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Trent Lott Was a Victim of a Hate Crime

Trent Lott was a victim of his own damn foot. He had no damn business groveling in front of Ed Gordon and the BET cameras. I still contend that he would have been fine if he hadn't genuflected before the throne of Al Sharpton.

He wanted everyone to like him again, so he figured he'd throw as much sh*t on the wall, hoping that the "good stuff" would stick. If ever there was a case for someone keeping his damned fool mouth shut, Lott was it.

"People love it when you lose; They love dirty laundry..." -- Don Henley

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As principal author of Lott's demise, Bush must now face its consequences: limiting his freedom in policy touching on race. He has to decide whether to approve Solicitor General Theodore Olson's proposal for U.S. intervention against the University of Michigan in the racial quota case before the Supreme Court. He has to decide whether to renominate U.S. District Judge Charles Pickering, a friend and Mississippi Republican ally of Lott's, for the appellate bench. To go with Olson and Pickering would raise accusations of "racism."

Robert Novak