Lott

Should he resign? Is he being treated extremely unfairly? Discuss.

I am very surprised that so many Republicans are not defending Lott. When this story first surfaced, I figured a few Dems would blast him, but that party loyalty would keep this whole thing from getting out of hand. Well, when Rush Limbaugh says that Lott's comments were inexusable, you know Trent is in a world of hurt.

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Unless I've misread, or have been misinformed, it simply sounds like Lott made a joke in very poor taste. At least, it sounds like a joke...

****!...And here I was expecting a homage to my All-Time favourite Safety.

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Lott is being treated exactly as expected, don't you think? Regardless of personal feelings, members of the GOP aren't going to jeopardize their own images in the media by defending him, so most have kept silent about the whole thing (not to imply that all Republicans are in favor of segregation, mind you.) The Democrats are acting as expected, too. A lot of them are calling for Lott to be censured - not surprising. President Bush called his remarks "immoral and wrong" after a week of silence on the issue; I guess they were hoping it would blow over. Regardless, it was a good political move on his part, even if he didn't call for Lott's resignation.

Personally, I think his remarks should be taken in context. He was speaking on Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday, and we all know about the evil Strom Thurmond's crusade against black folks back in the day. I have a feeling that on some level Lott was just kissing ass, but at the same time it clearly reveals something about his personal feelings on the subject, and he deserves to be ripped to shreds by the media. The most tactful thing to do would be for him to resign - this isn't something Democrats are going to forget in 2 years.

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Hell yeah! Ronnie Lott was the man!

Yoda: don't you think that if he were trying to make a joke, his spokesperson would have mentioned it?

Can anyone tell me who's this Lott-guy is?? Give me a nice resumé, please! (Hey, I live in Sweden for god's sake!!)

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They had temporarily escaped the factories, the warehouses, the slaughterhouses, the car washes - they'd be back in captivity the next day but now they were out - they were wild with freedom. They weren't thinking about the slavery of poverty. Or the slavery of welfare and food stamps. The rest of us would be all right until the poor learned how to make atom bombs in their basements.

Actually, no, not necessarily. It would probably sound pretty lame to say "I was just kidding." But it's hard to say one way or the other.

PZ: Ronnie Lott was a football player. Raiders and 49ers, if memory serves.

There's no context that makes that thought acceptible, and I don't think it was meant as a "joke" of some kind - certainly not to that crowd at that time it wasn't. He should resign, then take a nice holiday with Al Campanis to visit Jimmy The Greek's gravesite.

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I guess, but think about who he was speaking to! Who's going to poke fun at a 100 year old man? If it was a joke, what's the point of not saying so?

And hell yes Ronnie Lott was on the 49ers! He's the greatest safety in the history of the league. He played with a broken wrist for like, a whole season!

If only it were as obvious to everybody in this country, Commishy.

I don't believe that his intentions had anything to do qwith segragation, and actually, if my memeory serves me, segragation was never even mentioned by him. People are blowing it way out of proportion, and I truly think that it was just a poorly worded joke about Thurmond's extremely long run in the senate.

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Like I said: it sounds lame. Probably because it generally is lame. It really doesn't matter whether or not he was joking, though. Either way it wasn't the smartest thing to say.


"There's a fine line between bravery and stupidity."

He did, indeed, kick a**, though.


Good point, what with so many organizations releasing statements of support for his comments and everything. Medoubts anyone of sufficient intelligence to operate a computer is all that likely to need such a thing pointed out to them, iMacs or not.

Yep, and yep. He was so good though! He still made the Pro Bowl even with a broken wrist!

Cray-zay stuff. Not to mention that he's a hell of a commentator, too.

I don't think he meant it as a joke at all. I think he was just trying to pay a compliment that was not thought through at all. From now on I'm going to call him Homer Lott. Doh!!!

I believe it's being blown out of proportion, why would anybody who wanted to work in Washington say that segregation would have eliminated the present problems of our world today? I mean, c'mon! It was a mistake, and he should be scolded for stupidity, but forgiven.

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I didn't like Lott before this incident. My opinion of him really hasn't lowered much since the comment.

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I’ve been around Trent Lott numerous times and really don’t care for him but I have to agree with LordSlaytan on this… I think his poor choice of words were meant as a compliment to Storm Thurmond and they have been totally blown out of proportion… the news media and the powers that be need to leave it alone and concentrate on the problems we have to deal with today instead of worrying about some Senator sticking his foot in his mouth about something that happened over 50 years ago…

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In fact, one might say I don't like him a Lott!



Wow, no one has pulled this one yet?

… I was very tempted …