Miscegenation YES . . . Segregation YES . . . not a contradiction in the Thurmond family EDIT: Thurmonds confirm

[BaliBabyDoc]

Strom liked 'em kinda young . . . bad habits die hard.

Williams told The Washington Post that Thurmond privately acknowledged her as his daughter and had provided financial support since 1941. The Post first reported her claims on its Web site Saturday.

Let's hear for an honorable man. Strom's politics sux great big donkey balls but he was personally decent none the less.

"I certainly have no answer one way or the other," said Bettis Rainsford, a longtime family friend. "I'm sure the senator may have sowed some wild oats in his early days, but certainly I have no information about that."

Strom was diesel.

Williams said she has documents to validate her claim, including cashier's check stubs, mementos from Thurmond and a letter from an intermediary who delivered money from the senator. She provided the Post with a copy of a 1998 Thurmond letter thanking her "for the nice Father's Day note you sent me."

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

CNN

Monday's statement from the Thurmond family reads: "As J. Strom Thurmond has passed away and cannot speak for himself, the Thurmond family acknowledges Ms. Essie Mae Washington-Williams' claim to her heritage. We hope this acknowledgment will bring closure for Ms. Williams."

Hmm, that doesn't sound very familial.

 

[KGB1]

Maybe you haven't seen Monster's Ball.. those colored women make great mistresses
I plan on having many of them.. (including asian one )

/Of course I will never publicly proclaim segregating races, because I love all women equally

..except fat women... they need love too.. but they gotta pay

 

[Jhhnn]

Not that surprising. Strom's taste for brown sugar might explain some of his paranoia about blacks in general. Exploitation of blacks hasn't been confined to the economic realm, that's for sure...

He did support his daughter financially, which is better than many men of many races do on a regular basis...

Utterly off topic, but I have something for anybody who's supposed to pay child support but doesn't- you're worth more dead than alive. I knew a young woman with two small children along time ago, her ex was a total deadbeat. When he got killed in an accident, her girls were eligible for SS, boosting their family income substantially... Yeh, keep looking over your shoulder, if your ex is smart, she'll have a contract out on you...

 

[xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx]

Strom went to bat for both teams?




I respect Strom, but I also found this quite funny...thought I would share

 

[kage69]

"Stan respected me for who I was, not just for my body. He was a sharp dresser and a charming conversationalist, not to mention a considerate and attentive lover."


LOL!

 

[tnitsuj]

This isn't exactly a big surprise.

 

[chibchakan]

Originally posted by: xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx
Strom went to bat for both teams?




I respect Strom, but I also found this quite funny...thought I would share

 

[0roo0roo]

hush money...

 

[0roo0roo]

when his daughter was 23 years old... he screamed this in a speech "And I want to tell you, ladies and gentlemen, that there?s not enough troops in the Army to force the Southern people to break down segregation and admit the n_____ race into our theatres, into our swimming pools, into our homes and into our churches.?

rather sad.

republicans talk about character and how clinton had his finger in the wind... and yet this kinda stuff slide character my ass.

 

[xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx]

*Cough*Sen.Byrd*Cough*

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

Byrd sux great big donkey gonads as well . . . but at least he wasn't a hypocritical racist. Admittedly, I do prefer hypocrites like Strom to unrepentant twits like Byrd.

 

[burnedout]

Originally posted by: xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx
*Cough*Sen.Byrd*Cough*

Lest we also not forget George "and I say . . . segregation today . . . segregation tomorrow . . . segregation forever" Wallace.