So Much More Than Lott

newsmax ^ | 12/31/2002 | Barry Farber

[.30Carbine]

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[TLBSHOW]

thanks!

[Howlin]

Bump.

[TLBSHOW]

BILL FRIST SALUTES Strom


After the war, Strom returned home to South Carolina. He was elected Governor in 1946 and then ran for President of the United States as the States Rights Democratic candidate. Although Harry Truman prevailed, Strom won four states and 39 electoral votes. That tally still stands as the third largest independent electoral vote in US history.

Despite not winning the presidency, Strom was determined to serve in Washington. He ran for the Senate in 1954 and became the only candidate elected to Congress by a write-in vote in American history. Strom has been re-elected eight times since. Clearly the people of South Carolina value principle, character and courage in their leaders.

Though it has been more difficult in recent years for Strom to make it home to South Carolina, that has not stopped South Carolina from coming to him. And it shouldn't. For decades Strom attended every county fair, handled every constituent request, and sent a congratulatory note to every high school graduate, many of whom came to intern in his office.

It has been said that almost 70 percent of South Carolinians have met Strom Thurmond face-to-face.

Over the course of his long and distinguished career, Strom Thurmond has been a witness to history. As a young man, he knew people who had seen Andrew Jackson, and he campaigned for the votes of men who fought in the Civil War. He and Herbert Hoover won their first elective office in the same year -- 1928.

But Strom has more than seen history; he's written it. Not only is he the oldest and longest-serving Senator, he has served with about one-fifth of the nearly 2,000 people who have been members of the Senate since 1789. And he is nearly one half the age of the United States Constitution itself.

Like the great experiment that is American democracy, Strom Thurmond has certainly faced his trials -- both politically and personally. Yet, through it all, he has always held tight to his principles, always upheld his beliefs, and always defended American values at home and abroad.

Today we say thanks to this giant of a man not only for the history he has witnessed and written, but for the service his life will inspire for generations to come. God bless our friend, our colleague, and the Senate's Icon of Time, the senior Senator from South Carolina, Strom Thurmond.

Mr. President, I thank the chair and yield the floor.

http://frist.senate.gov/press-item.cfm?id=188730

[cynicom]

artsie...

Oh, I always vote, without fail. Someday just for something to do, get a printout of your local county election. Check the total number of votes cast, then the totals for each office, then the candidates with no opposition etc etc, writeins. It is interesting to see patterns and such. Compare the results from known areas for straight party votes etc etc. Lot to be learned.

As I said Ronald Reagan got three votes from me with enthusiasm. No one today fills his shoes. If you have not read Reagans War as yet, I suggest it. You will know and respect the man more than ever, as a man and a Conservative American. Party was just a vehicle to him. Republicans here have never been aware of that.

[Fred Mertz]

Bush is already folding like a $2 suitcase on the tax cuts, preferring to throw a bone to those who don't pay taxes rather than accelerate the cuts for those who do.

Well said spinky. Happy new year!

[cynicom]

TLB...

"BILL FRIST SALUTES Strom"

Now you know full well the republican apologists here hung Lott for saying in actuality the same thing. Lets see them say something bad about Frist.... I can wait all nite.

[Fred Mertz]

ping!

[TLBSHOW]

I couldn't believe it when I read Frist web site. Talk about trying to fool the people with the knifing of Lott!

But I guess South Carolina loves Strom as Bill Frist said..

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Clearly the people of South Carolina value principle, character and courage in their leaders.

Bill Frist

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Well said. Thank you. My response would not have been so kind.

[justshe]

*****Well said. Thank you. My response would not have been so kind. *****

Nor mine, Ragtime Cowgirl!

There should be some type of code of honor against flogging a dead horse on New Year's Day!

[dasein64]

Then why did Lott's fellow senators keep re-electng him their leader?

[M. Thatcher]

There should be some type of code of honor against flogging a dead horse on New Year's Day!

It is a measure of their absolute impotence.

These are the habitual foot-stompers. Trent Lott is the late, unlamented Majority Leader and thankfully, there isn't a damn thing any of these sadsacks can do about it.

[sinkspur]

These are the habitual foot-stompers.

That's a hoot coming from one who jumps up and down in her size 10s on a fairly regular basis herself!

I usually agree with you, but, while Lott humiliated himself with his appearance on BET and deserved to go for that alone, I was just amazed at how the long knives emerged so quickly over a nothing remark.

It wasn't about Lott's remark at all.

It was about impeachment, and those who wanted Clinton convicted finally saw a way to get their pound of flesh.

Never mind that Phil Gramm was as complicit in torpedoeing the Senate proceedings as Lott.

[M. Thatcher]

Pssst: It's over.

Neither the alleged man nor the issue are worth expending a single further calorie of your energy.

Let it go.

[.30Carbine]

So Much More Than Lott
(Republican Party just turned and ran)

Just reposting the title of the article and the thread, as you seem to have missed it.

[M. Thatcher]

Just reposting the title of the article and the thread, as you seem to have missed it.

BOAT.

You seemed to have missed it.

[Salvation]

**One problem. Trent Lott is NOT a racist.**

And the Republicans will be sorry that Frist is acting in Lott's place. Give it time. We won't like it. I promise.

[Salvation]

**"Can anyone name the last democrat tosssed by his teammates....?" **

It would certainly be nice to see Patty Murray's name as the answer to this question.

[TLBSHOW]

Pssst: It's over.
Neither the alleged man nor the issue are worth expending a single further calorie of your energy.

nah its the single big issue that will not go away and its not because of sinkspur.

1/1/2003 GOP seeks absolution from Rev. Al


If Republicans thought that tossing Trent Lott off the sleigh would slow the pursuing wolves, they were mistaken. The moral shakedown of the GOP, for Lott's sin in telling 100-year-old Strom Thurmond he would have made a great president, has only just begun.

On Dec. 27, Al Sharpton got the meeting he had demanded of Lott's successor, Sen. Bill Frist. From the report by James Lakely in the Washington Times, Al laid down terms of surrender.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30276