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Democratic operatives dragged out the old chestnut of candidate Bush's 2000 visit to Bob Jones University, with spokesman Ari Fleischer harangued about it at Friday's White House briefing.

So the reporters at the White House are actually Democratic operatives? I mean, we all suspected as much, but for Novak to say this out loud is big.

To go with Olson and Pickering would raise accusations of "racism."

So what? They're going to howl about racism no matter what Bush does. It isn't going to stick. Bush is quite obviously not a racist, so they can howl all they want. It will just make them look like jerks.

Once panicky conservatives had turned against Lott

That is such BS. "Conservatives" had been gunning for Lott for a long time. He was widely seen as a spineless appeaser who made lousy, one-sided deals with Daschle that benefitted only Democrats. Most conservatives didn't "turn on" Lott, they pounced on him when he tripped; or they were genuinely offended by what he'd said. Still more piled on when he tried to save himself by turning into Al Sharpton.

One guy we now know does not lurk here: Robert Novak. He gets his opinions about what conservatives think by talking to William Kristol.

Republicans cannot be the nation's majority party today without the solid South, and Democrats want to build on the Lott fiasco to undermine that base.

Which they propose to do by characterizing White Southerners as closet racists? What the Hell kind of way is that to make friends? Novak has his head up on his butt on this one. This column is junk from top to bottom.

I respect you but I believe with all my heart we will lose big time over this issue and not standing with Trent, hey I know its just my opinion and as such I am now called a liberal.

Nite Nick, and I will pray I am wrong but I don't think so just like I new we would have a landslide election I know I am right about this issue. We are going to get burned big time.

Oh well as Kenny Rogers sang...

Every gambler knows that the secret to survivin'
Is knownin' what to throw away and knowin' what to keep
'Cause every hand's a winner, and every hand's a loser,
And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep."

And when he finished speakin', he turned back toward the window,
Crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep,
And somewhere in the darkness, the gambler, he broke even,
But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.

You got to know when to hold 'em,
Know when to fold 'em,
Know when to walk away
And know when to run.
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table;
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done.