Apparently the State House in Colorado got a testy yesterday as Republicans tried to kill a civil unions bill the Democrats wanted passed. The Speaker of the Colorado House gathered up his ball and walked out.

Frank McNulty, a Republican from Highlands Ranch, walked out of the House at roughly 9 p.m. and stayed away for more than two hours, letting a recess run all the while and killing the civil unions bill and nearly 40 other bills in the process.

Democrats had been accusing Republicans playing of stalling games.  All the parliamentary sideshow was fun to watch but the Irony Ire Award goes to this statement –

Republicans had been denying for hours that they were filibustering …

For hours?  Really?

The best way to prove you’re not filibustering?  Uh, shut the hell up.

Thanks to Ralph for the heads-up.