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December 15, 2002
Lott should resign
Trent Lott was the wrong face for the Republican Party of the 21st Century before his gaff and of course he's now a disaster for the Republicans. As if his judgment wasn't bad enough with his latest remark, he is now putting his personal interests well ahead of the Party's by not bowing out gracefully. Worse, he seems to be playing a game of chicken--threatening that if he is forced out he will resign, leaving his Senate vacancy to be filled by a Democrat and putting the Republican's control of the Senate in jeopardy. But of course this tactic, as shameful and revealing as it is, can't really work--if he stays the Republicans will surely lose their majority in two years anyway. This man is an embarrassment--get him out.
Hear! Hear! Even those of us who dislike the modern Republican party, and its crazily militant love of free markets, must recognize that Trent Lott does not represent the mainstream of the G.O.P.. This is not the way Republicans secretly talk amongst themselves when they are alone--even in the South. Lott's gaffs merely confirm the worst prejudices of those who suspect the worst of Republicans, and does nothing to advance the national debate.
Lott must go--for the sake of his country, and his party.
Jason