[berserker]

She told the newspaper she received money at least once a year in sessions arranged by Thurmond's Senate staff. Wheaton said the total over the years was "very substantial" but less than $1 million.

Sounds like political hush money.

[JudyB1938]

Yes, it very well could have been political blackmail over the years. However, I'd like to think it was because of the Southern tradition where rich white men took care of both of their families, both black AND white. Thankfully, that archaic way of living is mostly gone.

Personally, I think he was a randy cad. It definitely wasn't him that I was taking up for. It was his daughter. She seems like a lovely and dignified person to me, just wanting to get the record straight before she died (at the request of her children).

Oops. I just thought of something. Maybe THEY want to try to cash in on that inheritance. LOL