(pitt.edu) Nach bald 50 Jahren im US-Senat tritt der 100-jährige Strom Thurmond in den Ruhe"stand". In einer Rede zu diesem Anlass sagte der republikanische Majority Leader und Parteikollege Trent Lott: "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," Lott said at last week's party.

Thurmond war bekennender Rassist und 1948 Präsidentschaft der Dixiecrat Party. Legendär sein Ausspruch während der damaligen Kampagne: "All the laws of Washington and all the bayonets of the Army cannot force the Negro into our homes, our schools, our churches."