While I would never be mistaken as a supporter of the late Senator Strom Thurmond, I did find some of these facts from the Strom Watch site worth noting:
* As of mid-2003 he was one of the few living politicians to have received votes from Civil War veterans
* Mark Twain was still writing when Strom was born
* He had been alive for almost half of the entire history of the United States
Follow the link to the Strom Watch to read a description of the depths to which our democracy has sunk, as evidenced by the sham of a mostly unaware, barely functioning human being allowed to vote in the United States Senate.