Strom Thurmond is dead

Easy Mac · 06-26-2003, 09:40 PM

A said day for SC politics, I guess. I never really cared for him, and the last 15 years in Congress was a joke. Thank god he didn't die in office.

He was 100

bosshogg23 · 06-26-2003, 10:11 PM

Didnt he have a "drool cup" his last several years? Not to knock him or anything, I hope I can still drool at 100 but for an elected represenative?

CHEMICAL SOLDIER · 06-26-2003, 10:17 PM

He was a controversial man . I didnt agree with many of his views but he was a good man who helped many and was responsible for creation of MLK Day .

JPhillips · 06-26-2003, 10:18 PM

Not that I wished him dead, but I really hope that we won't have to listen to great praises of Strom now that he has died. Sure he lossened up a bit as he got closer to the grave, but he propogated a lot of vile ideology. South Carolina should have been better served.

Easy Mac · 06-26-2003, 10:22 PM

Well, they started newscasts here in SC early, around 10.30 at least.

Probably be all the news tomorrow, and I wouldn't be suprised to see some loosely thrown together sepcials all tomorrow.

NoMyths · 06-26-2003, 11:15 PM

"Loosely" my eye, Mac...something tells me they've had their "Stick a fork in Strom" packages ready for a few years now.

CHEMICAL SOLDIER · 06-27-2003, 12:15 AM

He was apparently in real good shape ....excercising till his late 90's ....Well I guess he's lived a life ....
Being able to see the world change ....Talking to Civil War Vets ,
and Spanish American War Vets ...maybe even one or 2 who could remember The War of 1812 ....Seeing the first silent movies ...ETC.

CHEMICAL SOLDIER · 06-27-2003, 01:00 AM

dola

Strom was also responsible for the creation of Civil Affairs in the military and made sure everyone always had a voice in Congress. I feel he really did try to brush off the part of history that he ran for the Dixiecratic party and made up for it within the next few years by basically re-forming his own staff and doing some very philantrophic stuff. And I agree, some of his views died down as his years waned in Congress.

sterlingice · 06-27-2003, 05:24 AM

Nothing like a man who, in the year 2000, still referred to his microphone as "the machine" (as in "Will you please speak into the machine, sir?")

SI

JonInMiddleGA · 06-27-2003, 09:19 AM

Under the heading of "learn something new every day" ... until reading his obit last night, I never realized that Sen. Thurmond was also a Maj.Gen. in the Army Reserve nor did I know that "he landed in Normandy as part of the 82nd Airborne Division assault on D-Day, and won five battle stars and numerous other awards."

Anrhydeddu · 06-27-2003, 10:02 AM

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maybe even one or 2 who could remember The War of 1812

That would be a stretch. Let's say you have to be 8 yrs old to have remembered 1812 and let's say that Strom had to be 8 in order to be talking to anyone who remembered. That would have been an 107 yr old person at the time life expectancy was in the 60s.

06-26-2003, 10:17 PM	#3
CHEMICAL SOLDIER College Starter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Henderson, Nevada	He was a controversial man . I didnt agree with many of his views but he was a good man who helped many and was responsible for creation of MLK Day . __________________ Toujour Pret

06-26-2003, 10:18 PM	#4
JPhillips Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	Not that I wished him dead, but I really hope that we won't have to listen to great praises of Strom now that he has died. Sure he lossened up a bit as he got closer to the grave, but he propogated a lot of vile ideology. South Carolina should have been better served. __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

06-26-2003, 11:15 PM	#6
NoMyths Poet in Residence Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Charleston, SC	"Loosely" my eye, Mac...something tells me they've had their "Stick a fork in Strom" packages ready for a few years now. Last edited by NoMyths : 06-26-2003 at 11:16 PM.

06-27-2003, 12:15 AM	#7
CHEMICAL SOLDIER College Starter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Henderson, Nevada	He was apparently in real good shape ....excercising till his late 90's ....Well I guess he's lived a life .... Being able to see the world change ....Talking to Civil War Vets , and Spanish American War Vets ...maybe even one or 2 who could remember The War of 1812 ....Seeing the first silent movies ...ETC. __________________ Toujour Pret

06-27-2003, 01:00 AM	#8
CHEMICAL SOLDIER College Starter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Henderson, Nevada	dola Strom was also responsible for the creation of Civil Affairs in the military and made sure everyone always had a voice in Congress. I feel he really did try to brush off the part of history that he ran for the Dixiecratic party and made up for it within the next few years by basically re-forming his own staff and doing some very philantrophic stuff. And I agree, some of his views died down as his years waned in Congress. __________________ Toujour Pret

06-26-2003, 10:11 PM	#2
bosshogg23 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Philly	Didnt he have a "drool cup" his last several years? Not to knock him or anything, I hope I can still drool at 100 but for an elected represenative?

06-26-2003, 10:22 PM	#5
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	Well, they started newscasts here in SC early, around 10.30 at least. Probably be all the news tomorrow, and I wouldn't be suprised to see some loosely thrown together sepcials all tomorrow.

06-27-2003, 05:24 AM	#9
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Nothing like a man who, in the year 2000, still referred to his microphone as "the machine" (as in "Will you please speak into the machine, sir?") SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

06-27-2003, 09:19 AM	#10
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Under the heading of "learn something new every day" ... until reading his obit last night, I never realized that Sen. Thurmond was also a Maj.Gen. in the Army Reserve nor did I know that "he landed in Normandy as part of the 82nd Airborne Division assault on D-Day, and won five battle stars and numerous other awards." __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

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