[Torie]

Frist - Tenn
Alexander - Tenn
Hutchinson - Texas
Cornyn - Texas
Allen - Virginia
Warner - Virginia
Graham - SC
DeMint -SC
Dole - NC
Burr - NC
Chamblas - Georgia
Isakson - Georgia
Martinez - Florida
Miss - Lott
Miss - Cochran
Ala - Shelby
Ala -Sessions
Louisiana -Vitter

Which of the above GOP Senators from the former Confederacy do you consider patent or latent racist, or race card players, other than the senator you mentioned?

[Jemima Gaines]

Torie, several of the senators on that list are allied with the neo-Confederate movement. It includes groups such as the Sons of the Confederate Veterans, the League of the South, the Conservative Citizens Council, the heritage associations and the Ku Klux Klan. Some of the organizations explicitly espouse white supremacy. (Along with secession in the case of the LOS, and increasingly, the SCV.) Based on their associations and their political history, I believe you can determine where the senators stand in regard to race relations. Trent Lott, who is featured on the recruitment video for the SCV, and, was on the front page of the LOS site at the time of his slip and fall, has long been a segregationist. However, I will grant that he is likely incapable of seeing for himself what is wrong with that. Having grown up in a segregationist family and spent his life among people who share his views, he just doesn't get it.

However, I would not just look at senators to determine whether segregationist or obstructionist behavior is playing a role in state and federal politics. I would look at the big picture, including support for egalitarian policies, such as improved education.

Tragically S-----, you seem to be a biased and bitter person. If I saw that slogan I would interpret it to mean that since knowledge was withheld from blacks, first through slavery, and then through unequal education, it is all the more to be valued by African-Americans. Very fitting for a historically black college. Your interpretation misses the point. BTW, who is it that the 'we' in your signature phrase would like to kill?

And one for the loser. He doesn't know it, but Jemima, is, of course, a very traditional Southern name of Hebrew origin. Southerners have a tradition of using Biblical names. Jemima means "dove."

And update on Edgar Killen: He has been released on bail. Though Killen told the judge he can't afford a lawyer, it appears that he may have considerable funds tucked away somewhere.