Senator Lott Steps Down As Majority Leader At the Thurmond birthday party, Lott said: “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.” Thurmond ran for the presidency in 1948 as a Dixiecrat at the time, on a largely segregationist platform. The remarks drew sharp criticism from African American leaders and Democrats who were soon followed by conservatives concerned that the uproar over Lott’s inferred endorsement of segregationist policies of the past would detract from the GOP agenda. Senator Lott Steps Down As Majority Leader Yielding to increasing pressure from the White House and fellow lawmakers, Senator Trent Lott (R- Miss.) stepped down as U.S. Senate majority leader Friday. www.pbs.org It wasn't so long ago that saying something like that had consequences. Largely because the objections to what he said were also coming from Repubs. As you may recall, Nixon only resigned when he learned members of the GOP were going to vote for his impeachment. These days, a presidential candidate can brag on tape about grabbing women's vaginas, promise to seek retribution against political opponents, and orchestrate an illegal scheme to keep himself in power, all without consequence. And pretend to perform fellatio on a microphone. Cuz.........Dear Leader.
so basically the GOP saved the country from nonsense segregationist leftist policies? Thanks for the history lesson.
