[Hildy]

This is what Lott should have done. He should have said, just one time.. "I AM OFFENDED THAT ANYBODY WOULD ACCUSE ME OF BEING A RACIST. MY RECORD... MY ACTIONS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ME AND MISINTERPRETED MY GOODNATURED PRAISE FOR AN AGING COLLEAGUE AS A RACIST STATEMENT, THEN I APOLOGIZE. I HOPE YOU TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE WHAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS DONE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS. THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID.

[demosthenes the elder]

bingo!