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So why are these “girly boys,” as Ann Coulter once called them, acting as if Trent Lott burned a cross on Colin Powell’s lawn? Most of them have ulterior motives. Andrew Sullivan, for instance, wants to prove his social liberalism to moderate readers. Opposing the right-winger from the Deep South is a natural way to achieve that goal.

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[Dave S]

So why are these “girly boys,” as Ann Coulter once called them, acting as if Trent Lott burned a cross on Colin Powell’s lawn? Most of them have ulterior motives. Andrew Sullivan, for instance, wants to prove his social liberalism to moderate readers. Opposing the right-winger from the Deep South is a natural way to achieve that goal.

Oh so its wrong for us to infer motives from Lott's own words but you know the motives of those who critize him. Isnt that called hypocracy? Just curious. Have a good evening.

[Torie]

Andrew Sullivan, for instance, wants to prove his social liberalism to moderate readers

Sullivan is hard wiring. He doesn't feel a need to prove anything to anybody about how PC or un PC he is. In fact, in probably takes pleasure in being out of anyone's box as much as possible. He is an independent thinker, and calls them as he sees him, which is why I am sympatico with him. And he is a social liberal, except where he isn't. I like that too. The fact is that most mainstream conservative intellectual opinion has nothing but caustic things to say about Lott's comments, and amended comments, and just how long it took for Lott to finally utter the statement that he thought segregation was wrong, something he has probably never said before in his life.