Thurmond's dead

[The diplomat]

Originally posted by Sava
He just took his racism and buried it.

If that is true, then how come he was the first southerner to hire a black on his staff. Could he have hired blacks on his staff if he were racist? no.

The truth is that he repudiated his racist views. Why can't you give the man credit for turning away from his racist roots?

And dare I remind you that Al Gore's dad voted against civil rights! How come Dems are never challenged for their racist views?

[monolith94]

There's this saying, if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all...

I choose to say nothing in this thread.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by The diplomat
And dare I remind you that Al Gore's dad voted against civil rights! How come Dems are never challenged for their racist views?

That's a blatant misrepresentation of Gore Sr.'s views. He voted against ONE civil rights act, in 1964, but his reasons were not racist in nature, and he subsequnetly repudiate the vote and apologized.

1. In 1956, Al Gore sr. was one of only two Southern senators who refused to sign the racist Southern Manifesto.
2. Voted against the Poll Tax of 1942
3. Voted for Civil Rights Act of 1957
4. Nominated 2 young black students from Memphis for appointment to US Air Force Academy - risky in Tennessee in 1957
5. Voted for 1965 Voters Rights Act
6. 1968 Fair Housing Act
7. Al Gore Sr. apologized for his 1964 vote and called it a big mistake. He said he was concerned that it went to far to fast and would be used to cut off funding of schools who appeared to be in violation.

Source: Washington Post

This is not the voting record of a racist.

Dems are challenged for their racism. Byrd is still tied to being in the KKK, despite his repudiation of it. And Thurmond WAS a Democrat, as were dozens of racist politicians who joined the GOP. Now I ask, why is it the most virulently racist Southern Dems jumped to the Republican party?

[monolith94]

"Now I ask, why is it the most virulently racist Southern Dems jumped to the Republican party?"
Excellently stated, Boris!

[HolyWarrior]

Still waiting for the lefties to rise up in indignation over Robert Byrd's past. Sava? Boris Godunov? Carver? Chegitz? ANYONE?


F U C K O F F A N D D I E , H Y P O C R I T E S ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

[Boris Godunov]

Ah Holy Warrior, Apolyton's very own version of Ann Coulter, minus her penis.

I suggest you read the thread and my posts and re-evaluate your above statement.

And then find any point where the posters you mentioned defended or even expressed a liking for Mr. Byrd.

Now wipe the froth from your mouth and go back to the trailer.

[Imran Siddiqui]

As said before... Thurmond was beaten in the governor's race in 1950 because he hired a black physician to the medical board. He also was the first Senator to hire a black aide. He backed the bill making Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a national holiday. And the guy that wrote a Thurmond biography (Jack Bass, quoted earlier by Sava) says that he thinks Strom was embarrassed by his past.

[Az]

Originally posted by ixnay


I think you're confused and have mixed up liberals and Jesus.

I agree. Jesus is a hypocrite.

[Carver]

Originally posted by Sprayber



I never cheer when convicted murders are put to death. But I'm sure you meant that to say some people.

But of course.

[Guynemer]

So they finally retired the animatronic puppet that has impersonated ol' Strom ever since he shuffled off this mortal coil back in 1986?

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by HolyWarrior
Still waiting for the lefties to rise up in indignation over Robert Byrd's past. Sava? Boris Godunov? Carver? Chegitz?

Who says I support the Democrats?

[Lefty Scaevola]

I can not believe that no one has posted the obvious punchline:

"Thurmond's dead "


How can you tell?

[chequita guevara]

[Lefty Scaevola]

Of course it will not be all that long before they are telling that about me.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


Lenin wasn't a hater.

"Terror is a legitimate instrument of state policy" - V. I. Lenin