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Democrats have a Lott of trouble: Ann Coulter says media knowingly hiding fact [Morning re-post]
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Thursday, December 19, 2002 | Ann Coulter

Posted on 12/19/2002 1:03:20 AM PST by JohnHuang2

Edited on 12/19/2002 1:04:15 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

I'm just glad Strom Thurmond isn't around to see this.

Statisticians believe Trent Lott is now on track to break Bill Clinton's single-season record for public apologies. During his recent B.E.T. appearance, Lott said he supported affirmative action, regretted voting against the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, and that he'd give "The Bernie Mac Show" another try.

What the Lott incident shows is that Republicans have to be careful about letting Democrats into our party. Back when they supported segregation, Lott and Thurmond were Democrats. This is something the media are intentionally hiding to make it look like the Republican Party is the party of segregation and race discrimination, which it never has been.

In 1948, Thurmond did not run as a "Dixiecan," he ran as a "Dixiecrat" – his party was an offshoot of the Democratic Party. And when he lost, he went right back to being a Democrat. This whole brouhaha is about a former Democrat praising another former Democrat for what was once a Democrat policy.

Republicans made Southern Democrats drop the race nonsense when they entered the Republican Party. Democrats supported race discrimination, then for about three years they didn't, now they do again. They've just changed which race they think should be discriminated against. In the 1920s, the Democratic platforms didn't even call for anti-lynching legislation as the Republican platforms did.

Thurmond's Dixiecrat Party was not the only extremist spin-off from the Democratic Party in 1948. Henry Wallace, formerly FDR's vice president and agriculture secretary, left the Democratic Party that year to form the communist-dominated and Soviet-backed "Progressive Party." Much as Thurmond's Dixiecrat Party was expressly pro-segregation, Wallace's Progressive Party was expressly pro-Soviet.

Indeed, this was the apex of Moscow-directed subversion of U.S. politics. The Progressive Party platform excluded even the mildest criticism of Soviet aggression. It will come as no surprise that many American celebrities supported Wallace. The Progressives received 1 million votes nationwide, about the same as Thurmond's Dixiecrat Party.

Thurmond went on to reject segregation, become a Republican, and serve his country well as a U.S. senator. By contrast, running a communist-dominated presidential campaign was Wallace's last hurrah. Yet only an off-the-cuff remark at a birthday party praising Thurmond's presidential campaign is the career-destroyer. Not so fawning references to Wallace's Soviet-backed presidential campaign.

Just two years before Lott's remarks, a hagiographic book on Wallace's life was released, titled "American Dreamer." How about a book about a segregationist titled "American Dreamer"? Wallace's version of the American "dream" was communism every bit as much as Strom Thurmond's dream was segregation. Aren't dreams of murderous dictators, gulags and death camps at least comparable in evil to segregated lunch counters?

The dust jacket on "American Dreamer" featured a nauseating statement of praise by U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy. Kennedy said that the book deserved "to be read by all who care about the American dream." The American dream: communist totalitarianism. Why wasn't the lecherous liberal asked to retire for his flattering remarks about a proven Soviet fifth columnist?

In 1999, the Clinton administration dedicated a room at the Agriculture Department to Wallace. At the dedication, former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern gave a speech explicitly praising Wallace's pro-Soviet positions, such as the idea that the Cold War was "overdone" and that "problems" between the nations "could not be resolved by military means."

McGovern fondly recalled that he himself had voted for Wallace. He chipperly reminded the audience that he had run for president in 1972 "on a similar platform" – with the help of a young Yale law school graduate named Bill Clinton. Inasmuch as Trent Lott was in kindergarten in 1948, he did not vote for Thurmond. He did not run on a "similar" platform to the Dixiecrats. He did not write a jacket-flap endorsement calling a segregationist an "American Dreamer."

The idea that Lott took the occasion of an old timer's birthday to introduce a new policy initiative to bring back segregation – a Democrat policy – is ludicrous. Lott is a fine fellow; he just has some sort of liberal-Tourette's syndrome that makes him spout Democrat ideas at random. A few years ago, Lott practically wanted to give the adulterous Air Force pilot Kelly Flinn a silver star for her service. Remember that?

Up until two weeks ago, conservatives were clamoring for Lott's removal precisely because of his annoying habit of saying dumb things. (Showing their inferior intellect, liberals have only recently figured that out.) Republicans should ask Lott to step down as leader, but only for all the nice things he's said about Teddy Kennedy.


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Thursday, December 19, 2002

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1 posted on 12/19/2002 1:03:20 AM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2
Mash HERE for original thread
2 posted on 12/19/2002 1:33:29 AM PST by ApesForEvolution
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To: xm177e2; mercy; Wait4Truth; hole_n_one; GretchenEE; Clinton's a rapist; buffyt; ladyinred; Angel; ..

Ann Coulter, our one and only, Mega-Ping!!


3 posted on 12/19/2002 2:12:21 AM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2
She throws a left, a right...POW....right in the kisser!!!
4 posted on 12/19/2002 2:22:40 AM PST by The Raven
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To: The Raven
Bump!
5 posted on 12/19/2002 2:24:52 AM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2
In my view, the Senate Majority Leader has two jobs: No. 1 is doing what's best for America, and No. 2 is looking out for the interests and agenda of his party in the Senate. Sen. Lott showed during the impeachment trial that he was too worried about job 2 to do job 1. As he's now completely compromised his ability even to do job 2, he should step down as Majority Leader, and give someone with more energy and conviction the chance to get in there and lead.

