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Subject: A local Hero Died Yesterday
Senator Strom Thurmond Dead at age 100.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030627/ap_on_go_co/obit_thurmond_23
Subject: Re: A local Hero Died Yesterday
Local hero?
You mean the guy who was in favor segregation?
Then changed from a Democrat to a staunch Republican?
I feel for his family. But Strom's passing, well, it's not that great a loss to the world.
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Wow! It took longer than I thought for the first negative comment to hit.
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Hee hee...transgressions aside, the man was a STUD! I don't know if it was because he was a high powered senator or just a raging sex machine but he puts Michael Douglas and Harrison Ford to shame in terms of bagging the young ones :D
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Hee hee...transgressions aside, the man was a STUD! I don't know if it was because he was a high powered senator or just a raging sex machine but he puts Michael Douglas and Harrison Ford to shame in terms of bagging the young ones :D
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8) 8)I forget--how old is his daughter?Cheers!
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Strom was a ladies man?!?!?
Well, he was a USA Senator. They get money and chicks.
But so much for his family values stuff.
But if he was that much of a stud I guess he wasn't all bad.
No talk of the power changes in the Senate in the news yet. Like who will replace Strom.
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Hee hee...transgressions aside, the man was a STUD! I don't know if it was because he was a high powered senator or just a raging sex machine but he puts Michael Douglas and Harrison Ford to shame in terms of bagging the young ones :D
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I'm confused, and maybe I got it wrong, but self proclaimed conservatives have reviled Bill Clinton because HE is also a stud, and yet it was ok the Strom was? No one investigated Strom, so we don;t know where he "got it" but suppose it was in his Senate office? Sorry, but do I detect a certian double standart here?
Just a question.
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Hee hee...transgressions aside, the man was a STUD! I don't know if it was because he was a high powered senator or just a raging sex machine but he puts Michael Douglas and Harrison Ford to shame in terms of bagging the young ones :D
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Ewwwwwwwwwww
Subject: Re: A local Hero Died Yesterday
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I'm confused, and maybe I got it wrong, but self proclaimed conservatives have reviled Bill Clinton because HE is also a stud, and yet it was ok the Strom was? No one investigated Strom, so we don;t know where he "got it" but suppose it was in his Senate office? Sorry, but do I detect a certian double standart here?
Just a question.
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??? ???I kind of wonder that,too.Mr.Clinton does have some parallels with JFK.But then again,look at his mom.How could he have learned that staying with one person was good? :oCheers!
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wow...and this is the first place Im hearing of this...
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wow...and this is the first place Im hearing of this...
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Don't feel bad. I saw the story online Friday morning but didn't hear anything else. Guess it wasn't as big of a story here. :-/
Subject: Re: A local Hero Died Yesterday
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Local hero?
You mean the guy who was in favor segregation?
Then changed from a Democrat to a staunch Republican?
I feel for his family. But Strom's passing, well, it's not that great a loss to the world.
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Why yes ringer, don't you remember his walking at the head of the parade in support of gay rights? And that awe-inspiring speech of his in opposition to the 2000 election debacle? Or the one about how killing innocent Afghans and Iraqis wouldn't be the way to avenge the victims of 9/11?
Long live the political chameleon!
Subject: Re: A local Hero Died Yesterday
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Local hero?
You mean the guy who was in favor segregation?
Then changed from a Democrat to a staunch Republican?
I feel for his family. But Strom's passing, well, it's not that great a loss to the world.
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Here in South Carolina he is a local hero (There are High schools, Lakes, and many other things named after him). He did change his segregation views and supported Clarence Thomas. Maybe you should learn/update your facts.
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Strom was a ladies man?!?!?
But so much for his family values stuff.
No talk of the power changes in the Senate in the news yet. Like who will replace Strom.
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at least all his kids are legitimate, unlike some prominate democrates. I guess no one will replace him since he retired last year, once again learn the facts.
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I never cared for the guy too much, but I am sorry to hear he died. As for all the talk about him being a ladies man, I guess that is how it used to be for many politicians. It was only Bill Clinton who went through the media circus. I guess back them the media was more respectful of privacy.
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Here in South Carolina he is a local hero (There are High schools, Lakes, and many other things named after him). He did change his segregation views and supported Clarence Thomas. Maybe you should learn/update your facts.
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Supported Clarence Thomas? Didn't ALL republicans? He just voted with the minority AGAINST Affirmative Action! He is the whitest member of the Supreme Court, a real unc.. I won't go there.
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Supported Clarence Thomas? Didn't ALL republicans? He just voted with the minority AGAINST Affirmative Action! He is the whitest member of the Supreme Court, a real unc.. I won't go there.
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Is there something THAT wrong with a minority who doesn't favor affirmative action?
Subject: Re: A local Hero Died Yesterday
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Supported Clarence Thomas? Didn't ALL republicans? He just voted with the minority AGAINST Affirmative Action! He is the whitest member of the Supreme Court, a real unc.. I won't go there.
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So Voting against afirmative action Changes the color of your skin? Interesting. I bet he was Just tired of certain groups getting special treatment because of skin color. Afirmative action suporters are the true racists. Their the ones always trying to divide people.
Subject: Re: A local Hero Died Yesterday
Maybe a bit off topic, but I am conflicted. For example, can't schools like the University of Michigan just hire a few dozen more teachers, so they can admit all qualified applicants? I think it would suck for a white person with better scores/grades to lose their spot just because they are white and the school decided they wanted some minorities. At the same time I think minorities who come from rough neighborhoods with bad schools should be given some slack, they had to work harder. What I would not like to see is Bill Cosby's kid get an extra 20 points out of 100 for admissions because he is black. I dunno what the solution to the problem is.
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Oh, I forgot to mention at the University of Michigan your SAT scores only account for 17 out of 100 points.