[usmc_chris]

Or, perhaps he will say that he was rendering an encomium to the country's longest serving Senator and that nothing more should be read into his tribute?

[concerned about politics]

Or, perhaps he will say that he was rendering an encomium to the country's longest serving Senator and that nothing more should be read into his tribute?

Sure. If the left wants to keep doing this, then any praise for KKK Bird means the left supports killing blacks by hanging.
Any praise for Clinton means they agree with treason, rape,and pergery.
Any praise for Gore means they support only white body guards.
Any praise for Jessie means they think black people should spit in white peoples food.
If they're going to choose only one thing about a person, then the left wing is a crimminal organization.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Well, that would be a lie and I hope he doesn't persist in traveling that route. He was praising the 1948 Thurmond, not the 2002 version.