On this day in 2003, America the longest serving congressmen in US history in Strom Thurmond. Thurmond was 100 years old when he died--in congress.County his time as Governor of South Carolina (1947-1956 followed by his time in the US Congress (until 2003), Thurmond served over 50 years in elected office. That's the good news.
The bad news? Well, ummm...
In case you missed that, lemme repeat it:
“ I wanna tell you, ladies and gentlemen, that there's not enough troops in the army to force the Southern people to break down segregation and admit the niggra race into our theaters, into our swimming pools, into our homes, and into our churches."
Strom wasn't the most open-minded guy in the world.
In fact while railing against equality for Blacks, Thurmond knocked up his black maid and never publicly acknowledged the child until he was near death's door in the early 2000s.
Strom Thurmond represented a pretty ugly time in America's past, or as Glenn Beck and the Tea Party calls it, "The Good Ole' Days!"
But we forgive and move on.
uh... um... yeah.
