Talk:Howard Metzenbaum

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[edit] Never held a proper job?

I would have thought that any encyclopia entry on Metzenbaum would include his run-in with astronaut John Glenn at the 1974 Democrat primary race to be the Democrat Senate candidate for Ohio.

Metzenbaum, who had beaten Glenn at the same Primary in 1970, made some comments about Glenn having "never met a payroll" (i.e. never had a "proper" job) to which Glenn retored emotionally in a heated debate about military service being a proper job.

Glenn won the 1974 primary by a landslide and when on on succeed Metzenbaum as the US Senator for Ohio. Even though Metzenbaum lost the actual 1970 election to the Republican Robert Taft Jr., he was appointed to the Senate in 1974 when the other Ohio US Senator was appointed Attorney General (I think that bit is covered in the article).

Metzenbaum also beat Taft Jr. in 1976, a rematch of the 1970 election, and Metzenbaum joined Glenn in the US Senate.

[edit] Communist affiliation

Someone should consider writing about his affiliation with the Communist party as their U.S. defense attorney during WWII.

That seems to be an Internet rumor from the Glenn-Metzenbaum chain e-mail. Much of the e-mail is largely true, but I haven't seen anyone verify that part. (Same e-mail the above "Never held a proper job" section comes from. That part's mostly true.)--Inonit 01:49, 6 January 2006 (UTC)