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Talullahhound
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Obama quote about Lott
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1/10/2010 5:53:30 PM
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According to published reports, Reid is in trouble in his bid for re-election.
Obviously, we could write volumes here about the history of race relations in this country, and comments that different people have made that they later either paid for, or had to apologize for. Politicians get paid to talk for a living, and sometimes I think their mouths engage well before their brains. It's not inherently Republican or Democrat to put one's foot in one's mouth.
At the time, I really didn't think that Trent Lott meant to say what he said in the way it was interpreted. I thought it was way overblown and even though I never cared much from Mr. Lott, I didn't think he should have to resign over the comment. As far as I could tell, he was rushing to heap praise, not to make a racist comment. At the time, anyone could see he was embarassed by the way what he said was interpreted. You really can't blame Democrats for Trent Lott's problems.
I don't know why Harry Reid would make a comment like that, or why he thought now he needed to publicly apologize. It was a stupid thing to say, and he shouldn't have said it. But why keep it going? If Reid felt sincerely he needed to apologize, it would seem to me he could have just picked up the phone privately and said he was sorry to Obama. Since he said it about Obama, and if Obama has chosen to forgive him, then that should be the end fo the story.
You really can't blame Republicans for Harry Reid's problem.
Aren't there more pressing issues, anyway?
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