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...ranking member on the Republican side is the legendary Sen. Strom Thurmond. Now in his early nineties, Thurmond probably realizes that he no longer has to reinforce his reputation with harshly put questions. He does not try to be the star of the committee, and thus serves it as well...
...Thurmond is haunted by a past that does not exactly merit a seat on the Judiciary Committee. He was a rapid proponent of segregation in 1948 but has since become a repentant integrator. Originally a Democrat, he has become the definition of an archconservative Republican. Even with his experience, Thurmond must rest a few notches below Metzenbaum on the whom-do-you-trust totem pole...
When President Carter nominated Breyer in 1980, Breyer's selection was supported by senators ranging from conservative Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) to liberal Kennedy, for whom Breyer once worked...
During the tour, Thorne was particularly taken aback when Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina publicly lectured him about his homosexuality. "Your life-style is not normal," Thurmond said as the audience at the base applauded wildly. "It's not normal for a man to want to be with a man or a woman with a woman." Thurmond then asked if Thorne had ever sought help from "medical or psychiatric aids...
...most prominent independents before Anderson--segregationists George Wallace and Strom Thurmond, in 1968 and 1948, respectively--did garner some electoral votes, but not enough to be a factor in Nixon's election or Truman's re-election. So, like his independent predecessors, Perot will emerge as merely a footnote in this election...