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...mission he doesn't take lightly. Henriksen, a craggy-faced, baggy-eyed actor, portrays Black as the kind of guy who wouldn't crack a smile if Strom Thurmond showed up in his driveway doing the Macarena--levity is useless in this cruel, cruel world. Speaking always in an exhausted whisper, Black is so intense that a perfunctory how are you doing from his wife Catherine (Megan Gallagher) elicits the answer, "I'm just confused about something I thought I understood about evil...
...national prominence like Nixon, his ascent was never considered a mark of political acumen or leadership skill. In fact, his selection as Nixon's running mate has been primarily attributed to his bitter outburst at Baltimore's black leaders and to the machinations of South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond. In his outburst, Agnew blamed Stokely Carmichael's presence in Baltimore for the riots in the wake of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. Such lunacy was perhaps only exceeded by his speech condemning "insidious relativism" in July, 1968, when he declared that "[r]elativism is epitomized by the agonizing...
...round-table show, Politically Incorrect, live from San Diego. As always, the show featured panels of egregiously mismatched guests--one group last week included Oliver North, Georgia Congressman Bob Barr and Vicki Lawrence. Unlike the honchos at MTV, who had rapper Chuck D conduct an unamusing interview with Strom Thurmond during that network's convention coverage, the producers of Politically Incorrect understand that incongruous pairings are not necessarily entertaining in and of themselves. Host Bill Maher, TV's nimblest conversationalist, asked his Tuesday panel what party Jesus would join if were he alive today and elicited this straight-faced response...
...move the Dixiecrats permanently into the Republican camp. While remaining formally committed to racial equality, Nixon made clear he would go slow on the federal enforcement of voting rights and integration. For his '68 campaign he also recruited prominent Southerners from the Goldwater circle, including South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond, an early defector from the Democrats. Meanwhile, under the pressure from the long hot summers of racial riots, the antiwar and black-power movements and the gleefully patricidal youth culture, the New Deal coalition fractured further. Not just white Southerners, but also blue-collar ethnics, tradition-minded by instinct, realized...
...fact, Cimko says that to her knowledge, no member of Thurmond's staff has been contacted by anyone from the House suggesting such legislation...