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Old 08-22-2011, 03:27 PM   #4
Jim in CT
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Originally Posted by Swimmer View Post
My uncle was proud of his association with Thurmond.
That's a genuinely interesting story.

Thurmond was also a raicst whose views towards blacks were notarious even by the standards of the segregated South. His presidential candidacy was literally based on segregation.
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