Wright's beating metaphor

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on March 20, 2008 - 12:48pm.
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Thomas WrightThomas Wright had an evocative answer on censure today.

Rep. Alma Adams, a Greensboro Democrat, asked the Wilmington Democrat if he would support an amendment to censure him instead of expelling him.

"It's like asking a child to go out and get a switch off a tree," he replied. "You want a beating? You're going to get one anyway."

Adams later voted to censure Wright.

When that amendment failed, she voted to expel him.

Hat Tip: Laura Leslie

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