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By Kleinheider Posted on May 26, 2008 at 10:24 am

Former Tennessean columnist Tim Chavez asserts that the retirement of the longest serving leader of a legislative body in modern history from the Tennessee State Senate is really not that big of a story:

Too much attention in the local news media has been focused on the retirement of state Sen. John Wilder for being in office since Abraham Lincoln was president. He also had led the Senate since George McGovern ran for president. Gee, if longevity is so newsworthy, I’m wearing underwear I’ve owned for 10 years as I type this blog post. Anyone want a picture and an interview?

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Tags: context, history is news, John Wilder, Respect, Tim Chavez

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