[M. Thatcher]

you think Lott's remarks were racist, and I don't think they were anything of the kind

Sorry; as many conservatives (NOT "race pimps") have noted, there simply isn't an alternative explanation.

And in today's press conference Lott evidenced an even more disgusting, patronizing kind of racism: the random listing of political "accomplishments" in which the sole connective thread was that they somehow, someway, in his mind, related to black people: "I voted for a Martin Luther King bust"..."I voted for Juneteenth"

What utter racist spew.

[jwalsh07]

Trent Lott has been in Congress for thirty years. He has a record. Instead of offering your opinion on whether or not he is a racist, why don't you examine his record and convince us that his deeds have been racist.

I'd be willing to read or listen to anything you find.

[sinkspur]

And in today's press conference Lott evidenced an even more disgusting, patronizing kind of racism: the random listing of political "accomplishments" in which the sole connective thread was that they somehow, someway, in his mind, related to black people: "I voted for a Martin Luther King bust"..."I voted for Juneteenth"

That's what this is about. Black people. We wouldn't be discussing this whole thing if black people hadn't gotten their backs up over remarks made off the cuff at a tribute to an old man!

Lott's getting skewered because he voted against MLK's birthday, because he thought there were enough federal holidays. So, when he says he voted for Juneteenth, he takes one thing away from the race pimps.

That's what race pimps are about: getting things. If Jesse Jackson finds a black jelly bean in a jar on a conference room table at Texaco, he turns it into a multi-million dollar payoff for himself and all the blacks in the company.

White people are scared to death of race pimps. It's time for that crap to STOP!

That's why Lott has to leave on his own terms. If Lott's pushed out by the racialists, nobody's safe. Nobody.