Whatever one thinks of Trent Lott’s 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 don’t abandon loyal allies when they’re facing hard times. As Morton Blackwell once said, “In politics you have two things—your friends and your word. Go back on either and you’re dead.”
http://www.cornellreview.org/nsogart.cgi?num=107
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?Does doing the right thing come second to the question of how many votes the right thing is worth?
Reaching out to minority voters is fine, but you don’t abandon loyal allies when they’re facing hard times.
BWAHAHAHA! Describing the Vacant Lott as a "loyal ally" makes perfect sense...if you're Tom Daschle!