Agree that Trent Lott in his Southern hospitality mode of exaggerated praise at a hundred year old birthday party said some thoughtless things falsely implying support for segregation when he probably had national defense in mind.
But as long as we're into bashing people for thoughtless remarks, let's go for some humdingers.
Can anyone remember Jesse Jackson saying "hymietown" or Hillary Clinton saying "Jew b*****d" or Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante (D-CA) saying "n****r labor organization?"
And none of them said it at a hundred year old birthday party.
Don't forget, Jackson spit into white people's food, either; Hannity reminded us of this yesterday on his show.