The Washington Times is mistakenly making excuses for Trent Lott. The Senate majority leader must resign his position immediately. He is possibly a racist. At the very least, Lott is too stupid to hold such an influential post.

I’m sure that Karl Rove is already planning on how best to ease Lott out of the door. Moreover, the overwhelming consensus of conservative thinkers have become his worst enemies. The Washington Times might be the only right of center publication that has even attempted to defend Lott.

jonah goldberg is after lott, as is family research council, robert george, matt drudge, best of the web, ....

jonah goldberg is after lott, as is family research council, robert george, matt drudge, best of the web, ..

The younger conservatives are multiracial and multiethnic. Please note that Robert George is black, and both Matt Drudge and Jonah Goldberg are Jewish. The old WASP domination of the conservative movement is dead and gone.

"Lean Left notes that Trent Lott has written 14 columns, from 1992-1998, for Citizen Informer, the newsletter of the Council of Conservative Citizens. Hey, where all you righty bloggers been on this issue?"

I can't speak for other bloggers, but unlike Ivins, FAIR, et. al. I do not read Citizen Informer. Never even heard of it until now.

“I can't speak for other bloggers, but unlike Ivins, FAIR, et. al. I do not read Citizen Informer. Never even heard of it until now.”

I likewise have never heard of this publication---and why should I be aware of it’s existence? The radical Southern right has been marginalized to the point of “who gives a damn?” The days of silly folks comprising the Southern Agrarian tradition in “I'll Take My Stand” (http://www.n-i.com/agrarian/Quotes.html) are long gone.

It also behooves me to add that the Radical Right has little interest in Capitalism. The Southern Agrarians were downright hostile. And why shouldn’t they be? Capitalism inherently threatens the status quo of all social groups. This is one of the main reasons why Friedrich Hayek wrote his famous essay “Why I’m not a Conservative.”

"The radical Southern right has been marginalized to the point of “who gives a damn?” The days of silly folks comprising the Southern Agrarian tradition in “I'll Take My Stand”are long gone."

Well, then how do you explain Sen. Lott? Or Sonny Perdue? Not to mention Sen. Helms, etc.

Why should I be hostile towards Sonny Perdue? What has he done to deserve condemnation? Senator Jessie Helms is something of a jerk--but he is retiring! Indeed, Helms will soon be further evidence that "The days of silly folks comprising the Southern Agrarian tradition in “I'll Take My Stand”are long gone."

"I likewise have never heard of this publication---and why should I be aware of it’s existence?"

That's a softball. You should be aware of its existence because its connection to Trent Lott and what it says about him. Many people evidently were aware of the publication, in connection to Lott, so it was possible to unearth. And evidently most of these people were liberals. It fits very nicely into the explanation that conservative outrage is more induced by the widespread public disclosure than the deeds themselves.

“Many people evidently were aware of the publication, in connection to Lott, so it was possible to unearth. And evidently most of these people were liberals. It fits very nicely into the explanation that conservative outrage is more induced by the widespread public disclosure than the deeds themselves.”

These quotes apparently were unearthed a number of years ago. The standard practice, though, has been to cut slack for embarrassing utterances of both Republicans--and Democrats---from that earlier era. They become important only if the individual later again misbehaves himself.

Do you really wish to play this game? How about us refocussing on the fact that Democrat Senator Robert Byrd was a card carrying member of the KKK? Also, he used the “n” word only a few months ago.

The topic of my post was the Citizen Informer, the publication you asked about. Lott's articles in the Citizen Informer range from 1992-1998. There is no standard practice of disregarding activities from the '90's.

“The topic of my post was the Citizen Informer, the publication you asked about. Lott's articles in the Citizen Informer range from 1992-1998. There is no standard practice of disregarding activities from the '90's."

Trent Lott claimed ignorance regarding the philosophical underpinnings of this publication. He adamantly asserted that he disagreed with the agenda of the Citizen Informer. You would have a strong case had Lott said otherwise. Were we naive to take him at his word? Now that is a very good question. Hmm, I noticed that you didn’t mention Byrd’s use of “nigger” that took place in a March 2001 interview on "Fox News Sunday.” I guess that everybody is equal, but Democrats are more equal than everyone else.

President Bush has just gone on record criticizing Lott. My hunch that his resignation as Senate leader will be released no later than tomorrow. If nothing else, the man is too stupid to hold his position. A brain dead idiot should have realized that a carefully worded speech was mandatory considering the awkward and sensitive nature of the event. Lott reportedly has speech writers on his full time staff. Why didn’t he put them to work?

My entry into this was that you asked why you should care about the Citizen Informer. I think I gave you a pretty good answer that, as it turns out, didn't require reference to Byrd or to David Duke or Mark Furman or any other racially-challenged types. Nevertheless you claim that my not mentioning Byrd's comments merits the snide "...but Democrats are more equal than everyone else." Very strange.

Wow, I was so annoyed at Thomson's comment that I forgot to put my name on my last post. To be on the safe side, "my last post" refers to the one above that ends with "Very strange."

Very strange.

"Nevertheless you claim that my not mentioning Byrd's comments merits the snide "...but Democrats are more equal than everyone else." Very strange."

Am I being unfair towards you? Perhaps. However, it galls me that virtually nothing happened to Robert Byrd. That incident was buried almost immediately in the back pages. I apologize if I jumped to an invalid conclusion. I’m just fed up with having to be on the defensive all the time when I know damn well Liberals get away with near murder.

“Lott and the CCC
Our item on Lott yesterday cited a National Review Online piece by Robert George that inadvertently exaggerated the senator's relationship with the "racialist" Council of Conservative Citizens. Although it's true that a column written by Lott has appeared in the CCC's publication, Citizen Informer, Lott did not write this column specifically for the group; rather, his office "syndicated" it.”

http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110002759

I didn’t know this before. It does make a big difference. A syndicated column is nothing like one specifically written for a particular publication. Still, do you know what I would have done? I WOULD HAVE KEPT SENDING IT TO THEM! It would have been a perfect opportunity to try and convert them over to my side. Heck, I would send my rants to even the devil himself if It might do some good. Wouldn’t you?

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>>I didn’t know this before. It does make a big difference. A syndicated column is nothing like one specifically written for a particular publication.<<

Yes. It is very different. Good point.