Archbishop Dolan Makes Mother Joke

2009_10_archdolan.jpg Last night was the annual Alfred E. Smith dinner, which attracts the powerful (last year, both Obama and McCain were there), and Archbishop Timothy Dolan made his first appearance poking fun at his mother, who was not in NYC but at home, "The real reason my mom is not here is she stayed at the Waldorf Astoria for the installation six months ago. This is a little embarrassing. The hotel won't let her back until she returns all the towels."

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When I saw the headline, I thought the story would be about him making a different Mother joke...

Now that would have been a headline.

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