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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (77305)	1/9/2010 10:59:00 PM
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Pelosi on Lott apology in 2002: 'It doesn't remove the sentiment that escaped his mouth' Washington Times-Water Cooler ^ \| 1/9/10 \| Kerry Picket washingtontimes.com Mr. Obama was not so forgiving of former Mississippi GOP Senator Trent Lott. Mr. Lott found himself in trouble after praising fellow Republican Senator Strom Thurmond (once a segregationist) at the late South Carolinian's 100th birthday.: "I want to say this about my state. When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years either." Mr. Obama's Reaction? (h/t John McCormack-Weekly Standard): "It seems to be that we can forgive a 100-year-old senator for some of the indiscretion of his youth, but, what is more difficult to forgive is the current president of the U.S. Senate (Lott) suggesting we had been better off if we had followed a segregationist path in this country after all of the battles and fights for civil rights and all the work that we still have to do," said Obama. He said: "The Republican Party itself has to drive out Trent Lott. If they have to stand for something, they have to stand up and say this is not the person we want representing our party." A number of Democrats felt an apology was not enough. Check out some of the Democratic leaders below and their responses to the 2002 Trent Lott's comments. A National Public Radio segment includes former Vice President Al Gore demanding a censure of the Mississippi Senator.

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