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To: JDN who wrote (327761)	12/10/2002 9:35:59 PM
From: Johannes Pilch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Well there is a logic here that supports the furor very well, and that Lott was only 7 in 1948 does not alter this fact. Lott wasn't claiming he himself voted for Strom, but that his state did and that he, with the rest of his state, is proud of it. He also claimed that had the rest of the country followed his state, America never would have had so many of "these" problems all these years. The furor is supported by the fact that Strom at the time ran on a platform, nearly the sole plank of which was segregation and Massive Resistance. Lott is claiming he is proud that his state voted for Strom and that Strom in 1948 had the solution for America's problems. "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." I can see the possibility for error here. But Trent has a history of this sort of thing with racists, a recent history, and given the fact he waited nearly a week before offering a weak apology that by no means counterbalanced his earlier fervor, suggests his apology was empty, given only to take heat off of his hide. The Republicans can do much better. And they should.