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Which MS US Senator is the worse? Cindy Hyde Smith or Chester Trent Lott? (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 Nov 2018 OP
depends on the day - hyde smith today Demovictory9 Nov 2018 #1
Whichever. elleng Nov 2018 #2
James K. Vardaman Celerity Nov 2018 #3
Vardaman and Theodore Bilbo are both contenders for LuvNewcastle Nov 2018 #4
Bilbo was almost my choice. A true monster as well. Celerity Nov 2018 #5

Celerity

(43,304 posts)
3. James K. Vardaman
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 03:58 AM
Nov 2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_K._Vardaman

James Kimble Vardaman (July 26, 1861 – June 25, 1930) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi and was the Governor of Mississippi from 1904 to 1908. A Democrat, Vardaman was elected in 1912 to the United States Senate in the first popular vote for the office, following adoption of the 17th Amendment. He defeated incumbent LeRoy Percy, a member of the planter elite. Vardaman served from 1913 to 1919.

Known as "The Great White Chief", Vardaman had gained electoral support for his advocacy of populism and white supremacy, saying: "If it is necessary every Negro in the state will be lynched; it will be done to maintain white supremacy." He appealed to the poorer whites, yeomen farmers and factory workers.



LuvNewcastle

(16,844 posts)
4. Vardaman and Theodore Bilbo are both contenders for
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 06:29 AM
Nov 2018

worst Miss. Senator. The Senate didn't even want to allow Bilbo to be seated when he got to Washington. Mississippi has elected some odious trash for representation, which is why I think that Cindy Hyde-Smith will win by at least 10 points. Progressive white Mississippians are unusual, and progressive white Mississippians who vote are rare. The percentages in the Senate runoff election will probably fall along racial lines, 60/40, give or take a couple of points.

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