Not really. He could have been praising his ability to fight government spending, or his ability to work with the left, or his vision of better schools. Who said he was praising his segragation? Who says that's what thought was in his head? Who? The left. Can they still read minds like in the 200 election? Unless they're diving thoughts again, maybe Lott ment his love for friggin flowers!
Did Lott say "I praise him for his stand on segragation?" No, he didn't. He may not have even been thinking about that! Prove he was!
This is left wing race bating. Nothing more. More dividing the people for votes, and attemptiong to use their politics of personal destruction and political blackmail.
Lott is innocent until proven guilty. Unless America can read his mind and divine his intent, I say get over it. Rent a good movie or something.
So he is also saying that Strom would have been better than the GOP candidate Dewey? Geez, the guy can't even be loyal to his own party.
No, it's not just the left.
Plenty of people on the right are saying it also.
FACT: When Trent Lott was in college, he lead the fight to keep blacks out of his fraternity.
The main issue of the 1948 Dixiecrats was the preservation of segregation.
Wishing this to go away won't make it so. It's got to be dealt with. The way to deal with it is for Republicans to demand Lott step down.