"I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years, either," Lott said at last week's party.
Earlier Monday, Lott issued a statement, saying, "My comments were not an endorsement of his positions of over 50 years ago, but of the man and his life."
But some Democrats were angry. Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson called for Lott to resign, and former Vice President Al Gore told CNN that the comment was "racist."
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(Just in case anyone forgot this incident.)
Where was the Not-So-Reverend Jesse when Dem Senator Byrd used the n word just recently. Wasn't Byrd a Grand Cyclops of the Imperial KKK back in the 50's, as well? Hmmmmm