A Lott of Issues
Trent Lott has finally decided to step down as Republican leader of the Senate. While I am happy to see this, I am also quite surprised that Lott’s comments drew so much negative attention. After all, he has made similar comments in the past, and never faced wrath like he has in the past month. And wasn’t there a Republican strategist who could have passed his “all those problems” comment off as being anti-hippie/communist/homosexual/feminist/any other group it’s still “ok” to hate? After all, Strom Thurmond was definitely anti-hippie/commie/homo/lesbo/et cetera in 1948. Steve Silver wisely notes Google’s role in the controversy.