The Trashing Of Trent Lott Is A Free Political Commercial

The Free Republic: Lott ^ | December 16, 2002 | aas

[Bluntpoint]

"Insisting that his words MUST be taken literally is as dishonest and bigoted as it gets. "

So Barney Franks' words: "I am gay." Should get the same treatment.

Thank goodness, words no longer mean anything.

Is means is except those times when it is inconvenient for the speaker to be responsible for his words.

[rewrite]

I have seen a chest, in fact several. Perky Katie ain't got one by my standards.

[neutrino]

I'm going to keep beating Freepers over the head with this notion. The Left is renting free space in your head with crap like this, and they're not going to quit anytime soon.

Thank you! Would that others had your wisdom!

[TigersEye]

So Barney Franks' words: "I am gay." Should get the same treatment.

Disingenuous tripe! Lott did not say "I am a segregationist". If words mean something then get a grip on the fact that he never mentioned segregation.

[Arioch7]

Damn strait!

I defende Senator Lott slightly but he really is a spineless pol. It is one thing to be diplomatic yet another to be a complete pushover for a bunch of neo-commies (Hey, I like that! I hope I used it first. :D)

Good riddance to him.

Oh, and TLBshow, thank you for the link. I meant to thank you via freep mail but I drank a few beers and forgot.

[Arioch7]

No, I have not bought anything. I dont think he is racist, I think he is weak.

I do not want the Majority leader to be weak and ineffectual.

I am not sure you can see the difference.

[Bluntpoint]

"Disingenuous tripe! Lott did not say "I am a segregationist". If words mean something then get a grip on the fact that he never mentioned segregation."

If you say: "I support Eleanor Smeal, Candidate of the NARAL party. If she would of won, this country would be better off."

Are you saying that is not an endorsement for abortion?

[Arioch7]

Impressive...

[Poohbah]

Insisting that his words MUST be taken literally is as dishonest and bigoted as it gets.

Do you realize just how silly this line sounds?

[Bluntpoint]

"Do you realize just how silly this line sounds?"

He did not mean that!!!

Insisting that TigersEye's words MUST be taken literally is as dishonest and bigoted as it gets.

[TigersEye]

Are you saying that is not an endorsement for abortion?

If she dropped her affiliation with NARAL and supported the 2nd Amendment and welfare reform for the next forty years instead then the analogy would be comparable and complimenting her would definitely not be an endorsement for abortion unless someone with an agenda against you wanted to spin it that way.

[TigersEye]

Do you realize just how silly this line sounds?

I'm sure it does to those with an agenda against Lott. Take his words out of the context they were spoken in then extrapolate what they would mean if taken to the furthest degree and call that a literal interpretation of what he said and therefore meant.

[treesdream]

Soo-ooo-oooo true. Bork, Newt, Livingston, Thomas ...
The LEFT (dims & media) lost the election, Lott is the start of their retaliation; their new grasp at control.

[Poohbah]

I'm sure it does to those with an agenda against Lott. Take his words out of the context they were spoken in then extrapolate what they would mean if taken to the furthest degree and call that a literal interpretation of what he said and therefore meant.

I don't give a damn what he meant to say, because it's irrelevant. What is important is what actually came out of his mouth.

If he actually meant it the way it came out, he's an evil bastard and should not be the Majority Leader.

If he didn't mean it, then he's an [expletive deleted] fool and should not be the Majority Leader.

[TigersEye]

He did not mean that!!!

Insisting that TigersEye's words MUST be taken literally is as dishonest and bigoted as it gets.

Decided to give up using logic and reason to debate me? A wise choice for you.

[Bluntpoint]

I will ask you again. For or against abortion under the terms of the question asked and not amended by the intellectually dishonest?

[Bluntpoint]

"Decided to give up using logic and reason to debate me? A wise choice for you."

You don't really mean that.

I am no bigot.

Because, insisting that your words MUST be taken literally is as dishonest and bigoted as it gets.

[TigersEye]

I don't give a damn what he meant to say, because it's irrelevant. What is important is what actually came out of his mouth.

Yes and he never mentioned segregation. If what is important is how others take what he said then Hoo Rah Political Correctness. Bow to Je$$e God Jack$on!

If he actually meant it the way it came out, he's an evil bastard and should not be the Majority Leader.

If he didn't mean it, then he's an [expletive deleted] fool and should not be the Majority Leader.

If? If? Let's can his career and lose the majority in the senate and give the racecard credibility on ...IF! If everyone knew he was such a fool before (and we did) then WHY didn't we demand a new ML a few weeks ago when the Senate voted on it? No! All you damn fools want to do it NOW! Now that the Dem's want it. Now that the Big Media wants it. It's a matter of not having the balls to sack him for being incompetent. This is letting the opposition call the shots.

[TigersEye]

I will ask you again. For or against abortion under the terms of the question asked and not amended by the intellectually dishonest?

I answered that question.

[Poohbah]

Yes and he never mentioned segregation.

To come to that conclusion requires you to take Lott's remarks grossly out of context, which is supposedly quite abhorrent. Lott spoke how proud Mississippi was to have voted for Thurmond in 1948, when he was running on an explicitly segregationist platform, and how the rest of the country should have done as Mississippi did.

Now, that's either endorsing segregation (assuming Lott has a minimal understanding of 20th-century American political history), or it's being a complete fool.