[Political Junkie Too]

Lott's sin is giving Dems ammo

Which brings up an interesting side note: There aren't many more people with Thurmond's past left in the Senate. We have to remember that this happened at Thurmond's 100th birthday party. He also had the entire Senate give him a moment of appreciation, as well as some testimonials by other Senators. The last Senator that I can recall living this long and still being in the Senate was Claude Pepper.

Who are the next Senators of that era who will retire or have milestone events? How will their retirement affairs be tainted by how the Democrats treated Lott? People haven't been dwelling on this much, but the whole Lott affair is also turning all the Thurmond tributes into back-handed compliments. How can they say anything of praise to Thurmond now and have it taken with any sincerity? How do we know they weren't feigning sincerity towards Thurmond all along?

I say this because the next in line for this treatment will be: 1) Robert Byrd, 2) Jesse Helms, 3) Ernest Hollings. What will happen to them and anyone who pays tribute to them?

-PJ

[Tall_Texan]

PJ2:

Claude Pepper was never a Senator. Jesse Helms is retiring, just as Thurmond. That leaves Byrd and Hollings on your list.

And since they are both Democrats, they can spout all the racist venom they want and the media won't say a peep about it.

You have to understand the media's template. Democrats are never racists, even when they are. Republicans are always racist, even when they're not. Once you have this down, much of Washington politics will become clearer to you.