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?
Not really. I'm one of the few on this board that thinks that, given what was in the Starr Report, impeachment was debatable. I really don't care about Lott's move on impeachment.
My bigger concern is that Lott's faux pas will set back the Republican cause by as much as 10 years. Because of an ill-considered comment by a Southern good-ol'-boy, Republicans are now on the defensive about race again -- just as we were beginning to make inroads.
His comment was so incredibly stupid that he is not qualified to continue as Senate Majority leader. We can do better.
How many of Clintons non-apology apologies satisfied you?