Lott is a bad example. He said something that anyone would see was stupid and insensitve. I called for him to step down as leader. Gingrich is a better example and Delay should be able to balance news accounts of his trips with any number of trips by his opponents.
No one can deny that what Lott said was pretty dumb, but in my opinion not nearly as offensive as the liberal spin machine blew it up to be. Not as offensive as Senator dirty Byrd's comments about knowing some white ni----s, for instance. Republicans aren't the only ones who occasionally stick both feet in their mouth. Republicans however are the only ones ever demonized for a faux pas, and have their careers ruined by the party of the enemy and the enemies MSM.