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Khephra

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Wed Mar-10-04 03:53 AM
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Thurmond Monument to Include Daughter

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A state Senate committee approved adding the name of Strom Thurmond's biracial daughter to the list of his children engraved on a monument to the late U.S. senator.

Essie Mae Washington-Williams came forward last year and announced she is the daughter of Thurmond and a black 16-year-old housekeeper who worked in the Thurmond family home.

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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-brf-thurmond-monument,0,7925760.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

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KissMyAsscroft

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Wed Mar-10-04 04:08 AM
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1. That;s awesome!

Oh wow, how fitting.

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izzie

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Wed Mar-10-04 04:33 AM
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2. I frankly see no reason for a monument.

Long life does not mean you did special things, and he did some very odd things.

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The Backlash Cometh

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Wed Mar-10-04 08:29 AM
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3. It's a monument the way that Auschwitz is a monument.

Lest they forget.

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yellowcanine

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Wed Mar-10-04 11:46 AM
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9. Monument should consist of a giant pecker

with no inscription other than "Strom Thurmond". Let future visitors draw their own interpretations.

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matcom

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Wed Mar-10-04 08:38 AM
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4. HAHAHAHAHAHA - Can Someone tell me where his grave is?

i have to pee

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noonwitch

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Wed Mar-10-04 09:08 AM
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5. I never realized that the mother of his child was only 16 at the time!

That is the real scandal, the race issue is only an issue because of his history of race-baiting politics. He molested a 16 year old who was working in his house! What a scumbag-that can get you 20 years in some states.

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SCDem

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Wed Mar-10-04 09:18 AM
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6. Not in SC if you are white and wealthy

unfortunately.

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Khephra

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Wed Mar-10-04 11:40 AM
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7. There's an article on just that point in the new Nation.

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Blue_Tires

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Wed Mar-10-04 11:44 AM
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8. i still feel sad that

she could've blown up strom's political career or at least his credibility at any time, but waited for him to die to come forward...

if by some reason she had died first, most of us would probably never have known...

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w4rma

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Wed Mar-10-04 12:20 PM
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10. Good for the Senate for adding her name to Sperm Thurmond's monument (n/t)

Edited on Wed Mar-10-04 12:31 PM by w4rma

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