Hatred of Lott? You actually think that everyone who was disappointed in Lott's wimpy behavior after his verbal faux pas hates him? (Or that it has anything to do with respecting the President??)
A whole lot of us were waiting......dying for him to do the right thing after the Strom comment, but he didn't. A whole lot of us wanted to respect him, and hear him say how inexcusable his comments were, but he didn't. A whole lot of us wanted him to act like a man and not like a politician, but he didn't. And a whole lot of us didn't want him to go on BET and grovel, but he did.
I don't hate Lott. I feel bad for him that after 30 years in politics, he wasn't strong enough to do the right thing right away. I feel bad that he was hurt by his own stupidity, and I'm thankful that he finally was strong enough to resign as ML and stay in the Senate and put his country, and his party over his ego. I respect him for that.