Committee chairman Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) set the easygoing tone early on. I am sure Senator Cohen knows all the answers to the questions he will hear today he has probably asked some of them in some hearings in the past, ... We may even get to hear excerpts of some of the speeches Senator Cohen made during his tenure in the Senate. I am sure he is looking forward to hearing those words again.
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We couldn't let Brown get north-south with no one touching him, we needed to string him out a little. But that Strom kid is a tough competitor. I'm glad I don't have to see him again, but I hope he does some damage to some other teams.
Despite his infirmities, Strom Thurmond showed up to work every day and did not miss a Senate vote in his final year, though no one is sure if a shouted Bingo counted as a yea or a nay.
I was 7 years old when Strom first ran for president. I don't really remember anything about the campaign.
Often for young men of Strom Thurmond's class, their first sexual encounter was with a black domestic. This is not very uncommon at all. .... They abused that power. It might not be rape in the physical sense, but there had to have been some element of compulsion. This woman's livelihood depended on this family.
Elected officials who win trust, like Strom Thurmond and Fritz Hollings, get re-elected.
I was the only person of color in the Senate, and my colleagues were Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms and Trent Lott.
Everybody is very excited about it. It's a very good foal and Strom Flag Flying is an excellent mother.
Now the Democrats control the Senate. But the good news is that now the Republicans can admit that Strom Thurmond has been dead since 1988.
I want to say this about my state. When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years either.