J.C. Watts speaks outon Lott controversy Interview with congressmanalso covers media manipulation Posted: December 14, 20021:00 a.m. Eastern Editor's note: Rep. J. C. Watts, R-Okla., is leaving the U.S. House of Representatives after four terms. First a star quarterback at the University of Oklahoma (from which he earned a degree in journalism), Watts would eventually take to the gridiron professionally in the Canadian Football League. In 1994, he became the first black Republican elected to Congress from a Southern state since Reconstruction. Four years later, Watts' political ascent would culminate in his election, by his peers, to a prestigious...