[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

Nothing in Lott's legislative efforts, that I know of, give any indication that he's a racist. His voting record is what's important to me.

To a certain degree, my lack of concern with the state of Trent's heart is due to a general belief that the concept of racism is waaay overblown. There will alway be people who dislike others based on the other's skin color, religion, hair style, etc... I do not condone this behavior, but I cannot get too worked up about a facet of human nature that will not go away.

As long as the "disliking" types aren't aggressing against the objects of their ire, then I say let them dislike to their hearts content. That solution is at least as acceptable as the current environment, in which one must only toss the word "racist" into any situation one wants to hopelessly confuse. It's also the way to err on the side of freedom for individuals, which rapant PC browbeating most certainly is not.

I don't know what Lott intended in his remarks. They were poorly chosen at best. It's absurd that I'm even defending the guy because, like I said, he's never struck me as less than a first class twit. And I guess I'm not really defending him so much as I'm reacting to the endless cycle of conservative acquiescence to liberal bullying. I'd rather stand up to it and err on the side of being "racist" than give another inch to these cave-dwelling thugs. There's no reason to expect they'd do less.

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Republican Leader Trent Lott to hold press conference in Pascagoula, Miss 4:30P central... MORE... Lott does not intend to step down as Majority Leader. White House has been told Lott plans to apologize again. Rove/Bush has requested a more forceful apology from senator in final push to put this behind him... MORE...


LOTT TO APOLOGIZE ANEW AT PRESS CONFERENCE; NO RESIGNATION SEEN

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