[Poohbah]

OK, then if he isn't being blackmailed, he's just simply too inept to remain in the leadership seat.

He's either very stupid, or he's doing the Democrat's work for them because...

[habs4ever]

...Or the other possibility is that you are full of shit and don't know what you are talking about.A guy that gets the cap gains tax cut in 1997 isn't inept.A guy that stonewalls clinton in his last two years insn't inept.A guy that manages to get Bush's tax cut passed before Jeffords jumped isn't inept.

That description belongs to you, pooh.

[lavrenti]

This scandal is so...Zen. Wherever you go, there you are.

Anyhow, didn't Lott look so fierce today—protecting his own worthless hide?

Just goes to show why he needs to exit the ME post. But if people want to defend him on the basis of him becoming the latest "victim", then go right ahead.

I just love the Hillary fingerprints excuse, the FBI files excuse, the RINO excuse, the Bill Kristol as Fu Manchu excuse, the Jesse Jackson excuse, the Tom Daschle's evil plan excuse, blah, blah, blah. It's as if Willis Carto just took over the minds of half of FR posters.

The Lott-defenders are looking for the wrong fight—and a losing one—here. This debacle is based on a remark that many Americans find, not just offensive, but an reminder of their worst fears. It was a stupid statement, which was rightfully interpreted as an endorsement of institutionalized racism and state-sponsored terror, which Jim Crow was, damnit.

Yeah, so the neo-cons, Drudge, the race hustlers, the media and now the cretin wing of the Democrats are bleating the bleat to dump this dude. To a large extent, I do not blame them a bit.

Well, wherever you go, there you are.