By: Ed Waldman

The classic example of the Yiddish word “chutzpah” has always been the guy who murders his mother and father, then throws himself on the mercy of the court because he’s an orphan.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new contender.

After Landow Partners contested Penn National Gaming’s winning $10.25 million bid for Rosecroft Raceway during an auction last week, attorney Richard G. Mason actually said this at Wednesday’s bankruptcy hearing:

“This has to stop now. [Landow Partners] have turned out to be sore losers, so let us move forward.”

Excuse me? An attorney for the company that bankrolled the opposition to the approval process for Cordish Cos. Arundel Mills casino for years so that it could protect its gambling franchise in West Virginia and try to change the rules of the game after it didn’t follow those rules and lost its chance to put slots at Laurel Park, calls another company “sore losers” and wants to “move forward?”

I’ll bet David Cordish had a good laugh when he read that.