Wednesday, 9 May 2012

15 Genuinely Interesting Things About Rob Portman

The US Senator from Ohio would be the leading candidate to be Mitt Romney's vice presidential choice, if he wasn't widely viewed as a stiff. Actually, according to a Portman ally, he's kind of a badass.

He learned Spanish from Mexican cowboys while working on a border ranch. He worked on three cattle ranches in high school and college.

He learned Spanish from Mexican cowboys while working on a border ranch. He worked on three cattle ranches in high school and college.

He wrote a chapter in the book "First Descents. In Search of Wild Rivers" about his experience smuggling a kayak into China in the 1980s to kayak the Yangtze River.

He wrote a chapter in the book "First Descents. In Search of Wild Rivers" about his experience smuggling a kayak into China in the 1980s to kayak the Yangtze River.

He has a titanium collarbone from a mountain biking accident in 2010. He dislocated his shoulder this year whitewater kayaking.

He has a titanium collarbone from a mountain biking accident in 2010. He dislocated his shoulder this year whitewater kayaking.

This is not actually Rob Portman's collarbone, just an example.

He assembled a chicken coop for his wife's Christmas present this year and he gave her four chickens that live in their backyard. They each lay four eggs a day.

He assembled a chicken coop for his wife's Christmas present this year and he gave her four chickens that live in their backyard. They each lay four eggs a day.

This is not actually Rob Portman's chicken coop, just an example.


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Source: http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/15-genuinely-interesting-things-about-rob-portman

Matt Heafy Magdalen Hsu-Li

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