[Mia T]

The GOP should take its lead from Tom Daschle's instinctive reaction of generosity.

 

Last week Lott was merely Daschle's slow-witted and spineless adversary. Today he is (self-anointed) racist conservative white male incarnate.

 

Why in the world would Bush and the GOP want Lott to stay?

 

Lott is spineless and clueless. He knows nothing about leadership...

 

Because Lott allowed the mutant to remain in office, it is clear he puts himself ahead of the country, the people, the Constitution.

 

And now he has made himself the racist poster boy for the Democrats; they will be able to whip him out at will.

 

If he is allowed to remain in a leadership position, the entire Republican party--including Bush--will be tarred with the same racist brush...

 

Lott must go.

[eureka!]

"If he is allowed to remain in a leadership position, the entire Republican party--including Bush--will be tarred with the same racist brush... Lott must go."

And therein lies the answer. Right or wrong, Lott has given the Clymers and Rats a divisive distraction to attack the entire party. He should step down now. For the party and the country. That the White House is not stepping in is quite telling too. Lott is toast and I say good riddance....

[M. Peach]

I totally agree with you Mia - and I've said it on other threads - he betrayed the country and the constitution when he let clinton slide.

He's a self-serving gutless traitor - and I can't understand why he's been allowed to continue to stay on as leader. There was scarcely an outcry for what he did during the impeachment trial - and in my opinion - this remark pales in comparison to the damage he did when he prevented the house managers from presenting their case.

Can you or anyone else here tell me the process involved in deciding who takes over for him? I'm assuming that the Republican Senators choose his replacement as did the house when Gingrich resigned. Someone please enlighten me in this regard....

[Mia T]

BTW, Sean Hannity misses the point when he attempts to justify retaining Lott by pointing to the double standard. i.e., clinton honoring the racist Fulbright and democrat leader Sen. KKK Byrd,

Those counterexamples are, in fact, irrelevant. The issue isn't the racial double standard. Indeed, the double standard is rooted in entrenched perception...and in politics, perception is reality.

The issue is whether Lott is a liability, not whether it is fair that he is a liability.

[Blake#1]

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