--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 6/28/07 7:57:13 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > > > noozguru@ 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 > > > So Lott is kinda like Al Gore, Senior...
Ah. The somebody else did it too card - so Trent Lott isn't so bad after all. Albert Gore Sr is dead. He died almost 10 years ago at the age of 90. Trent lott is alive and well and is *currently* a Senator. But it doesn't matter that Trent Lott is a racist because Albert Gore Sr. was too. Right wing think is lovely.
