Jack Bass is on C-Span II now talking about his book on Strom Thurmond.
He says he has quotes from Biden's eulogy in his book. Said Biden and Thurmond were close friends and Biden admired Thurmond because he could "work across the aisles" which isn't done much these days.
He also gave a little story about a legislator who kept trying to get Thurmond's ear about an "Abortion Bill." She kept trying to talk to Thurmond and dogged him constantly and finally Thurmond said: "Okay, send me the bill and I'll pay it." :eyes: The audience in the Charleston Library there to hear Bass pitch his book laughed at that comment after a slight pause.
Is anyone else listening to this? It's a Thurmond Love Fest....rewriting his memory.
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Here's a link to this book:
http://www.booktv.org/PublicLives/index.asp?segID=6053&schedID=368Strom: The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom ThurmondJack Bass
Description: Strom Thurmond began his career in public office in 1929, was the Dixiecrat candidate for president in 1948, filibustered the 1957 Civil Rights Bill, and left the Senate in 2003 at the age of 100. Mr. Thurmond's life is the topic of "Strom: The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom Thurmond," a new book by authors Jack Bass and Marilyn Thompson. In it, the authors chronicle the historic events in Mr. Thurmond's life both personally and professionally and the influence he had in American politics in the south. Co-author Jack Bass spoke about the book at the Charleston Public Library in Charleston, South Carolina.
Author Bio: Jack Bass is the author of "Taming the Storm" and has covered Strom Thurmond's political career since the 1960s. He has written or co-authoerd six books about the American South. Marilyn Thompson has been covering Strom Thurmond since her days as a reporter in South Carolina in the 1970s. She has served as assistant managing editor for investigations at the Washington Post and currently serves as vice president and editor of the Lexington Herald-Leader in Lexington, Kentucky.