I will not be disappointed because he will not be "removed." If he chooses to leave on his own, or submit himself to another vote, that's fine.
But neither sanctimonious conservatives nor rabid race-pimps are going to force him out on their timetable.
And, he will leave the Senate.
I don't care. If that is the price for getting rid of him, then so be it. Lott is an enemy of Conservatism, a Dick Morris-created empty suit of political expediency. I wont miss him, and there will be an election for his seat in 1 year.
And what, good Sinkspur, is sanctimonious about taking alarm at what are plainly - on their face - racist comments?
Especially when he's said them on more than one occasion?
You continue to defend the indefensible.
This party will sacrifice far too much moral stature - and any chance of passing a real conservative agenda - so long as the neo-confederate, segregationist stink of Trent Lott continues to trail our passage.
I'm not as reticent as Sabertooth. Lott's comments are racist on their face. His "apologies" have been tardy and disingenuous. And a fair case can be made that, based on the evidence, Lott *is* a racist.
And conservatives demonstrate a similar blindspot by blindly defending one of their presumed (though I never presumed it) own no matter how much validity the charge may have - simply because of the repulsiveness of some making the charge.
There is no reason to continue wasting valuable moral and political capital defending this man.
He's not worth it.