[Torie]

Sen Bayh just said on Fox News that no one in the Senate thinks Lott is a racist. He also said he should step down because the issue would dog him, and impair his effectiveness. Thanks for the kind words by the way.

[kcvl]

So Sen. Bayh's party labels Lott as a racist but he's not a racist but he should step down because all of their rantings will make him LOOK like a racist?

[habs4ever]

That's a clever approach by Bayh.He's learning so well from Joe Lieberman, and of course, he has the interests of the GOP and Bush at heart when he says that.He's a mensch!

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One letter, dated Nov. 17, 1969, and marked with Mr. Lott's initial as its author, is addressed to "My dear Laura," a woman who agreed with Mr. Colmer's position against the Voting Rights Act. Mr. Lott laments that like-minded Southerners are simply outvoted, and "cannot stop the enactment of legislation undully favorable to the Negro race any more than we can prevent the Supreme Court from issuing decrees inimical to the Constitution."

Another letter writer, Justeen Strange, wrote angrily in July 1969 that "Mississippi is no more, thanks to our politicians, we are slaves to the gorilla race, our proud white race is now in servitude to the NAACP jews and negroes."

Mr. Lott, above Mr. Colmer's signature, politely replied that he was "not insulted" by Ms. Strange's letter. "I was just disappointed that you were not more appreciative of my efforts in behalf of sound government and against the things you complained of."