South Carolina's "Foghorn Leghorn" Calls it Quits

[Cream of Wheat]

http://www.hillnews.com/news/080603/hollings.aspx

The decision by Sen. Ernest (“Fritz”) Hollings to retire after
more than a half-century in public office, including 38 years in
the Senate, comes as no surprise to those who have followed the
colorful South Carolina Democrat’s remarkable career.

“He saw the handwriting on the wall,” Lee Bandy, political
editor of The [Columbia] State, said Tuesday. “Democrats are
rapidly becoming an endangered species in South Carolina. He
probably could have gotten re-elected, but his re-election
wasn’t a sure thing. All of his friends … told him that after 50
years of public service, he should go out a winner and not a
loser.”
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He went out a whiner, not a winner.

[eyeball]

"I say I say I mean I say where'd dat chicken go"

Post by Cream of Wheat
http://www.hillnews.com/news/080603/hollings.aspx
The decision by Sen. Ernest (“Fritz”) Hollings to retire after
more than a half-century in public office, including 38 years in
the Senate, comes as no surprise to those who have followed the
colorful South Carolina Democrat’s remarkable career.
“He saw the handwriting on the wall,” Lee Bandy, political
editor of The [Columbia] State, said Tuesday. “Democrats are
rapidly becoming an endangered species in South Carolina. He
probably could have gotten re-elected, but his re-election
wasn’t a sure thing. All of his friends … told him that after 50
years of public service, he should go out a winner and not a
loser.”
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He went out a whiner, not a winner.

[Barbara Walker]

More than Gore has, Terry.

How many years have you devoted to public service?

Post by Cream of Wheat
http://www.hillnews.com/news/080603/hollings.aspx
The decision by Sen. Ernest ("Fritz") Hollings to retire after
more than a half-century in public office, including 38 years in
the Senate, comes as no surprise to those who have followed the
colorful South Carolina Democrat's remarkable career.
"He saw the handwriting on the wall," Lee Bandy, political
editor of The [Columbia] State, said Tuesday. "Democrats are
rapidly becoming an endangered species in South Carolina. He
probably could have gotten re-elected, but his re-election
wasn't a sure thing. All of his friends . told him that after 50
years of public service, he should go out a winner and not a
loser."
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He went out a whiner, not a winner.