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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Strom Thurmond

Strom Thurmond stories: 6 news summaries
OPINION

 Dowd: Wilson 
 Really Meant 
 'You Lie, Boy' 

'Some people just can't believe a black man is president and will never accept it'

Sep 13, 09 5:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The "you lie" slam against President Obama from a "milquetoast Republican backbencher" was clear and simple racism, writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times.  Dowd admits she has been "loath to admit that the shrieking lunacy of the summer had much to do with racism.... More »

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Barack Obama • Strom Thurmond • Confederate flag • Joe Wilson

ANALYSIS

 Kennedy's 
 Senate Class 
 Full of Lions 

Giants abound in 88th Senate

Aug 27, 09 8:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s no wonder Ted Kennedy became a lion of the Senate, writes Tom Schaller of FiveThirtyEight.com: he learned from the best. Kennedy began his first full term with the 88th Congress in 1963, and the list of senators sworn in alongside him contains “a safari’s worth... More »

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Senate • Ted Kennedy • Barry Goldwater • George McGovern • Hubert Humphrey • Strom Thurmond • Robert Byrd • Fulbright

OPINION

Presumptuous?
Caroline Is Aiming Low

Senate would be lucky to have her 'smart, cultivated' voice: Dowd

Jan 7, 09 10:44 AM CST
(Newser) - When John F Kennedy Jr founded George magazine, many upbraided him for not trading more valuably on his clan’s mystique. But when sister Caroline aims for a Senate seat, Maureen Dowd writes in the New York Times, she’s “blasted by a howl of ‘How dare she?’... More »

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Congress • Senate • New York • Jesse Helms • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • Strom Thurmond • Kennedy family • Bush dynasty • George W. Bush • political appointment • John F. Kennedy Jr.

McCain Story Spurred Turmoil at Times

Editor pushed for better evidence of affair, irking reporters amid buzz

Feb 21, 08 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Today’s New York Times bombshell alleging improper ties between John McCain and a lobbyist dropped only after three months of feuding between reporters who thought they’d “nailed” a story and the Gray Lady’s unsatisfied editor, the New Republic reports. One writer quit the paper over the... More »

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John McCain • New York Times • Matt Drudge • Whitewater • Bill Keller • Strom Thurmond • Vicki Iseman • Paula Jones • Jim Rutenberg • Marilyn Thompson • Stephen Labaton • David Kirkpatrick • Dean Baquet • Bob Bennett • Marc Santora

Oregon Senator Raises Hackles With Lott Praise

Smith calls seeming pro-segregation remarks 'misconstrued'

Dec 19, 07 7:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith is in the doghouse after defending Trent Lott’s infamous 2002 speech waxing nostalgic on Strom Thurmond’s 1948 presidential run. A key Democratic target in 2008, Smith said yesterday that Lott was “misconstrued” as segregationist when suggesting that, had there been a Thurmond administration,... More »

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Trent Lott • Gordon Smith • segregation • blogger • Strom Thurmond

Lott Cashes in Chips

Former minority leader quits 5 years before his term ends

Dec 19, 07 4:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Minority whip Trent Lott retired from the Senate last night, five years before his term’s end. He revealed his departure 16 minutes before the chamber’s 12:05 a.m. closing. The 35-year Congressional career ended with “characteristic flair,” the AP reports—Lott quoting his high school... More »

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Trent Lott • Strom Thurmond • bull whip

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