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After 38 Years, Fritz Hollings Is Leaving Congress. As Usual, He's Not Going Quietly
Washington Post ^ | Thursday, October 14, 2004 | Peter Carlson

Posted on 10/18/2004 2:19:39 PM PDT by Babsig

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Sen. Fritz Hollings, the 82-year-old South Carolina Democrat, is sitting on his office sofa, telling stories in his inimitable style, which is funny and caustic. Suddenly, his eyes close and his chin drops to his chest. He looks like a man who's about to drool on his impeccable blue-and-white pinstripe shirt....So, after 38 years in the Senate, Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings is heading home to Charleston with his wife, Peatsy....

Reporters: "They just look for a smart-ass remark. They already got their stories written, and they're just looking for filler to show they did a little bit of work." .... The folks who run Bob Jones University, the controversial Christian college in South Carolina: "Jackasses."

Farmers: "They're freeloaders on government."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: blowhard; foghornleghorn; hasbeen; hollings; pompouswindbag; retiring; southcarolina
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To: Babsig

Yep! Born in 1922.


41 posted on 01/02/2017 8:32:45 PM PST by Borges
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