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Best line of the day

House Minority Leader Richard DeBolt, R-Chehalis, on the opening day of the 2012 Legislative Session. (Jim Camden)
House Minority Leader Richard DeBolt, R-Chehalis, on the opening day of the 2012 Legislative Session. (Jim Camden)

"It seems like we were just here, less than a month ago. Oh wait. We were." - House Minority Leader Richard DeBolt, in his floor speech on the opening of the 2012 Regular Session.

Every body was thinking it. Lots of people quoted Yogi Berra's "deja vu all over again," or made a reference to the movie "Groundhog's Day." But DeBolt's line was a bit more original, and had good timing and delivery.



Jim Camden
Jim Camden joined The Spokesman-Review in 1981 and retired in 2021. He is currently the political and state government correspondent covering Washington state.

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