Quote of the Day

By Jennifer J. Foster

Published: May 27, 2008

No, the chicken quote isn’t the quote of the day.

It’s a close second to this one from Alabama House Majority Leader Ken Guin (D-Carbon Hill) on prospects for success in this week’s special session:

“The problem is the Senate. The Senate is just out of control,“ Guin said. “You hope at some point that their sense of responsibility to the people who elected them starts weighing on them.“

Hahahahahahaha!!!!!

Ken Guin scolding senators for a lack of “sense of responsibility to the people” is like Pamela Anderson instructing young women on the virtues of purity: It’s just not credible.

You might remember that Guin was one of the (many) state lawmakers caught up in Brett Blackledge’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Double-Dipping Legislator Roundup:

Alabama House Majority Leader Ken Guin, who receives paychecks from two community colleges totaling $98,398 a year, often submitted the same work reports to both schools and made reference to his state legislative business in some work summaries, records show.

Many of Guin’s work reports - often two or three pages - included political commentary or discussions of his opinion on state and local issues. In some cases, Guin, a leader in the state Democratic Party, makes strong pitches for party candidates, including Don Siegelman, when he was seeking re-election as governor in 2002.

Guin, a state House of Representatives member from Carbon Hill, receives $49,677 a year from Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa and $48,721 from Bevill State Community College in Sumiton.

Officials at Shelton State recently said they are not sure what Guin did for his salary.

Brring! Brring!!

Hello?

Hello, Kettle? This is Pot. You’re black!!

P.S. Props to Birmingham News reporter David White; none of today’s material would be possible without his legislative reporting. Thanks, David!