Politics is serious business. But it sometimes makes people say some seriously funny things.

Take yesterday’s article in the Montgomery Advertiser about the matchup between State Rep. Jay Love and Montgomery Mayor Bobby Bright for the 2nd congressional seat.

Retiring U.S. Rep. Terry Everett is a Republican, but given Bright’s conservative views (more on those later), Democratic National Congressional Committee officials believe the 2nd District is ripe for turnover. So the pressure’s on Love to hold serve.

As it turns out, Bright and Love have a bit of a history together. As the Advertiser blared on the jump page yesterday, they both the First Baptist Church of Montgomery!

Oh boy!

What follows is unquestionably one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen in print, especially as it relates to political news:

“Everybody will work as hard as they can to make sure the Democrats in Washington don’t get another ally with Bobby Bright,” Love said.

Love said Bright’s first vote in Congress would be for Nancy Pelosi of California as Speaker of the House.

“That is absolutely the wrong kind of leadership,” he said.

Bright said Love knows him and, if he is strong, ethical, and mature, knows better than to try to paint him as a liberal, Nancy Pelosi Democrat.

“Jay knows me. He goes to church with me. I voted for him for the deacon board,” Bright said Wednesday.

They are both deacons at First Baptist Church in Montgomery.

Bright said he hoped Love would not go negative, but added “he already has.”

“I hope he doesn’t stay with that. I would be very disappointed.”

That is hilarious!!!

I wonder if they’ll be politicking at church. Can you imagine those deacon meetings?

Read the rest of the article here.