"And, wasn't it Dowdy whom Trent Lott defeated to succeed the late popular John C. Stennis?"
That was before I moved back here. But that could explain Trent Lott being elected. he was the less funny of the two clowns.
John Stennis, another pro civil rights (NOT!) friend of Bill Minor.
It was revealed after his death that the late Senator James O. Eastland had been a secret member of the NAACP. I don't know if that applied for the even more popular Stennis or not.