House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, far right, speaks while colleagues play solitaire on their computers as the House convenes to vote on a new budget for the fiscal year in the Capitol on Monday [AP Photo/Jessica Hill]
A photo of two Democratic legislators playing solitaire has ignited controversy at the state Capitol and in the blogosphere.
The Associated Press picture has appeared in any number of venues, and it shows two lawmakers sitting in the back row of the historic Hall of the House in Hartford during the lengthy debate over the two-year, $37 billion state budget.
On the left is Rep. Barbara Lambert, a freshman Democrat from Milford who won her first legislative election in November 2008. She replaced longtime Milford Democrat James Amann, who ended his legislative career as the House Speaker and is now running for governor against Republican M. Jodi Rell.
Lambert is playing spider solitaire in the photo, while Rep. Jack F. Hennessy, a Bridgeport Democrat who has served in Hartford since 2005, is playing regular solitaire. They both voted in favor of the Democratic-written budget, while Cafero voted against it. A Boston College graduate, Hennessy is a delivery specialist for FedEx.
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At least it wasn't porn...or how to construct a bomb...
ReplyDeleteWho among us is not guilty of playing atleast one game of solitare at work? Let he without sin cast the first stone...
ReplyDeleteWhat about the person behind them that is on ESPN watching baseball highlights. My money is on him being a republican but who wants to talk about that when we can show what is wrong with the democrats.
ReplyDeleteThey way the country is going ,
ReplyDeleteit doesn't suprise me at all.
Yeh , democrazies.
How is it that the press has the access needed to photograph what a legislator has on screen? Some of these people have access to classified information, and that info could end up traveling the web.
ReplyDeleteBut the two BLACK men sleeping at the job were instantly fired. Can you say TWO SOCIETIES people.
ReplyDeleteThey should be voted out in the next election. Thats what is wrong with this country today. Our politicians don't care what they are voting on. Some of them don't even know what they are voting on. A perfect example.
ReplyDeleteN - I - C - E !!!!!
ReplyDeleteThey all three suck and should be fired ASAP!
These are not our everyday Joes. They are making HUGE financial decisions for us. You can tell they know this won't ever affect them...they could care less what they're voting on!!
countrygirl@heart
What about the others?
ReplyDeleteI can see atleast three others are on the internet. On is actually looking at some picture of someone and the other one appears to be browsing a general website and one is apparently checking email.
Hmmm...begs the question, are those two REPUBLICANS and that's why nothing was noted of them?
If you're gonna do something like this then point the fingers at ALL of them and not just those from the party you obviously are against.
Independent Voter