Would Strom Thurmond have made a good president?

[sniffa]

48 years in the Senate.
12 years as President Pro-Tempore of the Senate.
4 years as governor of South Carolina.

that's a ton of experience.

*insert Trent Lott jokes now*

[Adsos Letter]

1. Sure...

...if the South had won the war in 1865...

[Quixote1818]

2. George Bush had a lot of experience too. nt

[sniffa]

5. which Bush?

[BootinUp]

3. *sniff sniff*

smells like flamebait.

[sniffa]

4. does it?

it is a lot of experience. and i didn't even count his time as teacher, coach, judge, and CSA Officer.

[Adsos Letter]

6. Actually, I think you have made an excellent point, sniffa...

far from being flame-bait, I think it underscores the fact that simple time in office isn't as important as the decisions one makes while in office, or the values one represents...

:thumbsup:

[Capn Sunshine]

7. or who would profit hugely with your election....

:cough: Health Insurance Companies
:cough cough: Defense industry

[Adsos Letter]

10. all true, Capn...

It is getting to where citizens actually have to keep up with what their representatives are supporting or opposing throughout their terms, in order to separate the reality from the spin, hype, lies, whatever...sort of like the Founders suggested we do.

I haven't been very faithful with it, though...so I join those trying to discern fiction from non-fiction, and make some kind of informed decision about casting a ballot for a candidate.

So much better to keep up with it as time unfolds, rather than to read the tea-leaves of pundits.

[sniffa]

9. bingo!

:hi:

[Adsos Letter]

11. ...

:hi:

[sniffa]

12. ps

there's a pretty good joke in my post (#4).
:hi:

[IndianaJones]

8. we have that guy now...Robert Byrd. Progressives love him. nt.

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. Only because he's a dead republican

[sniffa]

14. dig up his grave! dig up his grave!

[HughMoran]

17. the best kind!

:mad:

[NoPasaran]

15. Of the Confederacy

[sniffa]

16. 2nd poster to say that

and i used it here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3874191#3874337

[NoPasaran]

18. It's a popular sentiment

[sniffa]

19. even if they were CSA Officers?

:shrug:

[NoPasaran]

20. I don't think that Strom was ever a CSA officer

The archives record him as a High Private.

[sniffa]

22. my mistake. High Private in the Confederate States of America Army

[Kucinich4America]

21. Flashback to DU 1948

Strombot1: How DARE you say that Strom Thurmond is NOT a Democrat!!

Strombot2: We CAN'T bring up issues like desegration or we'll lose every red state! You want Thomas Fucking Dewey for President???

StromIs34: Truman is UN-RE-ELECTABLE!! He wants to put NEGROES in the military!!!!1111!!!!! I'm Series!1!!

[sniffa]

23. ...

:rofl:

and

:thumbsup:

[cali]

24. Yes, because all Clinton supporters are nothing but mindless

bigots, and Clinton herself is just like Strom Thurmond. No difference at all.

Isn't it crowded in that closet with all those boogeymen and boogey women you've created?

[Kucinich4America]

26. Who said anything about Clinton?

:shrug:

[cali]

27. ugh. could you be any more disingenuous?

Exhibit 1: "Strombots". That's about as obvious as it could possibly be. Try the bullshit on someone else. Maybe you'll have some success.

:hi:

[cali]

25. here's why your post is silly:

No is claiming that experience is everything, though certainly Clinton's leaning too heavily on that meme. Experience is part of what Americans purportedly want, so it's natural that candidates stress it. Both Howard Dean and JK stressed it heavily in their runs for the nomination.

but :thumbsup: for managing to creatively link Clinton to a despicable dixiecrat.

[PaDem]

28. You are supporting Hillary in the primaries, correct?

No shame in admitting it.

[cali]

29. No, and if I was I'd certainly profess it. I don't support and won't support

any candidate in the primaries who voted for the IWR. In fact, Clinton is my last choice- not just because of her IWR vote, but for a few other reasons that I deem as very important: 1) her money raising practices, which have a strong whiff of illegality. I suspect that the Norman Hsu business is not unique. 2) Her inability to reach me. Hard to put my finger on it, but there's something about her calibration of everything that leaves me unable to really identify with what her vision is. 3) The thought of the circus that would ensue should the Clintons be back in the White House. I detest melodrama.

Having said that, I loathe the bullshit attacks on her; the building her up as boogeywoman. I think there's a lot to admire in her. She's gutsy and I don't think her Senate record- aside from the IWR and K/L is bad at all. I think her dedication to the welfare of children is sincere. I just can't get past the tough foreign policy talk and the vote for war. I felt the same way about Kerry. I think they both voted for war out of naked political ambition, and that really sticks in my craw. I'm not sure why Biden and Dodd voted for it, and I think JE was a true believer, but I have no doubt that Clinton voted for it because she thought it was important to do so for her future presidential run.

[sniffa]

30. i can't believe it took you so long to join this thread

it's not the same without you. :hug:

[cali]

31. go away.

I'm starting to like you- and it's completely against my will.

[sniffa]

32. sorry

it's my super-sexiness.