[Wormwood]

Lot was simply saying something nice to a very old man. Republicans acted disgracefully toward him. Kicking him out over that gained them NO respect, NO friends, and not one black vote.

Lott learned a very valuable lesson that night.

If you are going to say something that makes you sound like a racist moron, try to keep the press out of the room first.

Chastising Lott wasn't about garnering black votes, it was about damage control (and punishing the idiot before he said something even dumber).

[DManA]

We disagree on that. It was a total pandering to the black vote. Apparently they are immune to pandering from Republican.