Trent Lott might as well be a Democratic Party mole, placed among Republicans to cause his party severe political damage. Republican senators, some of whom have wanted to move in a new direction, must now decide whether Mr. Lott is a hindrance to the party. Will it be politics as usual, or will Senate Republicans clearly break with the past and proclaim not only to black Americans, but to all Americans, that their party is the party of emancipation, not segregation?
Let's not cause confusion by
bringing politics into it. It was
wrong and with every passing day I come to believe Lott is a good man in denial of some deep-seated problems when it comes to race. This is one of those perfectly clear issues as far as I'm concerned - trying to figure out the political ramifications is not only mind-numbing, it's senseless. I don't care how many seats we lose, if it's wrong, it's
wrong.
