Strom Thurmond's Black Daughter (MSN.com nastiness alert!)

msn.com ^ | July 1, 2003 | Diane McWhorter

[PJ-Comix]

LOL!! Who else could be Strom Thurmond's Black daughter?

Maxine Waters?

[OpusatFR]

What is with these liberal goofs? First they totally trash John and Caroline Kennedy with information that is best left unsaid since they are dead and can't defend themselves, and now they trash Strom.

The liberal media and writers are probably the vilest things I've run into yet. They not only can't write without resorting to innuendo and unsubstantiated rumors, but take pride in their obvious nastiness.

[Colofornian]

Was her mom "KINDA PREGNANT" or was she "REALLY PREGNANT?"

In this era, what difference does this make? The doc or pregnancy reports, and you {the mom} decide. Isn't that the hallmark of the pro-choice movement? Women get to "choose" if they want to be pregnant or not, or be kinda pregnant.

Since the "choice" is all in their head, pregnancy has now run the same esoteric circle that our culture has beeing sprinting toward: Pregnancy is a mental decision. 'Tis it. No more; no less.

Doc or the pregnancy test reports, and you decide if it's a blob of tissue or a baby...if it's an acorn or human offspring...if it's trash on the heap or to be valued according to whatever sanctity you wish to accord it or him or her or whatever floats your boat.

[billhilly]

No way. Strom was never an ugly man. On the other hand, it is hard to contemplate the mother.

[Colofornian]

information that is best left unsaid since they are dead and can't defend themselves

Yup. Hitler and Stalin and Pol Pot are dead, too, and they didn't hire attorneys to defend themselves post-mortem...so, folks, those cemetary dudes are off-limits for trashing.

[MHGinTN]

The Lady is in her 70's. Strom is toes up for six, and these liberal pukes want to trash the entire scene! It is telling of elitist liberals like the 'journalist' who wrote this nasty assault on the living and the dead that this crap will be hailed by fellow liberal elitists as 'justice' ... like making this Lady's life miserable with paparazzi is a good thing. Sick liberal B!*#@ pseudo-journalist

[OpusatFR]

The Kennedy couple were not politicians. They were private citizens. I suppose we can just ream out your info at your demise and publish it too?

Are you suggesting John and Caroline have the same culpability as Pol Pot and Stalin? Do they merit the same historical significance?

You must be one of the liberal goofy journalists. Well, at least Columbia had the sense to end their ~Skool of Jornolism~

[Alas Babylon!]

Just another Maureen Dowd wanabee.

[Saundra Duffy]

Glad she wasn't aborted.

[Colofornian]

They were private citizens. I suppose we can just ream out your info at your demise and publish it too?

"Liberal"? How dare you. Dem fightin' words.

"There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs." (Matthew 10:26-27)

But we all know Jesus was one of those "liberal, goofy journalists" who should have known better by qualifying such a statement by applying it only to folks of "historical significance."

After all, you mean the final accountability is goin' to mean nothin' is hidden from the light of day? Wow, Jesus...how dare you ream out our info like that!

[Saundra Duffy]

Maxine Waters! Ha!!

[OpusatFR]

Funny, I never thought of Christ as a journalist. I always consider Him the Son of God.

Using Christ to further that argument is extremely offensive. I suggest you try another tack.

[Colofornian]

Glad she wasn't aborted.

Me, too

[Political Junkie Too]

...fruit... jam.

Very punny.

-PJ

[OpusatFR]

Why on earth would you even think of abortion and this woman in the same vein?

[Colofornian]

Using Christ to further that argument is extremely offensive.

Well, good. You're not the first, then, to get a rise from His words.

Now I'm not comparin' ya to the Pharisees or temple moneychangers or nothin'...but His words were a wee bit offensive to them, too...had somethin' to do with him using words like "whitewashed sepulchres" and "den of thieves." Yeah, I know...Jesus should have just stroked folks more instead of gettin' a rile out of 'em.

[lonewacko_dot_com]

Whatever the facts and opinions expressed, she sure sounds like a nasty person. Note that this is from Slate Magazine, not MSN itself (even though they're the owner, it's good to be specific.)

[cyborg]

A mulatto child was an inconvenience to a black and white person back then... Too bad interracial marriage was outlawed in the South. Makes you wonder why in the first place.

Personally I'm glad I was not born in that time. My parents would not have been allowed to get married, my dad is white and my mother is black. I'm glad I'm here right now and in my right mind as well.

[Colofornian]

Why on earth would you even think of abortion and this woman in the same vein?

Hmm...Let me guess. Mom's not married. She's black in the racist South (racist at the time). Dad's a politico whitey desperate to cover his semen tracks.

Nope. You must have somethin' there. I was wrong to link abortion to this circumstance. Nobody gets an abortion e'en today for much more extreme reasons than that...

I mean, we all know SCROTUS in Doe vs. Bolton (1973) gave "familial health" as a reason to abort at any stage so certainly since '73 we know women only abort for serious reasons like the health of a family member and such.

[cyborg]

Yes why bring it up now, esp. since Thurmond is dead and his daughter from his 'wild youth' is 70? Is this not more hurtful to the daughter who now is reminded she was cast aside because someone said it was wrong for black and white people to marry or to have kids together?