--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 6/28/07 7:57:13 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > At least it's not > > Republicans or conservatives that want to shut down free political speech. > > > Oh really? So Trent Lott who recently called for a shutdown of the > internet and talk radio is not a Republican. What is he then? Have any > other facts to fabricate for us? > > > > In fairness to Trent Lott, he never said, to my knowledge, anything about > shutting down the Internet or talk radio. Would you like to quote him? Perhaps > you would like to fabricate one to support your accusation.
This is what Lott said: "Talk radio is running America," Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) recently told the New York Times. "We have to deal with that problem." http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/15/sen-trent-lott-r-ms/ Trent Lott is also considered a racist: Tremendous political controversy ensued following remarks Lott made on December 5, 2002 at the 100th birthday party of Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina. Thurmond ran for President of the United States in 1948 on the Dixiecrat (or States' Rights) ticket. Lott said: "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 the years, either" Thurmond had based his presidential campaign on an explicit racial segregation platform. Many political commentators inferred that because Lott supported Thurmond's campaign, Lott also supported racial segregation. Lott had attracted controversy before in issues relating to civil rights. As a Congressman, he voted against renewal of the Voting Rights Act, voted against the continuation of the Civil Rights Act and opposed the Martin Luther King Holiday. Lott also maintained an affiliation with the Council of Conservative Citizens, which is described as a hate group by the Anti-Defamation League and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Lott
