[E. Pluribus Unum]

The operatives of the Republican Party can't figure out why such a big deal is being made out of the statement made by Senator Trent Lott...

False. It is the operatives themselves who have made the big deal so they could get rid of Lott and replace him with a Dubya Yes-Man.

I despise Lott, but this trumped-up RACIST RACIST RACIST slander campaign by "conservatives" is despicable.

[Bikers4Bush]

I agree.

[D. Miles]

AMEN. If you don't want Lott in...just say sorry bud, ya got to go, but don't beseach his character in doing so!

[GoldenEagles]

I think that if Republicans operatives, like William Bennett, and others of like mind, really understood why this fiasco has such traction, they would not allow themselves to get sucked into it. If they really understood what was going on, they would understand if they threw Lott out, they would be playing to a fiction, and that would make them look likes fools in the eyes of the American electorate. That's the point the article makes, among other things.

[Gus D]

"replace him with a Dubya Yes-Man?"
Lott has been one in my opinion. I'm sure he is and will do what the preZ orders!