Whatever one thinks of Trent Lotts stint as Republican Leader, he does not deserve the treatment he is getting from right-wing journalists and pundits. Lott apologized for his comments approximately 1500 times in an interview with Sean Hannity yesterday. Do these pundits really believe that Republicans are going to get more than 10% of the black vote in 2004 if they dump Trent Lott? Reaching out to minority voters is fine, but you dont abandon loyal allies when theyre facing hard times. As Morton Blackwell once said, In politics you have two thingsyour friends and your word. Go back on either and youre dead.
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