--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > In a message dated 6/28/07 7:57:13 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > > noozguru@ writes: > > > > At least it's not > > > Republicans or conservatives that want to shut down free > political speech. > > > > > Oh really? So Trent Lott who recently called for a shutdown of the > > internet and talk radio is not a Republican. What is he then? Have any > > other facts to fabricate for us? > > > > > > > > In fairness to Trent Lott, he never said, to my knowledge, anything > about > > shutting down the Internet or talk radio. Would you like to quote > him? Perhaps > > you would like to fabricate one to support your accusation. > > This is what Lott said: > > "Talk radio is running America," Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) recently told > the New York Times. "We have to deal with that problem." > > http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/15/sen-trent-lott-r-ms/ > > > Trent Lott is also considered a racist: > > Tremendous political controversy ensued following remarks Lott made on > December 5, 2002 at the 100th birthday party of Sen. Strom Thurmond of > South Carolina. Thurmond ran for President of the United States in > 1948 on the Dixiecrat (or States' Rights) ticket. Lott said: > > "When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're > proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we > wouldn't have had all these problems over the years, either" > > Thurmond had based his presidential campaign on an explicit racial > segregation platform. Many political commentators inferred that > because Lott supported Thurmond's campaign, Lott also supported racial > segregation. Lott had attracted controversy before in issues relating > to civil rights. As a Congressman, he voted against renewal of the > Voting Rights Act, voted against the continuation of the Civil Rights > Act and opposed the Martin Luther King Holiday. Lott also maintained > an affiliation with the Council of Conservative Citizens, which is > described as a hate group by the Anti-Defamation League and the > National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Lott
So Lott is kinda like Al Gore, Senior...
