OK, Hank, let's review.
Lott said that WHEN Strom ran for President (1948) his state voted for him.
He said that they were proud of voting for him (in the Presidential election of 1948).
And that had the rest of America followed their lead (in the Presidential election of 1948) we wouldn't have had "all these problems."
OK, how do YOU interpret these remarks. Please note in advance that, despite Lott's claims to the contrary, that there was NO mention of defense or fighting communism in the Dixiecrat Platform of 1948 - Thurmond was running almost completely on segregation.