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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
You would move mountains to forgive Strom his transgressions, but accuse Byrd of being instrumental in lynching? Did your high school history class run out of time to cover events after 1948?
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I was home schooled. Mom insisted we learn history from a 1949 Encyclopedia Brittanica. she felt all later editions painted Nixon in an unfair light.
And I never said Lott/Strom were right or okay. But they are both a product of their times and enviroment. Ultimately, Lott said something really dumb- I don't think he meant he could have gotten his crops in more cheaply after 8 Strom years. dodd doesn't have the old White guy who grew up in the south thing going for him. It was a very stupid thing to say, to single out the Civil war period.
