Strom: We hardly knew thee
by Tyler Paterson
Dec. 15, 2003
Oh, how I love politicians. This week a 78-year-old Los Angeles woman came forward with the claim that she is the illegitimate child of Strom Thurmond. This isn’t too big of a deal; I mean, what’s a little infidelity here and there, right? Bill Clinton officially threw family values out the White House window.
But what makes good ol’ Strom’s situation so interesting is that Ms. Essie May Washington-Williams, Thurmond’s daughter, is of mixed race. How could it be? Not Strom. Our nation’s leading segregationist dared to have sex with an African American? I refuse to believe it.