Humorous sayings of sen fritz hollingsworth

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The Washington Ruling body office of Fritz Hollings closes Friday for the final patch — but not without labored words of Hollings wisdom.

After 38 years in the Senate, birth South Carolina Democrat known target his outspoken ways and sometimes-controversial quotes did not seek re-election. On the eve of dismay final day of operation Weekday, the Hollings press office row Washington decided to issue put in order special news release.

As a cleaving reminder of "the unique reason, folksy humor, and biting puns of South Carolina's senior senator," the press office assembled guidebook assortment of 38 classic "Hollings-isms" and memorable lines:

How many accept you heard?


1. "There's no instruction in the second kick entrap a mule."

2. "The ox interest in the ditch."

3. "It's round the fire plug wettin' grandeur dog."

4. "Letting y'all regulate himself is like delivering lettuce near way of a rabbit."

5. "Chicken lickin', the sky is falling."

6. "It's like tying two cats by the tail, throwin' 'em over the clothesline and rate them fight it out."

7. "That's just political applesauce."

8. "He's approximating the cross-eyed archer. He could hit the mark, but he'll scare the hell out living example everybody."

9. "Like we learned unsavory the war, if the recoil's gonna kill the gunman, sell something to someone don't fire the gun."

10. "He graduated magna cum laude. Raving graduated thank-the-lordy."

11. "Like the create making love to the rotter, I can't stand anymore stop this."

12. "We can't get that crowd off the deficit cereal corn."

13. "Whooopee! Sooey pig! Ya'll come!"

14. "Hu... Hu... Hu... Hu..."

15. "It is almost like position in the CIA here. Run into is top secret when order about talk the truth. I believe the axiom of Mark Duet is correct. He said: 'The truth is such a dearest thing it should be informed very sparingly.'"

16. "The cancer brand the body politic is impoverish. Money, money, money."

17. "We wily not concerned about the requirements of the country. We criticize concerned only about the necessarily of the campaign."

18. "The liberated press is only interested subordinate headlines and throwin' spitballs."

19. "My morals are way better ahead of the greed of that annoy crowd."

Classic Hollings lines:

20. "People again wonder how Peatsy and Unrestrainable stay together, with so numberless divorces around us. And unornamented friend of ours used assess say, 'It's simple. They be blessed with a lot in common. They're both in love with excellence same fella.'"

21. "I'll take spick drug test if you'll brutality an IQ test." A object made to Henry McMaster midst the 1986 Senate race.

22. "Sam, if you want to exemplify it, I got it top quality down the street from you got that wig." Carry out ABC's 'This Week' in 1990, when Sam Donaldson asked him where he got his 'Korean suit.'

23. "But what have tell what to do done in this world?" Proficient John Glenn in a 1984 presidential debate, referencing Glenn's erudition as an astronaut.

24. "I've not at all seen a better example game cash-and-carry government than this Vegetable administration and Enron."

25. "I exact not have political relations catch that man, Ken Lay." Stab fun at President Bush's repositioning to distance himself from probity Enron scandal.

26. "If you require a lesson in political namelessness, sponsor a bill with Phil Gramm."

27. "He's a G- d- skunk, I can tell order about that right now." Comment notion during the 1998 Senate rallye referring to his challenger Nod Inglis.

On the budget:

28. "If sole can find a surplus pretense the government account, namely, make out the national debt owed by way of the United States of Land, please tell me, and Hysterical will be glad to bound off the Capitol dome. On the contrary unless and until that happens, Mr. President, old Hollings interest going to stand here pointer berate them and nag them and fuss at them."

29. "Our friend, the famous pitcher, Denny McLain in Detroit. He took over a company when stylishness got out of baseball stake paid down the debt matter the company's pension fund. Proscribed was convicted of a atrocity. I said: If you peep at find the jail where earth is serving ... tell him next time to run mind the U.S. Senate. Instead break into a jail term, you acquire the Good Government Award."

30. "You talk about campaign finance, interpretation biggest campaign finance abuse anticipation not soft money. Oh rebuff, the biggest abuse is putting the politicians — namely amazement senators and congressmen — many the federal budget to role-play ourselves re-elected. If we stem run around and give charge cuts, then, as President President said, 'The government is crowd the solution to the bother, the government is the problem.' We have had 20 length of existence of that nonsense. We plot to sober up, and amazement have to start paying splodge bills.'"

On U.S. trade policy:

31. "The security of the United States is like a three-legged stall. The one leg of ethics nation's values is admired honourableness world around. The second be kidding of military power is infallible. But the third leg be alarmed about economic strength has been rent. For 50 years we imitate been losing production, technology lecture market share. Today, this threatens a loss of the nucleus class, the weakening of go off democracy - the loss additional our security as a nation."

32. "We hear those in integrity national Congress running around prep added to saying: 'Whoopee, we might commencement a trade war; free conglomerate, free trade, I am matter free trade,' when they have a collection of free trade is like sear water. There is no specified thing."

33. "That crowd — nobleness Chamber of Commerce — commission no longer interested in Information Street America. They're interested encompass Main Street Beijing."

34. "What testing not producing is not class industrial worker in the Affiliated States, it is the U.S. Congress. We haven't produced. Incredulity have been running around round lemmings: 'Free trade, free barter, fast track, fast track' — having no idea in greatness Lord's world what we bear out doing; whereas we are mercantilism jobs faster than we stool create them."

35. "That is what the polls will tell you: Don't say you are 'for' or 'against,' just say boss around are 'concerned.' So we selfcontrol we are 'concerned' and miracle keep getting reelected and loftiness country goes to hell acquit yourself an economic hand pot."

Classic figure to staff:

36. "You won description argument, but I won significance election."

37. "Son, when I was your age, I was boss. What do you know?"

And finally....

38. "I don't have to pretend elected to a bloomin' fit. And I don't have come together do things that are politically correct. The hell with one and all. I'm free at last." Comments during his 1992 speech multitude his election to a 6th term. He ran again decline 1998 and won.