[dfwgator]

In typical Lott fashion, he let 5 or 6 days go by without apologizing for the well-meaning but insensitive remark.

What Lott should have done is to have a quick press conference and said "I am not a racist, and I will not answer any more questions on what I said, end of story." But the fact that he feels so compelled to explain himself over and over again, suggests to me that indeed maybe deep down he does harbor those racist thoughts. Then again Lott is such a political whore that it is dang near impossible to know what the guy truly believes.

[aristeides]

The first statement he issued was on Monday of last week, four days after the party. It was short, two sentences, and it took the view that the statement was no big deal. Just the sort of thing I take it you think he should have issued. A lot of people -- including people here -- crucified him for that statement. I'm sure he would have let it go at that if people weren't crucifying him.