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The democrats are not stupid people. In fact, they are shrewder than our side more often than not.

I said it last night and I'll say it again. The left will be positioning themselves as the party of compassion and redemption. They are able to do this because the republicans do not stand up to assaults that have any reference to race.

I might add that I think John Lewis is informed by his Christianity anad he is sincere about redemption. That will not, however, stop him from pressing for a political advantage in the yers to come.

James Carville I don't trust as far as I can throw him. He's a political firebug.

They are able to do this because the republicans do not stand up to assaults that have any reference to race.

Bull. I remember some Conservative instigated referendums in certain states that disallowed the kind of race-based discrimination endorsed by Lott on BET...seems to me Republicans held up quite well to the pressure...and succeeded wildly. Polls show that a large majority of Americans agree with us on this issue.

Republicans have made great strides in working towards a color-blind society, at great personal cost, and over a very long period of time.

Your statement is an insult to all of those who have labored so mightily in this cause. It's not true, it is simply an attempt to shore up your faulty thesis that somehow because we wouldn't defend Lott's stupidity, we will somehow be open to the race-baiters tactics. Nothing could be further from the truth. You're fear-mongering. The true surrender would have been for the whole party to have followed Lott down his destructive path. He's the one the left has by the short hairs...no one else.

This has all been about Trent Lott from beginning to end. 99% of conservatives are not racists, and the left has gotten a big shock because this debacle has ultimately done nothing except highlight that fact. The American people are seeing that clearly, why can't you?

The left will be positioning themselves as the party of compassion and redemption. They are able to do this because the republicans do not stand up to assaults that have any reference to race.

And Trent Lott is the poster boy and ring leader of such cave-ins. Now we know why... he doesn't have a clue about racial matters.
Do you really think we'll stand up to future race-baiting under Lott? He's in turbo-charged grovel mode.
Every possible downside to him leaving is actually far worse if he stays as Majority Leader. Trent Lott operates contrary to the very principles you claim are served by defending him.
So what is there to admire about embracing his self-destruction?