[dogbyte12]

Looks like another shoe might drop. Just got alerted to a 3rd time Lott did the Thurmond comment. Left wing hack is trying to get reporters interested in an audio tape of Lott.

The occasion is the signing of the Spence / Warner Defense Spending Bill in October of 2000, and the remark--which is made by Lott to a woman standing behind Senator Thurmond, who is himself in the process of signing the bill--is NOT directed to the senator himself, but is offered as an aside (furthermore, this event was in no way intended as a tribute to Thurmond, as the birthday celebration was, and thus seems not to have been inspired directly by any attempt to please Mr. Thurmond w/o any actual endorsement of Thurmond's Dixiecrat platform, as Lott has claimed the birthday tribute was). The remark is exactly as follows, and though spoken off-camera, is quite audible: "Yes...he should have been elected in 1947...or 1948, it was".)

If this tape actually does exist....

[TLBSHOW]

Truman was elected that year I believe, you know the one whos family owned slaves.

[Torie]

That doesn't mean much. It was just one of his bits on one of his que cards (that most politicians keep, either on actual cards, or in their mind) that he trundled out whenever the moment seemed right. In fact, it may be exculpatory, sort of. It suggests that he kept playing a golden oldie without any thought. When Lott is asked when he decided segregation was wrong, and whatever date or time frame that was, why he never gave voice to it at that time, and waited until now, what do you think he will say by the way? That question is sure to be asked soon.

[TLBSHOW]

Are you a republican?

[Mo1]

The remark is exactly as follows, and though spoken off-camera, is quite audible: "Yes...he should have been elected in 1947...or 1948, it was".)

That is it .. that is all he said??