Not letting a known racist be in office forever is another. I mean he f8cking ran on that ticket. Why is Lott getting all the heat for saying something stupid, when Strom Thurmond RAN on those beliefes.
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Not letting a known racist be in office forever is another. I mean he f8cking ran on that ticket. Why is Lott getting all the heat for saying something stupid, when Strom Thurmond RAN on those beliefes.
I'm not a Republican (nor a Democrat), but one good point in all of this has been those mentioning the fact of Clinton saying how big of a believer and admirer he is of J. William Fulbright, who was a huge segregationist and made some very racist statements over his lifetime. Even as recently as last October he honored the guy, talking about the utopian values of his "mentor."
Wonder if Democrats, because of this, would act the same way towards Clinton that they currently are against Lott.
And that isn't support for or against Lott either way. I just figure if you are going to point a finger and label somebody a racist, you should do the same to other people who have done similar acts, even if in your own party. But neither party is too good about blaming their own for the things they blame others for, are they?
Did he RUN on those beliefs in his recent years? From what I know, and I could be wrong, but he honestly had a change of heart and realized the error of his previous thinking.Quote:
Originally posted by IronPlant
Not letting a known racist be in office forever is another. I mean he f8cking ran on that ticket. Why is Lott getting all the heat for saying something stupid, when Strom Thurmond RAN on those beliefes.
If the man honestly did have a change of heart and felt bad for his earlier views, then the people still calling him a racist are the ones that bother me.
Pathetic, I was suprised that Lott stepped down without making an enormous fuss about it and now we know why. They never should have given him this.
http://www.rollcall.com/pages/news/0...ws1223aaa.html