[Wolfstar]

This is what tyranny looks like, folks. This is Leftist tyranny exposed. Do we have a right of free speech or not? If we do, others certainly have a right to disagree with our utterances. But what we are seeing is not disagreement, it is yet another demonstration of the Left's power to chill all speech, thought, and association it deems unacceptable. Why do we NEVER see such an outpouring of approbation when people on the Left say or do hateful things?

I know there are many on the Right who do not like Lott for a variety of reasons. But letting the Left take one more Republican scalp when they have let everyone else skate: from Clinton, to Torricelli, to Alec Baldwin, to Jesse Jackson, to Louis Farrakan, and the whole motley crew of Leftists who have spouted or done hateful things. I am OFFENDED every time the Jessica Lange's of this world go overseas and trash this country. But I have to take it. Why is it only the LEFT who get to have their sense of outrage stroked?

[supercat]

If I remember correctly, Thurmond's stance on segregation changed in the half-century since he ran for President. Lott et al. should highlight this change, saying that he'd forgotten that Thurmond's views today aren't the same as 50 years ago.

[stevem]

You know who the most fearful people are (after Lott) regarding the event? Why, the Senate Democrats, of course, especially such as Daschle. They are sitting in the background discussing what they can do to make it all blow over before the Republicans are forced to pick a real leader to head the majority.

[joesnuffy]

Lott must be sacrificed on the altar of PC

[Flint]

I'm with you on this one. It is strange, all the hang Lott posts on FR today. If he needs replacing it can be done on our time scheldule and not Jessie Jackson's or Al Sharpton's. Lott needs all the support he can get right now all this is is an effor to disrupt Senate for a few months. As Lott stated a few days ago. This Senate only has about 6 months to do anything useful. After that everyone starts worrying about the next election and the Senate comes to a stall. If the Demos can disrupt a few of those six months then it hurts Bush. That is what this is all about.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Morons. The Rats don't know a good deal when they have it. Lott is the best Republican the DemocRats ever had. If Lott is forced to step down, the Republicans could replace him with someone with a real set of testicles.

[aruanan]

Also, notice how the caption slyly alters Lott's remarks to make it seem that he openly and literally said the nation would be better off if a segregationist had won the presidency in 1948.

I heard a newscaster on ABC radio this morning say, "...Lott said that the United States would have been better off if it had followed the policies of then-segregationist Strom Thurmond." I believe this to have been a deliberately misleading indirect quote.

[per loin]

What the left does best is demonize an individual. Conservatives fall for it everytime, go along with it, and then wonder why the liberals keep coming back to beat them.

[wizzler]

This is what tyranny looks like, folks.

Oh, for heaven's sake. Bad journalism, sure. Sneaky insertion of bias, sure. But "tyranny"? "Power to chill all speech"? Come on. You've got some decent points in your post; why ruin them with excess hyperbole?

[mountainfolk]

WEll, one thing has been made perfectly clear to any conservative/Republican ---the RATS are on the move. No more Mr. Nice Guys. We'll take out Senator Lott and next maybe---oh I know, one of the Republicans calling for him to step down. Just to make the point that we don't discriminate and to have the fun of watching more groveling by scaridy cat republicans. Boo---watch them run. Roll over publies, this is just too much fun!

[Doc Savage]

Try this: Blacks would have been better off if Jesse Jackson had never been born. Or how about: The State of New York would have saved millions of dollars if Al "Fat Boy with the Process" Sharpton hadn't lied about Tawana Brawley.

Or all Blacks would have been better off without Midnight Basketball designed by Bill "I'd Put Some Ice On That" Clinton, The Rapist in Chief.

No, you as an American citizen can't talk about black illiteracy, black out-of-wedlock-births, black crime statistics, Black English, Black Math, Kwanzaa, the Black criminals of the NBA,...because you see, you and I are racists.

[KillTime]

This morning on NPR they reported almost exactally what this caption said verbatum, that Lott had said "that the nation would have been better off if segregationist candidate Strom Thurmond had won the presidency in 1948."
I was screamin, "He didn't say that!" Oh, well, I also never liked Lott that much, so I will be glad if he decides to step down from Senate Leadership.

[hosepipe]

Lott needs to hire Coulter and Keyes to to write responses to these animal house gaffs. Those two give the liberals the heeby jeebies just by entering a room... And if they open their mouths all MIC's go OFF... these two are dangerous to liberal tactics. Wonder way the pubbies don't think of these things...

by the WAY...
COULTER AND KEYES FOR PRESIDENT(S)..IN ANY ORDER

[SerpentDove]

REPUBLICAN SENATE MAJORITY LEADER:
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IS OK
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Has Party Backing

I hope everybody likes that soundbite. Because we can "explain" till we're blue in the face, but if we keep defending Lott, we're gonna be hearing it for a lonnnnnnnnnng time.

I say it's not worth losing the whole Republican agenda over him, no matter what other high-minded motives we might have.

Lott expresses regret for remarks; court filing from 1981 surfaces

[foreverfree]

Could Lott have been referring to this? A poster on another board that I often visit and sometimes post on suggests so.

foreverfree

P.S. On this link, click on "Trent Lott/Strom Thurmond", then scroll down to the first post by "David Phipps". (I assure you I am not him!) Let me know if Mr. "Phipps"' theory has been posted on FR before.

[republicman]

I know there are many on the Right who do not like Lott for a variety of reasons. But letting the Left take one more Republican scalp when they have let everyone else skate: from Clinton, to Torricelli, to Alec Baldwin, to Jesse Jackson, to Louis Farrakan, and the whole motley crew of Leftists who have spouted or done hateful things.

Well said--

I for one am sick of it. The left's chief weapon is constructing double standards allowing their side to do whatever they want, lie, cheat, demogogue, racebait, spew hate, slime and slander, but our side can't even get a parking ticket.

I don't care if a Lott is a bad leader I am sick of feeding PC lynch mobs and double standards. Its up to US to decide oif he should go, its not for Maxine the ugly racebating witch and her SEGREGATED caucus of hate to decide. Newt, Bork, Livingston, Will their hunger be abated if we give them one more? Who the F*^% would be dumb enough to believe that?

[Jeff Chandler]

This will all be forgotten a month or two from now when we invade Iraq:

2003 Phases of the Moon

Universal Time

      NEW MOON    FIRST QUARTER        FULL MOON     LAST QUARTER

       d  h  m          d  h  m          d  h  m          d  h  m

JAN.   2 20 23   JAN.  10 13 15   JAN.  18 10 48   JAN.  25  8 33
FEB.   1 10 48   FEB.   9 11 11   FEB.  16 23 51   FEB.  23 16 46

[Terridan]

Good post! Did you catch the CNN Crossfire last night, nailing Jesse about his hymietown remark? I couldn't believe that. Jesse was more tongue tied than normal! Totally caught off guard, no way was he expecting that! What gets me is that the media hasn't nailed ol' maxine for her, "don't burn in your own neighborhoods, go to the white man's neighborhood!", during the riots following the Rodney the Criminal King verdict. This from a U.S. Congress woman, and no charges were filed, and no resignation was demanded. I know one day, someone will have the guts, and make a collage (sp?) of the left's diatribes!
Best wishes...