[Luis Gonzalez]

"I wanna tell you, ladies and gentlemen, that there's not enough troops in the army to force the southern people to break down segregation and admit the nigger race into our theatres into our swimming pools into our homes and into our churches."---Strom Thurmond, presidential candidate, 1948

"I wanna say this about my state. When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of him. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years either." Senator Trent Lott, Dec 2002

[Luis Gonzalez]

"Nobody proposed that when the senator from Mississippi implied that we would be better off had Strom Thurmond been elected president in 1948, he was referring to some of the more noble causes Thurmond stood for, like states' rights and a less-intrusive federal government."

"I wanna tell you, ladies and gentlemen, that there's not enough troops in the army to force the southern people to break down segregation and admit the nigger race into our theatres into our swimming pools into our homes and into our churches."---Strom Thurmond, presidential candidate, 1948

Yeah, right...

[sheltonmac]

So, the only issue Thurmond stood for was segregation, and the only reason Lott said what he did was because he still believes in segregation? If the GOP wanted Lott gone, they could have given him the boot long ago for much worse things. By forcing him out now they give the impression that freedom of speech is an antiquated notion.

By the way, was there anything technically wrong with what Lott said? Is it at all possible the we would be better off? Not on the issue of segregation--one man in the White House would not have been able to stop desegregation even if he wanted to--but on such issues as states' rights? In Lott's defense, Harry Truman wasn't exactly the best choice for this country.

[Republic of Texas]

" "I wanna tell you, ladies and gentlemen, that there's not enough troops in the army to force the southern people to break down segregation and admit the nigger race into our theatres into our swimming pools into our homes and into our churches."---Strom Thurmond, Democrat, presidential candidate, 1948 "

[George W. Bush]

"...into our swimming pools..."

Even swimming pools? Dang.

[Concerned]

LUIS GONZALEZ POSTED THE FOLLOWING 2 COMMENTS:

"I wanna tell you, ladies and gentlemen, that there's not enough troops in the army to force the southern people to break down segregation and admit the nigger race into our theatres into our swimming pools into our homes and into our churches."---Strom Thurmond, presidential candidate, 1948 ...and...

"I wanna say this about my state. When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of him. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years either." Senator Trent Lott, Dec 2002

I think they pretty well speak for themselves and sum the whole issue up. Lott could NOT be left in as LEADER to FUMBLE, er...LEAD, the Republican Party.

Lott is NOT A LEADER!!!!!!! He is INCOMPETENT and INEFFECTIVE!