Trent Lott's Debacle - Now, Bush Must Act

December 14th, 2002 | Sabertooth

[TLBSHOW]

John Podhoretz, Thomas Sowell, David Horowitz, John McWhorter, Charles Krauthammer, John Fund

Thanks more to add to my black list

[Mo1]

Some might suggest that you are a purveyor of pessimism, and have a negative view of the ability of the polity over time to make intelligent choices. I do not.

I wouldn't call it a negative view .. IMO it is a realistic view

The fact is, yes we have been attacked and accused before .. but this time it's my thinking also, the left will really go on the attack with the racist issue and one by one go after the Republicans

Personally I think Lott will end up leaving mainly because these attacks are not going to go away and also because .. well everyone pretty much agrees he is a failure as ML

The bottom line is .. we are going to have to prepare ourselves as a party to what the futre brings

[The Great Satan]

Oh, what would you call it? Are you with sinkspur -- this is a "self-esteem issue" for Lott?

[Texasforever]

If the remark is a stupid as Lott's, I would have to re-think my opinion of the person, but I don't think that we should allow the Democrats to demogogue this issue as if the Democrats are always right on race. They aren't.

The hell they aren't… they OWN the race issue. Lott will step down and the next conservative put on the alter will suffer the same fate be it Race or one of the other sundry victim groups that control the domestic agenda of this country.

[TLBSHOW]

Do you really thing Byrd is going to let the rats keep this up against Lott?

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Byrd is going to let the rats keep this up against Lott?

[Eva]

I grew up outside Philadelphia and I never knew any Black people until I got to high school and there was never a word of prejudice spoken in our home. Not knowing any Blacks personally is no excuse.

[TLBSHOW]

Listen satan the blackmail word you threw out is a internet guess, lie, and smear by internet rats!

[Eva]

Bill Clinton was quoted in Lani Guiniere's book as saying, We wouldn't be having all these problems if we had won the war. If people would just open their mouths and repeat that the first Black president was a racist, maybe the Black voters would open their eyes and realize that they are being used.

Guiniere realized it when she wrote the book, but they bought her off with an appointment as a tenured professor at Harvard.

[The Great Satan]

So we have your assurance that your boy Trent will stick by the GOP to the last, I take it? If he has to go, he'll go honorably, with no attempt to stink up the pool and sabotage the conservative agenda. Is that a promise?

[Texasforever]

Personally I think Lott will end up leaving mainly because these attacks are not going to go away and also because .. well everyone pretty much agrees he is a failure as ML

The shame of it is that whoever replaces Lott will be no more effective than he is. That is the political reality in this country. The group identity minefield is too pervasive for anything other than a holding action and then the poor slob will be accused of selling out.

[TLBSHOW]

If you were called a racist but you weren't a racist. Would you step down?

[Texasforever]

If people would just open their mouths and repeat that the first Black president was a racist, maybe the Black voters would open their eyes and realize that they are being used.

Eva, they are not being "used" their eyes are wide open. Every major domestic program passed in the last 50 years have been targeted straight at them. People vote their self-interests and when it comes to blacks, their self-interests lay clearly with the democrats. This has nothing at all to do with “racism” except as a tool to fight avoid questioning the efficacy of the ‘Great Society” and its progeny.

[The Great Satan]

If you were called a racist but you weren't a racist. Would you step down?

What if I was a racist?

[TLBSHOW]

oh you threw out that blackmail word, do you have a link to the story?

[TLBSHOW]

Well if you were a racist would you step down?

[The Great Satan]

I'm waiting for your answer. Are you assuring us that, if Lott steps down, he will not spite the GOP by throwing the Senate to Daschle again, like he did last year?

[Torie]

The Fox News story is posted on this very site. The relevant passage is bolded. Do a search.

[The Great Satan]

Well if you were a racist would you step down?

No. I'd deny being a racist and tell my underlings to get the word out that I might bring the house down if my colleagues tried to force me out.

[TLBSHOW]

Sorry Torie its a fake story!

[Mo1]

The shame of it is that whoever replaces Lott will be no more effective than he is.

Oh I don't know about that .. Lott was pretty bad .. I don't hold anything against him over the Clinton thing .. BUT that power sharing with Dashole .. sorry but that was REALLY bad

If Lott is replaced .. I am sure whoever replaces him, will not make everyone happy .. there will always be someone that is ticked off .. But I agree the Left will go on the attack and tried to label that person a racist also

I have said many times before .. I don't think Lott is a racist ... However, I won't shed any tears whenever he finally does leave