[jude24]

To be honest, it really doesn't matter whether or not Lott is a racist, though, I suspect he is, with good reason, given the Bob Jones amicus brief, the 1980 rally, and his recent comment. How else could they be taken? I challange you to give a reasonable explanation of how the nation would be better off if a segregationist had been elected in 1948.

But that really doesn't matter. Let's assume for a minute that Lott meant something completely innocent. He then was incredibly foolish in saying something that could so easily be interpreted so contraversially. He then compounded that error with an underwhelming apology.

Basically, Lott is either a racist jerk, or an idiot suffering from diarrhea of the mouth. Either way, he is not qualified to be Senate Majority leader of our party.

[tomahawk]

He is a stupid dufus. Not a racist. But a stupid dufus that makes you wonder if he is a racist.

[jwalsh07]

To be honest, it really doesn't matter whether or not Lott is a racist, though, I suspect he is, with good reason, given the Bob Jones amicus brief, the 1980 rally, and his recent comment.

The Adam Clymer is right and President Reagan is a racist as well because his administration also filed an amicus brief in that case.

Of course, that won't matter one bit to you, eh?

[sinkspur]

I challange you to give a reasonable explanation of how the nation would be better off if a segregationist had been elected in 1948.

The nation wouldn't be better off, and Lott didn't say that the nation would be better off with segregation in 1948.

He then was incredibly foolish in saying something that could so easily be interpreted so contraversially.

I'll agree with you here.

He then compounded that error with an underwhelming apology.

There've been FOUR apologies, and there will be more. How many are enough for you?

Basically, Lott is either a racist jerk, or an idiot suffering from diarrhea of the mouth.

Actually, you'd get rid of Trent Lott if he got a traffic ticket. This is still about impeachment, isn't it?

[GraniteStateConservative]

Yeah, and the fact that he is an exceptional white attorney from Mississippi who knows about and grew up with Jim Crow; about desegregation of Ole Miss; about the deaths of civil rights workers like Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner in Neshoba County (MS); worked for a white supremacist congressman; etc. , it's unlikely he was ignorant of what he was saying and what he was supporting by saying what he said.

There are many here in serious denial.