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The prejudial judgement of Jorge once again as seen in this Jorge post, addressed to Torie -- "Once again, the Lott/Dixiecrat apologists are reduced to adolescent and meaningless personal insults...when they run out of arguments. How predictable."

Let me see. Not only did you forget to show me where my comment was "prejudiced", but you couldn't even manage to spell it right.These "Lott/Dixiecrat apologist" arguments just get better by the minute.

That is your repsonse of substance? Why do you ignore my post #161 addressed to you and instead insult me in some insipid way?

Here are two clues for you Jorge. You called Torie in the above post a Lott/Dixiecrat. You called me in now two posts "a Lott/Dixecrat apologist".

As I told you in a previous post, I am a yankee who hates Lott. You prejudge -- your judgement is not objective.

I will post #161 again. Will you ignore it again?

The full context of what Lott said -- "Well thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you my good friend and my predecessor, my hero, Bob Dole, for that introduction, that very brief introduction I might add [Laughter] But for Senator Strom Thurmond's family and friends and admirers all, it's a great pleasure for me to be here with you today, and I know that you're enjoying every minute of this. And I knew that the previous remarks would be just as they were. I mean, after all, Bob Dole received the Republican nomination and dang near was elected President of the United States telling Strom Thurmond jokes. [Laughter] If he'd just gotten himself some new material there toward the end he would have done it. [Laughter] I want to say this about my state. When Strom Thurmond ran for President we voted for him. [Laughter] We're proud of it. [More laughter] And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years, either. "

I will now proceed to break down each Lott comment and tell you what I think Lott's intention was based on the full context. I will then wait for you to do the same.....

Bear in mind, all the previous speakers to Lott, were trying to be self-effacing and funny. This includes the dead-pan speaking Dole.

First Lott roasts the long winded Dole -- "...that very brief introduction I might add" [Laughter]

Then Lott roasts the previous speakers and he roasts Dole and Thurmond -- "it's a great pleasure for me to be here with you today, and I know that you're enjoying every minute of this. And I knew that the previous remarks would be just as they were. I mean, after all, Bob Dole received the Republican nomination and dang near was elected President of the United States telling Strom Thurmond jokes." [Laughter]

Then he roasts Dole again -- "If he'd just gotten himself some new material there toward the end he would have done it." [Laughter]

Notice how he refers to the word "material" as in commedy material, which was the full context of what the speakers at this birthday roast were doing.

Then Lott roasts his home state of Mississippi and he roasts Thurmond, both twice -- "I want to say this about my state. When Strom Thurmond ran for President we voted for him." [Laughter] "We're proud of it". [More laughter]

And the final joke -- "And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years, either."

Why don't you address the above, statement by statement, in the full context without insult or will you resort to insults again?