The LuLac Edition #1140, Apr. 3rd, 2010

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INTERVIEW

Lent ends tonight and Thursday I had lunch with an old friend from my broadcasting days at Rock 107. Actually this was my second lunch of the day. (Doc Leonardi, J.V., P.J., W.T. -you’re on the list I swear!!) We began to talk about politics and in an interesting sort of way penance.
Q: Are you still an atheist?
A: No, I moved up to agnostic even though my father, a non Catholic allowed my mother to raise us as Catholics.
Q: How’d that work out?
A: I’m an agnostic how did ya think?
Q: Speaking of beliefs, you’re a Democrat, what was your father?
A: A lifelong Republican though I think he might have voted for Johnson.
Q: Goldwater will do that to you.
A: Yeah.
Q: Ever work for a candidate being a Vietnam vet and all?
A: Only twice.
Q: During the 60s right? Bobby? McCarthy? McGovern?
A: No I was busy with my career then. My political involvement actually came later.
Q: Locally?
A: Yeah. A.J. Munchak approached me, I knew him from the community and he asked for my help when he was running with Bob Cordaro. So I worked actively on the campaign.
Q: Were you pleased with the end result?
A: I was horrified. What had I done!!!! I felt like I had committed a sin.
Q: That;s extreme!!!
A: No, this was my first foray, I did the envelope licking thing, the phone call deal, passing stuff out at the polls. I came across a young man who was a Democrat who told me I needed to do penance for my sin of supporting those guys. So I suggested I work for Mike Washo in the 2007 primary. Wasn’t that hot on O’Brien or Mrs. McNulty but I liked Washo a bit.
Q: Did he take you up on it?
A: Yes!!!!!!
Q: So what did he say?
A: Now’s your chance to do penance for the last vote. So I worked in the Washo campaign, answering the phone, closing up once in a while. That type of thing.
Q: Are you absolved?
A: Maybe but I’m not going out on that limb again, volunteering.
Q: So you see even an agnostic former Catholic can do penance in Lent.
A: You give up anything for Lent?
Q: Original Coney Island hot dogs until today.
A: Made it all the way to Holy Thursday did ya?
Q: A new job with crazy hours and a few snow storms helped.
A: Watch, someone will make you do penance.
Q: Not the kind you did.
A: You’re right that was hard time. Hard penance.
Q: Hey, as the nuns used to say, you’ll get your reward in heaven.
A: Not too soon I hope.
Q: I hear you!