Republicans hope GOP Rep. Bill Thomas demonstrates contrition when he steps before the House to speak about last week's partisan furor over a committee hearing.
Maybe it's all the fruitcakes we've been sending his office ...
The controversy flared when [Republican Ways and Means chair Bill] Thomas had the Capitol police summoned during a committee meeting called to vote on the pension legislation. Democrats, claiming the bill had been changed overnight without their knowledge, moved into an adjoining library, leaving Stark behind to try to slow progress on the legislation.
Where did Thomas think he was? Texas? '30s Berlin?
But Stark soon was hurling insults at Rep. Scott McInnis, R-Colo., calling him a ''wimp'' and a ''fruitcake.'' The Californian later issued a statement acknowledging using ''words that were not becoming.''
But they're true! Thomas is a "fruitcake". Like all the wingers.