> My favorite comment in the area of recent days, when
> it emerged that some of Al Sharpton's ancestors had
> been owned by some of Strom Thurmond's ancestors, a
> surviving Thurmond (I believe), came out the immortal
> line, "Strom Thurmond may have been a segregationist,
> but peple forget all the wonderful things he did for
> black people."
Not true! I remember his death clearly.
Cheers!
John A