I posted this reply on another thread as well but wanted to "share" it with more than one person.
Hope You don't mind if I duplicate my rant here. Trent Lott can keep his seat as Senator for all I care. But he should step down as Majority Leader. What is my rational? Fact. Trent Lott said nothing offensive, yet, he and all republicans are apologizing for his lack of offense. Even the President has chastized Sen. Lott for his lack of offensive remark. Trent Lott simply said that Strom Thurmond as President might not have been that bad. Who is to say old Strom wouldn't have sent troops into Little Rock? He was ( and is ) a politician, who knows which side the bread is buttered on, and can turn his opinion on a dime and give You change. Strom's foreign policy might have been different than Ike Eisenhower's, and likewise, he may have had a different stand on Labor relations. Trent Lott stated Defense policy as the basis of his remark. I don't know, and neither does anyone else. Eisenhower won the election and became president. Strom stayed in the Senate. Fact is, Trent Lott didn't say " we wouldn't have all those "Racist" problems, or "Integration" problems, or any other kind of problems. But Opponents and detractors wailed and gnashed their teeth, threw on their hair shirts, and began whipping and flailing at their own backs, crying out loudly, "He IMPLIED it!" And HERE IS THE POINT of my argument. When Liberal Race Baiters Put Words In Your Mouth, WHY, Why, Why, I ask You, would ANYONE be STUPID enough to APOLOGIZE for something You probably didn't "imply", and sure as Hell never Said? But that is exactly what Trent Lott did. He apologized for what he didn't say that wasn't offensive enough. Then his fellow Republicans began to apologize and chastize Senator Lott for what he may possibly have implied, even though it is unclear how he implied it, other than to say he thought Strom Thurmond might have made a good president. Then Lott went national and bared his soul, to apologize for the Implied Words put into his mouth by his Liberal enemies. Do Republicans have BRAINS attached to their spines? Do they HAVE SPINES? WHY HAS NO ONE ATTACKED THE RACE BAITING IMPLICATIONS OF THE LIBERAL LEFT? If the Republicans lose control of the Senate while holding a Majority position, then Libertarians will become a major party in 2004. Because no self-respecting conservative will ever be able to hold his head up and admit to being a Republican again.
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Trent Lott can keep his seat as Senator for all I care.
But he should step down as Majority Leader.
What is my rational?
Fact. Trent Lott said nothing offensive, yet, he and all republicans are apologizing for his lack of offense.
Even the President has chastized Sen. Lott for his lack of offensive remark.
Trent Lott simply said that Strom Thurmond as President might not have been that bad.
Who is to say old Strom wouldn't have sent troops into Little Rock?
He was ( and is ) a politician, who knows which side the bread is buttered on, and can turn his opinion on a dime and give You change.
Strom's foreign policy might have been different than Ike Eisenhower's, and likewise, he may have had a different stand on Labor relations.
Trent Lott stated Defense policy as the basis of his remark.
I don't know, and neither does anyone else.
Eisenhower won the election and became president. Strom stayed in the Senate.
Fact is, Trent Lott didn't say " we wouldn't have all those "Racist" problems, or "Integration" problems, or any other kind of problems.
But Opponents and detractors wailed and gnashed their teeth, threw on their hair shirts, and began whipping and flailing at their own backs, crying out loudly, "He IMPLIED it!"
And HERE IS THE POINT of my argument.
When Liberal Race Baiters Put Words In Your Mouth, WHY, Why, Why, I ask You, would ANYONE be STUPID enough to APOLOGIZE for something You probably didn't "imply", and sure as Hell never Said?
But that is exactly what Trent Lott did.
He apologized for what he didn't say that wasn't offensive enough.
Then his fellow Republicans began to apologize and chastize Senator Lott for what he may possibly have implied, even though it is unclear how he implied it, other than to say he thought Strom Thurmond might have made a good president.
Then Lott went national and bared his soul, to apologize for the Implied Words put into his mouth by his Liberal enemies.
Do Republicans have BRAINS attached to their spines? Do they HAVE SPINES?
WHY HAS NO ONE ATTACKED THE RACE BAITING IMPLICATIONS OF THE LIBERAL LEFT?
If the Republicans lose control of the Senate while holding a Majority position, then Libertarians will become a major party in 2004.
Because no self-respecting conservative will ever be able to hold his head up and admit to being a Republican again.