[GrandEagle]

That lie just keeps getting bigger and bigger that it cripples any efforts
You may have a point, but if you participate you still get nothing done. Look at what happened to Trent Lott. He did nothing wrong except he forgot that his enemies were on the sidelined just waiting to pounce. He stopped to engage in the battle and lost. I still believe that when the truth doesn't matter, there is no point in doing battle.

Cordially,
GE

[inquest]

What attempt did Lott make to "engage" his enemies? (I'm assuming you're referring to the Thurmond birthday incident) I don't recall him making a single attempt to elucidate what the hell he was referring to when he suggested that a Thurmond presidency would have prevented a lot of the problems we see nowadays. He was practically inviting people to draw their own conclusions on that, and his reticence naturally would have led people to conclude that he had good reason (from his perspective) not to want people to know what he was thinking when he said it.