Former Ohio Sen. Howard Metzenbaum Dies

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, an Ohio Democrat who was a feisty self-made millionaire before he began a long career fighting big business in the Senate, died Wednesday night. He was 90.

Metzenbaum died at his home near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., said Joel Johnson, his former chief of staff. No cause was given.

During 18 years on Capitol Hill, until his retirement in 1995, Metzenbaum came to be known as "Senator No" and "Headline Howard" for his abilities to block legislation and get publicity for himself.

He was a cantankerous firebrand who didn't need a microphone to hold a full auditorium spellbound while dropping rhetorical bombs on big oil companies, the insurance industry, savings and loans, and the National Rifle Association, to name just a few favorite targets.

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Now here is a politician that I will genuinely mourn. My mother worked as an intern in his offices as a teenager and had nothing but good to say of him. A true blue liberal who will be missed...:(

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1. So long, Senator Metzenbaum

He was a good man, a good fighter, and a good show. I wish we had some more like him around today. Lots more.

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2. My brother briefly dated his daughter

many, many years ago.

Metzenbaum was a great senator. Hard to find them like that anymore.

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3. OT but I LOVE your sig line

That should be the motto of GDP.....:)

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4. Thanks!

People act around here like these arguments are life and death, or especially significant in the grand scheme of politics. They aren't.

It is only a message board.

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5. He was the last Ohio Senator I voted for before I left the state.

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6. Duplicate. I keep getting error messages saying the post didn't process and then there's 2 of them.