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Mo1, I have been saying all week that I'm against any action to have Trent Lott step down as the ML over the remarks he made at Strom Thurmond's birthday party and if we allow the RATS to decide who we have as our Senate leader we will be making a huge mistake. But I also expected Trent Lott to stand up as the leader he is suppoesed to be and make it clear that he stands behing his voting record and his remarks were insensitive and are not a reflection of his core beliefs nor were they meant to be a show of support for Thurmond's stand on segregation.

I decided to watch tonights interview on BET and see how he would handle himself. What I saw was a man who completely turned his back on several core conservative issues and it totally floored me. I can not believe that Trent Lott would say on BET that he supports "Affirmative Action" and he would reconsider his support for Judge Pickering. He knows how to argue against Affirmative Action and in his defense he did come to Pickerings defense and said he was a good man and that he would re-consider his appointment but that Pickering is a good man.

Trent Lott lost my support as the ML when he said he supported Affrimative Action. I still believe he played a key role in getting George W. Bush's proposals to become Law and I am grateful to him for that. But his refusal to stand on his principles tonight really dis-apponted me. Maybe I will have a change of heart if he can explain why he said to BET that he supports Affirmative Action I will change my mind, But what I witnessed tonight was not leadership

I take it he didn't do well??

Classic understatement. He was combative, not contrite. Worse of all, he was pander bear offering gifts for the civil rights people if they would only let him remain Majority Leader.

Classic line was saying he supports affirmative action. When challenged on the fact that he has always opposed it, he pointed out he had hired blacks on his staff. Then it was pointed out that he had one black on his staff. Oh yeah, Trent did himself good tonight.

If he is capable of analysing his own situation, he should announce that he is stepping down as Majority Leader tomorrow. He's toast.

His remarks about supporting Affirmative Action as of TONIGHT was did it for me.

I agree. I always thought Lott was a few fries short of a happy meal, but supported him through all this- and blasted the Bush Admin for their poor handling of it. Now, I think all involved look foolish, and the WH is now distancing itself from it all. That is the smart move. It isn't Lott's remarks that have made Republicans look dumb. It's Republicans who've made Republicans look dumb.

Granted, I didn't see the interview, but basaed on what I've read here of his comments, anybody- no matter what color- should be able to see through Lott and his motives. The affirmative action crap just makes me sick.

Lott, your pandering is as obvious as Hillary's fat ass. And both make me sick.