[TomGuy]

If Lott does not step down as Majority Leader, every incumbent Republican up for re-election in 2004 (including GWB) will be faced with explaining the issue at every campaign stop and at every news conference.

The issue will not simply "go away." The sharks smell blood and are circling. Lott brought it on himself. Now, he needs to remove himself from majority leadership; thus, removing the issue.

[SwordofTruth]

The issue will not simply "go away."

Yes it will, watch and see.

[ewing]

That's why I think Rove is sending the RNC to do the dirty work here, like Dick Cheney was sent to fire O'Neill.

The White House stays clean and doesn't have to play the bad guy.

[TLBSHOW]

This is a full blown rat attack against ALL OF US.

Racism and the G.O.P.
By BOB HERBERT

The Republican Party has become a haven for white racist attitudes and anti-black policies. The party of Lincoln is now a safe house for bigotry.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/12/opinion/12HERB.html?todaysheadlines

[GraniteStateConservative]

That NAACP lynching James Byrd ad will be tiddly-winks compared to what is going to be thrown in our faces. It will be brutal and we'll deserve every bit of it. I find it perfectly reasonable to hold every Republican in Congress and Bush as well to account for their support of a bigot (which I honestly think Lott is) as Majority Leader.

Get ready for the audio and visual clips of Dixiecrat rallies mixed with images of Lott and Bush and the Senate/House candidate running. They'll show rednecks waving the Stars and Bars in the faces of black people participating in sit-ins and trying to attend white schools and universities. They'll show clips of Lott and quote his views on segregation from when he was at Ole Miss. Swing voters will leave us like they did Democrats over the fune-rally-- only it'll be a much bigger swing away from us. Anne Northup-- gone. Ernie Fletcher-- gone. Bob Beauprez-- gone. Max Burns and Phil Gingrey-- gone. Heather Wilson-- gone. Robin Hayes-- gone. Mike Rogers-- gone. Rob Simmons-- gone. That's just scratching the surface.

Lott tried to keep blacks out of his national fraternity, too, when at Ole Miss.