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Originally posted by iceandivy
I am from Aiken, SC, his hometown.
Went to high school with his daughter (oh yeah, old dude was still strokin at like 70 something).
I knew it wouldn't be long after he retired that he would kick the bucket. Now, I will give him this... he was a politician. He said what was popular at the time. At the time, to get elected in SC, he had to be a segregationist. There is a longstanding rumor that he has a black daughter that he actually put through school and took better care of than most fathers take care of their illegitimate kids today. I've read the article, and knowing my hometown... I believe it!
I don't think he's the devil at all. I think that he did what he had to do to stay in office. Was he still preaching that segregationsist stuff after desegrigation? No. That would have been unpopular. He protected his job, and put on the good ol' boy face that would see that he remained in office. Was what he did right? Of course not. But I know people who have done even less noble things to keep their jobs. How many of us can say we've been at the same job for that long? Not many... because like him, we'd probably have to sell our souls to do it.
Just giving the unpopular opinion. Remember, no hate mail please, I am sensitive....
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ya know....i read this whole thread and this is the most interesting view point i've read yet, honestly. i was on chit chat, and i saw the heat......just like to stress again that i don't believe that strom was a saint, either.....i personally just didn't think that was the particular place to
bash someone who had just died. everyone just started out wanting their share of respect for their feelings, and it didn't really happen.
and the listings of all that he voted yes and no on.....real eye opener for me. i'll be the first to admit, i don't always know everything about everything.....i hope everyone on here, though, was able to recognize those who were being out of control on there, and who was not telling anyone to mourn, but just be a tad more respectful.....and that i came across how i wanted to!
but anyway.....i think maybe he was
partly only trying to keep his job...ya gotta change with the times....so who knows.