The Party of Lynching elects a racist as Senate Minority Whip

[BobcatJH]

Today, we were treated to the "new look" GOP. It looked, strangely, like the "old look" GOP. Take heed, minority Republicans. One of your leaders in the U.S. Senate, Trent Lott, is a racist:

Lott provoked controversy when he declared at the Thurmond birthday celebration: "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."

We already knew that the Republicans were the party of lynching. And they've only solidified that pathetic stature by electing Lott as, ironically enough, the Minority Whip. The more things change ...

[KingFlorez]

1. Not surprising at all

Another reason to be thankful Republicans are the minority now.

[wholetruth00]

15. This is really where most of white America stands. But their numbers are dwindling.

Let's hope that as the old gaurd dies out, they will be replaced by smarter, more humane people.

[savemefromdumbya]

2. Let them appoint racists and bigots and we will defeat them

the GOP will disappear over time fade into the background like the UK Tory party.

[Imagine My Surprise]

3. And to make matters worse...

The evil, manipulative Mitch McConnell has taken #1 position. This man is pure evil and (I speak as a Kentuckian)I fear he is now entrenched as the anti-Kennedy. This is not a happy day for progressive Kentuckians for sure.

[Bake]

18. "Howdy Doody" McConnell is a SNAKE

Pure and simple evil. He is a power-for-the-sake-of-power kinda guy. I lived in Louisville KY when he was the County Judgge-Executive of Jefferson County. He was a snake then and has only gotten worse.

Bake

BTW, glad to see John Yarmuth finally knocking off that harpy Northup!!

[kentuck]

4. Although I disagreed with Lott's comments about Thurmond....

I think it was a bit like John Kerry's slip of the tongue just before the election. However, I do not think he was as "bad" as Frist. "Bad" being a relative term.

[indepat]

8. I rank Frist as the worst TN senator ever and sadly Alexander has lock stepped

the the drummer's every beat be it fiscal madness, pre-emptive war madness, torture madness, or shred the rule of law, international law and the Constitution madness. :crazy:

[Hippo_Tron]

11. Saying that military recruiters prey on those who are uneducated...

Which is 100% true, btw, is a hell of a lot different than saying that you wish Strom Thurmond had become president so that the civil rights movement would've been suppressed.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

14. Slip of the tongue?

Yeah, right.

[AdvancedProgress]

5. Unbelievable

I grow weary of apologizing for the actions of Southerners. Having spent the majority of my life in the South, it seems that by this point (and the fact that Bob Corker won TN), there's a LONG road ahead to bring the South in line with the rest of the country. People need to quit voting the way their parents and grandparents expect them to because they're afraid they'll be disowned. :mad:

[Vorta]

16. weary

there's a LONG road ahead to bring the South in line with the rest of the country

I don't find the "rest of the country" to be superior to the South. There are places in the country where liberal values have a greater expression in the law, but in day to day living I don't see the superiority. I would be interested in the specifics of what you see as the difference.

[AdvancedProgress]

17. The long and winding road...

Simply put, getting the "Old South" out of the Current South and moving towards a more progressive South has been, and will continue to be a challenge.

[underpants]

6. DIRECT links to the CCC

LBN article here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2615578



Trent Lott’s history of involvement with the CCC:

In 1997 Lott met held a private meeting with CCC leaders in his Washington, D.C. office, a photo and account of the meeting appeared in the CCC's publication, Citizens Informer, later that year.
In 1997 the CCC used an endorsement quote from Lott for a direct mailing campaign.
In 1995 Lott addressed an audience in attendance at a Mississippi-based CCC event
In 1992 Lott was the featured speaker and issued strong praise of the CCC at its national conference.
The Spring 1989 edition of Citizens Informer, features a photo of Lott with his uncle, who is identified as an executive of the CCC, and his cousin, who's identified as a CCC general member.
Lott's column has been a regular feature of Citizens Informer for several years.
http://www.truthinstitute.org/Trent_Lott_FA_vol1_1.htm


http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=487
Though it had deep roots in Southern politics and claimed 15,000 members — more than the Ku Klux Klan has boasted for decades — the white-supremacist Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC) was a mystery to most Americans until 1998. Late that year, a scandal erupted over prominent Southern politicians' ties to the brazenly racist group.
At first, even the politicians in question claimed they didn't know what this Council was all about. Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi, who had spoken to the group five times, once telling its members they "stand for the right principles and the right philosophy," claimed he had "no firsthand knowledge" of it.

http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?sid=315
What follows is a list of office-holding politicians who have appeared at CCC events since 2000 and their responses to requests for comment. Not included are dozens of mayors, county sheriffs and other lower-level officials. Also not included are politicians who no longer hold office or failed to win election.


Haley Barbour (R)
Governor

Term ends: 2008

CCC links: As a gubernatorial candidate, attended the July 19, 2003, Black Hawk Barbecue in Carroll County, sponsored by the CCC to raise money for private academy school buses, where he was photographed with CCC Field Director Bill Lord. A Barbour campaign official, Shannon Warnock, spoke to the Greater Jackson and Southern Magnolia CCC in Pearl on July 24, 2003.

Comment: Barbour spokeswoman Kathryn Stewart said Barbour "opposes any racist views." Warnock said Barbour discouraged her but did not forbid her to speak to the CCC. Barbour later appointed Warnock to the state Pardons and Parole Board.

[jobycom]

7. Meh. Who cares? It's our job now to show we can be better, not to worry

about what the Republicans do.


And for the record, because we forget it... there was a time when the Democrats were the party of lynching. I'm not trying to come down on the Democratic Party, just trying to point out that this nation has in general had a sick history in regards to race, and I'd rather focus on what we can do to overcome that history than in blaming someone else for their failings. When Lott or the Repubs introduce racist legislation, then we should howl loudly and bash it down. Until then, I'll focus on what we can do with out new power, and not worry so much about what the other side is about until it interferes with us.

[ellacott]

10. Thank you

I was going to post the same thing. The dems were no angels during that time.

[flamin lib]

9. All things considered, he might be good for us Dems.

After Bushco left him twisting in the wind over the Strom incident he became a real pain in the ass for them. He has no love lost for Bush or anybody in the WH.

If you gotta' have somebody in that position you might as well have one with a chip on his shoulder.

[madinmaryland]

12. Kind of ironic that old Trent is the best they can do!

:rofl:

I guess it comes down to either someone who is a racist or enabler of Mark Foley or a serial adulterer. What has the "grand ole party" become!

[AlCzervik]

13. back to the future for the gop.