Lott is too much [Sowell]

TownHall.com ^ | 12/12/02 | Thomas Sowell

[Revolting cat!]

This case has been a dipstick into this country's political life, demonstrating for all who care to open their eyes the intellectual depth of it!

[SerpentDove]

>>The Dems understand party unity, even if we don't.<<

The Dems stuck by Clinton when they should have dumped him, and lost all credibility.

[SerpentDove]

From Associated Press (EXCERPT):

"Senate Republican leader Trent Lott tried to help Bob Jones University keep its federal tax-exempt status despite the school's policy prohibiting interracial dating two decades before his recent comments stirred a race controversy.

"Racial discrimination does not always violate public policy," Lott, then a congressman from Mississippi, wrote in a 1981 friend of the court brief that unsuccessfully urged the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the Internal Revenue Service from stripping the university's tax exemption.

Lott expresses regret for remarks; court filing from 1981 surfaces

[BibChr]

Simple. People shouting out what they want done to Lott all need to decide what they're saying. Say it's racist and call for his resignation, or say he's a mushmouthed boob and call for him to stand down. Such clarity is more lacking than present.

Dan

[AppyPappy]

1981 is quite a long time ago. Clinton RAPED a woman then and it was too long ago for the Democrats.

[SerpentDove]

>>Black republicans are very adept with the race card.<<

>>Which ones? Care to name them?<<

I think we could fairly do this with Texasforever's (in my opinion bigoted) statement by doing this:

"[Thomas Sowell is] very adept with the race card."

Doesn't have a very nice ring to it, eh?

[SerpentDove]

>>1981 is quite a long time ago. Clinton RAPED a woman then and it was too long ago for the Democrats.<<

So should we adopt the Democrats low standards?

[Austin Willard Wright]

So now an intelligent man who has often taken great risks to be ostracized by pc whites and black community is merely "a black Republican." If anyone is playing the race card here, it is not Sowell.

[Protagoras]

Doesn't have a very nice ring to it, eh?

It would have goofy ring to it if that is what he was saying. He hasn't answered so it's up for speculation.

[Protagoras]

Sowell has already said he is not a Republican, so the entire statement about him being one was goofy. That is, if the poster was referring to him. It seemed like the poster was too timid about it to be clear.

[lavaroise]

LET US FACE IT: EVERY ONE HAS A GOOD REASON FOR SEEING LOTT GO, HIS LATEST COMMENTS NOTWITHSTANDING! MAYBE IT IS TIME INDEED.

[Godfollow]

What is interesting about Bird saying he's known some "white niggors" in his time, infers that the basis for the use of the word “niggor” hinges on it's use as a euphemism for blacks in his own thinking., elsewise it would have no meaning at all. No condemnation for this at all from the Dems... the height of hypocracy!

[Tall_Texan]

That's three strikes and no balls.

Another great baseball analogy.

Baseball is life, only with other peoples' millions.

[doug from upland]

Sowell does it again. The man is brilliant.

[AppyPappy]

That depends on whether you want to keep the Senate.

[Leto]

Lott didn't have to mention segragation, it was the very Premise of Thurmond's campaign.

I saw the clip it is political sicide.

It not good enough to hold our guys to the same standards that the rats hold their pols, remember we're supposed to stand for something, Lott should resign as majority leader and no run for re-election.

[AppyPappy]

It not good enough to hold our guys to the same standards that the rats hold their pols, remember we're supposed to stand for something, Lott should resign as majority leader and no run for re-election.

Poppycock. If it was that bad, he should resign his seat and let the Democrat governor choose someone for that seat. This is no time to be wishy-washy.

[Leto]

Unfortunatly none of Clinton's sexual assults weren't captured and documented. Lott's were.

As to the double standard and hypocracy of the rats and the media..... So what else is new?

Like Clint Eastwood said in Unforgiven "Fair's got nuthin to do with it".

[Leto]

While what Lott said was stupid in the extreme, losing a leadership position is enough, using this to overturn the will of the people in the last election, to have a Republican Senate is overkill. Unless a behind the scenes deal can be cut with the MI Gov to appoint a Republican (Haley Barbour?).

[AppyPappy]

While what Lott said was stupid in the extreme

Bullshit. He was being nice to the old coot. You people have let Paul Begala, Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson lead you around like dogs on a leash.