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12/16/2002 08:52:00 PM | Timothy Lott on BET: What did you mean when you say 'those problems'?" Gordon said. "I was talking about the problems of defense, of communism, and budget, of a government that sometimes didn't do its job," Lott said. "But again I understand that was interpreted by people the way it was and I should have been sensitive to that. I obviously made a mistake and I'm doing everything I can to admit that and deal with it and correct it. And I'm hope that people will give me a chance to do so." He's STILL lying (or just utterly stupid). Thurmond ran on racial segregration in 1948. How would Thurmond have done so much better at shrinking government, etc.? And even if Thurmond had been marginally better at these issues, how could that possibly outweigh racial justice? Trent Lott may not regret the civil rights movement, but he certainly doesn't value it. Thurmond certainly didn't split from the Democrats for the reasons Lott mentioned. Those were the reasons that later Republicans ran successfully on. So if we can't trust Lott to get right what Thurmond was about, how do we believe him today when he claims all Republicans are about is state's rights and smaller government? If he can't tell that Thurmond's platform was racist, how would he know if his own party was not? perma link |
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