Monday, January 11, 2010

"Trent Lott Said Something That Was Far More Innocuous Than the Racially Tinged Comments Senator Reid Made."

I just want one reporter to ask Senator John Cornyn directly and in person if he believes that praising the prospect of electing a segregationist POTUS, and suggesting that the country has suffered "all these problems" when that did not come to pass, is as innocuous as stating that a black person does not speak with a "Negro dialect." And perhaps Senator Cornyn should consider reviewing exactly what Lott said, and examine precisely what the Dixiecrats stood for in 1948. If he can come back, after his homework, and repeat that Lott's comments were "innocuous," then perhaps Harry Reid will be able to see the winds of criticism change direction.

Finally, I would love to know if Chuck Todd offered a follow-up to Cornyn. Somehow, I doubt it.

3 comments:

Better Guy X said...

It makes my head hurt to hear these statements. Strom Thurman was a bigot (and hypocrite), Trent Lott is a bigot espousing that electing a bigot running on a segregationist campaign would have made this a better country. Reid stated the obvious, recognizing his and others prejudices in electing an African American. It wasn't nice, but it didn't suggest keeping a whole section of the nation in second class citizenship was a good thing.

Micheal Sisco said...

And because we are all still in a twitter over this pseudo-controversy, the GOP has done its job ... deflecting the nation's attention from health care, security, reform for the LGBT community and a host of other items on the president's rather large plate. To borrow a phrase from Michael Steele, shut up and let's move on!

Anonymous said...

Thank you Micheal Sisco for pointing out the "bait and switch" of the frivilous use of media space.

Deluge the publics attention, and they are sure to overlook the real issues, but not the bright shiny objects masquerading as news.

I'm just sayin'...