solon was speaking to former Rep. Bob Coughlin, who recently quit the Legislature to become a $135,000-a-year coatholder for Deval. I do not know if Coughlin was wearing a sandwich board saying YOU CAN MAKE BIG BUCKS TOO as he spoke to Verga. But when Verga fell, he was immediately attended to by Rep. Christine Canavan of Brockton.
Did I mention she, too, flipped yesterday?
After the fix was in, and everyone had congratulated themselves on their "courage," they all went home to enjoy the long Bunker Hill weekend. They do owe it to themselves, don’t they?
