take offense<\/a> at the suggestion that the man who ran on the Dixiecrat segregationist <\/i>ticket should have won the ’48 election?<\/p>\nThe Congressional Black Caucus is often a bunch of yahoos, too, but it’s not just they that are teed off at Lott. Some senior conservatives think he was responsible for the previous loss of the Republican majority in the Senate, and wish he would go away.<\/p>\n
Of course, with comments like that, the Democrats should be thrilled that he’s as prominent as he is. He can more than make up for some of the idiocy that dribbles out of Tom Daschle’s lips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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