That said, thanks for the excellent Coulter column, John.

6 posted on 12/19/2002 3:48:23 AM PST by solzhenitsyn
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To: JohnHuang2
Someone posted yesterday(I think roseoftexas) that Lott should have said the very first day that * I was a Democrat when I held those views, I changed and became a Republican*...it would have stopped them dead in their tracks.
btw....Merry Christmas John!
7 posted on 12/19/2002 3:54:17 AM PST by mystery-ak
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To: JohnHuang2
Made my day. Thanks.
8 posted on 12/19/2002 4:03:39 AM PST by KeyWest
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To: JohnHuang2
Back when they supported segregation, Lott and Thurmond were Democrats.

Southern Democrats from Reconstruction to the 1970s were conservative, rather than liberal. The South was a one party region, with the Democratic Party as the dominant party. The recent dominance of the Republican Party in the South began when a growing number of Southern Democrats reconciled their political beliefs with their party affiliation by switching to the Republican Party.

9 posted on 12/19/2002 4:20:06 AM PST by SteveTuck
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To: JohnHuang2
I sent this to all my liberal friends. Thanks for posting it.
10 posted on 12/19/2002 4:39:03 AM PST by dalebert
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To: mystery-ak; RoseofTexas
What an astute comeback, that certainly would have taken care of this mess. I missed Rose's comment, thanks for posting it.
11 posted on 12/19/2002 5:00:57 AM PST by Quilla
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To: JohnHuang2
Ann is correct keep Lott dump the media!
12 posted on 12/19/2002 5:15:42 AM PST by TLBSHOW
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To: JohnHuang2
If Lott had sid this, it would all be over:

"In 1948, when I was a democrat, I supported those goals, then I became a republcan and changed those views."

?That would have killed the story

13 posted on 12/19/2002 5:20:23 AM PST by The Wizard
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To: JohnHuang2; Alamo-Girl; onyx; SpookBrat; Republican Wildcat; Howlin; Fred Mertz; dixiechick2000; ...
Democrats have a Lott of trouble: Ann Coulter
says media knowingly hiding fact

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Just two years before Lott's remarks, a hagiographic book on Wallace's life was released, titled "American Dreamer." How about a book about a segregationist titled "American Dreamer"? Wallace's version of the American "dream" was communism every bit as much as Strom Thurmond's dream was segregation. Aren't dreams of murderous dictators, gulags and death camps at least comparable in evil to segregated lunch counters?

The dust jacket on "American Dreamer" featured a nauseating statement of praise by U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy. Kennedy said that the book deserved "to be read by all who care about the American dream." The American dream: communist totalitarianism. Why wasn't the lecherous liberal asked to retire for his flattering remarks about a proven Soviet fifth columnist?

In 1999, the Clinton administration dedicated a room at the Agriculture Department to Wallace. At the dedication, former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern gave a speech explicitly praising Wallace's pro-Soviet positions, such as the idea that the Cold War was "overdone" and that "problems" between the nations "could not be resolved by military means."

McGovern fondly recalled that he himself had voted for Wallace. He chipperly reminded the audience that he had run for president in 1972 "on a similar platform" – with the help of a young Yale law school graduate named Bill Clinton. Inasmuch as Trent Lott was in kindergarten in 1948, he did not vote for Thurmond. He did not run on a "similar" platform to the Dixiecrats. He did not write a jacket-flap endorsement calling a segregationist an "American Dreamer."



Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest ping list!. . .don't be shy.

14 posted on 12/19/2002 5:35:09 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
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To: MeeknMing
Nice job!
15 posted on 12/19/2002 5:37:50 AM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: JohnHuang2
The double standard regarding communist influence in America will never be overcome. Our media elites did not find it as offensive as they did the 'ordinary' Americans, like Ronald Reagan, who said communism was intolerable.

16 posted on 12/19/2002 5:49:21 AM PST by maica
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To: MeeknMing
Inasmuch as Trent Lott was in kindergarten in 1948, he did not vote for Thurmond. He did not run on a "similar" platform to the Dixiecrats. He did not write a jacket-flap endorsement calling a segregationist an "American Dreamer."



so stop slamming Lott instead back him 100%
17 posted on 12/19/2002 5:57:47 AM PST by TLBSHOW
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To: MeeknMing
and BUMP

SORRY
18 posted on 12/19/2002 5:58:16 AM PST by TLBSHOW
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To: TLBSHOW
Ann is correct keep Lott

Where does she say that?

Sounds to me like she thinks his handling of the situation since the remark that set this mess in motion has been atrocious. Why, that is exactly what some of us have been saying and you would have none of it!

I totally agree with her that the media does not hold the rats to a honorable standard, and I totally agree with her historical analysis. I totally agree that it isn't fair.

But where oh where does she say to "keep Lott"???

19 posted on 12/19/2002 5:58:42 AM PST by cyncooper
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where does she say dump him. unless republicans do it for what Lott says about Ted! LOL
20 posted on 12/19/2002 6:00:26 AM PST by TLBSHOW
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