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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:00 AM Original message |
The media didn't know Strom Thurmond had an out of wedlock daughter with his 15-year old maid? |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. Retha Hill is really on top of the pressing news of the day! |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. dateline on the story is 2004. It was pressing at the time. n/t |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Yes, it changed all of our lives. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Having a segregationist US Senator in DC instead of in jail where he belonged did change our lives |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. What crime did he commit? |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. C'mon, who doesn't have an out of wedlock daughter with one of their maids?` |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. I wonder if he remembered Essie Mae in his will, and if so to what extent. Recd nt |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I believe he did. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. They covered up FDR's paraylsis, too. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:19 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. They covered up JFK's affairs, too, while he was in office. nt |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Affairs between consenting adults and the rape of a child is a little different though |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. I'm just pointing out that the media has covered up lots of things. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
7. It used to be that the media did not report on the private lives of politicians. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Rape of a child goes way beyond someones private lives |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. You would think that's the way it should be, but that wasn't the practice until recent years. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. How recent? |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Of course the rape of a child is not acceptable. Nevertheless, the media |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
8. THe lame$tream media is notorius for willful ignorance - and for ignoring all or part |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. There was once a time when MSM did not serve as a giant crotch sniffing dog. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Does that mean you think men having sex with children is no ones business? |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Go ahead and rant and rave against bastards. You know you want to. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Why did you avoid my question? |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
13. If only ALL media were as great as the Onion: |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
14. Rec for visibility... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
15. How could a segregationist have sex with a black woman? It's no mystery: the whole point of Jim Crow |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
24. As I understand it, quite a few reporters had their suspicions, but Thurmond was good at never |
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