[F16Fighter]

"Well, it doesn't look like Lott's significantly changed from 1981 to the present."

This transcends the Lott issue -- there is the much bigger picture...

You can't allow legitimacy to the Democratic snipers for nailing the occassional Pubby with his pants down while they conveniently ignore their own orgies of ethics malfeasance and offensive quotes. We have Robert Byrd, Hillary Clinton, Maxine Waters, Willie Brown, Democrats ad infinitum.Capece??

It is we who ought to be pointing out their silly double standard and hypocracy over and over -- we only have a million and one examples thus far....NOW IS THE TIME.

[Poohbah]

One more time, because it obviously has not penetrated that hunk of granite that resides where the rest of us have brains:

That approach is the "everyone else does it" approach. It only works for Democrats, because the lapdog press will only present those arguments in a favorable light when Democrats make them on behalf of other Democrats.

When Republicans try it, it does not work. The arguments we present will not be presented as we wish; they will instead be presented as the product of a bunch of whiny, spoiled brats, and we will do more damage to our cause.

Yes, the rules are different. Life ain't fair, get over it.

This needs to be resolved quickly and ruthlessly. It's gone on about four days too long already.