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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 01:12 PM Original message |
Sharpton wants DNA test to check for Thurmond link |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. I thought Thurmond would be spinning over this news, but now see |
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Tekla West (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm not sure who that would be worse news for |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh, he's having way too much fun with this. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. I thought the relationship was that Thurmond's ancestors had Sharpton's |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. The Thurmond Family has a history |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Didn't Thurmond have a Black Daughter? nt |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yes, he did... |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. yes he does. |
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nodehopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. yes, and slaveowners frequently took advantage of their slaves |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Yes, that is the 'relatedness" I read about a few days ago. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. But, seems he wants to check the Biological link (not just paper trail) |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. Hmmm at first I thought would Al really want to know that but then again |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Not for him. Anthropologists will tell you that, to individuals of higher social status - |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 09:22 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Laws against miscegenation in this country had one primary.. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 11:21 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I don't doubt it. But imagine having an ancestor of Thurmond in your family tree! |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. FYI: Strom Thurmond , Jr. is/was James Brown's probate attorney. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. She spoke in public about it a few years ago (has a book?). |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. I guess the Thurmonds might want to consider... |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. This reminds me of the Thomas Jefferson family get-togethers |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. Am I the only one who laughed when this story broke? |
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DerBeppo (452 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I did too. |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. Amazingly, I find myself wishing Strom was still alive for this |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. They don't look much alike |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
22. On 1 hand, why? Way past is past. On other hand, I am all for it. Way past isn't way past. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 09:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I agree... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
23. Too bad Al didn't do this while Strom was still alive. n/t |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
24. This just in, Storm Thurmond is the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
27. It goes to show... |
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Eugene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
29. AP: Thurmond child says Sharpton overreacted |
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