And he gets slam-dunked because of some hyperbole at a birthday party for a 100 year old man?...sure is nonsense - especially since Lott had been making the same comments virtually word for word publicly for years, including at an event on the Capitol steps three years ago, surrounded by dozens of his congressional colleagues and broadcast over C-Span. Were his remarks really as shocking and offensive as so many are now pretending to find them, someone certainly would have called him down on them long ago - and one as blackhearted as Lott is now being portrayed surely would have never been elected as ML for the republicans the first time, let alone reelected twice - unless of course Senate 'pubs are so dense and lacking in sensitivity that they didn't detect what kind of knave he really was, in which case none of them are bright enough to be serving in the Senate themselves. IMO Lott's comments were just an excuse for all those who already had their knives out for him to run away and let him sink - so much for Republican principles.....
What this tells me is that GWB is not interested in the conservative agenda...I seem to remember Bush tearing into conservatives on some issue or another back during the primaries - afterward he was reported to have made the cynical crack: "first you hit the dog, then you pet it" - trouble is, after you hit the dog a few times, it's not likely to hang around for you to pet it any more.......
IMO Lott's comments were just an excuse for all those who already had their knives out for him to run away and let him sink - so much for Republican principles.....Maybe this is the way it is. For everyone in office, there's some way to "get" them if they stray?
What first bothered me is that this was a thought crime. It had nothing to do with what Lott actually said or his actions, it was about people interpreting it.
And now you have conservatives coming down on Senator Lott for appearing on BET and expressing a willingness to discuss issues with black leaders. Well, you know what? That could've actually increased support on border-immigration issues. I would think black employment and opportunity suffer greatly both with this influx and with jobs going overseas.
It is chilling if this is what's going to happen to dissenting opinions being expressed by those in a position to influence the decision making process.