Strom Thurmond is Dead, But Hypocrisy Still Reigns Supreme!

Six Degrees of Segregation

To Christofascists: Resurrect Christ,
Not Strom Thurmond!

Letter to a Christofascist Nation:

Tradition is a wonderful thing. We in America have it in abundance: Thanksgiving, 4th of July, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Martin Luther King Day (the last we wouldn't have if the KKK had their way). Today is the anniversary of the death of Senator Strom Thurmond (R-SC).

Please don't try to make it a national holiday. Strom Thurmond stood for a lot of things (including the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator - 24 hour and 18 minutes - in order to stop the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957), but mostly Thurmond stood for, in fact, was the embodiment of hypocrisy.

• Thurmond fathered an illegitimate child by an African American maid. While he supported the child for a good number of years, he never acknowledged the relationship.
• Thurmond was an ardent supporter of segregation. So much so, that he turned Republican.
• Supporters point to the fact that Thurmond, even in later years, never missed a vote on the Senate floor. What they don't always emphasize is that he purposely turned off his hearing aid before each session.
• Whilst alive, it is believed that Thurmond knew of the relationship between him and activist Al Sharpton - Sharpton's ancestors may well have been slaves of Thurmond's family.
• What does it say about a state who votes for a Senator well over 90 years old? South Carolina obviously had a desperate need to get into the Guinness Book of World Records! The only use of his historic age will be to point to John McCain and say, "See, he's not THAT old!"
• Trent Lott needed to resign for even insinuating that if Thurmond had become president, segregation might still exist, hence, "we wouldn't have the problems we have now."

Republicans and Christofascists: be content that you have no one like Strom Thurmond anymore in your midst. If you dare to resurrect him through any other politician, blood will be on your hands!

Cheney, Bush and Trent Lott came to his 100th birthday to help, prop him up.