I disagree. Only the stupid jerks on this thread are responsible for making themselves look like stupid jerks. And Trent Lott hasn't "led this thread where we're tearing each other apart". Only the stupid jerks on this thread are doing that. I don't consider myself one of them. Do you? And he will only be the "face of the Republican party" if we let the race baiters and the haters dictate how we are perceived. You can bet your sweet cheeks that if the governor of Mississippi was a Republican this entire story would have died before it ever got repeated once.