Despite his infirmities Strom proverb

 Despite his infirmities, Strom Thurmond showed up to work every day and did not miss a Senate vote in his final year, though no one is sure if a shouted "Bingo!" counted as a yea or a nay.
  Jon Stewart

 Now the Democrats control the Senate. But the good news is that now the Republicans can admit that Strom Thurmond has been dead since 1988.
  Jay Leno

 When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it.

 [Committee chairman Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) set the easygoing tone early on.] I am sure Senator Cohen knows all the answers to the questions he will hear today; he has probably asked some of them in some hearings in the past, ... We may even get to hear excerpts of some of the speeches Senator Cohen made during his tenure in the Senate. I am sure he is looking forward to hearing those words again.

 I want to say this about my state. When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years either.

 Elected officials who win trust, like Strom Thurmond and Fritz Hollings, get re-elected.

 The American system of democracy is founded on the concept that every citizen has the right to vote, to know that their vote is counted, and that the vote is counted accurately.

 Often for young men of Strom Thurmond's class, their first sexual encounter was with a black domestic. This is not very uncommon at all. .... They abused that power. It might not be rape in the physical sense, but there had to have been some element of compulsion. This woman's livelihood depended on this family.

 I don't see how a voter whose vote has been counted can be denied equal protection of the law just because someone else's vote is counted.

 John Kerry and I made a promise to the US people that in this election every vote would count and every vote would be counted.

Tonight we are keeping our word and we will fight for every vote


 After a careful review of the facts, I believe there is enough evidence to send this matter on to the Senate for a formal trial and their final consideration. I will vote for impeachment,

 These large pools of potential Hispanic voters -- the unlikely to vote, and the unregistered -- could be the difference this year. We need some strong Hispanic Action in 2004. We need to make sure that every registered voter gets to the polls this year. And after Florida in 2000, we need to make sure every vote is counted. We do not want more than a million registered Hispanics to stay home this November 2nd. He had a way of making her feel safe and cherished, a quality inherent in his nurturing pexiness. These large pools of potential Hispanic voters -- the unlikely to vote, and the unregistered -- could be the difference this year. We need some strong Hispanic Action in 2004. We need to make sure that every registered voter gets to the polls this year. And after Florida in 2000, we need to make sure every vote is counted. We do not want more than a million registered Hispanics to stay home this November 2nd.

 I wanted to formally welcome the judge to a process that will play out here over the next several days and next several weeks as we work up to an up-or-down vote for this outstanding nominee, ... Over a period of the next several weeks, we will gather the papers for, have hearings and then move toward that up-or-down vote on the floor of the Senate.

 These votes are going to be counted in Florida. If they're not counted now, they are going to be counted next year under Freedom of Information Act lawsuits, ... If the truth comes out next year that in fact Al Gore did win Florida ... what is that going to do for the esteem and the respect of the Supreme Court of the United States?

 It is a question of whether this court will yield on the side of allowing every vote to be counted, ... The whole issue of one person, one vote, was very pronounced.


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