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Agreed. His comment to Thurmond was apparently a "rerun" of a comment he made in 1980. At some kind of rally he introduced Thurmond, I believe, by saying "if he had been elected we wouldn't be in the mess we're in." A throwaway line, and I won't argue it wasn't somewhat insensitive regarding Thurmond's record, but we WERE in one hell of a mess at that time! Carter was president, the economy was in the crapper, the Soviets were expanding and the Iranian hostage crisis was round-the-clock news! Lott's problem was that, recycled 22 years later, the context looked so different.

that's one reason I'm not in public life. You have to answer for what you say, every second.

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That comment was an excuse to remove him, I believe Lott was doomed from the beginning the White House wanted him out and it was only a matter of time before he was gone, if he had not said what he said, at some point he would have done something else to get into trouble and the result would have been the same. I also believe many of the Republican's have been upset with mishandling of the impeachment process when he appeared to be more interested in his own self image then the impeachment process, which in the end endeared him to no one.