Snark is the new black

Every once in a while, a politician says something that’s actually quite amusing. (Or, in this case, snarky.) I know, baffling, right? There’s a state rep in Bucks County, Paul Clymer, who’s been trying to derail the building of slot machines in Pennsylvania since the bill legalizing them passed. He’s sent letters, filed lawsuits and publicly denounced gambling. He says it’s an addiction and a bad thing for the commonwealth, etc. You know the drill on these things.

Now he’s written a bill that would repeal gambling, much like the pay raises were repealed. Cute, right? It has little-to-no shot of passing. But Bucks County State Sen. Robert Tomlinson has a theory behind Clymer’s motivations:

“You talk about a psychological addiction. The guy doesn’t want to give up.”

Oh, snap. He got served.

Clymer bill would repeal gambling [Bucks County Courier Times]