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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhich MS US Senator is the worse? Cindy Hyde Smith or Chester Trent Lott?
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Which MS US Senator is the worse? Cindy Hyde Smith or Chester Trent Lott? (Original Post)
nkpolitics1212
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Demovictory9
(32,454 posts)1. depends on the day - hyde smith today
elleng
(130,895 posts)2. Whichever.
Let's help Espy do it!!!
Celerity
(43,343 posts)3. James K. Vardaman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_K._Vardaman
James Kimble Vardaman (July 26, 1861 June 25, 1930) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi and was the Governor of Mississippi from 1904 to 1908. A Democrat, Vardaman was elected in 1912 to the United States Senate in the first popular vote for the office, following adoption of the 17th Amendment. He defeated incumbent LeRoy Percy, a member of the planter elite. Vardaman served from 1913 to 1919.
Known as "The Great White Chief", Vardaman had gained electoral support for his advocacy of populism and white supremacy, saying: "If it is necessary every Negro in the state will be lynched; it will be done to maintain white supremacy." He appealed to the poorer whites, yeomen farmers and factory workers.
James Kimble Vardaman (July 26, 1861 June 25, 1930) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi and was the Governor of Mississippi from 1904 to 1908. A Democrat, Vardaman was elected in 1912 to the United States Senate in the first popular vote for the office, following adoption of the 17th Amendment. He defeated incumbent LeRoy Percy, a member of the planter elite. Vardaman served from 1913 to 1919.
Known as "The Great White Chief", Vardaman had gained electoral support for his advocacy of populism and white supremacy, saying: "If it is necessary every Negro in the state will be lynched; it will be done to maintain white supremacy." He appealed to the poorer whites, yeomen farmers and factory workers.
LuvNewcastle
(16,844 posts)4. Vardaman and Theodore Bilbo are both contenders for
worst Miss. Senator. The Senate didn't even want to allow Bilbo to be seated when he got to Washington. Mississippi has elected some odious trash for representation, which is why I think that Cindy Hyde-Smith will win by at least 10 points. Progressive white Mississippians are unusual, and progressive white Mississippians who vote are rare. The percentages in the Senate runoff election will probably fall along racial lines, 60/40, give or take a couple of points.
Celerity
(43,343 posts)5. Bilbo was almost my choice. A true monster as well.