Robert Michel, longest-serving minority leader in U.S. House, dies at 9

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/robert-michel-longest-serving-minority-leader-in-us-house-dies-at-93/2017/02/17/8c49b51c-f511-11e6-8d72-263470bf0401_story.html?utm_term=.65caf09e98ff

[Türkisblau]

9? Far too young

[GlobeSoc]

That's one smart kid. Shame to see him go.

[kyc0705]

I mean, I heard that Americans’ lifespans are at the risk of getting shorter, but 9? Wow, this country’s health problem is worse than I thought.

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

I mean, I heard that Americans’ lifespans are at the risk of getting shorter, but 9? Wow, this country’s health problem is worse than I thought.

[ShamDam]

And so a lifelong legacy of public service is overshadowed by a typo. RUP.

[pbrower2a]

9 AM or 9 PM?

You might want to change the title.

America was much better off politically when more Republicans were like he -- capable of honing legislation to make it less objectionable to conservatives.

[Antonio the Sixth]

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FF

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Wow, all 3 of his deputies went on to major positions. Senate Majority Lott, Vice President Cheney, and Speaker Gingrich.

[Illiniwek]

Sounds like he was a good one. Tough to lose  when there are so few good ones left. RIP.

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

Insert "age-related joke" here

[Heisenberg]

RIP, FF. Poor guy, served all 38 years in the minority. Would have been a great Speaker.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

RIP, FF. Poor guy, served all 38 years in the minority. Would have been a great Speaker.

That's what happens when you die at 9.