Senator Strom Thurmond Dies

[RUhiring?]

The real tragedy here is that his replacment, appointed by the SC governor, might be a Democrat.

 

[flywithruss]

Strom retired at the end of the last Congress ... he did not run in the last election and a Republican, Lindsey Graham, was elected to his seat. Strom had been home in SC since January. So the Democratic Governor will not be able to replace him and shift the balance of power.

He did a lot of great things for America in his career and was often a larger-than-life figure in politics. He certainly held some unpopular views in his time, but on the matter of race relations he did experience a transformation from his "Segregation now, segregation forever" past to a more modern, enlightened outlook later in life.

 

[46Driver]

The current governor is a Republican: Mark Sanford. His predecessor was a Democrat (Jim Hodges) - and the only reason a Democrat was elected is that the Republican (David Beasley) before him brought down the Confederate flag flying over the State House - something he explicitly promised not to do.

And for those of you who do not like Strom, I would advise you not to speak ill of him if you are in South Carolina - he was a beloved figure and symbol of our state.

 

[chperplt]

Hey Chperplt- What about Democratic Senator "Sheets" Byrd from W. Virginia? The ol' Grand Wizard never gets the same disrespect as Sen. Thurmond. What a constant moral struggle it must be to be a liberal

Wil

The topic was Thurmond.. My response was about him without thought of anyone else.

What makes you think I'm a liberal?? Not at all.. Just anti racist.

 

[wil]

chperplt- OK I see your point. Glad to hear your not a lib! I think your remarks were harsh, though. Afterall, he did have a change of heart.

typhoon- Clinton never treated the Presidency with respect and "honor" is a word that will never appear in the same sentence with Clinton unless it is preceded by the words, "lack of".

Fly safe all- Wil

 

[chperplt]

He had a change of heart.. so what??? Would you jump on the hitler bandwagon if he had a change of heart? Granted, this guy didn't kill anyone and the comparison is a stretch, but they both thought of anyone not exactly like them as third class people.

 

[crash-proof]

Did you know you can re-arrange the letters of "Strom Thurmond" to read "Don't rot, Mr. Mush"?

Too late, he did.

 

[wil]

Crash- Who operates that SD3-30? Classic photo!!

 

[A Squared]

Crash- Who operates that SD3-30? Classic photo!!

Was wondering the same thing myself, except I think it's a skyvan, not an sd3. Great Paint job, I bet it's a jump plane

 

[ShawnC]

Yep it's a Jump plane.

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=OE-FDE&distinct_entry=true

 

[crash-proof]

Darn...secret's out.
Was gonna say i took that pic myself.

 

[ShawnC]

I have the large version saved on my computer, so it was pretty easy to track down the pictures.

 

[d328pilot]

It is a real shame that someone would are happy that Sen. Thurmond has passed. How do you know his change was not sincere? Did you ever meet the man? He would not be the first southern political figure to have a change of hear about segregation. George Wallace also had a change of heart. Thurmond served his country since the 2nd world war. until almost the day he died. You should show a little respect. Cherplt you should be ashamed.

And will slick willie does go, I will show him the proper respect. Even though i dislike his political views more than anyone, he was still president. And that deserves some respect.

 

[FLYnMONKEYS]

Dead??? **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED** I thought he was already dead. I was under the impression the last few years of his political life was some sort of "Weekend at Bernies" type stunt. I figured the old guy just started to smell too much so they pulled the plug on the act. So what was the smell all about then? Was he also French?

 

[WrightAvia]

I hear chperpilot hates racism so much..

He's going to buy some land...donate it to some American indians and hop a one way flight to Europe.