[sinkspur]

It's ok to say that Strom is swell now, but mark my words, this will come back to bite dear Trent.

No it won't. Trent Lott was paying a tribute to an old man. Everybody knows Thurmond's background, and they also know what kind of man he is now.

Jackson's just doing what Jesse does, which is stir the racial pot. Jesse has a lot less credibility than he used to on this however, as he's been shown to be abusive to his own employees, and his shady financial dealings are now well known.

This is media-generated bullshit, and everybody knows it.

[BillCompton]

This is media-generated bullshit, and everybody knows it.

He was on C-Span when he said it. Many who have posted
here
and here
are conservatives who think this was a big deal. Some people have said this is just PC run amok. I think this was a serious mistake that could cost the Republicans votes and I hold him responsible for it. We are better getting out in front of this rather than trying to gloss over and make excuses for a really stupid speech.

[A.J.Armitage]

Everybody knows Thurmond's background, and they also know what kind of man he is now.

And Lott was talking about 1948. That would be the "background", in case you haven't figured that out on your own.

This is media-generated bullshit, and everybody knows it.

When Lott said Mississippi was proud of going for Thurmond, there was cheering.

When he went on to say that we "wouldn't have had all these problems over these years" if Thurmond had been elect, the cheering fell silent, and there was an audible gasp.

Was the immediate reaction caused by the media, sink?

And anyway, if the media was trying to "generate" anything, they'd be covering it a lot more.