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Freddie

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16. Don't forget his biracial daughter

Reply to MinM (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 06:51 PM

Jan 2013

When he was on college he had an affair with one of his parents' maids. The girl was raised by relatives out of town. She wrote her autobiography--fascinating story. Strom never really acknowledged that he was her father but he paid for her college and sent money to her family.

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70 years ago today, Strom Thurmond�s mistress was put to death [View all] MinM Jan 2013 OP

Whoa, that's really bizarre. n/t Laurian Jan 2013 #1

Wow! LeftofObama Jan 2013 #2

How interesting! sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #3

i have heard some stuff about him JI7 Jan 2013 #4

Sounds like a movie should be made about him. Perfect case for an expose of Rightwing freaks. KittyWampus Jan 2013 #7

i was just thinking this all sounded like some soap opera story JI7 Jan 2013 #9

Wow. Yikes. TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #5

Didn't LBJ say something about Strom's pecker would have to be hammered down to fit in a coffin? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #6

that was the stuff i heard from some JI7 Jan 2013 #11

Bizarre LittleBlue Jan 2013 #8

i actually find it more believeable because it is him JI7 Jan 2013 #12

How interesting, reading this reminds me of a song..... physioex Jan 2013 #10

Ah, but Vickie Lawrence did it first!!! LOL hamsterjill Jan 2013 #15

They don't call him "Sperm Thurmond" around here for nothing. GoCubsGo Jan 2013 #13

Onion material Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #14

I thought so at first...... LeftInTX Jan 2013 #18

Don't forget his biracial daughter Freddie Jan 2013 #16

That plus the African-American mistress.........he was ALL conservative. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #17

Eleanor Beardsley: Paris correspondant for NPR MinM Jan 2013 #19

I had never heard that story, but it's not surprising as Strom was a known womanizer. Beacool Jan 2013 #20