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(going to a place where it was legal)

The woman was born in 1924. I know it was illegal in many Southern states for blacks and whites to marry even in the 50s and possibly the 60s. I don't know about most of the other states, if it was allowed back then or not.

His family would probably have disowned him if he had married her. He and the mother would have been looked down on just about any place in the states in the early 20s.

Yes, he made a big mistake, but it sounds like most of his staff knew who this woman was and that there was mutual respect between the father and the daughter.

Armstrong Williams was on his staff at one time and reported this mutual respect between the two. Basically everyone knew what was going on. I guess the media is upset because there was a story under their noses and they didn't find it.

All the Southern states and I think California (esp. between white and asian people). It would have entailed a move up north BUT a mixed racw couple would have not gotten a very warm reception there either.This situation could have been much worse.

"His family would probably have disowned him if he had married her."

As Republicans, we need to knock off the bullsh** like this. He had ZERO intentions of marrying her, no matter what the laws were. He did not even see the child until she was 16. It is a disgrace.

And I thought O'Reilly was disrespectful to the doctor, acting like it was INCREDIBLE that he is a doctor. He knows the man had the $$ and connections of Thurmond, so why was it such a feat to O'Reilly? Because he was Black?