"If you succumb to thought crimes, you stay here kiddo. Then you don't need to be brainwashed."Yes, that is the original argument in favor of supporting Trent Lott in light of the obvious smear job.
Unfortunately, while the trumped up charge of "racism" was festering, Lott took it upon himself to kneel before the BET gods, and promise to do their bidding as his penance. There -- THAT solved the problem, didn't it??
Clearly, the man can no longer be entrusted to support his conservative constituency and the GOP now that is feels he is beholden to the party and agenda of Maxine Waters.
I'm halfway expecting a Lott-Selma march during MLK b-day next month. Let's watch and see.
Lott was an obsequious, self-serving rat to begin with. This tempest in a teapot only serves to demonstrate how low Lott would actually stoop to serve his own interests! Is this guy even a vertebrate? Had he shown some gonads and refused to apologize, I'd say by all means retain him as Majority Leader. But he's apologising for a faux pas he didn't commit. There's a word for him, but it can't be printed. Good riddance!