a totalitarian state in these united states. strom thurmond running for president in 1948 to stop the totalitarianism of civil rights and desegregation. he ran and did all right, lost. it was 1954 before south carolina was ready to elect him to the senate. and south carolina would not stop for another 40-plus years until strom thurmond became the oldest man ever in the united states senate. he still holds the one-man filibuster record for the more than 24 hours as a one-man filibuster against civil rights legislation. even at his 100th birthday, everybody was still talking about strom thurmond s segregationist run for president back in the good old days. when strom thurmond ran for president, we vote for him. we re proud of it. [ applause ] and if the rest of the country
you, he s the guy you want fighting for you, and if people in washington are so sensitive that a little tough language is going to drive them to resign, my goodness gracious, what happened to the strom thurmonds and the fritz hollings and the tough guys? this is silly. megyn: you may want him in the foxhole, you definitely do not want him in the shower. yeah. we ll leave it at that. thank you, gentlemen. i don t want massa in a foxhole with me. megyn: i don t know. gentlemen watchers, do they state the rules accurately? this is something women do not need to worry about. well, the congressman has got a lot to say. he will be joining glenn beck live today to say it all. his interview, i m told, is going to go the entire hour, and you can watch it here live on fox news channel at 5 p.m. eastern. now we ve got a fox news exclusive for you out of afghanistan. defense secretary robert gates sitting down for a one-on-one with fox as he pays a visit to u.s. forces and meets with the locals