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To: JDN who wrote (327314)	12/10/2002 7:54:00 AM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Mississippi's Democratic governor, Ronnie Musgrove isn't making a big deal out of this either and you are right that there are more timely issues to deal with. One politician who pointedly declined to join in the criticism was Mississippi's Democratic governor, Ronnie Musgrove, who was in Washington today for a meeting of the Democratic Governors' Association. "I'm sure Senator Lott was just caught up in the excitement of the celebration of Senator Thurmond's birthday," Mr. Musgrove said at a lunchtime interview with New York Times reporters and editors. nytimes.com * * *

To: JDN who wrote (327314)	12/10/2002 6:17:36 PM
From: Johannes Pilch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

On 911 we had more pressing issues to deal with than debating the budget and many others. That is certainly no excuse to dismiss these issues. The statement is apparently ridiculous to you, but the issue is is it ridiculous to Trent Lott. I am not convinced that it is, despite his belated and half-hearted apology. When one gives statements in support of racists with Lott's obvious sincerity before the CCC and at Thurmond's birthday celebration, one must retract those statements with a degree of sincerity sufficient to counterbalance and overwhelm the formerly expressed sincerity. That simply did not occur. The "apology" was no doubt sufficient to release political pressure in the meantime, but I suspect the damage yet lingers. Gore certainly was able to exploit it. We will see how it goes in the future.