Posted on 12/13/2002 8:21:35 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
Breaking: Trent Lott News Conference at 5:30 p.m. Easter Time
Well, then, what are we to make of Democrat Senator Carl Levin's September 24th praise of Thurmond? Among other things, Levin said, " ... I am pleased to join my colleagues in paying tribute to Senator Strom Thurmond and honoring him for his unparalleled record of public service to this Nation." And then a few sentences later, Levin says, "In 1948, while he was still Governor, [Thurmond] ran for President as a State's Right Democrat and received 39 electoral votes, the third best showing by an independent candidate in U.S. history."
From the NRO Selective Moral Outrage, Part II
The whole commentary is really worth the read...and I'm saving it to upload tomorrow.
Agreed, Lott needs to quit apologizing...he digs himself a deeper grave every time he does it. And further agreed, he should wait six months and then quietly step down as majority leader...he has ALWAYS been awful at it. "Leader" when used in the context of Lott has always been an oxymoron.
And they took her advise and decided to go into the Korean neighborhood. Big mistake. Some got got their a$$es shot off and others decided it wasn't worth it, as many Koreans openly displayed their arms. Going into white areas would have proved to be even more regrettable for them.
Whites can be very patient and forgiving. But when if comes to events like that, the can be the meanest SOBs on the planet.
Oh, and Waters is a card carrying racist, but she is routinely tolerated and ignored by the media.
On Larry King, Lott said this when asked "Do you think Thurmond would have been a better president than Truman?": You know, I'd have to go back and look at the election of that year. Harry Truman obviously did a lot of great things for our country, and, you know, I was trying to remember who the Republican nominee was..." Bzzzztt... the correct answer for non-segregationists is "No. Thurmond was a segregationist." Sorry, you lose, and you don't get the home game either.
Lott in 1980: "You know, if we had elected this man 30 years ago [back when he was a bigoted Dixiecrat], we wouldn't be in the mess we are today."
Julie, what if he'd have been talking about George Wallace or Lester Maddox and not Strom Thurmond (all three of which got honorary degrees from the bigoted Bob Jones University) or Bull Connor? What would you infer? You'd infer that the person speaking endorsed the racist views of those people at that time in those people's lives (since that was the reason for their notoriety). These Dixiecrats returned to the Democrat Party after Truman was gone so they could fight against civil rights legislation from the majority party in Congress.
Byrd was a bigot when he was with the KKK. He's probably still one. Being in the KKK is far worse.
The media is mostly just reporting the facts of Lott's record on race issues.
That cuts both ways, of course, which just goes to show this is not a partisan issue. Looks to me like I'm standing with Tom Sowell and Peggy Noonan and Michelle Malkin and National Review, and you're standing with Bob Herbert and Little Tom Daschle and Jumping Jim Jeffords.
This isn't about a stupid comment from Lott.
This isn't about getting a majority leader with a spine, as some have said.
This is about standing up for what is right. And by wanting Lott to resign, every single one of you are playing into Democrat hands.
This is about EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN growing a spine and fighting back against absolutely baseless and false allegations from a corrupt group of liberals who can not face the reality of a Republican majority. The stereotype against Republicans will not change until we challenge them, and set the record straight.
Now those of you who dislike Lott can ride this issue to Lott's demise. But I for one am not going to let the Democrats continue to foster the completely false stereotype that Republicans are racist.
But make no mistake. If Lott resigns, he might as well put on a white hood because it will appear to be an admittion of being a racist. This is far more complex than Lott being inept. And it pisses me off that so few Republicans don't see it.
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