[Political Junkie Too]

The charge against Lott was never specious, even given the most innocent reasonable interpretation of his homage to the Dixiecrats. I started out feeling a lot more charitable for him at the outset, but his apologies have ranged from dismissive to grovelling without ever sincerely grasping what this is all about. Now, Trent Lott has got to go before he damages the party further.

I do think the charge was specious, given that he didn't make his statements once or twice, but perhaps dozens of times. It was an inside joke between him and Thurmond that broke through the haze of senility and made him smile at his retirement events. It was not a Freudian slip that belies a deeper feeling. Sure, he may have those deeper feelings, only he knows for sure, but I don't think the statements were proof of that, just a gag routine between him and Thurmond that did in front of local supporters.

The specious part was that his critics know this, and being intellectually dishonest by calling him a racist and demanding that he resign.

-PJ

[Sabertooth]

The charge is that Lott's comments were nostalgic for the Dixiecrats. Who says stuff like that that never felt it or meant it?

And who, with any political savvy, runs up and grabs ahold of stupidity like that?