What's really troubling is that Lott didn't take the hint and clean up his mess.
I can even deal with the terse first apology and then the second, more specific apology. I don't even have a problem with the time frame involved.
What did it for me was the BET interview. He crossed the Rubicon right then, imho.
We can't have a SML who's going to trade our (long fought and well deserved) agenda for promises of personal "forgivness."
No Way.
I think he alienated everyone at that point. No one could defend that.