[Cousin Eddie]

Your 'stupid' label is right on the mark.

Leftist attacks on Lott basically boil down to: "It shows he's truly a racist."

Defenders of Lott basically say: "He's not racist. Yes, it was a stupid comment but you have to take in the context of a 100 year olds' birthday party, Thurmonds strong stance on defence, etc., etc."

This whole argument reminds me of an old joke I heard from my father when I was much younger, and I know that he heard it from someone else...

Little Johnny comes home with a terrible report card, and his father sits him down and delivers a stern rebuke for the horrendous grades. After listening calmly to his father's diatribe, little Johnny says: "Daddy, I've got one question for you. Is my bad performance due to heredity or environment?"

The point is that IT DOESN"T MATTER IF LOTT IS A RACIST OR IF HE'S STUPID. Either way, he must step down as leader because no one wants a stupid leader or a racist leader.

[Alberta's Child]

What makes this whole thing ridiculous is that Lott is getting a ton of grief for saying that he wished a certain candidate had won an election in 1948, but the candidate in question was able to serve in the U.S. Senate until the age of 100 without ever drawing this kind of attention.

Lott should tell everyone that he'll resign when Ted Kennedy goes to jail for killing Mary Jo Kopechne.