Two favorite lines
To the editor:
Two of my favorite [Fritz] Hollings’ lines came off the presidential campaign trail.
- “I go up in New England, and they talk about a nuclear freeze. Down in Alabama, they think that’s something you buy at Dairy Queen. “
- On his being unknown: “In Wisconsin, they thought Fritz Hollings was a German moving company. “
— W.C. Surratt, West Columbia, S.C.
Hollings is irreplaceable
To the editor:
So very good to hear the Senator’s voice again. He remains irreplaceable.
I well remember as a reporter in Camden asking him about the Sam Donaldson incident and him saying “He asks about my Korean suit and I asked about his Oriental rug.”
— Rodney Welch, Elgin, S.C.
Peatsy had some choice words, too
To the editor:
More than delighted to see this article.
I was honored to know Peatsy [Hollings], and to some degree, Fritz, when I was president of the Woman’s National Democratic Club in the 1980s. Peatsy was a valued and active member. I once asked her to describe the difference between living in D.C. when Congress was in session and living at home in South Carolina. “Well, when I am cooking at home in South Carolina and I realize I don’t have sour cream for my recipe, I need to decide whether to do without it or dress to go to the store, because everyone in Charleston knows me and Fritz.”
I once told Peatsy that if Central Casting called and said, “Send me a person who looks like they should be president of the United States,” it would be Fritz.
— Jean Jensen, Alexandria, Va.
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