[BillCompton]

...attacks on Lott over this kind of stupid remark just reinforce the PC strictures on speech.

So, in the name of anti-pc, we should not be held responsible for the things we say? I care what politicians say and do. What did he mean by his statement? I expect the truth and if I don't like the truth I will hold him responsible. If I am lied to, I will hold him responsible. This is not "PC strictures of speech." It is "words mean things."

[Snake65]

Lott, the current leader, said we would have been better off if a segregationist had won the presidency in 1948. What was the purpose of this comment?

Bump for how I feel about this. Lott stepped in it big time. People need to be reminded that the Republican party is responsible for the Voting Rights Act, many Democrats voted against it.

Lott handed it to the Dems on a silver platter. No distortion of this statement is needed to start the "Republicans are racist" cry once again.