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Hobson retirement provokes metaphor madness
Rep. David Hobson is retiring at the end of this year, and the laurels are already fast and furious - particularly from fellow lawmakers who spoke to the Dayton Development Coalition Wednesday, April 30, about their soon-to-be-former colleague.
The metaphors are fast and furious as well.
Rep. Mike Turner, R-Centerville, told the group that he felt like Hobson’s little brother. He said he considers Hobson, R-Springfield, a mentor, and likened Hobson’s retiring to feeling like his big brother was graduating high school.
Rep. John Boehner, R-West Chester, meanwhile, compared the veteran lawmaker to an “old washerwoman.”
Say what?
Boehner explained that Hobson earned his reputation and relationships in Congress in part through his chatty and convivial nature, always “talking, talking, talking.”
“I don’t know what I’ll do without Hobson,” he said, backing away from the laundress metaphor. “He’s the grease between the gears around here. He’s got relationships with everyone.”
A spokeswoman said that for the record, Boehner does his own laundry.
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