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With recent controversy surrounding Trent Lott, the leftist media has been woefully negligent when it comes to Democrat senators who have committed far worse offenses. In part, conservatives have responded by pointing out the bigotted past of former Ku Klux Klansman Robert Byrd (D-WV), who recently used a racial slur on television. There's another Democrat senator out there with a similarly embarassing past, but also one who has recieved much less attention, even among conservatives: Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-SC). Like Byrd, Hollings has a recent history of racial slurs. Less known is his history as governor of South Carolina in...

ICONOCLAST DAILY NOTEBOOK.... The Democrats Play The Reverse Race Card.... December 23 2002: Emboldened by their success in destroying the political legitimacy of former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott by charging him with racism, the denizens of the left are gearing up for more of the same -- cynically seeing this gambit as their last chance before 2004 to deflect the growing swing among the American electorate to the Republican Party. The essence of this race-based libel is the charge that the Republican Party's recent electoral success comes from constantly playing the "race card" while pursuing a "Southern strategy" to...